Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get your words in order; the spelling bee is back. The Scripps National Spelling Bee returns for its 101st edition with 247 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals are set for Thursday night as nearly 250 students from across the country compete ...

Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old from California, claimed the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee title on Thursday in a dramatic spell-off that tested his speed and precision. By Julie Yoon The competition ...

Joanne Lagatta arrived at the University of Wisconsin in 1995 with a flawless academic record and an achievement on her resumé that she didn’t like to talk about — but that no other undergrad on the ...

One week before Faizan Zaki, 13, would don a numbered name tag and ascend the small staircase that leads to the biggest spelling bee stage in the country, he sat on his couch, propped open his ...

Bruhat Soma was just 7 years old when his parents began to notice that he had an unusual knack for memorizing things — words, numbers, entire Sanskrit verses known as slokas found in the Bhagavad Gita ...

Shrey Parikh has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee as the competition ended in a dramatic Spell-Off. Shrey, 14, nailed 32 words against runner-up Ishaan Gupta's 25. The ...

Nine finalists, aged 15 and under, will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals. The final round will air on Thursday, May 28, at 8 p.m. ET. Viewers can watch the finals for free by ...

The first National Spelling Bee was held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1925 and was won by Frank Neuhauser, who correctly spelled "gladiolus." The Scripps National Spelling Bee has grown significantly ...

(AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are set to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in 1925, when ...

The best young spellers in the English language are set to compete at the 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to ...