2025 Results
Round 1 - Spelling Round
201
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| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given |
| 1 | Hassan Zanoon | Alabama Kiwanis Foundation | bruschetta |
bruschetta
|
| 2 | Aidan Cole | Anchorage Daily News | ostium |
ostium
|
| 3 | Andie Seavey | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | mozo |
mozo
|
| 4 | Smriti Parajuli | Arizona Educational Foundation | frabjous |
frabjous
|
| 5 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | cynocephali |
cynocephali
|
| 6 | Koen Harvey | Navajo Times | Rastafarian |
Rastafarian
|
| 7 | Karthik Dalai | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | huerta |
weretah
|
| 8 | Felix Wells | The Ministry of Education Technical and Vocational Training | torii |
torii
|
| 9 | Caerwyn Turnquest | The Ministry of Education Technical and Vocational Training | kentledge |
kentledge
|
| 10 | Amrita Singh | KERO Channel 23 | en arrière |
ounreere
|
| 11 | Ishani Dasgupta | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Waf |
Waf
|
| 12 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | ginglymus |
ginglymus
|
| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | dragée |
dragée
|
| 14 | Navika Joseph | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | edamame |
edamame
|
| 15 | Nathan Padilla | Imperial County Office of Education | Hippolyta |
Hypolata
|
| 16 | JW Ford | Humboldt County Office of Education | koh-i-noor |
coaneur
|
| 17 | Warren Li | The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools | fracas |
fracus
|
| 18 | Sydney Tran | The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education | Merak |
Merak
|
| 19 | Olive O’Brien | Los Angeles County Office of Education | contretemps |
contretemps
|
| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | becquerel |
becquerel
|
| 21 | Elyssa Chen | Los Angeles County Office of Education | yuloh |
yuloh
|
| 22 | Akshara Thummala | Merced County Office of Education | morion |
morion
|
| 23 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | mandragora |
mandragora
|
| 24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | Jahiliya |
Jahiliya
|
| 25 | Kai Johnson | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | au jus |
au jus
|
| 26 | Priya Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | saccharide |
saccharide
|
| 27 | Seren Kim | Monterey County Office of Education | Sangamon |
Sangamon
|
| 28 | Hannah Kuo | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | telegnosis |
telegnosis
|
| 29 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | pitanga |
pitanga
|
| 30 | Abheri Sureddi | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | croquignole |
croquignole
|
| 31 | Benjamin Reinhard | ABC 10News | acrogeria |
acrogeria
|
| 32 | Charlie Huang | Sage | Ryeland |
Ryeland
|
| 33 | Nicole Lopez | Tulare County Office of Education | bagwyn |
bagwyn
|
| 34 | Iris Sharmaguo | Armbrae Academy | Inuk |
Inuk
|
| 35 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union | faipule |
faipule
|
| 36 | Isaac Brogan | WFCU Credit Union | tic douloureux |
tic douloureux
|
| 37 | Derek Li | Boulder Valley School District | tristeza |
tristeza
|
| 38 | Nikhil Ganta | The Denver Post | genet |
jenaie
|
| 39 | Sam Smith | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | buñuelo |
buñuelo
|
| 40 | Siara Husain | First State Educate | xiphophyllous |
xiphophyllous
|
| 41 | Nora Baker | The Washington Informer | podotheca |
podotheca
|
| 42 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | tintinnabulary |
tintinnabulary
|
| 43 | Josephine Omandam | European PTSA | fibromyalgia |
fibromyalgia
|
| 44 | Nihal Gelli | Lee County Spelling Bee | poudre B |
poudre B
|
| 45 | Tucker Ayers | WJXT | escarole |
escarole
|
| 46 | Logan Cox | Miami Herald | zortzico |
zorcigo
|
| 47 | Lancaster Gramer | Miami Herald | loggia |
logia
|
| 48 | Angelina James | SNSB Region Two Bee | adieu |
adieu
|
| 49 | Nixon Diveley | Collier County Public Schools | interregnum |
interregnum
|
| 50 | Hardit Tayal | Orange County Public Schools | carnifices |
carnifices
|
| 51 | Louis Avetis | Orange County Public Schools | silique |
silique
|
| 52 | Anay Mahesh | Orange County Public Schools | espadrille |
espadril
|
| 53 | Moksh Maru | SNSB Region Two Bee | towhee |
towhee
|
| 54 | Ty Carver | Addition Financial Credit Union | jai alai |
jai alai
|
| 55 | Park Allen | University of South Florida - College of Education | colubrine |
colubrine
|
