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Indian-American Faizan Zaki, who lives in Texas, USA, won the 2025 Scrips National Spelling B competition held in the US.
Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old Indian-American student, has won the title of ‘Scripps National Spelling B’, a America’s most difficult competition. He won the title by correctly pronouncing the French word ‘Eclaircissement’.
Last year, Faizan was second in this competition. He then lost to Bruhat Soma in the tiebreaker. Faizan is the 5th participant who won the title next year of the runner-up. This is the first time after Sean Conlay in 2001.
Faizan has received $ 52,500 (about Rs 45 lakh) as a reward. He won $ 25,000 (Rs 21.29 lakh) last year, which has now increased his total prize money of $ 77,500 (Rs 66.31 lakh).
Finally, the match was between three people- Faizan, 11-year-old all-a-year-old and 14 years old step. After another round, only Faizan and Sarvadnya remained. After this, Faizan described the correct spelling of the word ‘Eclamentament’ and won. As soon as he said the right spelling, happily drunk his fists and fell on the stage. Faizan spent continuously for 21 rounds this time and won.
After winning, Faizan said-
When I am nervous, I say to myself, I know this word, I can do anything. The conversation with myself fills me enthusiasm … Performance is better. By fourth grade, there was no intention of winning. Thought … I would just go for fun, but in the passion of spelling, I brought me to this height.
Hyderabad’s son and Anwar’s son Faizan spellings are obsessed with their success story …
Practice 6 hours daily
Faizan first participated in Spell B at the age of 7. In 2023, he was out in the Wocab Round. This time the preparation changed. Recall more and more words from the shared list of 30 words and practiced more words in 90 seconds.
Speed practice was also included in the routine. Throughout the year, her routine was completely dedicated to spelling B. He used to practice 6 hours daily. Every day it became his habit to read new words, understand their spelling and meaning and repeat them again and again.
The result of this vigorous practice was that in the final, the winning word without hesitation could be properly spelled.
Every corner address of the dictionary
Scott Rener, Sam Evans and Soham Sukhantankar, who guided Faizan, were surprised that he did not become robotic on stage. Participated in the competition with ease and fun. Coach Sam Evans said, “His craze for spellings is seen.”
Father Anwar says, he knows every corner of the dictionary. Mother Arsiana says, Faizan started studying at the age of 2. At the age of 3, he remembered the names of the country and their capitals. Arsiana says, he sometimes hurries, so there was fear. But this time the pressure handled well.
Faizan participated in the spelling B competition in 2019. Then he was only 7 years old.
Friend said- he had no worry about the award
Faizan’s friend and Soma, who defeated him last time, said- I do not think he cares about the title as much as the language and words are crazy. Even in free time, when he was not preparing… then he searches for old, obsolete words, which are unlikely to be asked. The same thing separates him from the rest of the people.
Faizan lost to Soma last time …
Indian winner for the fourth consecutive time
In 2022, Harini Logan won the competition. Dev Shah in 2023 and Bruhat Soma won in 2024. Faizan continued this tradition in 2025. The first runner -up was the best step and the second one. In this difficult competition, only 30 out of the last 36 children of Indian origin have won. This victory is also special because this was the 100th edition of Spale B.