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Faizan Zaki, last year’s runner-up at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, came back from a late-stage flub in Thursday’s competition to easily spell “éclaircissement” and take home the ...

An orthographic, prepubescent champion will be crowned Thursday when the 2025 Scripps Spelling Bee wraps up with its final round outside of Washington D.C. Nine spellers, ages 11-14, advanced to ...

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By Isabela Espadas Barros Leal The finalists of the Scripps National Spelling Bee will be vying for the chance to win $50,000 on Thursday night. This year’s contest celebrates 100 years since ...

Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas, the winner of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, is presented a trophy from E.W. Scripps Company president and CEO Adam Symson on Thursday. (Michael A. McCoy/For ...

But he also didn’t make it easy on himself. Zaki bested Sarvadnya Kadam in the 20th round to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. He sealed the deal by nailing ...

This will be the 97th iteration of the iconic Spelling Bee championship, though the event is commemorating 100 years of “the Bee.” (The first one was all the way back in 1925.) As per ...

Oxon Hill, Maryland (AP) – Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence.

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held ...