`` We did n't want to just go through the dictionary and give them more words , '' Mary Olive Thompson , outreach coordinator for Kansas City Public Library , said at the time . Seventh grader Kush Sharma wins Kansas City spelling bee with the word `` definition '' Two weeks ago , he and fifth grader Sophia Hoffman had exhausted all the words on the list . They were so frustrated that they decided to try something new : " I'm going to make a dictionary of every single one of those words in English! " ` This is not the last we are going to see of Sophia , '' spelling bee official says .
Seventh grader Kush Sharma wins Kansas City spelling bee with the word `` definition '' Two weeks ago , he and fifth grader Sophia Hoffman had exhausted all the words on the list . They were so frustrated that they decided to try something new : " I'm going to make a dictionary of every single one of those words in English! " ` This is not the last we are going to see of Sophia , '' spelling bee official says .