WASHINGTON, DC — The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee begins May 27. And, the organization has said it is dialing back its reliance on the high-pressure tiebreaker round known as the “spell ...

Faizan Zaki's enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him ... Scripps tweaked the competition rules, giving judges more leeway to let the competition play out before going to the tiebreaker.

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 ...

FILE - Faizan Zaki, 12, of Allen, Texas ., gestures to his family after spelling his word correctly in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., May 30, 2024.

An orthographic, prepubescent champion will be crowned Thursday when the 2025 Scripps Spelling Bee wraps up with its final round outside of Washington D.C. Nine spellers, ages 11-14, advanced to ...

What are the rules of the Scripps National Spelling Bee? Spellers qualify by advancing through regional bees hosted by sponsors around the country. In order to compete, spellers must not have ...