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This 12 year old is a better speller than you
4/9/2026 | 2m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Nikhil Ganta is one of two Colorado students headed to the National Spelling Bee.
After winning the state spelling bee, Nikhil Ganta is one of two Colorado students headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Video: Cormac McCrimmon.
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This 12 year old is a better speller than you
4/9/2026 | 2m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
After winning the state spelling bee, Nikhil Ganta is one of two Colorado students headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Video: Cormac McCrimmon.
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my mom, she was the one.
She in first grade, she was like, oh, wow.
There's this thing called spelling.
Why don't you try it?
And I was really reluctant.
I didn't want to do it, but I did it.
And then I won school.
So we were thinking, oh, yeah, we might continue this for a few more years.
So that's what really got me into it.
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I'm in sixth grade, so I have, including this year, three more years, which means I'll.
I'll be on the younger side of the National, so I'll be one of the youngest people there, which is nice.
this was the year which I got serious, we got a tutor, which was a really big help.
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But now it's really intense.
How much time per week do you spend studying?
Generally, like the weekdays for hours and maybe on the weekends.
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