Akeelah attempts to intentionally lose by deliberately misspelling " xanthosis ".
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Contemptuous, he asks her to spell " xanthosis ".
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He practically shouted his winning word, " xanthosis, " into the microphone.
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But the past six years have brought out the real prize-winners : " xanthosis,"
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14-year-old Justin Tyler Carroll from Wynne, Arkansas won the competition on June 1 by correctly spelling the word " xanthosis ".
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Justin, who attends the Wynne Junior High School, spelled correctly the word " xanthosis, " which is a yellow discoloration often occurring in cancerous tumors.
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Justin Tyler Carroll, 14, of Wynne, Ark ., won the National Spelling Bee championship by correctly spelling " xanthosis, " a yellow discoloration of the skin.