Before he was asked to spell “elucubrate,” Jacques Bailly had never heard the word. The then-14-year-old had survived round after round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee when the pronouncer read ...

Beatriz Lucille Whitford-Rodriguez, 14, of Chicago, spells her word in the semifinals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in National Harbor, Md. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) The ...

If you weren't playing along at home during Thursday night's final, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real thing. "Éclaircissement." And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the ...

Confident about your local knowledge? You can test your Brooklyn-specific skills with a spelling bee at the Center for Brooklyn History. The inaugural event on Tuesday, July 1 will quiz attendees on ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in ...

The centennial spelling bee began Tuesday morning with preliminaries, in which participants have to pass two rounds — a traditional spelling round and a multiple-choice definition round — before ...

Faizan Zaki, last year’s runner-up, won the coveted award after surviving two dramatic final rounds and calling the pronouncer, “bro.” By Talya Minsberg The 13-year-old champion dropped to the floor ...

Director Danny Mefford said the show is a Trojan Horse that appears silly but uncovers "deep things about human nature." ...

The spelling bee at Maridien Cosmo City School brought excitement as participants from various grades competed, with Stephenson Primary School learners taking all three top spots.

DULUTH — An Ordean East Middle School student placed in the top 60 contestants at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Eighth-grader Gemma Kim, 14, was one of nine ...

An all new line-up of Australian comedians are put to the test by hosts Guy Montgomery and Aaron Chen in the series return of ...

The nation’s best young spellers gathered in Maryland this week for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A total of 243 children between the ages of 8 and 14 competed to be the ...