All of the finalists Thursday night could spell schwa, no doubt. It was the sound it makes that foiled many of them. By Maggie Astor and Remy Tumin After 14 rounds of words like “probouleutic ...

The story goes that Quayle had the incorrect spelling on a cue card from the school—but perhaps ironically, Quayle may have ensured that everyone else spelled the word correctly.

The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up this week with participants navigating words the average person likely never heard of, let alone could spell.

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. Using Google Trends search data from the start of the year ...

Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida spelled "psammophile" correctly to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating runner-up Charlotte Walsh of Arlington, Virginia.

If you grew up in the US, you've probably heard of a little thing called the spelling bee. It's a school-wide competition where students anxiously get up on stage, shakily stand in front of a ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has drawn attention after its approved list of study words for third-graders looking to compete in the upcoming spelling competition was shared online.. Study ...

The Spelling Bee offers the "Word of Champions," which the competition describes as "the key study resource for students participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program." It has 4,000 ...

Overall, you can rely on Microsoft Word's grammar and spell checker during your first round of edits. It can help you clean ...

13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a word many adults would struggle to even pronounce.