Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on ...

What’s known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was spearheaded by The Courier Journal and organized with the help of eight other newspapers in 1925 ...

We want to know if you competed in a spelling bee as a child — and if you remember what word you were eliminated on. Or maybe ...

The bee contestants have spent months, if not years, studying word lists, memorizing Greek and Latin roots and sharpening their skills in smaller bees to reach what Merriam-Webster calls “the Ol ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee suffered a body blow when eight kids ended up co-champions because they were simply too accomplished to stumble over any of the words Scripps threw at them.

The greatest unknown at the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee isn't who is going to win the title − there are only 245 competitors, after all − but what the winning word will be.

Duaa Ouznali competed for over five hours at the San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday before winning with the word “droshky,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “any of ...