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Fifth grader Jasmine Perez from Bayview Elementary School spells a word during the 5th round of the Miami Herald Broward County Spelling Bee. D.A. Varela/dvarela@miamiherald.com
The 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee begins on Tuesday 30 May with its preliminary round. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
A spelling bee at an elementary school, with a speller addressing an audience and a judge, with other contestants behind. A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. To compete, contestants must memorize the spellings of words as written in ...
[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
Scripps Spelling Bee's head judge brings history, encouragement to spellers. With 245 competitors, this was the largest field of spellers since the 2019 Bee. They ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
The 2023 bee was infused with new leadership as longtime Scripps Bee employee and former three-time bee participant Corrie Loeffler assumed the role of Executive Director. [17] A highlight of the 2023 competition was Akash Vukoti making history as the National Spelling Bee's first ever six-year repeater. [18]
In a feat of dictionary dominance, spellers from four Denison ISD campuses competed in the 2022 district spelling bees with the chance to move on to next level and represent the Yellow Jackets in ...