National Spelling Bee

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Scripps National Spelling Bee winner talks surprise win, calling judges 'bro'

  • May 30, 2025
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By the Numbers: Spelling bee winner

  • Jun 2, 2023
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Texas teen wins Scripps National Spelling Bee after placing 2nd last year

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a new champion—13-year-old Faizan Zaki from Allen, Texas. Zaki finished in second place last year after a rapid fire tiebreaker.

  • May 30, 2025
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14-year-old wins national spelling bee after correctly spelling this word

  • Jun 2, 2023
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14-year-old competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee for a 6th time

  • May 31, 2023

First ever spelling bee tiebreaker

  • Jun 3, 2022

National Spelling Bee champ talks about stressful 90-second round

  • Jun 3, 2022

How the National Spelling Bee champion stayed calm during 90 second spell-off

  • Jun 3, 2022

Meet the history-making National Spelling Bee champ

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Scripps National Spelling Bee winner reveals how he did it

The 14-year-old from McKinney, Texas, beat out a record 516 spellers this year.

  • May 31, 2018

National Spelling Bee winner describes 'really amazing' win

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