• Schools that enroll with the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee will automatically receive these Great American SpellCheck benefits through the log-in section of spellingbee.com:
• Great American SpellCheck grade-specific word lists and study sheets for grades 1–8,
• Great American SpellCheck pledge sheets,
• Great American SpellCheck test forms,
• Great American SpellCheck instructions, and
• Great American SpellCheck communication templates.
• At a time that your school determines (this fundraiser may be conducted at any point in the school year!), students study grade-specific word lists and collect pledges from family and friends for every word they spell correctly in the Great American SpellCheck.
• Students improve their spelling skills and your school enjoys the financial benefits!
• Elementary school with 320 students in grades 1–6
• 75 percent of students (240) collect pledges from family and friends averaging $25 per student = $6,000
Click here to download the Bee's W-9 form and Sole Source Letter for the 2024-2025 program year.
You are welcome to pay your school's enrollment fee via check. During the enrollment process, if you select our pay-by-check option you may print a custom invoice for your school. Please note that a $7.50 check handling fee will apply.
Upon receipt of your school's check, we will change your school's status from "awaiting payment" to "enrolled" and send an email confirmation.
School enrollment in the Bee program for the 2024-2025 year begins August 20, 2024, at spellingbee.com. The per-school enrollment fee will be $185 for schools that register by November 13, 2024, and $199 for the remainder of the enrollment period, which ends on January 31, 2025.*
*In some areas, school enrollment ends earlier than January 31st.
We would be happy to update your school's record. Please provide us with the correct information by completing our service request form.
Schools that enroll in the 2025 Bee program receive the following benefits:
-Exclusive online access to the teachers-only section of spellingbee.com.
-Official competition lists for use in conducting classroom and school spelling bees.
-The Great Words, Great Works reading list with all source books, organized by reading level.
-Supplemental vocabulary materials for classroom and school levels.
-Customizable certificates for your participants and school champion
-Britannica Online for Kids: A one-year subscription to Britannica Online for Kids to award to a participant in your school's spelling bee program. If your school enrolls on or before September 30, your school receives TWO one-year subscriptions to Britannica Online for Kids.
-Study Materials: The 4,000-word Words of the Champions study guide for school champions that includes the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.
Note: School enrollment begins August 20, 2024, at spellingbee.com. The per-school fee is $185 per school through November 13, 2024. The per-school fee is $199 per school from November 14, 2024, through January 31, 2025.*
*In some areas, school enrollment ends prior to January 31st.
To determine who the regional Bee partner is in your area, contact us and provide us with the name, address, city, and state of the school your child attends. Note that school enrollment in the Bee for the 2024-2025 year begins August 20, 2024. A teacher or administrator at your child's school may visit spellingbee.com beginning August 20, 2024, to enroll.
If you know of a business or community organization interested in becoming a regional partner, please have a representative contact us by completing our service request form here: www.spellingbee.com/contact.
A regional partner is a business, community organization, college or university willing to organize and pay for a spelling bee program open to all schools in the designated area and to send the area's champion to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
A no-frills regional spelling bee program costs about $5,000 annually. The responsibilities of an official regional partner include the following:
-Organizing a regional spelling bee for the entire sponsored area
-Serving as the principal spelling bee contact for the sponsored area
-Recruiting a pronouncer, judges, officials and other volunteers for the regional spelling bee
-Securing a venue for the regional spelling bee
-Paying for a portion of the regional champion's trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee
-Paying an annual regional partner investment fee
In some areas, sponsorship responsibilities are shared by two or more regional partners.
A regional partner is a business, community organization, college or university willing to organize and pay for a spelling bee program open to all schools in the designated area and to send the area's champion to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
A no-frills regional spelling bee program costs about $5,000 annually. The responsibilities of an official regional partner include the following:
-Organizing a regional spelling bee for the entire sponsored area
-Serving as the principal spelling bee contact for the sponsored area
-Recruiting a pronouncer, judges, officials and other volunteers for the regional spelling bee
-Securing a venue for the regional spelling bee
-Paying for a portion of the regional champion's trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee
-Paying an annual regional partner investment fee
In some areas, sponsorship responsibilities are shared by two or more regional partners.
If you know of a business or community organization interested in becoming a regional partner, please have a representative contact us by completing our service request form here: www.spellingbee.com/contact.
Absolutely! If there is an error in the information for your school, please ask us to correct it by completing our service request form at spellingbee.com/contact.
Enrolled schools have access to the Classroom Competition List (for use in conducting classroom or grade-level bees) and the School Competition List (for use in conducting a school-wide spelling bee) as a benefit of enrollment. If your school enrolled in the 2025 Bee program and you need access to the 2025 competition lists, log into your school's account at https://schools.spellingbee.com/portals and select Classroom Bees or School Bee from the left menu.
When you enroll your school in the Bee at spellingbee.com, we automatically email you a receipt for your school's enrollment fee.
Enrolled schools have access to the 2024 Classroom Competition List (for use in conducting classroom or grade-level bees) and the 2024 School Competition List (for use in conducting a school-wide spelling bee) as a benefit of enrollment. If your school enrolled in the Bee for the 2023-2024 year and you are in need of one or both of our 2024 competition lists, please contact us.
You need to install the most recent version of Adobe Reader on your computer to view and print the Classroom Competition List and the School Competition List. Adobe Reader is available free here.
The 2025 Regional Qualifier Competition List is intended for use by officials who are conducting an intermediate-level spelling bee. An intermediate-level spelling bee is a bee that takes place after a school bee but before a final local bee. Your regional Bee partner can provide you with a copy of the 2025 Regional Qualifier Competition List if you are an official who is conducting an intermediate-level spelling bee.
The School Competition List is not a study guide and should not be given to students for study purposes.
We recommend that you use only the School Competition List for the current school year for your school bee, as it draws words from the current year's School Spelling Bee Study List. For example, for the 2023-2024 school year we recommend that you use only the 2024 School Competition List for your school spelling bee.
We recommend that you use only the School Competition List from the current year for your school bee, as it includes words from the current year's School Spelling Bee Study List. For example, during the 2024-2025 school year we recommend school bee officials use the 2025 School Competition List to conduct a school spelling bee. The 2025 School Competition List is available to all schools that enroll in the Bee for the 2024-2025 year.
In general, the Bee will not render opinions on eligibility unless the question pertains directly to a student who qualifies for the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee. If there are steps you can take now to preclude ineligibility, take those steps.
If your student has qualified for the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee and has eligibility concerns, the student's parents should promptly contact the national office.
The 2024 Suggested Rules for Local Spelling Bees are available for download here.
Your school's enrollment in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee includes a free one-year subscription to Britannica Online for Kids (a $74.95 value). You may award this prize to one student associated with your school's spelling bee program. To claim the prize(s), school spelling bee coordinators may contact us.
BONUS: Schools that enrolled on or before September 30, 2023, receive TWO one-year subscriptions to award to two students associated with the school's spelling bee program.
For prize redemption instructions and your prize code, please contact us.
The bonus is meant as an award for one student. If you enrolled your school by September 30, 2024, your school received the early enrollment bonus: Two free one-year subscriptions to Britannica Online for Kids that you may award to two students at your school. To access your prize code(s) and redemption instructions, contact us.
Please click here to contact us with your question.
To unsubscribe from e-mail communications from the Scripps National Spelling Bee, please contact us.
Schools that enroll in the Bee program for the 2024-2025 year receive the following benefits:
-Exclusive online access to the teachers-only section of spellingbee.com.
-Official pronouncer guides for use in conducting classroom and school spelling bees.
-The Great Words, Great Works reading list with all source books, organized by reading level.
-Supplemental vocabulary materials for classroom and school levels.
-Customizable certificates for your participants and school champion
-Britannica Online for Kids: A one-year subscription to Britannica Online for Kids to award to a participant in your school's spelling bee program. If your school enrolls on or before September 30, your school receives TWO one-year subscriptions to Britannica Online for Kids.
-Study Materials: The 4,000-word Words of the Champions study guide for school champions that includes the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.
Note: School enrollment for the 2024-2025 year begins August 20, 2024, at spellingbee.com. The per-school fee is $185 per school from August 20, 2024, through November 13, 2024, and $199 per school from November 14, 2024, through January 31, 2025.*
*In some areas school enrollment ends earlier than January 31st.
The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 27, May 28, and May 29. Visit spellingbee.com beginning May 1, 2025, for a full competition schedule.
Beginning August 20, 2024, teachers and administrators may visit spellingbee.com and select Enroll in the upper-right corner of our home page to enroll their schools for the 2024-2025 program year. The per-school enrollment fee is $185 for schools that enroll by November 13, 2024, and $199 for the remainder of the enrollment period, which ends January 31, 2025.* We look forward to your school's participation!
*In some areas, school enrollment ends earlier than January 31st.
Home school associations, groups and co-ops can enroll in the Bee just like any other type of school. The enrollment fee for home school associations, groups and co-ops is the same fee paid by other school types (e.g. public, private, charter): $185 per association, group or co-op, or $199 after November 13, 2024.
If a home school student lives in an area with no home school association, group or co-op, the student's family can enroll in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program by visiting spellingbee.com beginning August 20, 2024. Select Enroll in the upper-right corner of the home page. During Step 2 of the enrollment process, if your individual home school is not listed you may select the "Click here to request the addition of your school link."
The enrollment fee is $135 per home school family from August 20, 2024, through January 31, 2025.*
*In some areas, school enrollment ends earlier than January 31st.
School enrollment for the 2024-2025 program year begins August 20, 2024, at spellingbee.com. The per-school fee is $185 for schools that enroll by November 13, 2024, and $199 for the remainder of the enrollment period, which ends January 31, 2025.*
Teachers and administrators enroll by visiting spellingbee.com and selecting Enroll in the upper-right corner of our home page. We look forward to your participation!
*In some areas, school enrollment ends earlier than January 31st.
School bee coordinators at enrolled schools access the Britannica Online for Kids prize by logging into spellingbee.com and selecting Prizes and Certificates from the left menu. Students must redeem their free one-year subscription by August 1, 2025.
To obtain information about your local spelling bee program, contact the national office. We will need the name, address, city, state, and zip code of the school your child attends to assist you.
In general terms, the Scripps National Spelling Bee program is open to students who have neither turned 16 nor passed beyond the eighth grade, and who attend schools that are officially enrolled with our program for the current academic year. For more details, please see the complete list of eligibility requirements.
Key spelling bee contacts at schools enrolled in the Bee access our 2025 materials for students by logging into spellingbee.com and selecting Classroom Bees or School Bees from the left menu.
Parents may request copies of student study lists from the key spelling bee contact at their child's school. Parents may also download the Bee's Word Club app via the Google Play Store or Apple Store. Parents may also purchase an eBook version of the Words of the Champions booklet at Amazon.com (if desired).
Materials in the teachers-only section of spellingbee.com require the free Adobe Reader program. Please download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software here and try opening the files again.
Yes! You may receive a pay-by-check invoice for your school's enrollment fee.
If you have not yet enrolled, you can request an invoice during the enrollment process. Simply choose the pay-by-check option, and you will be able to print an invoice.
To enroll in the Bee, visit spellingbee.com beginning August 20, 2024, and select the Enroll button in the upper-right corner of our home page. We look forward to your participation!
We do not accept purchase orders; however, you may pay by credit card or check. To enroll your school in the Bee for the 2024-2025 program year visit spellingbee.com beginning August 20, 2024, and select Enroll in the upper-right corner of our home page. The per-school enrollment fee is $185 from August 20, 2024, through November 13, 2024, and $199 per school from November 14, 2024, through January 31, 2025.* We look forward to your participation!
*In some areas, school enrollment ends before January 31st.
The 2024 version of our Word Club app is available free of charge in both the Google Play Store and Apple Store. Spelling and vocabulary quizzes for all 4,000 words in the Words of the Champions study booklet are available within the app free of charge.
The Word Club app will work on iOS and Android phones and tablets. It will not function on a Chromebook.
Using our FREE Word Club app, students can take spelling and vocabulary practice tests for all 4,000 words on our Words of the Champions study list.
The 2024 version of our Word Club spelling and vocabulary app is available free from the Apple Store and Google Play Store.
There are 800 new Word Club study words for 2024. Using the Word Club app, anyone can access spelling and vocabulary quizzes for all 4,000 words in the Words of the Champions study booklet free of charge.
Words of The Champions is our official study booklet. Words of the Champions contains a total of 4,000 words, including the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.
The 2024 School Spelling Bee Study List (450 words) and the full 2024 Words of the Champions study booklet are available to schools that enrolled in the 2024 Bee program by January 31, 2024.
2020 is the only time since World War II (1943-1945) that the Bee has canceled the national finals since the program’s inception in 1925.
The cancellation occurred due to the ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and uncertainty around when public gatherings would be possible or advisable. The decision followed the Bee’s announcement on March 20, 2020, that it was suspending the national finals with hopes of rescheduling. The Bee determined there was no clear path to safely set a new date in 2020. The health and safety of all participants was the top concern and basis for this decision.
The Bee's online testing platform gives teachers and sponsors maximum flexibility in the administration of local spelling bee programs. Teachers and sponsors can administer online spelling and word meaning tests at the classroom, school, district and county levels.
If a school or sponsor decides to use an online test, students will be able to take the test on any device with a supported web browser* while at school or from home. The results of the test would determine who advances to the Bee’s next level of competition.
*Supported web browsers include Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
NOTE: The Online Testing Platform will be available to schools that enroll in the Bee for the 2024-2025 school year. The Online Testing Platform becomes available to enrolled schools beginning September 30, 2024.
Enrolled schools may use the Online Testing Platform to:
• Conduct classroom- or grade-level competitions with online tests.
• Administer a spelling test in place of the traditional oral spelling bee, declaring a school champion without holding an in-person event.
Please note the following: Use of the Online Testing Platform is always optional. Also, the Online Testing Platform is not designed for use in administering practice tests. If students would like to take practice quizzes their parents may download our FREE Word Club spelling + vocabulary app via the Google Play Store or Apple Store. Using our FREE Word Club app students may take practice quizzes for all 4,000 words on our Words of the Champions study list.
Schools and local sponsors are not required to use the Online Testing Platform.
Regional partners may use the Intermediate Test or Regional Qualifier Test within the Online Testing Platform to narrow down the number of competitors who will advance to their Regional Bee. The 2025 Intermediate Test and the 2025 Regional Qualifier Test become available beginning November 1, 2024.
Beginning February 3, 2025, the Regional Tiebreaker Test becomes available to regional partners. Regional partners may contact us if they have questions regarding use of the 2025 Regional Tiebreaker Test.
Good news! Access to the Online Testing Platform is included with the enrollment fee for schools. There is no additional cost to use the Bee's Online Testing Platform.
At both the school and regional-partner levels, the online testing platform enables bee coordinators to:
-Specify an all-spelling test, an all-vocabulary test or a combination test (spelling + vocabulary).
-Select multiple-choice or type-in spelling questions. Vocabulary questions are always multiple-choice.
-Specify if they want all studied words on their test, or a combination of studied words and unstudied words.
-Specify a time limit for the test, if desired.
-Set start and end dates for when the test is available to students.
-Determine if they want students to receive instant results showing the number of correct responses.
NOTE: The platform provides all test questions. Schools and regional partners do not create questions. During all tests, spellers will hear the words pronounced by Scripps National Spelling Bee Pronouncer Dr. Jacques Bailly.
The online testing platform is supported on the following:
Desktop and Laptop Browsers:
Tablets or Phones:
*Please note that the desktop and laptop versions of Safari are not supported. Also, we recommend the use of a desktop, laptop, or tablet for the best user experience.
Visit spellingbee.com beginning May 1, 2025, to access the broadcast schedule for the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals.
Visit spellingbee.com beginning May 1, 2024, to review the broadcast schedule for the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
There is a pathway to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for every school in the United States that enrolls in the Bee at spellingbee.com. Every county is either sponsored by a local business or organization or feeds into a regional spelling bee program run by the Scripps National Spelling Bee office in Cincinnati, Ohio.