The Scripps National Spelling Bee ( formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called Name_conferral the National Spelling Bee ) is an annual spelling bee held Hold in the United States .

Historically , the competition Competition has been open Openness to , and remains open to , the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U.S. ( including territories such as Guam , American Samoa , Puerto Rico , the Navajo Nation , and the U.S. Virgin Islands , along with overseas military bases in Germany and South Korea ) .

in 2011 , the team behind the competition added Cause_to_be_included a second event world spelling day - and officially rebranded Name_conferral as the world education Education_teaching games .

The randomly generated codename , `` Ellamy , '' is an alternative spelling Writing of the Early Modern English word , Elami ( E-la-mi ) , a musical solmisation designating Choosing the note E in the context of a tetrachord .

The spelling `` Ellamy '' is found Know in a poem frequently attributed to John Skelton , `` The Harmony of Birds '' .

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling , `` Roncesvalles '' in Spanish , `` Orreaga '' in Basque ) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush Attack a part of Charlemagne 's army in Roncevaux Pass , a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present Presence border between France and Spain , after his invasion Attack of the Iberian Peninsula .

Yousef boarded Self_motion the flight under the fake Italian name `` Armaldo Forlani '' , an incorrect spelling of the name of the Italian legislator Arnaldo Forlani .