The nation’s best young spellers have gathered in Maryland this week for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National ...

Jacques Bailly, a past Scripps National Spelling Bee winner, has served as the head pronouncer for decades. He picked 10 ...

Bougainvillea, scherenschnitte and cymotrichous. These are just some of the winning words from the last decade of the Scripps ...

This year's national spelling bee champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie several times and an ...

This year's champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie ... leaving 183 to take a written spelling and vocabulary test ahead of Wednesday's quarterfinals.

Oxon Hill, Md. – Syracuse spelling champion Simran Sanders handled the initial rounds of competition Tuesday at the 2025 ...

The annual competition where students put their spelling skills to the test began in 1925 when nine newspapers hosted a spelling bee. Only nine ... NPR spoke with champions from different ...

Columbiana County 2025 Spelling Bee Champion Maureen Bone will put her spelling and vocabulary talents to the test on the ...

While the origin of the word "bee" is still disputed, according to Merriam-Webster — which has been involved with the ...

The national spelling bee was first held in 1925 when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited spelling champions from around the country to gather in Washington, D.C., to find a national champion.