Home-schooled first-grader Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, age 6, is the youngest contestant, competing against more than 280 spellers for the title of 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion.

Last year, the youngest speller was a 6-year-old Texas boy. This year, 5-year-old Edith Fuller will be the youngest person ever to compete at the spelling bee, Scripps spokeswoman Valerie Miler said.

Meet the youngest contestant competing in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He knows he's the youngest because he Googled himself.

The National Spelling Bee begins May 27 in Washington, D.C., where the event will celebrate its 100th anniversary. “Our young spelling bee competitors showed their determination, skill, and love ...

Six-year-old Zachary Teoh competed against students up to the eighth grade to win the River Oaks Elementary spelling bee. He went on to place runner-up in the district-wide spelling competition.

Speller 20 Nithika Rangan, representing TCG Memorial Academy, competes in the preliminaries of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md., on May 28. Craig Hudson Scripps ...

Spelling Bee minimum age. There is no minimum age allowed to compete in the Scripps Spelling Bee. The youngest participant in 2025 is 8 years old.

Georgia fifth grader Sarv Dharavane placed third in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the youngest participant to make the final round.

The national qualifiers advanced through local and regional spelling bees in early April. New Jersey’s qualifiers are from Somerset, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex and Hunterdon counties.

This year’s youngest Scripps National Spelling Bee participant just turned 9. "I am 9 years old and my birthday was on March 15," Vihaan Kapil, a 3rd grader at Agamim Classical Academy in ...