The Bee Blog

Spellebrity video winner

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 19:58

It's Bryn with the Bee! Bryn with the Bee filmed Meant to Bee, a news program about interviews for a new pronouncer after Dr. Jacques Bailly was allegedly stung by a bee. Those that audition...

Tie-breaker test

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 19:44

The 15 finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee took a test this afternoon. But we may never see the results. In an effort to reduce the number of ties in the competition - the Be...

Primetime finalists

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 14:04

Thomas York, speller 281 and a Minnesota eighth grader, is out. His father was in the Bee in 1982. Thomas misspelled Carrara, a white statuary marble. The 15 spellers in the F...

First gone this round

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 14:01

Jashun Paluru, speller 245, finished 10th in the Bee last year. Yesterday, he said he was "feeling pretty excited” about being back in the Finals. “I don’t want to be overconfident,” he sai...

Delicious

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:52

"Sounds yummy," Raksheet Kota, speller 200, said of his word. "It is," said Dr. Bailly of girolle, a widely distributed edible mushroom that is rich yellow in color and has a p...

You ignoramus!

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:47

"I like that dude," said Erin Howard, speller 36, when she heard her sentence. "Pedro got so sick of correcting people who described his Halloween costume as merely 'Roman army soldier' that h...

I think I know it

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:42

At the end of the round, there are 17 spellers left. Five are out. The latest is Nicholas Ivan, speller 287, who misspelled noyade, a mass drowning. The Indiana eighth grader was in his f...

Best day

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:26

Tara Singh, speller 207 and in her fourth Bee, is out. The Kentucky seventh grader misspelled piatti, cymbals. Before the Finals, Tara said she was honored to be a repeater. She planned to ...

Big grins

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:17

Alice Liu, speller 191, was feeling “so excited” to get to the Finals. “I feel like my dream’s finally come true,” the Missouri fifth grader said. She planned to relax a bit before get...

More exits

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:10

Helena Thompson, speller 43, is out on filasse, a vegetable fiber prepared for manufacture. The North Carolina seventh grader was in her first Bee. Also out is Samhita...

Did you not hear me?

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:05

Erin Howard, speller 36, is a piano player and a fan of Hamilton. "OK, you really have to give me a word I know right now. Really," she said, when she came to the mic. Her word: apparenteme...

The new round takes another one

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:02

Melodie Loya, speller 9, is out. She misspelled subauditur, something understood or implied in connection with what is expressed The New York sixth grader was in her first Bee. ...

22 left

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:56

At the end of the round, we've lost two more - that's 12 gone. That means 22 spellers remain. Marlene Schaff, speller 291, was eliminated on cleidoic, cut off or isolated from free e...

South Korea's out

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:48

Catherine Chung, speller 265, misspelled potager, a cook whose specialties are soup, broth and bouillon. "After fighting with the manager at the restaurant, the potager went back to the kitchen and...

I love my brother

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:43

Jashun Paluru, speller 245, filmed a video about how fluent he was in sarcasm. Then he stepped to the mic. "That was awkward," he said of the clip, in which his demonstrated phrase for sarcasm...

So long, Canada

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:39

Enya Hubers, speller 227, misspelled toreutics, the art or process of working in metal especially by embossing or engraving. The sixth grader's exit means the end of the road ...

Siyona is out

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:32

Siyona Mishra, speller 205 - who tied for ninth place last year - is out. The Florida eighth grader misspelled Corriedale, a member of a breed of rather large usually hornless sheep ...

Two more gone

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:25

We've lost two more spellers. Speller 180, Daniel Chen, misspelled carosella, a fennel grown for its edible young stems which are used in salads — called also Italian fennel. ...

No pressure

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:10

Sreeniketh Vogoti, speller 167, was excited to be in the Finals of his second Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I’m trying not to have a lot of pressure,” he said. “For the most part, it’s ...

Down another

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 12:05

Nikhil Lahiri, speller 163, is out on coloboma, a fissure of the eye usually of congenital origin. The New York eighth grader was in his first Bee. ...