STORY: Why is English so hard to spell? There are clear differences between how words are written and how they are said. If English is your first language you may not realize it’s not that normal. In ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee returns this week as students from around the United States show off their smarts at the 95th annual spelling competition. The 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

Spelling bees are a fun and challenging way to test your knowledge of the English language. But some spelling bee words are harder than others. These words are all difficult to spell for a variety of ...

House of the Dragon may currently be streaming its first four episodes on HBO Max, but that doesn’t mean that the promotion for the show’s first season is anywhere close to being done. Many different ...

Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. Using Google Trends search data from the start of the year through ...

No amount of exhortation could help with this week’s toughest word. By Eve Washington Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon Note: If you plan to play Spelling Bee’s Past Puzzles from the last week, this list ...

Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the competition two years ago. "It's ...

One word stood between 12-year-old Sarah Fernandes and a return trip to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. Unfortunately for her and her Nebraska fans, the word was a difficult ...