Sports Dev Shah wins 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘psammophile’ June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY Comments Off on Dev Shah wins 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘psammophile’ Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Largo, Florida, spelled "psammophile" correctly to win the 95th national Bee and the $50,000 prize on Thursday.