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Yes you can actually bet on this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee contest online or via your mobile phone courtesy of our friends at BetOnline.
Jeopardizing, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, which means the fear of long words. Don't worry about trying to spell any of these. But you can bet the Over/Under length of winning word.
While the United States is celebrating Memorial Day today, 231 kiddos are busy studying words that most of us have never heard.
This year's Spelling Bee contest gets underway Tuesday May 30, 2023 (ending Thursday June 1), and there are tons of way to wager on the contest featuring some of the brightest young minds in the world. Just remember, you must be 18 yours or older. It is not necessary to provide a social security number and crypto, including Bitcoin, is accepted.
BetOnline has nearly a dozen ways to bet on the Bee, and they range from braces to glasses to syllables. You can find them all below.
Length of winning word
Over/Under 10.5
Syllables in winning word
Over/Under 1.5
Will the champion be a male or female?
Male -125
Female -115
Will the champion be wearing braces?
No -220
Yes +155
Will there be co-champions
Yes -125
No -115
Will the champion be wearing glasses?
Yes -150
No +105
Contestant from which region will advance the farthest?
Texas +180
California +225
Kansas +500
Non-US +700
New Jersey +850
Indiana +1000
Colorado +1200
Pennsylvania +1200
Age of champion
14 -120
12 +500
13 +500
11 +700
10 +1200
What letter will winning word start with?
A-H +175
I-Q +175
R-Z +180
Will the winning word be...
Singular -220
Plural +155
Will a spell-off be needed to determine champion?
Yes -150
No +110
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