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.

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

For first time since 2019, participants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee will have a normal experience. And these contestants know words matter. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio ...

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 Scripps National Spelling Bee concluded with an exciting comeback this year, securing last year's second-place winner, Faizan Zaki, as this year's champion and making him one of only five ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee gets tricky. And oh, by the way, it’s already incorrect. Below is your chance to spell it correctly ...

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 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held May 27-29 and broadcast on ION. Winning words from the past decade include "scherenschnitte," "Feldenkrais," "gesellschaft," and "marocain." ...

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.