The 83rd

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was an event held from June 2, 2010, to June 4, 2010, at the

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, Washington D.C., United States of America.

Competition details

* 273 spellers participated in the 2010 competition, including the greatest number of U.S.-based spellers in the history of the event. There was also a special guest, the Liberian spelling bee winner, who would have been #94 if she had been a competitor. *The number of participants was down from the previous year, which had 293. The Canadian contingent, which usually has 21 spellers only sent the winner of the

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to represent Canada this year. * The 2010 competition was the shortest National Spelling Bee on record, consisting of only nine rounds. More meaningfully, it featured the fewest rounds of any competition since the introduction in

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of a written test designed to shorten the competition by eliminating as many spellers as would several early rounds. * This year's competition was the first visit for 110 spellers. * The 2010 competition's youngest participant, at 8 years old, was

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, sister of the 2009 winner Kavya Shivashankar. * The spellers ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old, with 80% being between 12 and 14 years old (inclusive). * Tim Ruiter, who placed 2nd in the 2009 bee and was a favorite to win, was eliminated in round four after misspelling ''fustanella''. * Neetu Chandak, who placed 8th in 2009 and was making her fourth appearance at the National Spelling Bee, misspelled ''paravane'' in round 5 but was reinstated because she received an ambiguous answer to a question about the word's etymology. In the next round, however, she was eliminated after misspelling ''apogalacteum''. * This was the final year the competition was held at the

before moving to the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland in 2011.

Top finishers

* Anamika Veeramani, from

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, a student at Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Hts, Ohio. Veeramani won with the word stromuhr. * This was the third year in a row that an

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has won the championship. Eight Indian-Americans have won in the last 12 years. * Adrian Gunawan of Illinois, Elizabeth Platz of Missouri, and Shantanu Srivatsa of North Dakota all tied for second place. This was the first three-way tie for second place in the event's history. * 5th Place (tie): Laura Newcombe of Canada, Lanson Tang of Maryland, Joanna Ye of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Grose of Wisconsin.

Word list championship round

Broadcast information

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aired the championship round in primetime from 8 to 9:37 p.m.

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on June 4. Even though ESPN branding was not used, ESPN style presentation was used. * The event was shown live in the Eastern and

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time zones and on tape delay in the

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and Pacific zones, as well as in

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and

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. * Chris Harrison, Erin Andrews and Paul Loeffler hosted the Championship Finals. * Earlier rounds were carried online at

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on June 3 at 1:15 p.m. ET/10:15 a.m. PT, and on

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on June 4 at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.

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