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After Jacques Bailly became the champion of the 1980 Scripps National Spelling Bee, he went on to become the head pronouncer in 2003.
Bailly selected and pronounced 10 winning words from 100 years of the national contest for The Post. Take our quiz:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2025/spelling-bee-quiz-dr-bailly-head-pronouncer/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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