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 ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he’s the only ...