As this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee races towards a winner, ... This week, about 230 spellers ranging in age from 9-14 from across the United States and the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – With calm confidence and one last tricky French word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki of Texas spelled his way to victory Thursday night in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaki ...

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Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, Texas, holds the prize after winning the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Steve Gorman ...

The final round of the 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Here’s what to know.

The spelling bee is indirectly teaching us skills that we can use so much in the future.” Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Sarv won the state bee two years in a row.

Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from Tampa, Florida, won the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee in a spell-off on Thursday, correctly spelling 29 words in 90 seconds including some of the most obscure ...

I did not win the National Spelling Bee by triumphing over my autism. I won the National Spelling Bee because of my autism,” the 53-year-old Pennington says. “For me, ...

Crew members assemble the main stage ahead of the 2023 Scripps Nations Spelling Bee on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Nathan Howard/AP OXON HILL, Md.

For the last three years, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in ties. To break that streak, the rules have changed to introduce a written “Tiebreaker Test,” which will be given to all ...

A group of adolescents broke the Scripps National Spelling Bee, with eight contestants crowned co-champions after the competition said it was running out of challenging words.

Jonathan Knisely of Mullica Hill, N.J., celebrated his victory in the 1971 National Spelling Bee. Dr. Knisely, now a radiation oncologist in New York, stressed the importance of luck in his win.