Zaki bested Sarvadnya Kadam in the 20th round to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. He sealed the ...

A Plano ISD teen won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. Follow his path through the rounds and see winning words ...

Faizan Zaki of Texas is the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner after correctly spelling éclaircissement.

OXON HILL, Md. — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him ...

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

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

Faizan Zaki, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship on Thursday, May 29 — and says he couldn't have done it ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old spelling bee champion, was just two words away from victory when he rushed and misspelled ...

Plano ISD student Faizan Zaki, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by correctly spelling ...

Watching Faizan’s victory was Bruhat Soma, his friend who beat him in last year’s bee when a lightning round was deployed to ...