2022 Round 1 Results
Spelling Round
162
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 163rd place (tied).
No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given |
1 | Sahasrad Sathish | Lake County Regional Office of Education | giallolino |
giallolino
|
2 | Quinten Atutis | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education | vaccary |
vacarie
|
3 | Wes Cooper | Kankakee Valley REMC | meringue |
mirangue
|
4 | Charlie Palmore | The Washington Informer | aficionado |
afficionado
|
5 | Ishan Ramrakhiani | SNSB Indiana Regional Bee | Bezier curve |
Bezier curve
|
6 | Joshua Diocares | Kent Intermediate School District | meunière |
meunière
|
7 | Edith Dawson | The Dispatch Argus | hangul |
hangul
|
8 | Juan Rondeau | The Miami Herald | ikebana |
ikebana
|
9 | Naresh Ram | Collier County Public Schools | caryatid |
charyatid
|
10 | Billy Scialla | Delaware Spelling Bee | a posteriori |
a posteriory
|
11 | Achyut Ethiraj | SNSB Indiana Regional Bee | tmesis |
tmesis
|
12 | Vikrant Chintanaboina | SNSB Regional Bee (Region Two) | pylorus |
pylorus
|
13 | Emma Maldarelli | Hawaii State Spelling Bee | kobold |
cobald
|
14 | Sydney Graham | Envision Credit Union | Stradivarius |
Stradivarius
|
15 | Lara Randhawa | Riverside County Office of Education | realgar |
realgar
|
16 | Petra Sarpong | Young Educators Foundation | force majeure |
force majeure
|
17 | Tejas Raman | Boulder Valley School District | urticaria |
urticaria
|
18 | Jia Xin Lu | Boise State University | caisson |
kaison
|
19 | Mihir Konkapaka | The San Diego Union-Tribune | gypsophila |
gypsophila
|
20 | Braydon Syx | Alabama Kiwanis Foundation | ormolu |
ormolu
|
21 | Rehan Koshy | SNSB Regional Bee for Illinois and Texas | dirigible |
dirigible
|
22 | Amelia Rice | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | piloncillo |
peloncio
|
23 | Noemie Jackson-Weaver | The Washington Informer | bobolink |
bobolink
|
24 | John Eoh | KERO 23 ABC | facile |
facile
|
25 | Christian Cherian | Howard County Library | lefse |
lefse
|
26 | Brody Santos | The Miami Herald | ligas |
ligas
|
27 | Shradha Rachamreddy | SNSB Regional Bee (Region Two) | escritoire |
escritoire
|
28 | Wyatt Jalocha | Ludington Daily News | otiose |
otiose
|
29 | Abram Polley | Indiana University | hinoki |
hinoki
|
30 | Matthew Yi | New Orleans Chapter of The Links | allonym |
alinim
|
31 | Eli Cokelet | Kansas Press Association | bdelloid |
deloid
|
32 | Tejas Katira | Kane County Regional Office of Education | lidocaine |
lidocaine
|
33 | Julia Settevendemie | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | lachsschinken |
lachsschinken
|
34 | Varshitha Bojanapati | SNSB Regional Bee (Region One) | euphonious |
euphonious
|
35 | Angelina Gampala | WXYZ Channel 7 | pastitsio |
pastichio
|
36 | Ananya Augustine | Georgia Association of Educators | ciliopathy |
ciliopathy
|
37 | Miles Hubbert | Maryland Sports | Bavarian cream |
Bevarian cream
|
38 | Bruhat Soma | SNSB Regional Bee (Region One) | allelopathy | |
39 | Aydin Jones | Charles County Public Schools | sepulchral |
supolcrol
|
40 | Isaac Morowitz | Chicago Public Schools | corybantic |
corybantic
|
41 | Noemi Galan | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | sporran |
sporon
|
42 | N'Adom Darko-Asare | Young Educators Foundation | emollient |
emollient
|
43 | Sam Evans | WJXT | betony |
betony
|
44 | Emmie Rakes | Idaho Character Foundation | gaillardia |
gallardia
|
45 | Justin Tran | Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative | catjang |
