The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off the week of May 28. Test your spelling knowledge with this interactive quiz.
the goal is to assemble a word list that will challenge but not embarrass the dozens of middle- and elementary-school-aged competitors — and preferably produce a sole champion within the two-hour broadcast window for the finals.As for spellers, they spend years mastering roots and language patterns and exploring the farthest reaches of Merriam-Webster's Unabridged dictionary to compete on the national stage.
Before it became commonly called"spelling bees," it went by Trials in Spelling, Spelling School, Spelling Match, Spelling-Fight and Spelling Combat, according to Webster's. first started in 1925 when nine newspapers joined together to host a spelling bee. That year, only nine were in the championship, having the honor of meeting President Calvin Coolidge before going head-to-head.
The preliminary rounds at nationals consist of three rounds of oral competition: two rounds of spelling and one round of multiple choice word meaning . The quarterfinals and semifinals continue rounds of oral spelling and multiple-choice word meaning until officials declare the end of those events. An incorrect answer in any of those rounds is an automatic elimination.
Spellers would have 90 seconds to spell as many words as they can correctly. In the rapid-fire tiebreaker, spellers would get the same words in the lightning round and be isolated from one another.
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