CLEVELAND, Ohio – With calm confidence and one last tricky French word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki of Texas spelled his way to victory Thursday night in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaki, who ...

That was the winning word of the 2025 National Spelling Bee. Faizan Zakia a 13-year-old seventh grader from Dallas, Texas, spelled the word correctly to win the spelling bee after coming in second ...

The Final Word At the National Spelling Bee Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads originally appeared on Parade. Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Well, probably not smarter the 5th graders who ...

Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help. By New York Times Games Editor’s Note: Enter the Spelling Bee writing contest for a chance to appear in this year’s edition of Puzzle Mania! Read the ...

An eighth grader in the Cumberland Valley School District is one of the best spellers in the country. Akshaj Somisetty, 13, an eighth-grader at Mountain View Middle School, finished in ninth place in ...

Zaila Avant-garde won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, becoming the first African American to win the nation’s premier spelling bee contest. At the time, she was living in Louisiana, but ...