OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the ...

OXON HILL, Md. – The sign outside the waiting room read: "Preliminaries Test, Quiet Please." Spellers emerged one by one, having taken the first vocabulary test in the history of the National Spelling ...

(CNN) -- It's not enough to be a fantastic speller anymore. A student who wants to win the National Spelling Bee must now be a whiz at vocabulary. The Scripps National Spelling Bee will add the ...

Elliot, a fourth grader with a sharp mind, a sharper sense of humor, and a habit of doodling her way through assignments, had ...

Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the competition two years ago. "It's ...

Nearly 300 spellers gather this week for the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee This year%27s bee will feature for the first time vocabulary words for competitors to define Spellers come from all 50 ...