Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Sukanya at the age of 14, won her maiden Scripps National Spelling Bee title in 2011, after having correctly guessed the spelling of the word 'cymotrichous' during the 20th round. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] During the course of the competition, she was sponsored by the Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . [ 7 ]
Historically, the word "bee" has been used to describe a get-together for communal work, like a husking bee, a quilting bee, or an apple bee.According to etymological research recorded in dictionaries, the word "bee" probably comes from dialectal "been" or "bean" (meaning "help given by neighbors"), which came from Middle English bene (meaning "prayer", "boon" and "extra service by a tenant to ...
[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
Spellers, as participants are described in the official Scripps National Spelling Bee, have to meet several eligibility requirements. They must not be past eighth grade or have turned 15 by Aug ...
The Scripps National Spelling Bee endorsed a feminist spelling of "women" to be used by third-grade students in ... Free Speech Org Torches Iowa Teacher's Banned Words List Featuring ‘Ohio ...
The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The finals of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee will be televised live beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday. You can watch it over the air, on cable, satellite or online on ION.