katjang
|
46 | Aiden Pham | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette | affogato |
affogotto
|
47 | Dominic Marroquin | Olathe Public Schools | illative |
illative
|
48 | Sahil Thorat | Louisiana State University Shreveport | skeuomorph |
skeuomorph
|
49 | Joey Finnerty | Lafayette Adult Resource Academy | panegyric |
panegyric
|
50 | Nesika Bellville | Sourcewell | lebensraum |
lebensraum
|
51 | Merit Namaste-Rose | Regional Office of Education #47 | nimiety |
anaimeaty
|
52 | Tristan Schneichel | SAGE Publishing | connoisseur |
connoisseur
|
53 | Arnav Kolluru | Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education | Alfvén |
Alfvén
|
54 | Isabella Cowan | WFCU Credit Union | duxelles |
duxell
|
55 | Max Foley | DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16 | chrysolite |
crysalite
|
56 | Annie-Lois Acheampong | Young Educators Foundation | coulrophobia |
coulrophobia
|
57 | Ana Guadalupe Villagomez | Pacific Daily News | rooseveltite |
roseveltite
|
58 | Jonathan Dezir | Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education | katakana |
katakana
|
59 | Navtaj Singh | Lewiston Tribune | lemniscus |
lemniscus
|
60 | Jason Khan | The Orange County Register | threnody |
threnody
|
61 | Aisha Haque | Frederick County Public Libraries | regnal |
regnal
|
62 | Levi Gould | Lakes Country Service Cooperative | aperçu |
aperçu
|
63 | Zoe Keith | Boulder Valley School District | hilum |
hilum
|
64 | Jeffrey Hsia | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | outré |
eutray
|
65 | Ekansh Rastogi | Orlando City SC | boutonniere |
boutonniere
|
66 | Faith Zapata | Riverside County Office of Education | appurtenances |
aperdances
|
67 | Advaith Balakrishnan | ComEd, An Exelon Company | Rastafarian |
Rastafarian
|
68 | Se'lah Sutton | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | vigneron | |
69 | Bryce Melgar | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register | hawok |
hawok
|
70 | Jose Garcia | Lee County Spelling Bee | oolite |
owolite
|
71 | Henry Olsen | SNSB Regional Bee for Illinois and Texas | aniseikonia |
aniciconia
|
72 | Moksh Kanukurthy | Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit | Casimir effect |
Casimir effect
|
73 | Riya Koya | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | deathin |
deathin
|
74 | Emily Doudna | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | parallax |
paralax
|
75 | Saketh Madhusudhan | The Daily Item | coup de grace |
coup de grace
|
76 | Vikram Raju | The Denver Post | seneschal |
seneschal
|
77 | Victor Andrews | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | cartouches |
cartuches
|
78 | John Folsom | Riverside County Office of Education | gambol |
gambul
|
79 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | cygnet |
cygnet
|
80 | Lillian Wallace | Macomb Intermediate School District | reseau |
resau
|
81 | Akira Harris | European PTA | redingote |
redingote
|
82 | Aaron Kuebler | Orlando City SC | chasuble |
chasuble
|
83 | Sulayman Abdirahman | Boston Centers for Youth & Families | spiedini |
spiedini
|
84 | Avyay Kodali | Pepper Construction and Wight & Company | subrident |
subrident
|
85 | Pihu Sahai | The Herald Palladium | ferruginous |
ferruginous
|
86 | Luke LaValley | The County Press | sangfroid |
safroux
|
87 | Aliyah Alpert | Arizona Educational Foundation | nuciform |
nuciform
|
88 | Zain Malik | WFCU Credit Union | cordillera |
cordillera
|
89 | Japleen Dhillon | The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools | naranjilla |
