Topic: Scripps National Spelling Bee

National Donut Day: Free doughnuts inspired by WWI (+video)

National Donut Day celebrates the women who served doughnuts to US troops overseas in the first World War. Get free doughnuts for National Donut Day at Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, and other chains.

2012 Spelling Bee champ wins with 'guetapens' (+video)

Snigdha Nandipati is the fifth Indian-American in a row to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year old spelled 'guetapens,' which means ambush or trap.

Spelling bee winner is Snigdha Nandipati

She is 14 and from San Diego, Calif.  The winning word was "guetapens."

What's that word? National Spelling Bee ready for finals

The winner will take home $30,000 and a scholarship.

Think you can spell? Take our Spelling Bee quiz!

To commemorate the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee, held this week in Oxon Hill, Md., we present a quiz of all the winning words since 1925. Click on the link to listen to the word. Most pronunciations of the come from Merriam Webster's dictionary website. A new window will open and you will hear the word. Then close the window and select what you think is the correct spelling. 

(In some cases, the full spelling of the word will appear the URL for the pronunciation. This is unavoidable. To avoid temptation, you should hide your URL bar.)

Spelling bee: Intensity makes it the experience of a lifetime (+quiz)

The buzz of excitement around the National Spelling Bee also captures contestants from past years, who recall the discipline of preparing and the intensity of competition as life lessons.

National Spelling Bee: 10 winning business words

In the National Spelling Bee’s 85-year existence, a wide range of words have crowned the winners – from science words like ‘crustaceology,’ to musical terms such as ‘soubrette,’ and ‘appoggiatura.’ The list of winning words also includes several that could slide right into the pages of this newspaper’s business section. In honor of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee, here are 10 business words from past years that have determined the champion. Will this year’s winning word make the list?

Spelling Bee: The final 50 will compete for $30,000

The youngest competitor this year is 6-year old Lori Anne Madison. The winner of the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee gets $30,000 in cash. Second place: $2,500.

A filmmaker breaks down ballet stereotypes

Documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman followed the rigorous world of ballet competition for her new documentary 'First Position.'

Sukanya in good company: A look at the last 5 National Spelling Bee Champions

Sukanya Roy joins the ranks of National Spelling Bee Champions. Here's a list of the last five Scripps National Spelling Bee champions and the words they had to spell to get there.

Spelling bee champion triumphs with 'cymotrichous'

Spelling bee champion Sukanya Roy held on through repeated perfect rounds – where no spellers made any mistakes – to triumph at the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

National Spelling Bee: Competitors ease tension with hugs and high-fives

Thirteen children advance to Thursday night’s championship finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, airing on ESPN.

National Spelling Bee: 275 students vie (vye? vigh?) to make semifinals

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, shown Wednesday on ESPN-3, is under way, with 275 grade-schoolers battling it out in preliminary rounds. By Thursday, just 50 will be be left spelling.

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Obama has the White House, but where does Vice President Joe Biden live?

Joe Biden and each vice president since 1974 has called a specific Victorian mansion in Washington home.

National Spelling Bee protests: Should we simplify English spelling?

The Scripps National Spelling Bee highlights what a mess the English spelling is – a hodgepodge of orthographies borrowed from German, French, Greek, and Latin. Is it time for a makeover?

Enuf is enuf: DC spelling bee draws protests

Four protesters demonstrated outside the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday, demanding simplified spelling for the English language.

Shaquille O'Neal challenges 14-year-old to game of one-on-one (in spelling)

Shaquille O'Neal is challenging last year's spelling champion to a spell-off.

Opinion: The perfect Winter Olympics sport: curling... really

Curling might just be the perfect all-American sport if we give it a chance. Find it, watch it, love it at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Spelling bees, long a domain of kids, now attract seniors

The AARP national championship this weekend will feature dozens of contestants who have spent the past year studying words in the car, on the treadmill, and in the dentist's chair.

Spelling bees, long a domain of kids, now attract seniors

The AARP national championship this weekend will feature dozens of contestants who have spent the past year studying words in the car, on the treadmill, and in the dentist's chair.