Akash Vukoti, a 6-year-old boy from San Angelo, took a second to spell his favorite word Wednesday for media in Washington, D.C. Actually it took 17 seconds. The word is 45 letters long. Of course, ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Most six year olds are learning how to spell words like “bike” or “feet.” Akash Vukoti successfully spelled “circumspectly” at his local spelling bee in Texas to become the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twelve years after competing in his first spelling competition in Virginia at just 2 years old, and just days after his 14th ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t name a champion until Thursday night, but there’s one contestant that’s already won America’s hearts. Six-year-old Akash Vukoti is the youngest contestant in ...

The 89th annual Scripps Spelling Bee is off to a buzzing start, and the competition has proven fierce. The competition kicked off with Tuesday's preliminary written test, and Wednesday gave the 285 ...

Ngan Ho/Standard-Times The Vukotis — Chandrakala (from left), Akash, Amrita and Krishna — have attended bees for several years as Akash has progressed as a speller. Michelle Gaitan/Standard-Times ...