| 56 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | Groenendael |
Groenendael
|
| 57 | Sreeya Lakkimsetti | Georgia Association of Educators | Kitksan |
Kitksan
|
| 58 | Eugene Osei | Young Educators Foundation | Fatimid |
Fatimid
|
| 59 | Francis Luya | Rotary Club of Guam | Ouagadougou |
Ouagadougou
|
| 60 | Ethan Irimata | Hawaii State Spelling Bee | svarabhakti |
svarabhakti
|
| 61 | Sonu Murali Mohan | SNSB Region One Bee | ape-ape |
apiapi
|
| 62 | Harper Adams | Idaho Character Foundation | nouveau |
nouveau
|
| 63 | Chase Miller | Idaho Character Foundation | Dvorak |
Dvorak
|
| 64 | Seraj Zerhouni | Chicago Public Schools | sravaka |
sravaka
|
| 65 | Kirsten Cerdenia | South Cook Intermediate Service Center | mondegreen |
mondegreen
|
| 66 | Kingston McGhee | Will County Regional Office of Education | macchiato |
macchiato
|
| 67 | Brighid Reid | DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16 | ogival |
ogival
|
| 68 | Grant Karberg | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education | logothete |
logothete
|
| 69 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | hirsute |
hirsute
|
| 70 | Ananya Joshi | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education | alate |
alate
|
| 71 | Vinny Brendel | McHenry County Regional Office of Education | uraeus |
eureaus
|
| 72 | Bridget Isaacs | Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education | malaise |
malaise
|
| 73 | Isa Zaid | Peoria Public Library | seine |
seine
|
| 74 | Cindy Pelka | Regional Office of Education #47 | gelilah |
galeila
|
| 75 | Aditi Mopur | Lake County Regional Office of Education | schnecken |
schnecken
|
| 76 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | immie |
immie
|
| 77 | London Tuttle | WCPO 9 | acharya |
acharya
|
| 78 | Kinley Strahm | Region 8 Education Service Center | qiyas |
qiyas
|
| 79 | Kiaan Bhatt | IU School of Education Indianapolis | Sfax |
Sfax
|
| 80 | David Betourne | LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. | choucroute |
choucroute
|
| 81 | Hannah Best | St. John's Lutheran Church & School | neem |
neem
|
| 82 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | calabash |
calibash
|
| 83 | Malayna Eichwald | The Dispatch Argus | ululate |
ululate
|
| 84 | Caleb DeVan | Living History Farms | witch of Agnesi |
wichavnaze
|
| 85 | Kellian Peterson | Kansas Press Association | Tegucigalpa |
Tegucigalpa
|
| 86 | Oliviah Braun | University of Kentucky - College of Education | estrepe |
estrepe
|
| 87 | Porter Shreve | Louisville Free Public Library | Ardhamagadhi |
ardamagadi
|
| 88 | Naqeeb Hossain | LSU - University Laboratory School | gaffe |
gaffe
|
| 89 | Nayan Janumpally | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette & Acadiana | oud |
oode
|
| 90 | Paranika Ethakota | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles | Philistine |
Philistine
|
| 91 | Langston Jones | New Orleans Chapter of The Links | korrigan |
corogone
|
| 92 | Sanil Thorat | SNSB Region Three Bee | gallivat |
gallivat
|
| 93 | Tristan Singh | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | ergatogyne |
ergatogyne
|
| 94 | Quint Karlsson | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Ahura Mazda |
Ahura Mazda
|
| 95 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | Gippsland |
Gippsland
|
| 96 | Thanvi Gatamaneni | Howard County Library | croquembouche |
croquembouche
|
| 97 | Vivaan Chintawar | Frederick County Public Libraries | tomalley |
tomalley
|
| 98 | Ethan Atanga | Charles County Public Schools | tachycardia |
tachycardia
|
| 99 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | cavalletti |
cavaletti
|
| 100 | Bindi Ray | SNSB Region Four Bee | skaamoogs |
skaamoogs
|
| 101 | Sanjay Malhotra | Boston Centers for Youth & Families | gabbro |
gabbro
|
| 102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The REAL Program | stroganoff |
stroganoff
|
| 103 | Aiden Galligan | The Martha's Vineyard Times | Guidonian |
Guidonian
|
| 104 | Dean Handley Turner | Macomb Intermediate School District | kangri |
cungry
|
| 105 | Divya Choudhary | WXYZ Channel 7 | sannyasi |
sanyasi
|
| 106 | Sanskriti Parihar | Kent Intermediate School District | colluctation |
colluctation
|
| 107 | Heron Bothwell | Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center | Mirach |
Mirach
|
| 108 | Alec Phillips | The County Press | sciatica |
ciattica
|
| 109 | Henry O'Neal | West Shore Educational Service District | Bartókian |
bartakian
|
