Eboseremhen Eigbe, 12, of Galloway, N.J, watches a speller struggle to spell a word during the third round of the National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old from San Diego, spelled "guetapens," a French-derived word that means ambush, snare or trap, to win the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night.