He's the first 6-year-old first-grader to ever grace the stage. — -- Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, Texas, may be the youngest contestant -- and the first first-grader -- ever to reach the Scripps ...

The nation’s best young spellers gathered in Maryland this week for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A total of 243 children between the ages of 8 and 14 competed to be the ...

Bougainvillea, scherenschnitte and cymotrichous. These are just some of the winning words from the last decade of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The long-standing annual competition has crowned ...

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

Nearly 250 kids will step on stage Tuesday to test their skills. Their spelling skills, that is. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the Scripps National Spelling Bee brings some of the ...

Beatriz Lucille Whitford-Rodriguez, 14, of Chicago, spells her word in the semifinals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in National Harbor, Md. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) The ...