After reporting on local schools participating in the Scripps Spelling Bee, our newsroom decided to put readers to the test.

And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. If you weren't playing along at home, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real ...

Kopal Tare, a junior at Dublin High School, turned a childhood love of books — from “Harry Potter” to “Percy Jackson” — into Bee Stars, an online spelling ...

Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along with other past words used to crown champion spellers, ahead of the National Spelling Bee that kicked off May 27. Here are five of the Scripps' ...

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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Faizan Zaki's enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite entering the ...