Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national spelling bee comes with several rules. There's more to it than simply spelling words correctly ... the eighth grade or an international ...

students must win a regional spelling bee and meet eligibility requirements—they must be in eighth grade or below and no older than 15. The competition begins with two preliminary rounds ...

The favorite entering the bee after his runner-up finish last year — during which he never misspelled a word in a conventional spelling round ... 14 and in the eighth grade, which means he ...

spellers must not have advanced beyond the eighth grade or be older than 15. Spellers must get through two preliminary rounds, quizzing them on words from a list provided in advance: one spelling ...

Try your luck at spelling some of the tricky words that recent winners have conquered to seal their victories.

While the origin of the word "bee" is still disputed, according to Merriam-Webster — which has been involved with the ...

As the Scripps National Spelling Bee gets underway, here's what Google Trends says about the words that each state struggles ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National ... However, if two or more spellers are tied for second through sixth place, the cash prize will be determined ...

Faizan Zaki won the title of best speller at the Scripps National Spelling Bee after finishing up as the runner-up last year.

Bougainvillea, scherenschnitte and cymotrichous. These are just some of the winning words from the last decade of the Scripps ...