Major changes are coming to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year following backlash over last year's abrupt finale.

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

A field of 243 top young spellers will converge on National Harbor, Maryland, from May 27-29 to compete in a historic Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year marks the 100th … The post Scripps ...

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 ...

Scripps National Spelling ... more discretion 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 situation ...