Remember each daily Spelling Bee word list is curated by an editor and doesn’t include every possible solution. If you run into any technical issues with the game, go to the Settings menu and tap ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Before he was asked to spell “elucubrate,” Jacques Bailly had never ...

The Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library has hosted adult spelling bees for 11 years, and one man has won six of them. His name is John Lipani. That’s L-I-P-A-N-I, Lipani. The soft-spoken ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...

The annual competition where students put their spelling skills to the test began in 1925 when nine newspapers hosted a spelling bee. Only nine spellers participated in that first competition.

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Texas, has just won this year's national Scripps Spelling Bee. His winning word was "éclaircissement," a French word that means clarification, explanation or ...

Last year when DeKalb County student Sarv Dharavane came in 22nd place at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he told his parents he could go further. The 11-year-old kept his promise this year when he ...