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National Spelling Bee Update: Celebrating Academic Excellence!

By davisjournal.com · May 27, 2026 · 1 min read
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Utah News spotted this story published May 27, 2026 at davisjournal.com. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

Ray is one of the younger spellers there only being 11 years old while most are 12-13-year-olds. He is currently 1 of 53 other spellers in the vocabulary round for the quarterfinals.

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