Did you know that eight different children won the National Spelling Bee last night? Yeah, eight! A tween octet…

OXON HILL, Md.—A row of metal detectors guards the hotel ballroom that stages the Scripps National Spelling Bee.…

Nerd alert! Edith Fuller, a home-schooled 5-year-old from Oklahoma, qualified for the National Spelling Bee after…

If you’re gonna try to roast the Spelling Bee for being soft, the worst sin you can commit is bringing that weak…

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In case you missed it last night, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in spectacular fashion with 14-year-old…

We all had our laughs about poor Jacob Williamson, the 15-year-old eighth grader whose excited misspelling of…

Arvind Mahankali won the 2013 National Spelling Bee on "knaidel," a type of dumpling. The winning word the year…

Is there anything better than watching kids gleefully race to the stage after hearing their names called as Scripps…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—That fucking bell. There’s always a split-second between the moment a contestant at the Scripps…

When you're watching the spelling bee, do you ever get the sneaking suspicion that some of the kids simply memorized…

After a National Spelling Bee filled with children holding back tears in front of a national audience, the…

You know what the national spelling needs to make it even more compelling? INJURIES. No one ever gets physically…

South. S-O-O-U-T-H. South.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, which alongside poker, cheerleading, and hot dog eating constitute the E for…

At the tender age of six, Lori Anne Madison just became the youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National…

Yeah, this is going to get MURDERED by the Finals tonight. But the Spelling Bee really is the tits. ESPN's…

This is what happens when a Jamaican kid is given a Sanskrit word, and shipped off back home, never to return.

America's newest tween spelling champion is Anamika Veeramani. Her sponsor for the Scripps National Spelling Bee? The…