Think you could hold your own among the 562 spellers at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee? Below is a list of the final five words that knocked out spellers last year before 14-year-old ...

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 ...

In a world dominated by autocorrect and communication by emoji, a sacred annual gathering of linguistic student phenoms persists. These word whizzes have advanced from regional competitions to ...

Henry is the author of Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell Detroit News, December 1906. Roosevelt sits stunned in a boxing ring after losing his match with the ...

It will offer customized hints, but only if you want them. By The Upshot Staff The Upshot has been building internet creations like Bee Buddy, WordleBot and dialect quizzes since 2014. Spelling Bee ...

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio — There likely is one word on the minds of Cardinal High School students who are performing this year’s spring musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”: R-E-L-I-E-F. The ...

Spelling can be defined in its simplest form as arranging a group of letters in their agreed order to form a word. Spelling is important because a reader may not understand what is written if the ...

I’d like to hear from all of the Spelling Bee players for an upcoming article. If you would like to participate, please fill out the form below before the end of the day on Oct. 4. Please note that if ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee gets tricky. And oh, by the way, it’s already incorrect. Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along ...