naranjilla
|
90 | Brielle Brown | South Central Service Cooperative | guichet |
gishay
|
91 | Daniel Lemus | Imperial County Office of Education | farouche |
farouche
|
92 | Aditi Shashidhara | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | ganache |
ganache
|
93 | Sam Passe | Southeast Service Cooperative | ennui |
ennui
|
94 | Nimal Murugan | Georgia Association of Educators | tulsi |
tulsi
|
95 | Kalleb Oliveira | The Martha's Vineyard Times | nacelle |
nacelle
|
96 | Mackenzie Harmon | Traverse City Record-Eagle | ptosis |
tosis
|
97 | Rumaysa Nadeem | ComEd, An Exelon Company | lobscouse |
loubscous
|
98 | Wolfgang Schaff | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education | demulcent |
demulcent
|
99 | Vikram Reddy | The Meakem Group | ullage |
ullage
|
100 | Randell Rhoads | Anchorage Daily News | fetticus |
fedicus
|
101 | Amelia Glass | Cape Breton University | limaçon |
limaçon
|
102 | Dhroov Bharatia | Dallas Sports Commission | obnebulate |
obnebulate
|
103 | Sophia Lopez | SNSB Michigan and Ohio Regional Bee | clematis |
clematis
|
104 | Abhilash Patel | Orange-Ulster BOCES | trompe l'oeil |
trompe l'oeil
|
105 | Tarini Nandakumar | Sweet Success ATX | orogeny |
orogeny
|
106 | Arnav Parat | Amarillo College | octonocular |
octonocular
|
107 | Nam Nguyen | University of South Dakota | Guarnerius |
Guarius
|
108 | Aanya Shetty | Columbia Missourian | toque |
toque
|
109 | Rayeann Sharma | SNSB Michigan and Ohio Regional Bee | execrable |
execrable
|
110 | Ka'Mauri Best | The Wilson Times | epideictic |
epidictit
|
111 | Tyler Nuttall | South Jersey Spelling Bee | camarilla |
camarilla
|
112 | Logan Edwards | Carolina Panthers | sturnine |
sturnine
|
113 | Harini Murali | Press Communications | filar |
filar
|
114 | Addison Champion | The Shelby Star | nugatory |
nugatory
|
115 | Cyrus Law | Corning Rotary Club | grissino |
grissino
|
116 | Gustavo Brignoni | Eureka Enrichment & Learning Center | styptic |
styptic
|
117 | David Fyffe | North Rockland Central School District | gentilitial |
gentilicial
|
118 | Pranav Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | Gaia |
Gaia
|
119 | Lindsey Roberts | Dallas Sports Commission | azotea |
asotaya
|
120 | Luc Calagsing | Pee Dee Education Center | Ficus |
Ficus
|
121 | Ellette Whitcomb | Montana Television Network | balbriggan |
balbrigon
|
122 | Garrick Tam | The Albuquerque Journal | aquiclude |
aquaclude
|
123 | Paula Daglieri | The Valley Breeze | transhumance |
transhumance
|
124 | Andrew Yeager | Akron Beacon Journal | bathos |
bathos
|
125 | Eric Goroza | The Public Education Foundation | haupia | |
126 | Krishang Indaana | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | fanfaronade |
fanfaronade
|
127 | Ava Anderson | Nyssa School District 26 | gules |
gules
|
128 | Akhil Giddaluri | Chattanooga Times Free Press | surcease |
surcease
|
129 | Ananya Rao Prassanna | Omaha Sports Commission | darnel |
darnel
|
130 | Jianna Marina | Diamond City Sports | crescive |
crescive
|
131 | Vale Esposito | ScholarSkills for STARS | bhangra |
bhangra
|
132 | Tessa Jones | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | tapetum |
tapetum
|
133 | Ariel Alhouwari | University of Memphis | poltroon |
poltroon
|
134 | Gabriel Fang | ScholarSkills for STARS | podagra |
podagra
|
135 | Yash Shelar | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | krausen |
krausen
|
136 | Alexis Reel | Carolina Panthers | maringouin |
maringouin
|
137 | Daanya Butt | The Daily Star | tryptophan |
triptophan
|
