Jacques Bailly, a past Scripps National Spelling Bee winner, has served as the head pronouncer for decades. He picked 10 words for The Washington Post’s quiz.

And with that word, 13-year-old Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. If you weren't playing along at home, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real ...

Elliott Covelle, 14, of Northern Hills Middle School, won the Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee, becoming the first female champion since 2015. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Sometimes, the sessions include spelling practice, during which he tries to observe which words get missed the most. French words and homophones were common mistakes, he said.

The spell-off came easily to Bruhat, who said he had prepared for this exact moment for six months. His father, Srinivas Soma, would prepare a daily list of 30 words for him to practice spelling ...