Scripps National Spelling Bee: How to watch, top competitors, rules, and prizesThe Scripps National Spelling Bee, celebrating its 100th anniversary, commences on May 27th, featuring 243 spellers from across the globe. ...
26 May, 2025, 05.30 PM IST
Spelling Bee finalists, mostly Indian-American children, visit White HouseBruhat, sporting a yellow championship T-shirt and a red tilak on his forehead, was joined by seven other finalists, including four others ...
01 Jun, 2024, 10.55 AM IST
Who is Bruhat Soma, the spelling champ who won the Scripps National Bee title?A 12-year-old, hailing from Florida has been crowned the spelling bee champion at the recently concluded 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee...
31 May, 2024, 09.56 PM IST
Bruhat Soma carries a winning streak into the Scripps National Spelling Bee finalsBruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from Tampa, Florida, aims to extend his three-time winning streak in spelling bees to four at the National Spell...
31 May, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
Harini Logan wins Scripps National Spelling Bee in first-ever tiebreaker roundThe 13-year-old spelled 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell-off.
03 Jun, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, wins national spelling bee with word 'Murraya'; Indian-Americans come 2nd and 3rdShe also holds several Guinness World Records for dribbling multiple basketballs at a time.
10 Jul, 2021, 07.41 PM IST
2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee picks 11 finalists, 9 of which are Indian-AmericansDuring the in-person finals, the Bee will have the option of activating a spell-off if needed.
29 Jun, 2021, 01.12 PM IST
Going digital: Scripps National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual formatLast year's bee was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic
23 Feb, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Meet the Indian-American siblings whose startup is honing winners in spelling beeSpelling bees are what Americans like to describe as a “uniquely American” pastime to determine the best speller of them all.
15 Jun, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Desi-Americans are spelling champions, but without prospects of greater gloryOnly rarely does the occasional city or region see the opposite headline, as happened in the Class 12 science stream in Gujarat in 2017, or...
01 Jun, 2018, 10.45 PM IST
Little Indians aim to bee the best, againPrime Minister Narendra Modi has a bee in his bonnet about touching base with the Indian diaspora whenever he goes abroad.
28 May, 2016, 04.41 AM IST
Indian American kids sweep Spelling Bee contestIndian American kids maintained complete dominance by winning the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest for the eighth year in a row.
29 May, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
25 Indian-Americans among 49 spelling bee semifinalistsAs many as 25 Indian-Americans have made it to the list of 49 semi-finalists of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee
28 May, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
- 14-year-old Indian-American boy wins National Geographic Bee
Karan Menon, a 14-year-old Indian-American student has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee competition in the US.
14 May, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
Indian-Americans co-champions of the Spelling BeeThis is the seventh consecutive year that Indian-Americans have retained the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which was watched live by milli...
30 May, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
Indians success in US spelling contests to boost reputation of sport in countryA word of caution: India’s proficiency in this field should not be gauged by the quality of spelling displayed on street and store signages...
27 Feb, 2014, 05.30 AM IST
Indian dominance of spelling bee is spellbindingIf tender Indian brains with hard disks of geopbyte capacities do not spew out the requisite spellings of arcane words, there will be probe...
03 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST