"The district worded it wrong,” said Angie. “The answer would be 42.5, though, if done at an age appropriate grade." ...

Second time was the charm for champion speller Faizan Zaki and all it took was being able to spell a 15-letter word exactly right. The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, came in second in the 2024 ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old boy from the Dallas area, won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee, after missing out on the title and coming in second place last year. Mr Zaki swiftly nailed the ...

The seventh grader from Dallas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, after last year having come in second place on the big stage. Faizan, 13, showed little hesitation as he spelled ...

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 ...

Oxon Hill, Maryland (AP) – Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence.

Faizan Zaki is the 2025 champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. The winner, 13, will receive $50,000 in cash from Scripps, $2,500 cash prize and reference library from Merriam ...

Related: 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 ...

13-year-old Faizan Zaki has made it to the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. Last year, he finished in 2nd place overall after stumbling in a lightning ...

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 ...

Elliana Pagliarini was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the 100th annual Scrippts National Spelling Bee. LA protests: Trump and Newsom clash as National Guard deployed Rod Stewart ‘devastated ...

CROFTON, Md. — Quint Karlsson first went to the Scripps National Spelling Bee last year, where he tied for 22nd place in the semi-finals. "Last year, I did not think I was gonna do as well and I ...