By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/could-you-spell-your-way-into-the-national-spelling-bee-take-this-quiz Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Could you spell your way into the National Spelling Bee? Take this quiz Education May 25, 2016 5:17 PM EDT Nearly 300 children converged to compete in the 89th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the final championship round began at 10 a.m. EDT today. The NewsHour culled through a list of 450 words that first through eighth graders have faced in this year’s contest. Might your nascent spelling prowess place you in the upper echelons of this year’s contest? Take our quiz to find out how your spelling skills size up. By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam
Nearly 300 children converged to compete in the 89th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the final championship round began at 10 a.m. EDT today. The NewsHour culled through a list of 450 words that first through eighth graders have faced in this year’s contest. Might your nascent spelling prowess place you in the upper echelons of this year’s contest? Take our quiz to find out how your spelling skills size up.