The Scripps National Spelling Bee is facing backlash on social media after publishing its approved list of study words for third-graders. What has attracted social media users' wrath is the mention of the word “Womyn” as an alternate spelling to “Woman”. Is it not woke?” A third joined, “As a former Scripps national spelling bee competitor, seeing ‘womyn’ accepted as …
The Scripps National Spelling Bee’s annual list of study words for third graders drew the ire of conservatives fuming over its embrace of the feminist variation for “women.” The 2024-25 study list posted on school district websites includes the term “womyn” as an approved option for spelling “women” that third graders who want to compete in the national spelling competition …
