Faizan Zaki, the 13-year-old champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, spoke with "CBS Mornings Plus" about the tense ...

Faizan Zaki has seized the title of best speller in the English language at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The winning word, éclaircissement, was one Zaki told news outlets he "instantly" recognized. While its prefix may conjure ...

"I was just so excited and, like, after I spoke my word, at the end, when I spoke my word, I was kind of losing breath," ...

Texas teenager Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling "éclaircissement" in the 21st ...

CHATHAM — Pittsylvania County leaders delivered bottled water to residents of Robin Court on Wednesday morning, the first of ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old boy from the Dallas area, won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, swiftly nailing ...

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

To his right was the Scripps trophy. And with that, it hardly seemed to matter. “The Spelling Bee is my life,” he said. 10:37 ...

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

This year's national spelling bee champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie several times and an eight-way tie in 2019.