Nikita Ramakrishnan seems like your average eighth grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County. She studies for all ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning ... “We don't have those constraints ...

The 97th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee will occur from May 27-29, 2025, in Maryland. Twelve Florida students will compete from around the state Events will be broadcast on various Scripps ...

A Harrisburg-area student will once again compete in the National Spelling Bee. In a field of 243 top young spellers, one ...

Jayden Jiang, a student at Girard Academic Music Program, hopes to build on his experience in 2024, when he was a ...

An eighth-grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Nikita said she had been trying since fifth grade to make it into the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The closest she had gotten before this ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force ... “We don’t have those constraints in place that will force us into a spell-off situation based on time.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is modifying its rules, reducing the emphasis on the controversial "spell-off" tiebreaker. This decision follows criticism of last year's abrupt ending.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers ... “We don't have those constraints in place that will force us into a spell-off situation based ...