Queens Boy, 13, Wins Scripps Spelling Bee With 'Knaidel'

To 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali it's a 'knaidel.' And it tastes like victory. Arvin, from Bayside Hills in Queens, New York, won the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night by correctly spelling the German-Yiddish word on live TV. HeThe seven-letter word "knaidel" crowned Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., champion of the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee, breaking his streak of bad luck in past years with spelling words of German origin. "I thought a German curse hasOXON HILL, Md. — As red and yellow confetti floated into his hair, the champ just stood there and cracked his knuckles, hardly the type of celebration expected from a 13-year-old. His smiles had come earlier, when he conquered “the German curse” onArvind Mahankali wins the Scripps national spelling bee on Thursday by correctly spelling 'knaidel'. The

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