How Do You Spell "Koinonia"?
| Philemon 1-21
Karthik Nemmani, a 14-year-old boy from Texas, won the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He won it by spelling one of the apostle Paul’s favorite words.
Praxitelean. Ispaghul. Telyn.
You don’t see these words every day, but they all showed up in the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee, broadcast live on ESPN. Sixteen finalists knocked them down, one at a time, in what The Washington Post described as “a breathtaking show of spelling skill.”
A record-shattering 515 contestants competed in the bee, up from 291 in 2017. Incredibly tough words were put before the contestants in what was probably the most intense competition in the bee’s nearly century-long history.
Among the finalists was a 14-year-old from Texas named Karthik Nemmani. Although this was his first national spelling bee, he showed the poise of a veteran throughout the contest, spelling with little emotion and often keeping his arms clasped behind his back. He was confronted with the following words, any one of which could have caused him to stumble:
“Condottiere,” meaning a knight or roving soldier available for hire.
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