Knaidel is a word. A word that 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali, of Bayside Hills, New York, spelled correctly to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It's a German-derived Yiddish word meaning dumpling. While Arvind won the whole thing, there were a few
Knaidel is a word. A word that 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali, of Bayside Hills, New York, spelled correctly to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It's a German-derived Yiddish word meaning dumpling. While Arvind won the whole thing, there were a few
"Knaidel" was Arvind Mahankali's winning word at tonight's Scripps National Spelling Bee. And his correct answer to the spelling of the German-Yiddish word referring to a small mass of dough, was something of a coup for the speller, who was eliminated
Arvind, an eighth grader at Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School, won the nationally televised contest last night by spelling “knaidel,†a Yiddish term of German origin meaning “dumpling.†Straight-faced through most of the bee,
The winning word at this year's National Spelling Bee is familiar to those with a bit of Yiddish.
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