Fourteen-year-old Scott Tingle is one of 243 spelling champions from across the country who will compete for the Scripps Cup ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Florida kids won the last two, will the state see ...

There are five students from Northern Virginia competing in the spelling bee. Draven Williams, Vincent Chu, Nikita Ramakrishnan and Nargiza Muzhapaer are all 14-years-old and in the 8th grade, while ...

Nine spelling bee champions from Michigan will compete against 234 students from across the country in the 100th annual ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion ...

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - Two area eighth-graders have qualified for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Lindsey Jessen is a student in the Marion Home School Assistance Program and tied for ...

Eighth-grader Elliott Covelle took the top spot in this year’s regional spelling bee competition and will compete in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling ... to let the bee play out, even if it runs into overtime. “We don’t have those constraints in place that will force us into a spell-off ...

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The Scripps National Spelling Bee is modifying its rules, reducing the emphasis on the controversial "spell-off" tiebreaker. This decision follows criticism of last year's abrupt ending.