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 ...

Every Spelling Bee puzzle is hand-curated with a wide-ranging audience in mind. Is there a word you want to see included in ...

How Spelling Bee age eligibility works, including minimum & maximum ages allowed Rules, number of words, rounds & how a spell-off works at Spelling Bee Meet Dr. Jacques Bailly, the Scripps ...

Dasari says there are roughly 100,000 words in the dictionary that are appropriate for spelling bees. He pledges that 99% of the words on Scripps' list are included in SpellPundit's materials.

Dasari says there are roughly 100,000 words in the dictionary that are appropriate for spelling bees. He pledges that 99% of the words on Scripps' list are included in SpellPundit's materials.

Math might seem out of place at such an event. Smart people, at least according to conventional wisdom, are supposed either bookworms or number nerds. Not both. But Jae and plenty of other ...

was Latin; over 1,400 bee words sprang from that ancient language, and spellers nailed them at a 71 percent clip. The easiest was Late Greek, which had a spelling-success rate of 90 percent.

The Scripps Spelling Bee has been in official business for 90 years now, and according to its 2017 guide, holds the enviable distinction of being the nation's "longest-running educational program." ...

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