Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...

This weekend, all Front Range spelling aficionados will be summoned to Longmont, where a spelling competition for the ages is set to be hosted at 300 Suns Brewery, 335 1st Ave. Far from the ...

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...

The Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library has hosted adult spelling bees for 11 years, and one man has won six of them. His name is John Lipani. That’s L-I-P-A-N-I, Lipani. The soft-spoken ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

The Humboldt Literacy Project will host an “Adult Spelling Bee” Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s, located inside the Historic Eagle House, Second and C streets, Eureka. Registration is $5 and ...