Scripps National Spelling Bee

Annual spelling bee held in the United States

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and often referred to as the National Spelling Bee or simply “the Spelling Bee” in the United States, is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The Bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by the E. W. Scripps Company and is held in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area during the week following Memorial Day weekend. Since 2026, it has been held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. From 2011 through 2025, except for 2021, it was hosted at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. It was previously held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 2010 and at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida in 2021.

Also known as...

Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and National Spelling Bee

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