DFW Teen Faizan Zaki Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee: “I’m Still Trying to Process that I’m a champion.”

DFW teen Faizan Zaki wins Scripps National Spelling Bee: “I’m still trying to process that I’m a champion.”

Faizan Zaki triumphs as the newest Scripps National Spelling Bee champion after intense preparation learning 4,000 words a day and overcoming burnout.

At 100, the National Spelling Bee Needs a M-A-K-E-O-V-E-R

The fourth time was the charm for Faizan Zaki, of Allen, Texas, who last Thursday night won the 100th National Spelling Bee. The word that won it for the 13-year-old—who was last year’s runner-up and who had participated twice before that—was eclaircissement, which he spelled without the slightest hesitation. It’s a French noun meaning “the clearing up of something obscure” or “enlightenment.” “Obscure” is wholly inadequate to describe many of t…

Watch Texas Middle Schooler Faizan Zaki Win The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Can you spell éclaircissement from memory, on live television? This 13-year-old did just that to win the 2025 National Scripps Spelling Bee on May 29.

Chesapeake student competes in Scripps National Bee - The Tribune

Makes it to third round of 100th anniversary event WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was long road getting there, but a Chesapeake student took part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on the outskirts of the nation’s capital over the weekend. Joseph Keffer, who just finished fifth grade, qualified for the event after winning the district bee for southeast Ohio in Athens in the spring. Prior to that, he won the Lawrence County Spelling Bee in December, for…

Indian American Becomes the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2025 Champion

13-year-old Faizan Zaki became the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2025 champion, and it was a championship worth watching. For the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Faizan is not a new face. Last year, this Indian-American boy narrowly lost in a spell-off with Bruhat Soma after rushing his final word and stumbling with the spelling. But this time, he made sure that the contest did not go to a spell-off at all. Zaki hails from Dallas, Texas, and secu…

VUSD welcomes silver medalist home from Scripps National Spelling Bee

Visalia Unified School District students and staff welcomed Sarvadnya Kadam back to campus after he placed second at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.  Oak Grove Elementary celebrated Kadam, 14, with an assembly on Monday morning.  The big picture: VUSD Superintendent Kirk Shrum, Oak Grove Principal Travis Hambleton, teachers and Kadam’s teachers all spoke at the assembly and congratulated him for his achievement.  Hambleton presented Kadam wi…