“The important thing to know about spelling is that it’s not just rote memorization,” says Ananya Vinay, champion of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee, who will ceremonially open this year’s bee ...

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OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) - Spelling savants traced letters onto their palms or gazed at the ceiling on Wednesday while racking their brains in hopes of advancing to the next level of the Scripps ...

Robin Roper can. The Severn River Middle School student is ready to face-off in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I gradually got better at the school bee cause I could compete for 3 years, ...

The middle school students preparing for the regional WITF Central PA Spelling Bee collect obscure words the way most teens add songs to their iPods. In a day when spellcheck and texting abbreviations ...

Zaila Avant-garde got the gold at the Scripps Spelling Bee on Thursday, but her history-making win is far from her first trophy. The Louisiana-based 14-year-old is also an accomplished basketball ...