"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," ...

This is the national spelling bee 100 years after it began with just nine competitors. Spelling is still the main feature of ...

Faizan Zaki, a seventh-grade student from Dallas was crowned the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on ...

The student from Brentwood’s Mirman School was among nine spellers from the original field of 243 to reach the finals.

Scripps National Spelling Bee has reached its pinnacle, as a whole lot of contestants have seen their run at the event, in ...

Sarvadnya Kadam, a 14-year-old Visalia student, was the runner-up in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee held on May 29 in ...

Nine Michigan students are among those competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which takes place May 27-29.

Philly champ Jayden Jiang and South Jersey champ Isaac Geremew both made their second visit to National Harbor, Maryland, and ...

After 10 grueling rounds that began with 243 young contestants — and six locals — before winnowing the field to nine, one ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — After two rounds of spelling and vocabulary, one Wisconsin speller remains in the national spelling ...

Lauren A. Merillana, 13, of Bethesda, Md., spells her word as she competes during the first preliminary round of the Scripps ...

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