spellathon

== English == === Etymology === From spell +‎ -athon. === Pronunciation === === Noun === spellathon (plural spellathons) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A spelling bee held to raise money for charity. 1998, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The United States and India, 1776-1996: The Bridge Over the River Time, page 284, The annual Spellathon organised by the Scripps-Howard group of publications is the nation′s premier spelling contest and about 8 million students across the nation participated. 2007, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, Volume 289, page 18, Most of us who are parents know that it takes a lot of pie and lamington drives, spellathons and school fetes to generate the money needed to complete many worthwhile school projects.