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.

Edith Fuller, 5, will be the youngest person ever to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a Scripps spokeswoman says.

Though neither small genius ultimately won the national competition, Fuller is hoping to become the youngest child in history to earn the coveted spelling champion title.

She tackled the word, droshky, a public carriage used in Russia, to win the local title and the right to compete at the National Spelling Bee in May.

(CBS/AP) OXON HILL, Md. - The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history said Thursday that she knew the word she misspelled during the competition, but she was too tired, bored and ...

McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- The youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee was running around in a stream with a friend, hunting for rocks. Suddenly, she came charging up the bank and ...

Akash Vukoti, 6, is the youngest contestant at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The home-schooled first grader is from San Angelo, Texas.

Sacramento, California’s 14-year-old spelling bee prodigy competed in her last Scripps National Spelling Bee, as she aged out. What’s next?

Here's a complete guide for being eligible to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, including the minimum and maximum ages allowed for contesants.

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.

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