Arvind Mahankali
publication date: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (part of Winter 2014)
category: 
Competitions
clue: Knowing words like "knaidel" will help this 13-year-old win any game of Scrabble.
explanation: Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2013. His final winning word was knaidel. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Joanna Woods, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Erik Bates, and Aaron Shurtleff
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