The pronouncer gave her word: krewe. Kenlon twisted her face. She remembered seeing it on her word list, but it wasn’t one she connected with. The teenager knew it wasn’t spelled like the homophone, ...

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 ...

There were 243 talented spellers from around the world who competed in the competition this year, attempting to correctly spell words compiled by one Bay Area man.

Anger as National Spelling Bee introduces new words to mix up competition For those who might find the new words unfair, Scripps has a message: Study harder ...

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

The Sporting News is tracking the live results and winners of each round at the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

A complete list of Scripps Spelling Bee champions and winning words from 1925 to 2025.

UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Frank Cahill worked with a team to build this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee word list. He says creating a fair list has been a priority and a great challenge.

‘Enough Is Enuf’ Review: A Dream of Simpler Spelling George Bernard Shaw, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie and others have lobbied to reform English spelling. The language has been resistant.

The top 12 spellers in southeast Minnesota faced off on Tuesday, and the eighth-grade winner will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May. Carter Peterson, an ...