At the end, when I finished my word, you could hear me gasping for air. It was a really great moment," he said. Faizan had started participating in spelling bee competitions since his first grade.

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

Sach Sarvesh Akella, 12, left, and Holden Connor Good, 13, of Charlotte, N.C., right, celebrate after spelling words correctly during the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, ...

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the ...

Zaki won the competition spelling the word éclaircissement. The teen finished in second place in last year’s spelling bee. A 13-year-old took home the crown as Scripps Spelling Bee champion and ...

The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its ...

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Kallakuri is an eighth-grade student at Valor Preparatory Academy in Concord. If she wins the 2025 competition, Kallakuri would be the first speller from North Carolina to do so since 1970, when Libby ...

The “Scripps National Spelling Bee” is underway this week right outside Washington, DC. More than 240 kids are spelling words that some of us have never heard before. The quarterfinals kicked off ...

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