Spellers can ask for clarifying information, such as language of origin, definition, part of speech, or an alternate pronunciation of a word. Champion Faizan, who is in 7th grade in Dallas, uses ...

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old Indian-American boy from Telangana, wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling 'éclaircissement.' He plans to donate part of his $50,000 prize to help ...

My eighth grade year was just memorizing words.” Sarvadnya has been competing in the Scripps program for five years, earning his way through to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in each of the ...

Faizan closed his eyes and puffed his chest. “That did not help at all,” he joked, a moment of levity before the middle ...

Kalathur began her spelling journey in fifth grade and has dedicated countless hours to studying through flashcards, writing lists, computer programs, apps, and more. "So personally, words are ...

Faizan Zaki went from runner-up last year to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee by outlasting eight other spellers to win the title on Thursday night.

Faizan Zaki overcomes a shocking, self-inflicted flub and wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee Told to take a deep breath before his final word, “eclaircissement,” he didn’t ask a single ...

To practice, she flips through the dictionary, trying to memorize prefixes, suffixes and root words. Spelling is challenging, Barrientos said, because “the pronunciations may be very different ...

PRICE, Utah — A seventh-grade student from Utah is set to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and she is no stranger to the Bee. Ashley Bryner is a student at Mont Harmon Middle School.

With the bee down to three spellers, Sarvadnya Kadam and Sarv Dharavane missed their words back-to-back, putting Faizan two words away from victory. The first was “commelina,” but instead of ...

Faizan Zaki from Allen, Texas, clinches Scripps Spelling Bee title after near-miss and triumphs with the word 'eclaircissement' at 13. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

21 words in 90 seconds: Teen wins spelling bee in first lightning-round tiebreaker June 3, 2022 Keke Palmer celebrates ‘real-life Akeelah,’ spelling bee champ Zaila Avant-garde ...