The best young spellers in the English language competed at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrated its 100th ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the ...

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The best young spellers in the English language are competing this week at the Scripps National Spelling Bee – and one of them is a kid from Aiken County.

Indian American youngsters consistently win academic competitions of all sorts. Cultural beliefs about the changeability of ...

Faizan Zaki, the 13-year-old champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, spoke with "CBS Mornings Plus" about the tense ...

Georgia fifth grader Sarv Dharavane placed third in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the youngest participant to make the final round.

After flubbing a chance to win earlier in Thursday’s Scripps National Spelling Bee final, the 13-year-old from the Dallas ...

Two Bay Area spellers were eliminated Wednesday morning: Aiden Meng, 12, a sixth-grader at Orinda Intermediate, was out on horopter in Round 6, and Rithvi Balajee, 12, a seventh-grader at Stratford ...

Scripps has begun relying on obscure geographical terms to winnow down the field of spellers in the later rounds. While the ...