Look out for exceptions, such as 'teacher'. If the root word ends with 'ch' (teach), the word ending is 'er'. All we have to do is follow words that end with the sound 'ture' or 'sure', to find a ...

words such as “gazabo” (no, not gazebo) and “querken.” Each session in the spelling bee consists of two spelling rounds and one round in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions ...

As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care. Before panelists can ...