Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be ...

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 ...

Dev Shah reacts after correctly spelling the final word to win the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. AP. Charlotte Walsh, a 14-year-old from Arlington, Virginia, was the runner-up ...

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 ...

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

I'll expose myself first: E-N-V-I-R-O-M-E-N-T. WRONG. It's ENVIRONMENT. I missed the letter "n" and I'll never forgive myself. It's been 21 years, but sometimes I consider littering just to get ...

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 ...

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

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 ...