A spelling bee practice app for children aged 8 to 15. It speaks every word aloud in a recorded voice, the way a pronouncer does at a real bee, and wraps the practice in 14 word games so children keep coming back.

Yes. The free plan gives you 500 words and the basic games, with no card required and no expiry. Beginner Bee is $9.99 a month or $99 a year for 10,000 words, and Regional Speller at $19.99 a month or $199 a year unlocks the full graded library, the story mode and the book series. Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time.

Does my child hear the words spoken aloud?

Yes. Over 128,000 words are recorded in a real neural voice rather than read by the device's built-in text-to-speech, which mispronounces exactly the French and Latin borrowings that decide bees. A child can only spell a word they actually heard correctly.

How does it help prepare for the Scripps National Spelling Bee?

It practises the way the bee is actually run: the word spoken aloud, the definition, the language of origin and a sentence, then you spell it. It carries the Scripps and North South Foundation study tiers, all 108 national winning words from 1925 to 2026, and a Mock Spelling Bee that follows the real format of preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

Does it teach Greek and Latin roots?

Yes. 100 Word Journeys lessons and 122 concept chapters cover roots, prefixes, suffixes and language families, so an unfamiliar word can be reasoned out rather than memorised. Recognising word patterns is the single technique bee coaches recommend most.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Once loaded it runs offline on a tablet or phone — on a plane, in a car or in a tunnel. Practice is saved on the device and backed up to your account whenever there is a connection, so a wiped or lost tablet does not cost your child months of work.

Children aged 8 to 15. Difficulty tracks the individual child rather than their school year, so a strong eight-year-old and a struggling thirteen-year-old both get words pitched at them.

Is it safe for children?

There is no chat, no leaderboard, no microphone, no ads and no strangers. Only the parent holds an account; children never sign in to anything. Practice is stored on your own device.

Can more than one child use one account?

Yes. One parent account carries a profile for each child, each with their own words, progress and avatar.

What information do you actually store?

Your email address, because somebody has to hold the account and be billed. For each child: a display name they invent, a spelling level, and their practice progress. We do not store a child’s real name, age, photo, voice or location — the database has no column for any of it, so it cannot be collected by accident later.

Does it cover vocabulary and word meanings too?

Yes. There is a separate vocabulary ladder for meanings, the official NSF Vocabulary 2026 list, 31,000 trivia questions across 29 themes, idioms and similes, and an IPA trainer for reading pronunciation notation.

Spelling bee practice that speaks every word aloud

Bizzing Bee is a spelling bee practice app for children aged 8–15. Over 128,000 words are recorded in a real voice — the way a pronouncer says them at a bee — wrapped in 14 word games, word origins, vocabulary and trivia. It works offline, progress is backed up to your account, and your child never signs in to anything — we store no name, age or photo for them. Start free.

How Bizzing Bee compares

Bizzing Bee against what a typical children's spelling app offers.
What matters	A typical spelling app	Bizzing Bee
Hearing the word	Robotic device text-to-speech	Over 128,000 words in one real recorded voice
Words available	A few hundred to ~4,000	128,000 · 40,000 graded by difficulty
Different games	One or two, re-skinned	14, plus a 31-chapter story
Bee practice	Word lists to memorise	Full Scripps-format mock bee
Roots and origins	Rarely covered	100 journeys · 122 chapters
Vocabulary	Bolted onto spelling	Its own ladder · NSF 2026 list
Without internet	Needs a connection	Works fully offline
Who signs in	Usually the child	The parent. Never the child.
Ads, chat, leaderboards	Common	None
What money buys	Shortcuts and power-ups	Hats. Everything else is earned.

Frequently asked questions

What is Bizzing Bee?: A spelling bee practice app for children aged 8 to 15. It speaks every word aloud in a recorded voice, the way a pronouncer does at a real bee, and wraps the practice in 14 word games so children keep coming back.
Is Bizzing Bee free?: Yes. The free plan gives you 500 words and the basic games, with no card required and no expiry. Beginner Bee is $9.99 a month or $99 a year for 10,000 words, and Regional Speller at $19.99 a month or $199 a year unlocks the full graded library, the story mode and the book series. Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time.
Does my child hear the words spoken aloud?: Yes. Over 128,000 words are recorded in a real neural voice rather than read by the device's built-in text-to-speech, which mispronounces exactly the French and Latin borrowings that decide bees. A child can only spell a word they actually heard correctly.
How does it help prepare for the Scripps National Spelling Bee?: It practises the way the bee is actually run: the word spoken aloud, the definition, the language of origin and a sentence, then you spell it. It carries the Scripps and North South Foundation study tiers, all 108 national winning words from 1925 to 2026, and a Mock Spelling Bee that follows the real format of preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
Does it teach Greek and Latin roots?: Yes. 100 Word Journeys lessons and 122 concept chapters cover roots, prefixes, suffixes and language families, so an unfamiliar word can be reasoned out rather than memorised. Recognising word patterns is the single technique bee coaches recommend most.
Does it work without internet?: Yes. Once loaded it runs offline on a tablet or phone — on a plane, in a car or in a tunnel. Practice is saved on the device and backed up to your account whenever there is a connection, so a wiped or lost tablet does not cost your child months of work.
What ages is it for?: Children aged 8 to 15. Difficulty tracks the individual child rather than their school year, so a strong eight-year-old and a struggling thirteen-year-old both get words pitched at them.
Is it safe for children?: There is no chat, no leaderboard, no microphone, no ads and no strangers. Only the parent holds an account; children never sign in to anything. Practice is stored on your own device.
Can more than one child use one account?: Yes. One parent account carries a profile for each child, each with their own words, progress and avatar.
What information do you actually store?: Your email address, because somebody has to hold the account and be billed. For each child: a display name they invent, a spelling level, and their practice progress. We do not store a child’s real name, age, photo, voice or location — the database has no column for any of it, so it cannot be collected by accident later.
Does it cover vocabulary and word meanings too?: Yes. There is a separate vocabulary ladder for meanings, the official NSF Vocabulary 2026 list, 31,000 trivia questions across 29 themes, idioms and similes, and an IPA trainer for reading pronunciation notation.