This year, youths from across the nation gather at the National Harbor in Maryland for a chance to be crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion before Memorial Day weekend.
With new rules to make the competition harder and eschew the possibility of co-champions, this year’s bee will be worth following.
For those who plan to follow the tournament, here are the dates and times to watch the spelling bee:
Preliminaries
- When: 8 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday
- Where: ESPN3
Finals
- When: 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday
- Where: ESPN2
Finals (continued)
- When: 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursday
- Where: ESPN
Do you think you have what it takes to spell like the best of them? Be sure to test your spelling knowledge with our challenge and see if you can spell the 12 words that went on to create champions.