WASHINGTON (AP) - Ever wonder if those spelling bee kids know the meanings of some of those big words? Now they'll have to prove that they do. Organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ...

Last week, the organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee announced that for the first time in the event's 86-year history, contestants will be tested not just on the spelling of words, but on ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee wraps up tonight, and it’s been as fun to watch as ever. But is it really fair to the kids to make them memorize definitions, as they’ve been required to do since ...

A marathon spelling bee between two Missouri students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word 'stifling.' ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- What does it all mean? That's the question facing spelling whizzes across the country, who learned Tuesday that they will have to know the definitions of some of the those tough ...