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Jessica Riga

Quiz: Are you smarter than these Scripps National Spelling Bee finalists?

Harini Logan, known as a crowd favourite for her poise and positivity, wins more than $US50,000 in cash and prizes. (AP: Alex Brandon)

A first-of-its-kind lightning-round tiebreaker has crowned this year's winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States.

Harini Logan, a 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, beat Vikram Raju, a 12-year-old from Denver, Colorado, after she managed to spell 21 words correctly in 90 seconds, compared to 15 from Vikram.

The blistering lightning-round tiebreaker, along with a tricky vocabulary section, was introduced in a bid to challenge the finalists even more, after the 2019 spelling bee saw eight students crowned co-winners because they were so good, the judges ran out of words

So, reckon you can correctly spell some of the words from this year's competition? We won't stop you from setting a 90-second timer for those lightning-round vibes, either.

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