A lot of us have a hard time with spelling, but not Nikita Ramakrishnan. The eighth grader at Rocky Run Middle School in ...

A Harrisburg-area student will once again compete in the National Spelling Bee. In a field of 243 top young spellers, one ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.