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Children across the United States have participated in spelling bees with the hopes of making it to the national contest since 1925, according to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The New York Times, which has covered spelling bees for almost 150 years, will continue that tradition Thursday night, reporting live on the spellers’ stories and the words they face.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Dasari says there are roughly 100,000 words in the dictionary that are appropriate for spelling bees.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2023

Turns out, one of the most challenging words leading up to the first tiebreaking spell-off in almost 100 years of national spelling bees has Northwest ties.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2022

We had spelling bees and math marathons, or we stood up and said what we were going to do that summer, or what we would do if we were king of the world.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson