Nation Can you spell these 12 challenging words? Scripps National Spelling Bee finalists could May 30, 2019 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on Can you spell these 12 challenging words? Scripps National Spelling Bee finalists could The 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals are set and just 50 spellers remain. Here are 12 challenging words they faced in preliminary rounds.