The Scripps National Spelling Bee, first held in 1925, will choose a new champion during Thursday night’s finals.

The Scripps Spelling Bee can be daunting, even beyond the words presented to contestants. Here's everything you need to know ...

After 10 grueling rounds that began with 243 young contestants — and six locals — before winnowing the field to nine, one ...

San Diego County has produced two national spelling bee champions -- Anurag Kashyap in 2005 and Snigdha Nandipati in 2012.

On Tuesday, the young contestants will have to spell a word and answer a vocabulary question to advance to the next round.

A seventh grader at The Mirman School in Bel Air will attempt Thursday to become the first speller from Los Angeles County to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Oliver Halkett advanced to the ...

Spelling coach Scott Remer has 26 students competing in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. One was the runner-up last ...

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 ...