The architecture and processes underlying visual word recognition represent some of the most intricate systems in human cognition. The seemingly simple act of reading a word involves not only a ...

Second time was the charm for champion speller Faizan Zaki and all it took was being able to spell a 15-letter word exactly right. The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, came in second in the 2024 ...

Faizan Zaki is the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion this year. Zaki won the competition spelling the word éclaircissement. The teen finished in second place in last year’s spelling bee. A ...

Texas teen Faizan Zaki spelled his way to victory in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee with a word most adults can't even pronounce. His winning word? Éclaircissement. Here's how the 13-year ...

Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along with other past words used to crown champion spellers, ahead of the National Spelling Bee that kicked off May 27. Here are five of the Scripps ...

The Scripps Spelling Bee has stumped spellers from around the country since 1925. Here are some of the hardest winning words from spelling bee history. A-B-S-A…?

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, celebrating its 100th anniversary, commences on May 27th, featuring 243 spellers from across the globe. Competitors will vie for the championship through oral ...

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 ...

River Oaks second grader and regional spelling bee champion Zachary Teoh, thumbs through a very thick, one- hundred-year-old reference dictionary in his school library in Houston, Monday, April 14 ...

Every day, Soma said, his father used a program to pronounce words in 90-second sprints to emulate the spell-off. “I really wanted all of this,” Soma said, “but you could never expect it.” ...

An 11-year-old DeKalb County student is once again preparing to represent Georgia on the national stage, after clinching the top spot in the state spelling competition.