Akash Vukoti, 9, of San Angelo, Texas, competes in the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — ...

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 ...

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 ...

Akash Vukoti was 2 years old when he entered his first spelling competition, in Ashburn, Va., in 2012. “He was very much into the alphabet and numbers, and had a very photographic memory,” his father, ...

Akash Vukoti of San Angelo, Texas, may be the youngest contestant — and the first first-grader — ever to reach the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he’s in it to win it. “I knew all the words they ...