Live updates Bruhat Soma wins the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee

The contestants competed at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.

The evening’s three rounds focused on spelling, vocabulary and then spelling again.

This year’s group of finalists was the smallest field the competition has seen in years. Since the bee resumed after its 2020 pandemic pause, there have not been fewer than 11 finalists, according to Scripps officials, though the competition structure changed somewhat in 2021.