Appleton speller Jacob Martonito correctly spelled one word but missed on a vocabulary question; New Berlin speller Ethan Robert advanced.

Lauren A. Merillana, 13, of Bethesda, Md., spells her word as she competes during the first preliminary round of the Scripps ...

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

Three Bay Area middle-schoolers are among the 243 competitors at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, which started ...

A Southwest Louisiana student competed today at the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. James Granger, 12, goes to ...

There are times when the Scripps National Spelling Bee transforms into a geography bee. Scripps has begun relying on obscure ...

It was kind of stressful, but it’s done,” said 13-year-old Bright Horizon Academy student Duaa Ouznali after the first day of the competition.

MARION, Iowa — An eastern Iowa native will compete on the biggest stage in spelling as a contestant in the 2025 Scripps ...

The best young spellers in the English language are competing this week at the Scripps National Spelling Bee – and one of them is a kid from Aiken County.

Vitor Belfort's forthcoming induction into the UFC Hall of Fame prompts some thorny questions about one of MMA's most ...