Three Tri-Valley students were in Washington DC this week to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, marking the first ...

The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to host spelling bees and send ...

"One thing is just that English in particular is very tricky. It has what people call an opaque orthography," said Ariel James. Opaque orthography means there isn't a clear connection between how a ...

A New Berlin student has achieved remarkable success at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, finishing 10th in the national ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — With the benefit of hindsight, Vikram Raju knows there was almost no chance he would win after being a ...

Previous winners say the spelling bee has become much more competitive and credit television with making it a cultural ...

Previous winners say the spelling bee has become much more competitive and credit television with making it a cultural ...

From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured for 100 years.

A sixth-grader at Philistine Rondo School of Discovery in Eastvale was eliminated in the sixth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday in National Harbor, Maryland when she misspelled ...

It’s a moment years in the making for Blanche Li, who just wrapped up eighth grade from Colorado, as she competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week.