Before he was asked to spell “elucubrate,” Jacques Bailly had never heard the word. The then-14-year-old had survived round after round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee when the pronouncer read ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in ...

The annual competition where students put their spelling skills to the test began in 1925 when nine newspapers hosted a spelling bee. Only nine spellers participated in that first competition.

Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along with other past words used to crown champion spellers, ahead of the National Spelling Bee that kicked off May 27. Here are five of the Scripps' ...

Students from four secondary schools put their spelling skills to the test for the finals of a keenly-fought contest.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two Alaska middle-schoolers saw their run come to an end Tuesday night at the 2025 Scripps ...

If you weren't playing along at home during Thursday night's final, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real thing. "Éclaircissement." And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee gets tricky. And oh, by the way, it’s already incorrect. Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee gets tricky. And oh, by the way, it’s already incorrect. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever ...