245 contestants compete in the increasingly difficult Scripps National Spelling Bee from May 28 in National Harbor, Maryland.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee begins on May 28, as 245 contestants gather in National Harbor, Maryland for a four-day competition. To prevent another eight-way tie like 2019, words chosen for the bee are increasingly difficult and abstruse. Spellers have spent years mastering language patterns and roots to compete with Merriam-Webster's Unabridged dictionary. Recent winning words demonstrate this progression of difficulty.

May 24, 2024
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