Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas, has been named the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. He was the runner-up in last year’s bee and on ...

Faizan Zaki is the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion this year. Zaki won the competition spelling the word éclaircissement. The teen finished in second place in last year’s spelling bee. A ...

Some of the brightest young minds just finished showcasing their knowledge of the English language. While most might never reach their level of expertise, we wanted to know: Why do we struggle to ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, a century-old tradition with Louisville roots, is open to students under 15 who haven't passed eighth grade. The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held May ...

Mar. 23—After making it through seven rounds in the Union Leader New Hampshire Spelling Bee Saturday morning, Arpith Mishra appeared confident as the last person standing. The word he had to spell: ...

"Percipient" and "enteric" were the winning words in this year's Arizona Spelling Bee, a marathon six-hour competition spanning more than 20 rounds, where the state's top elementary and middle school ...

For hours, they fought hard and, with the ding of the bell, dropped like flies — bested by words most people won’t hear in a lifetime. It ended in dramatic fashion Saturday as two eighth graders, ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Josiah Loehrke, an El Sol Elementary School fifth grader, was the winner of the 2025 Kalamazoo Regional Spelling Bee presented by the Kalamazoo Gazette/MLive on Saturday, March 15.

On June 17, 1925, 11-year-old Frank Neuhauser of Louisville found himself in Washington, DC, where he spelled the word “gladiolus” correctly and was named the winner of the first national spelling bee ...