It's spelling bee time! The Scripps National Spelling Bee, the spelling competition that consolidated an array of local bees way back in 1925 and is now the nation's largest and longest-running ...

With the 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee concluding this week, SI.com compiled some of the toughest names of athletes to spell, beginning with former Panther running back Biakabatuka. <br><br ...

Associate Pronouncer Brian Sietsema attends a pre-bee meeting of the word panel to finalize the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee words on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill ...

Winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee aren’t celebrities, exactly. Those who competed before it was televised by ESPN — it now airs on Scripps-owned ION — aren’t often recognized by ...

FILE - In this May 31, 2019 file photos, eight co-champions celebrate after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md. Author: Ciara Brown Published: 6:23 PM EDT July 8, 2021 ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Texas, has just won this year's national Scripps Spelling Bee. His winning word was "éclaircissement," a French word that means clarification, explanation or ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee celebrates its 100th anniversary this week. The annual competition where students put their spelling skills to the test began in 1925 when nine newspapers hosted ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off on Tuesday, and we have two local kids to watch.. Nearly 250 participants earned their spots by advancing through regional spelling bees. Among them are ...

This year's national spelling bee champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie several times and an eight-way tie in 2019.

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.

Over the years the Scripps Spelling Bee has become a greater part of the nation’s pop culture. Much of this can be attributed to ESPN’s quasi-sporting-event coverage of the competition, which ...