What starts as a small act of payback doesn’t always stay small. A sarcastic comment, a harmless plan, a moment meant to ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: ...

Over 100 second- through fifth-grade students at Glen Head Elementary School competed in the spelling bees under the direction teacher Janet Goldberg. All students who entered in the month of May were ...

Beatriz Lucille Whitford-Rodriguez, 14, of Chicago, spells her word in the semifinals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in National Harbor, Md. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) The ...

And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. If you weren't playing along at home, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real ...

The nation’s best young spellers gathered in Maryland this week for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A total of 243 children between the ages of 8 and 14 competed to be the ...

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The 2025 bee marks the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, founded in 1925. A total of 243 spellers are competing this year, with finals airing Thursday, May 29, on ION from 8–10 p ...

The centennial spelling bee began Tuesday morning with preliminaries, in which participants have to pass two rounds — a traditional spelling round and a multiple-choice definition round — before ...

Do you think you have what it takes to compete with these Scripps Spelling Bee whizzes? Can you spell the word, pronounced ə-ˈkim-bō , that describes the gesture of having a hand on a hip with the ...