From NPR.

This year’s winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is 13-year-old Faizan Zaki, of Dallas, Texas, whose winning word was "éclaircissement," a French word that means clarification, explanation or enlightenment.

Zaki is the 100th winner of the bee and last year’s runner-up. The first competition was held in 1925 in Washington, D.C., and only nine kids participated, according to Scripps. Eleven-year-old Frank Neuhauser won $500 in gold pieces. This year, more than 200 students competed, and for making it to the end, Zaki took home more than $50,000, a medal, trophy and reference library.