The national spelling bee was first held in 1925 when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited spelling champions from around the country to gather in Washington, D.C., to find a national champion.

May 28, 2025 Pop quiz: Can you spell these peculiarly named places in the Philly area? In honor of this week's national bee, test your spelling skills on some of the area's neighborhoods, towns ...

Some pretty obscure words have been correctly spelled already in this year's National Spelling Bee. The kids know these words forwards and backwards (literally), but do most of us even know what ...

This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off on May 27. Test your spelling knowledge with this interactive quiz.