Faizan Zaki has seized the title of best speller in the English language at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

There are times when the Scripps National Spelling Bee transforms into a geography bee.

The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee had its toughest day of competition with the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

A four-letter word sent Shradha Rachamreddy to a third-place finish in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Since 1999, 28 of the last 34 Scripps National Spelling Bee champions have been Indian American.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is down to 11 finalists, many of whom flash their knowledge onstage by asking questions even though they know the answers.

The middle school-age spellers who make it to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee spend years studying roots and language patterns and poring over the dictionary in order to give themselves a chance to be crowned bee champion.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has its third executive director in the past two years.

Harini Logan has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, defeating Vikram Raju in the bee's first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker.

A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word.

An onstage vocabulary round introduced a new element of randomness into the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee's preliminary rounds are much tougher and packed with drama this year.

The nation's first African American winner has breezed to victory at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

One eighth-grader competing in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling bee has earned more recognition for her athletic prowess than for her mastery of the dictionary.

Competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee got lessons in patience and perseverance after last year's bee was canceled because of the pandemic.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is undergoing a major overhaul to ensure it can identify a single champion.

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo, the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy sits in front of competitors in Oxon Hill, Md. Breaking from a tradition of being led by former contestants, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has hired a nonprofit leader with no history in the competition as its executive director, signaling a new era for the nearly century-old showcase for the top spellers in the English language. Cincinnati-based Scripps announced Monday, March 1, 2021, that J. Michael Durnil will take over immediately as bee director. Cincinnati-based Scripps announced Monday that J. Michael Durnil will take over immediately as bee director. The bee has strong minority participation, but one minority in particular — Indian-Americans — has dominated the competition for the past two decades.

In recent years, an international team of linguists partnered with Merriam-Webster to analyze a decade’s worth of words.