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The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This UC Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.
Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on ...
Stanwood Elementary student wins Greensburg Rotary's annual spelling bee on a tough word
Riley Beckett, a third grader at Stanwood Elementary School, has been relentlessly practicing her older brother Luke’s ...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee tweaks rules to make 'spell-off' tiebreaker less likely
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year WASHINGTON -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be ...
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Previous BVSD spelling bee winner gets second shot at national stage
Superior eighth grader Blanche Li was a third grader when she competed in her first school spelling bee. She came close to winning and decided to get “a lot more serious” to bolster her ...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee tweaks its rules to make 'spell-off' tiebreaker less likely
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the ...