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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Arlington's congressman took home the title at the latest annual spelling competition between politicians and members of the ...

Spelling bees are a century-old tradition. What’s now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was spearheaded by The Courier Journal 100 years ago.

Edith Fuller beat out 53 other students at a spelling bee in Tulsa to land a spot in the national spelling bee.

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Joanne Lagatta arrived at the University of Wisconsin in 1995 with a flawless academic record and an achievement on her resumé that she didn’t like to talk about — but that no other undergrad ...

FILE – President George Bush meets with winners of the National Spelling Bee at the White House, May 31, 1991, including 13-year-old winner Joanne Lagatta, left, of Clintonville, Wisc., Maria ...

FILE – President George Bush meets with winners of the National Spelling Bee at the White House, May 31, 1991, including 13-year-old winner Joanne Lagatta, left, of Clintonville, Wisc., Maria ...

FILE – President George Bush meets with winners of the National Spelling Bee at the White House, May 31, 1991, including 13-year-old winner Joanne Lagatta, left, of Clintonville, Wisc., Maria ...