To the rest of us, it’s a small, leavened dumpling. To 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali it’s a knaidel. And it tastes like victory. Arvind, from Bayside Hills in Queens, New York, won the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the German-Yiddish word on live TV.

Arvind Mahankali holds up the trophy after winning. His final word was knaidel. Pic/AFP