Faizan Zaki has seized the title of best speller in the English language at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Zaki bested Sarvadnya Kadam in the 20th round to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. He sealed the ...

Faizan Zaki of Texas is the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner after correctly spelling éclaircissement.

This year, Faizan also studied specifically for the spell-off, the final tiebreaking round that cost him a win last year. In ...

"I was just so excited and, like, after I spoke my word, at the end, when I spoke my word, I was kind of losing breath," ...

After flubbing a chance to win earlier in Thursday’s Scripps National Spelling Bee final, the 13-year-old from the Dallas ...

Faizan Zaki is hoping to do something that's rarely been achieved in 100 years of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas, has been named the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is celebrating its ...

Plano ISD student Faizan Zaki, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by correctly spelling ...

Watching Faizan’s victory was Bruhat Soma, his friend who beat him in last year’s bee when a lightning round was deployed to ...

Faizan Zaki, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship on Thursday, May 29 — and says he couldn't have done it ...

The winning word, éclaircissement, was one Zaki told news outlets he "instantly" recognized. While its prefix may conjure ...