Thirteen-year-old Esme Filippo is competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Nikita Ramakrishnan seems like your average eighth grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County. She studies for all ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion ...

Let’s be real – a lot of us have a hard time with spelling ... is headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I’ve been studying and everything, but I’m really nervous, but I ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling ... to let the bee play out, even if it runs into overtime. “We don’t have those constraints in place that will force us into a spell-off ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is modifying its rules, reducing the emphasis on the controversial "spell-off" tiebreaker. This decision follows criticism of last year's abrupt ending.

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