When Kingston, Jamaica’s Jody-Anne Maxwell spelled 'chiaroscurist' correctly in 1998, she became the event’s first black winner and also the first winner from outside the United States.
National spelling champion Wes Underwood bowed out of competition at the 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee in the third round. He was given the word ruffage (the Archaic spelling) which means fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs which aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut. Wes, 13, spelled roughage, which also
National Spelling Bee, in full Scripps National Spelling Bee; formerly (until 2004) Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, spelling bee held annually in the Washington, D.C., area that serves as the culmination of a series of local and regional bees contested by students (mostly American) in grades below the high-school level. It is administered on a not-for-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company as an educational promotion. Although a nationwide spelling competition for children had been contested in 1908 under the auspices of the National Education Association, the idea was not revisited until 1925. In that year the Louisville Courier-Journal, the
With the countdown on to the 2023 Scripps Spelling Bee later this month, national champion Wes Underwood is “excited”. And has been practicing and studying words daily to prepare for his Washington, D.C. appearance. On May 28, Wes, 13, is expected to be among more than 200 spellers from around the world to arrive in