5-Year-Old Becomes Youngest-Ever to Qualify for National Spelling Bee

How do you spell prodigy? E-d-i-t-h  F-u-l-l-e-r.

Miss Fuller is just five years old and has become the youngest competitor to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Over the weekend, Fuller beat more than 50 children ages 5 to 14 to win the 2017 Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the competition, she had to spell 37 words, including “jacamar,” “jnana” and “fennec.”

Here is the list of words 5-yr old Edith Fuller had to spell correctly to advance to National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/4nRoJPU7LK

— Brian Sanders (@BrianKJRH) March 6, 2017

Edith, who is homeschooled, has displayed a natural talent for spelling, to say the least. Her parents told Tulsa World they first noticed it last summer when she spelled the word “restaurant” without ever having learned it.

“We knew there was something special there,” said her mom, Annie.

Meet 5-year-old Edith Fuller, the youngest ever to win regional spelling bee https://t.co/6P7ap6SFoG pic.twitter.com/oPVHN8B3PH

— Tulsa World (@tulsaworld) March 6, 2017

In a few months, Edith will go to Washington, D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will take place between May 30 and June 1.

The pint-sized spelling champion is not only talented, but also humble. “I feel thankful,” she told her local newspaper.

We feel humbled, as well.