Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the ...

From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured ...

The Scripps Spelling Bee can be daunting, even beyond the words presented to contestants. Here's everything you need to know about the competition: ...

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But there were murmurs of discontent among the ex-spellers and spelling experts in the crowd. The words, they said, were just too easy ... Simone is in seventh grade, which means next year ...

Try your luck at spelling some of the tricky words that recent winners have conquered to seal their victories.

Bruhat Soma made spelling look easy at the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Not a single word slipped past him in 14 rounds. And then came his record-setting spell-off. The seventh grader ...

While the origin of the word "bee" is still disputed, according to Merriam-Webster — which has been involved with the ...

a tool that shows hints and statistics for each word as you play Spelling Bee, and covers Saturday, Sept. 2, to Friday, Sept. 8. (Users of the tool are among the puzzle’s most dedicated solvers ...

Yet apart from my gut aversion to misspellings I have never found it easy ... spelling truly matters. The main task of writing, like that of speaking, is communication so what does it matter if a ...

"May I have an easy word, please?" he asked, drawing laughter from the audience in a hotel ballroom. He then correctly gave the spelling for the English cheese. After preliminary and semifinal ...