Faizan Zaki won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with "éclaircissement," marking the competition's 100th anniversary and becoming the first runner-up to win in nearly 25 years.

Student Hannah Kuo from the Lucerne Valley Unified School District advanced while competing in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Faizan Zaki, the 13-year-old champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, spoke with "CBS Mornings Plus" about the tense final rounds and claiming victory a year after finishing as the runner up.

At the Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C., in late May, Chipotle brought back the Chipotle Bee, For Real, a fun spelling showdown where kids proved the superiority of real ingredients ...

Faizan bested Sarvadnya Kadam in the 20th round to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 29. He sealed the deal that night by nailing éclaircissement, running out of breath and collapsing ...

Connor Norton, a dedicated speller, earned a spot at the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, showcasing his passion and ...

Faizan Zaki, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship on Thursday, May 29 — and says he couldn't have done it without the support of his parents and twin sister.

National No longer a dream: Faizan Zaki wins Scripps spelling bee on fourth try. His enthusiasm nearly cost him. How the Texas teen -- last year’s runner-up -- recovered to win the trophy.

In 2014, there were two winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. One of them was Sriram J. Hathwar, who was able to spell a word that derived from ancient Greece: stichomythia. 16 of 35 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WSAV) — How do you spell success? For the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, it’s spelled “éclaircissement.” The word is French and means “the clearing up of ...

Sarvadnya Kadam, a 14-year-old Visalia student, was the runner-up in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee held on May 29 in National Harbor, MD.. Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Texas, became ...

Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, holds the trophy after winning the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.