The 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee will take place this week. The preliminaries took place on Tuesday. The quarterfinals will run on Wednesday, June 1st from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. The semifinals follow from 8-10 p.m. ET and the finals will take place on Thursday, June 2nd from 8-10 p.m. ET. All rounds will be aired on ION. There will be a live stream that tracks the action at SpellingBee.com. The 2022 competition saw 234 spellers from across the U.S., the Bahamas, Canada, Germany and Ghana.
The 2021 winner was Zaila Avant-Garde who made history as the first Black American and first speller from Louisiana to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Avant-Garde was 14-years-old when she won. The youngest winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee was 11-year-old Nihar Janga who won in 2016. He tied with 13-year-old Jairam Hathwar and it was the second tie over the last five Spelling Bees.