Jessica Brown competes in the 2024 Champion City Spelling Bee. The all-ages community event returns this year on July 26. CONTRIBUTED BY SOPHIA LOPEZ.

Faizan Zaki, the 13-year-old champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, spoke with "CBS Mornings Plus" about the tense final rounds and claiming victory a year after finishing as the runner up.

Texas teenager Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling "éclaircissement" in the 21st round of the competition.

Faizan Zaki won by correctly spelling the word "éclaircissement." The winner of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee says that even after practicing spelling for nearly 40 hours a week prior to ...

Faizan Zaki, who came in second during last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, came back this year to win the centennial edition of the competition by spelling "éclaircissement" correctly.

Faizan Zaki nailed his final word to win the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee and the photo is amazing.

Sarvadnya Kadam, a student at Oak Grove Elementary School in Visalia, won second place in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Faizan Zaki revealed his plans to pay forward his prize money. Zaki, 13, secured victory on Thursday, May 29, by spelling “eclaircissement” in the ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held ...