| 110 | Sidhanth Vetrivel | The Herald-Palladium | nival |
nival
|
| 111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle | thuluth |
thuluth
|
| 112 | Claudio Ardanese | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | Jumada |
Jumada
|
| 113 | PJ Vanderheiden | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | ryas |
rhias
|
| 114 | Charlie Foshay | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | berceuse |
berceuse
|
| 115 | Anna Sickler | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Jungian |
Jungian
|
| 116 | Vera Prouty | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Terre Haute |
terrahote
|
| 117 | Ava Place | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | in silico |
in silico
|
| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | diaphanous |
diaphanous
|
| 119 | Riddhi Patel | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | chèvre |
chèvre
|
| 120 | Harrison Nguyen | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | alouatte |
allouate
|
| 121 | Xander Weber | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | akkum |
akkum
|
| 122 | Meredith Trussell | C Spire Foundation | mascarpone |
mascarpone
|
| 123 | Bryer Walters | C Spire Foundation | seton |
seton
|
| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | jocote |
jocote
|
| 125 | Beckett Griffin | Mid-Continent Public Library | Phobos |
Phobos
|
| 126 | Alex Mayes | Raymore-Peculiar School District | Sbrinz |
Sbrinz
|
| 127 | Gentry Layton | Three Rivers College | katana |
katana
|
| 128 | Emmalyn Franks | A.C.E.S. | carrageenan |
carrageenan
|
| 129 | Jon Allen | Mosaic Life Care Foundation | kiva |
kevah
|
| 130 | Khusi Dahal | Saint Louis University | icosahedron |
icosahedron
|
| 131 | Nicholas Tian | Montana Television Network | kriegspiel |
kriegspiel
|
| 132 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission | succès fou |
succès fou
|
| 133 | Priya Konduru | The Public Education Foundation | tikka |
tikka
|
| 134 | Sophia Garcia | The Public Education Foundation | moiety |
moiety
|
| 135 | Kaz Kuldiloke | New Hampshire Union Leader | skerrick |
skerrick
|
| 136 | Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | Bosc |
Bosc
|
| 137 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development | photovoltaic |
photovoltaic
|
| 138 | Akshara Jagannathan | Sidelines and Stages | Muzak |
Muzak
|
| 139 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | Esau |
Esau
|
| 140 | Yajur Subramaniam | Care NJ | dentifrice |
dentifrice
|
| 141 | Hannah Li | Albuquerque Journal | carcajou |
carcajou
|
| 142 | Krrisha Agrawal | Albany & Troy Lions Club | tilleul |
tilleul
|
| 143 | Alex Bocek | Corning Rotary Club | moraine |
moraine
|
| 144 | Adhrit Chowdhury | SUNY Fredonia | cirri |
cirri
|
| 145 | Luke Hand | Orange-Ulster BOCES | coulibiac |
colebiak
|
| 146 | YY Liang | SNSB Region Four Bee | calenture |
calenture
|
| 147 | Logan Yuan | Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES | gliriform |
gliriform
|
| 148 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | anosognosia |
anosognosia
|
| 149 | Liam Kwon | NYC Department of Education | degauss |
degauss
|
| 150 | Owen Scott | Champlain Valley Educational Services | tichodrome |
ticadrome
|
| 151 | Saruar Aitbayeva | The Post-Standard | syracuse.com | pierrot |
pierrot
|
| 152 | Victoria Muturi | Watertown Daily Times | zugzwang |
zugzwang
|
| 153 | Newton Temojo | Spellingbee in Nigeria | baleen |
baleen
|
| 154 | Amazing-Grace Salami | Spellingbee in Nigeria | eudiometer |
eudiometer
|
| 155 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | palooka |
palooka
|
| 156 | Phaneendra Bulusu | Carolina Panthers | certiorari |
certiorari
|
| 157 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | zacate |
zacate
|
| 158 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | emolument |
emolument
|
| 159 | Sophie Sung | Duke Community Affairs | prajna |
prujna
|
| 160 | Angelika Johnson | Cumberland County Schools | Aramaic |
araimic
|
| 161 | David Grooms | Harnett County Schools | fête champêtre |
fête champêtre
|
| 162 | Jacob Winfield | Johnston County Public Schools | Kjeldahl |
Kjeldahl
|
| 163 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | quonk |
quonk
|
| 164 | Esther Lin | Akron Beacon Journal | furan |
furan
|
| 165 | Joseph Keffer | Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | sprechstimme |
shprecstima
|
| 166 | Tommy Schervish | The Repository | nisi |
nisi
|
| 167 | Meenakshi Vodela | WCPO 9 | Sapporo |
Sapporo
|
