The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee begins May 27. And, the organization has said it is dialing back its reliance on the high-pressure tiebreaker round known as the “spell ...

Another rule change has already proven popular among the spelling community: the return of a written test during the preliminary rounds. Spellers who spell one word correctly and get one multiple ...

Another rule change has already proven popular among the spelling community: the return of a written test during the preliminary rounds. Spellers who spell one word correctly and get one ...

FILE - Bruhat Soma, of Tampa, Fla., and Faizan Zaki, of Allen, Texas, compete in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., May 30, 2024. (AP ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee Tweaks Its Rules to Make 'Spell-Off' Tiebreaker Less Likely WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers into a lightning ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the ...