The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most ... Eligible spellers must not have passed beyond the eighth grade or an international equivalent on or before Aug. 31 ...

(AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates ... Laff More and spellingbee.com from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Semifinals ...

He first got stung by the spelling bug in the third grade, when he came in second at his school spelling bee. Rara said from the beginning, spelling felt intuitive. “That's how I first got ...

WASHINGTON — The best young spellers in the English language are set to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates ... and spellingbee.com from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Semifinals ...

Then, he thinks about the building blocks—"biblio-," a Greek word meaning "book ... to lower the spelling bee's age requirement. Zach won the kindergarten through second-grade competition ...