138 | Luna Gasevic | NDACS | reconnoiter |
reconnoiter
|
139 | Parker Pacifico | ESC of the Western Reserve | ailette |
ailette
|
140 | Joey Constantine | WFMJ Television, Inc. | maillot |
maillot
|
141 | Ananya Kannan | WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania | transience | |
142 | Addy Veerendra | New Hampshire Union Leader | dhurrie |
dhurrie
|
143 | Frank Dumas IV | Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs | embouchure |
ambushore
|
144 | Mujtaba Raja | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs | benison | |
145 | Julianne Liliestedt | The Repository | wahine |
huahinee
|
146 | Eyianna Dunn | WHYY | crokinole |
croconal
|
147 | Mya Maijala | Three Rivers College | jasmone |
jasmone
|
148 | Kaitlyn Toole | Carolina Panthers | repoussage |
repoussage
|
149 | Echo Brock | USC Upstate | secant |
secant
|
150 | Leila Hu | Batavia Newspaper Corporation | tsukupin |
tsukepin
|
151 | Tyler Wagner | Finger Lakes Times | zabaglione |
zabbleyony
|
152 | Vivinsha Veduru | Texas Christian University | anicca |
anicca
|
153 | Makayla McGuire | Mosaic Life Care Foundation | sumpsimus |
sumpsimus
|
154 | Tallulah Green Hull | WHYY | graticule |
graticule
|
155 | Jane Ross | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | guayabera |
guayabera
|
156 | Andrew Smith | The Republican Herald | radicchio |
radicchio
|
157 | Avinav Prem Anand | Ohio University College of Business | jalousie |
jalousie
|
158 | Natalie Moeller | The Lima News | comanchero |
chomanchero
|
159 | Jeremy Landau | WHYY | sesquipedalian |
sesquipedalian
|
160 | Chris Dominick | WFMJ Television, Inc. | hoi polloi |
hoi polloi
|
161 | Marium Zahra | EPISD Education Foundation | Yeatsian |
Yeatsian
|
162 | Dahlia Cunningham | Pamplin Media Group | lacustrine |
lacustrine
|
163 | Shaylynn Dennis | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal | sauger |
sauger
|
164 | Jessica Widodo | The Commercial Dispatch | dhole |
dhole
|
165 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | Bauhaus |
Bauhaus
|
166 | Abigail Lollis | Harnett County Schools | telamon |
telemon
|
167 | Jacob Theaker | The Times Leader | élan |
élan
|
168 | Michael Kolagani | Sweet Success ATX | saturnine |
saturnine
|
169 | Rex Dover | The Gaston Gazette | gesellschaft |
gesellschaft
|
170 | Antonia Antov | Raymore-Peculiar School District | funori |
funori
|
171 | Shivam Kolwalkar | The Post and Courier | mele |
mele
|
172 | Ella Pettyjohn | 2 News Oklahoma | gyokuro |
giacuro
|
173 | Jonathan Kelly | Tennessee Titans | Quaoar |
quoar
|
174 | Priana Khant | Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools | triduum |
triduum
|
175 | Lainey Gardner | The Blade | ad nauseam |
ad nosiam
|
176 | Brook Stewart | Mid-Continent Public Library | interpellate |
interpellate
|
177 | Tara Rakesh | WCPO 9 | gyascutus |
gyascutus
|
178 | Sahana Srikanth | WCPO 9 | surfeit |
surfeit
|
179 | Sophia Tun | The Fayetteville Observer | Pythagorean |
Pythagorean
|
180 | Parker Dodge | Educational Service Center of Lorain County | laulau |
laolao
|
181 | Rachel Xiang | Oklahoma City Thunder | Nethinim |
netineem
|
182 | Armaan Singhvi | Tennessee Titans | vinaigrette |
vinaigrette
|
183 | Riya Anumakonda | Carolina Panthers | catachresis |
catachresis
|
184 | Maximilian Hernandez | KRIS Communications | solenoid |
solinoid
|
185 | Nagi Aitbayeva | The Post-Standard | martinoe |
martinoe
|
186 | Chloe Lesher | The Marietta Times | ajimez |
ajimeth
|
187 | Isaac Imboden | Times Union | zeitgeist |
zeitgeist
|
