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The winner of Georgia's state bee is competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the third year in a row.

Sarv Dharavane and Sreeya Lakkimsetti, both representatives from Georgia, advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling "heiau" and "nahcolite" respectively.

An eighth-grader from Maranatha Christian School in 4S Ranch advanced to the third round of Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Benjam

In the world of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Jacques Bailly is a star. It's his voice that all the competitors hear as they stand on stage, ready to spell their hearts out. "We've got a whole bunch of great kids," he told Scripps News. "And everybody ...

OXON HILL, Md. -- When the confetti flew, the two boys stood in the center of the stage and shook hands. They held up the trophy together. Both were champions, a Spelling Bee finish unseen in more than half a century. After all, it wouldn't have seemed ...

The Scripps Spelling Bee can be daunting, even beyond the words presented to contestants. Here's everything you need to know about the competition:

When Dev Shah won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2023 and Faizan Zaki took the title last year, they posed for remarkably similar photos on the confetti-strewn stage. Standing next to them, beaming,