Scripps National Spelling Bee to host 231 spellers at 2023 Bee Week
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CINCINNATI, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee will welcome 231 spellers to National Harbor, Maryland, from May 30-June 1 for the national rounds of its 95th competition since being founded in 1925.
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- CINCINNATI, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee will welcome 231 spellers to National Harbor, Maryland, from May 30-June 1 for the national rounds of its 95th competition since being founded in 1925.
- Highlights of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee field:
The spellers range in age from 9 to 14. - Nearly 80 percent – 182 spellers – are competing in their first Scripps National Spelling Bee this year.
- Fourteen spellers are competing in their third Scripps National Spelling Bee.