Dev Shah is a ninth-grader living in Largo, Fla. He won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in June. I never expected to win. I had lost more than two dozen spelling bees since I started competing ...

10 Hardest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 28-Nov. 3. Share of players finding each word. As of 1 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Nov. 3, based on players who use Spelling Bee Buddy. By The New York Times.

Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along with other past words used to crown champion spellers, ahead of the National Spelling Bee that kicked off May 27.

This data is based on visitors to Spelling Bee Buddy, a tool that shows hints and statistics for each word as you play Spelling Bee, and covers Saturday, June 3, to Friday, June 9.(Users of the ...

The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up this week with participants navigating words the average person likely never heard of, let alone could spell.

Let's process our spelling bee(f) together. I want to know the word that made YOU lose it all. Adam Taylor / Getty Images. ... sinister 4th-grade afternoon. Advertisement.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...