The official source for the Spelling Bee is Merriam-Webster Unabridged. The competition began 100 years ago. It was canceled, however, four times, between 1943 and 1945 because of the Second World ...

(AP) — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of ... He’s 14 and in the eighth grade, which means he has aged out of the competition. It’s not a bad way to go out ...

Photos of Former National Spelling Bee Champions (and the Words They Won with) The second round of competition in each phase includes a vocabulary round that was introduced in 2021 to promote “k ...

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Valley student won second place in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from Visalia spent the past two days spelling his way through the competition.

He has a good mentor. His older brother, Vikram Raju, took second place at the Scripps Bee three years ago. Blanche Li, 14, of Boulder reacts after unsuccessfully spelling her word in the ...

A middle school student from Concord tied for fourth place in the finals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday ... Kallakuri is an eighth-grade student at Valor Preparatory Academy ...

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A Philadelphia fifth grader is heading to the national spelling bee for the second year in a row. Jayden Jiang, who attends Girard Academic Music Program, qualified to compete in the Scripps ...

Carlsbad Intermediate seventh-grader Liam Nyikos became a second-time El Paso Times Regional Spelling Bee champion Friday with some knowledge about women's swimwear. At least, he knew how to ...

An 11-year-old DeKalb County student is once again preparing to represent Georgia on the national stage, after clinching the top spot in the state spelling competition. What we know: Sarv ...

Defending his controversial remark about Madhuri Dixit, Jully said, "When someone mentioned Madhuri Dixit, I replied, 'She is in second grade now. Her time is over.' No big film stars came." ...