New York eighth-grader Arvind Mahankali is the fiercest speller around. No word can foil him, as he proved Thursday when he beat out other Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants by spelling ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An eighth grader won a spelling bee in Idaho after she correctly spelled the word "Taiwan." Villalobos' closest rival was runner-up Erik Brunner, a sixth-grader from Lakes ...

An eighth-grader from Bright Horizon Academy will be going to Washington, D.C., to represent San Diego County in the national ...

The 100th annual Wayne County Spelling Bee had participants to do more than spell; they needed to define words as ...

The spelling bee is open to any student younger than 15, who hasn't passed the eighth grade yet. Children as young as 6-years-old have competed in the iconic event. More: The national spelling bee ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week.

Duaa Ouznali competed for over five hours at the San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday before winning with the word “droshky,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “any of ...

She studied words, won the school bee in fourth grade at Superior Elementary and went on to win the Boulder Valley Regional Spelling Bee. That win qualified her to compete in the 2021 National ...

Spelling Bee rules state that spellers cannot have reached their 15th birthday or passed beyond the eighth grade (or an international equivalent) on or before Aug. 31, 2024.

The bee is limited to students in eighth grade or below and who were born on Sept. 1, 2008, or later. Contestants for the 96th edition of the national bee range in age from 8 to 15.