(AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates ... spelling and vocabulary test ahead of Wednesday’s quarterfinals.

Nine spellers will compete Thursday night for the championship in the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee. Esha Marupudi of ... vocabulary and even a written test, which they say helped prepare ...

This year's national spelling bee champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie several times and an eight-way tie in 2019.

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — With the benefit of hindsight, Vikram Raju knows there was almost no chance he would win after being a runner-up in the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. “The chances ...