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News Articles: spelling bee

Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in National Harbor, Md.

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Are you smarter than a 13-year-old? Take our Scripps Spelling Bee test and find out

If you weren't playing along at home during Thursday night's final, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real thing.

May 30, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
Marie C. Bolden made national headlines when she turned in a flawless performance at a spelling bee in Cleveland. Her competitors included white students from segregated school districts in the South.

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When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism

Her victory made national news, upending stereotypes about race less than 50 years after the end of slavery. It also sparked racist fury.

June 02, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Harini Logan, 14, from San Antonio, Texas, holds her winning Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Oxon Hill, Md.

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'Moorhen' is the word of a champion as Texas teenager claims Spelling Bee title

A 14-year-old student spells 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell-off to claim the annual competition.

June 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Surya Kapu, 13, from South Jordan, Utah, competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in Oxon Hill, Md.

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He was knocked out of the National Spelling Bee, but appeal gives him another chance

Surya Kapu, 13, misspelled "leucovorin" — a medicine used to counteract the side effects of a cancer drug. His family said that Scripps omitted details when he asked a question about the word's roots.

June 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Surya Kapu, 13, from South Jordan, Utah, competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in Oxon Hill, Md.

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  • National

He was knocked out of the National Spelling Bee, but appeal gives him another chance

Surya Kapu, 13, misspelled "leucovorin" — a medicine used to counteract the side effects of a cancer drug. His family said that Scripps omitted details when he asked a question about the word's roots.

June 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13, from Accra, Ghana, reacts during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday in Oxon Hill, Md.

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The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years

Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.

June 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Zaila Avant-garde attends the 2021 ESPY Awards on July 10 in New York City. She says she's enjoyed the traveling since winning the spelling bee.

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Zaila Avant-garde Talks About How She Came To Her Spelling Success

Zaila Avant-garde, the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, talked about how she got started in competitive spelling and what she has planned for the future.

July 18, 2021
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  • Robert Baldwin III

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Georgia Spelling Bee Contestants Share Secrets For S-U-C-C-E-S-S

Precocious students from around the state gathered in Atlanta on March 15 for the Georgia Association of Educators State Spelling Bee. The winner could...

March 15, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell

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