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Pro Coach Scott Remer trains elite spellers at 2026 Bee

5/24/2026

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Scott Remer, the United States’ only full-time professional coach for elite spellers, is on site at the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington providing lessons to participants.
Since 2010 he has coached champions such as Anamika Veeramani, Dev Shah and Faizan Zaki and authored four books.
Scripps executive director Corrie Loeffler says coaching is inevitable but stresses that spellers must receive credit for their own hard work.

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Scott Remer, the United States’ only full-time professional coach for elite spellers, is on site at the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington providing lessons to participants.
Since 2010 he has coached champions such as Anamika Veeramani, Dev Shah and Faizan Zaki and authored four books.
Scripps executive director Corrie Loeffler says coaching is inevitable but stresses that spellers must receive credit for their own hard work.