Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Yesterday evening, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "éclaircissement." But what goes on behind the scenes? Sebastian Stockman writes for Defector about his own role as pronouncer/judge for the Boston Citywide Spelling Bee, complete with clandestine handover of Spelling Bee words, breaking in a new head judge, homonym-based errors, and more. Read about Zaki's big win at the second link, which comes from NBC.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/kdXWl-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/kdXWl-</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flip.it/Js7R7t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/Js7R7t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SpellingBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpellingBee</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ScrippsNationalSpellingBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScrippsNationalSpellingBee</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a></p>