Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Before he was asked to spell “elucubrate,” Jacques Bailly had never ...

This is where the spelling of the winning word in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee gets tricky. And oh, by the way, it’s already incorrect. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee officially has begun this week in Washington, D.C. and runs through May 28, 2026. Nearly 250 spellers, ages 9 to 15, will be tackling words like bougainvillea, ...

Below is your chance to spell it correctly, along with other past words used to crown champion spellers, ahead of the National Spelling Bee that kicked off May 27. Here are five of the Scripps' ...

So it all started when I heard when uh Doctor Bailey gave me the word um I, I immediately recognized it um and I knew the definition and that it was from French so I just went for it. I uh started ...