Columnist Justice B. Hill celebrates the dedication of teens who channel their talents into wordcraft—whether in national spelling bees or local poetry slams—and urges Clevelanders to show up ...

Faizan Zaki won the title of best speller at the Scripps National Spelling Bee after finishing up as the runner-up last year.

OXON HILL, Md. — The word éclaircissement means a clearing up of something obscure. Plano ISD student Faizan Zaki, 13, cleared away any possible doubt about his phenomenal spelling abilities ...

Meet the Berkeley grad student who leads the effort picking the Scripps National Spelling Bee words The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an American tradition that spans decades.

13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a word many adults would struggle to even pronounce.

A seventh grader from Plano has won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the 100th champion in the competition’s history.

Faizan Zaki, a seventh-grade student from Dallas was crowned the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, after finishing second last year.

Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) sent a special message full of big words to the finalists of the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

See how you would fare trying to spell these words that made the world's best spellers champions.

The Scripps Spelling Bee has stumped spellers from around the country since 1925. Here are some of the hardest winning words from spelling bee history.

Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in a spell-off.

School of Medicine holds third medical spelling bee. Balanoposthitis was the winning word Medical terminology is notoriously challenging to both laypeople and medical students alike. On March 19, Yale ...