In the past 25 years, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and the occasional grousing older brother or sister have increasingly accompanied children on tricycles, bicycles, scooters, foot or in ...

The Oxford English Dictionary estimates there are over 170,000 words in the English language, with an additional 47,000 obsolete words. Only a few other languages reportedly have more words than the ...

Words he'd never heard before and sometimes mangled, despite phonetic pronunciation clues. "People will stop me pretty regularly and say, 'That spelling bee is awesome.' It's fun because you have such ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

Parents need to know that Words With Friends 2 is a word game that tests player's spelling and language skills. It's simple to learn and play, with tutorials and FAQs for people who have questions.

Do you think you have a good vocabulary? We can guarantee you've probably never heard some of these funny words before. Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”? Wait ...

How can you make a spelling bee into a musical? For the next several weeks, UA musical theater students are showing audiences that one small competition can turn into an explosion of comical satire, ...

There was a time, back in the late 70s and early 80s, when spellchecking software only worked with word processing programs. These programs held a finite database of words that it would use to check ...

Neil Maes of Belton, South Carolina, is one of the top spellers in the country. — -- An 11-year-old South Carolina boy who was born deaf has made it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Neil ...

Check spelling as you type, or not? Choose here. You use Word’s spelling checker every day, and probably just as often encounter some of the tool’s puzzling behavior. Do you know how to get rid of a ...