Kadam’s father is also his spelling bee coach, and together they have been training since the third grade. He got second place in the school spelling competition while in the fourth grade. In the ...

The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, came in second in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee after losing a lightning-round tiebreaker, but ended up taking home the trophy on May 29 and earning the ...

Oxon Hill, Maryland (AP) – Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence.

Faizan Zaki is the 2025 champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. The winner, 13, will receive $50,000 in cash from Scripps, $2,500 cash prize and reference library from Merriam ...

The official source for the Spelling Bee is Merriam-Webster Unabridged. The competition began 100 years ago. It was cancelled, however, four times, between 1943 and 1945 because of the Second World ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A Dunlap Valley Middle School eighth grader will move on to the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee after defining compelling correctly. Kavin Kumar Suriya ...