spelling bee

Science experiments were performed, Latin verbs conjugated, multiplication tables recited, and spelling bees held.

On the other side sits Ainsley, who would lose a grade-school spelling bee to a bag of hair extensions yet manages to get into college as a cheerleading squad walk-on.

Also worth noting: I won my grade-wide spelling bee in first grade by correctly spelling "hamburger."

Cashore credits his parents for helping him prepare for his trip to Washington, D.C., for the spelling bee.

Aliyah Alpert, who finished ninth in 2022, missed the bee entirely last year because she flubbed the word “recoup” in the Yavapai County spelling bee in her home state of Arizona.