188 | Andrew Macdonald | The Herald-Star | thalassic |
thalassic
|
189 | Kirsten Santos | Houston Public Media | tamari |
tamari
|
190 | Ben Rozema | A.C.E.S. | boutade |
beutade
|
191 | Kaiwen Soo | Park Hill School District | teratism |
terratism
|
192 | Rishi Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | papeterie |
papeterie
|
193 | Micah Sterling | Watertown Daily Times | Devanagari |
Devanagari
|
194 | Katherine Connolly | Chester County Intermediate Unit | epenthesis |
epenthesis
|
195 | Kaitlyn Lee | Johnston County Public Schools | loess |
luss
|
196 | Miriam Campfield | Tennessee Titans | Novanglian |
Novanglian
|
197 | Nitya Kathiravan | Somerset County Library System | reveille |
reveille
|
198 | Ishika Varipilli | Houston Public Media | brume |
brume
|
199 | Dhagash Desai | Sidelines and Stages | realpolitik |
realpolitik
|
200 | Safi Sajid | ScholarSkills for STARS | corsair |
corsair
|
201 | Manvitha Sanjaya | Charleston Gazette-Mail | focaccia |
fococcia
|
202 | Charlotte Walsh | Fairfax County Council PTA | kathakali |
kathakali
|
203 | Aroosh Kaleem | The City Journals | notturno |
noturno
|
204 | Shreeya Sivakumar | Midland Reporter-Telegram | tokonoma |
tokonoma
|
205 | Vihaan Sibal | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | urushiol |
urushiol
|
206 | Saharsh Vuppala | Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses | ageusia |
ageusia
|
207 | Prince Parker Brown | Ramar Communications | kalimba |
kalimba
|
208 | Maya Jean Jadhav | Wisconsin State Journal | frazil |
frazil
|
209 | Harsha Dinesh | Loudoun County Public Schools | de rigueur |
de rigeur
|
210 | Trey Felton III | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Gurmukhi |
Gourmokey
|
211 | Hudson Himmerich | Sweetwater County BOCES | velouté |
valute
|
212 | Jie Laboriante | Rio Grande Valley AIM Media Texas | nudibranch |
nudibranch
|
213 | Nathaniel Rimocal | Laredo Morning Times | aporia |
aporia
|
214 | Elise Cournoyer | VTDigger | béchamel |
béchamel
|
215 | Leanna Gonzales | The Free Lance-Star | xerogel |
ziragel
|
216 | Bryan Milstead | Rockingham District Ruritans | Aglaia |
Aglaia
|
217 | Shadya Coureur | The Virgin Islands Daily News | Huallaga |
Huayaga
|
218 | Bryce Nguyen | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram | porwigle |
porwigle
|
219 | Maria Del Carmen Sanchez | The Ministry of Education | totipotency |
totipotency
|
220 | Gavin Maxey | Big Brothers and Big Sisters | ammonite |
ammonite
|
221 | Deetya Vuppala | Wyoming Systems Group of Businesses | taoiseach |
taoiseach
|
222 | Roy Seligman | The Ministry of Education | goanna |
goanna
|
223 | Surya Kapu | The City Journals | gudgeon |
gudgeon
|
224 | Graham Woodruff | The Roanoke Times | Teutonic |
Teutonic
|
225 | Grant Ward | Four Seasons YMCA | violaceous |
violetious
|
226 | Akash Vukoti | San Angelo Area Spelling Bee | beurre |
beurre
|
227 | Peyton DeMichele | InsideNoVa/Prince William | stanchion |
stanchion
|
228 | Cole Moore | Victoria Advocate | daguerreotype |
digereotype
|
229 | Jocelyne Francom | Southeast Education Service Center | internecine |
internasine
|
230 | Henry Mathewes | The Daily Progress and News Virginian | unguiculate |
unguiculate
|
231 | Harini Logan | The Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association | iatrogenic |
iatrogenic
|
232 | Sirjana Kaur | Town Hall Seattle | puerilely |
puerilely
|
233 | Pahrto Asadi | WHRO Public Media | genuflect |
genuflect
|
234 | Shijay Sivakumar | Ector County Independent School District | hiortdahlite |
hiortdahlite
|