The 13-year-old spelling bee champion with his family. Before Faizan Zaki's Scripps National Spelling Bee win, he leaned on his family for support, including his twin sister, who had a feeling this ...

Onstage, surrounded by reporters and with confetti still clinging to his clothes, Faizan Zaki said that in all the years he has spent competing, he never imagined winning the Scripps National Spelling ...

ALLEN - Faizan Zaki readied himself at the kitchen table for a challenge. His father scrolled through his online Merriam-Webster subscription in search of Scottish Gaelic words - a notoriously ...

The winner of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee says that even after practicing spelling for nearly 40 hours a week prior to the competition, his win Thursday night was "all a blur." "I was just ...

OXON HILL, Md. -- Faizan Zaki's enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite entering the bee ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite entering the ...

After his big win, the young Texan received "hundreds" of messages from friends and classmates His family was his integral to his victory, he tells PEOPLE, sharing how his twin sister kept telling him ...