The Scripps National Spelling Bee introduces the U.S. to a host of weird and wonderful words. Here are some of our favorites to slip into your next conversation.

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 ...

Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national spelling bee comes with several rules. There's more to it than simply spelling words correctly, as contestants traverse several rounds of ...

The 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up on June 1, 2023, in another nail-biter of a competition in Washington, D.C. This year's winner was 14-year-old Dev Shah, who narrowly edged out ...

10 Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 2-8 Share of players finding each word As of 1 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Sept. 8, based on players who use Spelling Bee Buddy ...

The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up this week with participants navigating words the average person likely never heard of, let alone could spell.

On the eve of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, its word selection panel has worked long hours to approve all words, including their spellings, pronunciations and languages of origin.

The words weren’t always this hard. When students first battled the dictionary in a National Spelling Bee in 1925, the winning speller knew the winning word because it was a plant in his family ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has drawn attention after its approved list of study words for third-graders looking to compete in the upcoming spelling competition was shared online.. Study ...

Meet the Berkeley grad student who leads the effort picking the Scripps National Spelling Bee words 02:15. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an American tradition that spans decades.