Boy Wins National Spelling Bee With Yiddish 'Knaidel'

Boy Wins National Spelling Bee With Yiddish 'Knaidel'
Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills, New York, stands under a shower of confetti after he spelled 'knaidel' to win this year's Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Chuck Myers/MCT via Getty Images)
Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills, New York, stands under a shower of confetti after he spelled 'knaidel' to win this year's Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Chuck Myers/MCT via Getty Images)

An Indian American boy from New York won a national spelling contest thanks to his ability to correctly spell the word knaidel, a Yiddish-derived word for a traditional Jewish dumpling.

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