T he Scripps National Spelling Bee celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025, and while the bragging rights for winning the tournament are second to none, the prize money is pretty good, too.

Nine spelling bee champions from Michigan will compete against 234 students from across the country in the 100th annual Scripps ... Prizes range from gift cards to $50,000 in cash for the ...

This year's Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off on May 27. ... The 2018 and 2019 bees had a wild-card program designed as an alternative pathway to the bee for spellers in tough regions.

The 14-year-old Kadam is a Scripps National Spelling Bee veteran, with 2025 being his third competition. In 2023, he tied for 23rd place, and in 2024, he tied for 60th place.

This year's national spelling bee champion will be the 110th, because the bee ended in a two-way tie several times and an eight-way tie in 2019.

Spelling Bee rules state that spellers cannot have reached their 15th birthday or passed beyond the eighth grade (or an international equivalent) on or before Aug. 31, 2024.

Georgia fifth grader Sarv Dharavane placed third in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the youngest participant to make the final round.

When, where is the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee? Preliminaries will begin at 8 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 27. The quarterfinals are the next day, Wednesday, May 28, the semifinals happen that ...

Quarterfinals for the Scripps National Spelling Bee will be available to watch Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., on Bounce XL. Semifinals and finals can be watched Wednesday and Thursday ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee concluded with an exciting comeback this year, securing last year's second-place winner, Faizan Zaki, as this year's champion and making him one of only five ...