Jacques Bailly, a past Scripps National Spelling Bee winner, has served as the head announcer for decades. He picked 10 words ...

Brian Liu of Great Neck competes in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland. Credit: ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the ...

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

And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. If you weren't playing along at home, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children?

In honor of this week's national bee, test your spelling skills on some of the area's neighborhoods, towns and rivers.

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...

If you weren't playing along at home during Thursday night's final, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real ...