FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Jordan Spieth was no match for the National Spelling Bee co-champion -- with spelling and, ultimately, with putting. Jairam Hathwar revealed after sharing the Spelling Bee title ...

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OXON HILL, Md. -- Ananya Vinay never looked all that impressed by any of the words she was given in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old from Fresno, California, showed ...

OXON HILL, Md. -- A boy from San Angelo, Texas is making history at the National Spelling Bee, despite misspelling a word. That's because he's just 6 years old. Akash Vukoti is the first first-grader ...

Edith Fuller was just 5 years old when she qualified for the competition. — -- The youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been preparing to compete against kids ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Complex words are elementary for 11-year-old Achuth Vinay of Fresno. He spells with ease and confidence. Achuth is now putting his skills to the test against 209 contestants ...

American orthography is, to put it charitably, dysfunctional. Whatever the dialect, neither alphabet nor spelling conforms to our speech. Yet, educators insist on perpetuating these incongruities.

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Fifteen months ago, Dev Shah spent a miserable five hours spelling outdoors in chilly, windy, damp conditions at a supersize regional competition in Orlando, Florida, only to ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- The last time someone from Illinois won the National Spelling Bee was 1985. That was 32 years ago, but that hasn't stopped any local kids from having their way with these words.

(KDVR/NEXSTAR) – Is the American-English version of the word spelled “canceled” or “cancelled”? Is Washington D.C. the “capitol” of the United States, or is it the “capital”? Spelling is not always ...

After two years of Covid-19-induced changes, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is finally back to normal -- almost. The video featured is form a previous report. The annual spelling bee -- which ...