The annual competition is a Big Deal in America, and Valerie Miller, a spokeswoman for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, said Edith’s fame had spread throughout the land and she’d amassed a few fans already, telling ABC News: “They have autograph books called bee keepers, and everybody wants to get Edith's autograph.

“Everybody wants to meet her.”

Oh, and her favourite words? According to the Scripps website, they’re ‘refrigerator’ and ‘escalator’.

New hero: found.

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Awesome six-year-old is youngest-ever Scripps Spelling Bee contestant