| 168 | Aayu Chamoli | Columbus Blue Jackets | estancia |
estoncia
|
| 169 | Tia Geisler | ESC of the Western Reserve | Caerphilly |
Caerphilly
|
| 170 | Sidharth Nair | Wright State University | dvandva |
dvandva
|
| 171 | Lauren Bannick | Educational Service Center of Lorain County | acacia |
acacia
|
| 172 | Elli Rust | The Lima News | spodumene |
spodumine
|
| 173 | Caitlin Clonch | East Liverpool Review, Salem News & The Morning Journal | moline |
moline
|
| 174 | Aadhya Adhikari | The Marietta Times | muktuk |
muktuk
|
| 175 | Addie Jackson | The Times Leader | Humboldt |
Humboldt
|
| 176 | Francis Kissinger | The Herald-Star | Skeltonic |
Skeltonic
|
| 177 | Kendall Mehl | The Blade | mässig |
maisich
|
| 178 | Genevieve Ramey | WFMJ Television | oopuhue |
oopuhue
|
| 179 | Jayden Le | Oklahoma City Community College | MOOC |
MOOC
|
| 180 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | ahuatle |
ahuatle
|
| 181 | Iris Chan | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland | tournedos |
turnedot
|
| 182 | Yohaan Damani | Chester County Intermediate Unit | henotheism |
henotheism
|
| 183 | Vedika Burman | Pennon Education | surreptitious |
surreptitious
|
| 184 | Siddhesh Ganesh | Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools | microfiche |
microfiche
|
| 185 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | stevedore |
stevedore
|
| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | Apistogramma |
Apistogramma
|
| 187 | Maxwell M. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | farrago |
farrago
|
| 188 | Nora Lloyd | Schuylkill Technology Center | effleurage |
effleurage
|
| 189 | Sid Srinivasan | Diamond City Sports | selah |
selah
|
| 190 | Shane Bannon Carrión | Eureka Enrichment Services, Inc. | houppelande |
houpland
|
| 191 | Elliana Pagliarini | The Valley Breeze | acoel |
acoel
|
| 192 | Nicolás Jakymiw | The Post and Courier | perianth |
perianth
|
| 193 | Salonee Birabar | Carolina Panthers | aes rude |
aes rude
|
| 194 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center | Orinoco |
Orinoco
|
| 195 | Khloe Jumawan | Pee Dee Education Center | ecchymosis |
echomosis
|
| 196 | Manha Shaik | Carolina Panthers | parti pris |
parti pres
|
| 197 | Emerson Duck | USC Upstate | Menaia |
Menaia
|
| 198 | Oscar Quezada | South Dakota News Watch | unakite |
unakite
|
| 199 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis | hominin |
hominin
|
| 200 | Jupiter Morrow | Tennessee Titans | as nas |
as nas
|
| 201 | Marian Jenkins | Tennessee Titans | piatti |
piatti
|
| 202 | Sariah Titus | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | vizierial |
vizierial
|
| 203 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | Kuiper Belt |
Kuiper Belt
|
| 204 | Thivaan Butani | SNSB Region Three Bee | hennin |
hennin
|
| 205 | Corbin Trevino | KRIS Communications | point d'appui |
point d'appui
|
| 206 | Benjamin Pearson | Dallas Sports Commission | Bêche-de-Mer |
Bêche-de-Mer
|
| 207 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | viaticum |
viaticum
|
| 208 | Krish Manjunath | Dallas Sports Commission | hypaethral |
hypaethral
|
| 209 | Shaheli De Silva | EPISD Education Foundation | scagliola |
scagliola
|
| 210 | Luke Sturlin | Fort Worth Regional Bee | ancien régime |
ancien régime
|
| 211 | Ridhaan Bhattarai | Fort Worth Regional Bee | yttriferous |
yttriferous
|
| 212 | Haven Orsua | Houston City College | Djibouti |
Djibouti
|
| 213 | Logan Bailey | Houston City College | Gruyère |
Gruyère
|
| 214 | Zachary Teoh | Houston City College | brouhaha |
brouhaha
|
| 215 | Hannah Chavez | Laredo Morning Times | Oaxaca |
Oaxaca
|
| 216 | Sreeyansh Pasham | SNSB Region Three Bee | Boise |
Boise
|
| 217 | Zian Doctolero | Ramar Communications | Appaloosa |
Appaloosa
|
| 218 | Anirudh Roy | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | embouchure |
embouchure
|
| 219 | Abhinav Bere | Midland Reporter-Telegram | Beaux arts |
bozar
|
| 220 | Naithik Yankarla | Ector County Independent School District | amuse-gueule |
amuse-gueule
|
| 221 | Sierra Oglesby | EXIT Realty Advantage | railleur |
railleur
|
| 222 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. | cairn |
cairn
|
| 223 | Timon Zhang | Region 3 Education Service Center | daguerreotype |
daguerreotype
|
| 224 | Caroline Hu | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | krewe |
crewe
|
| 225 | Warren Bacongallo | The Resource Lab | rajpramukh |
rajpramook
|
| 226 | Jahmir Greaux | The Virgin Islands Daily News | Quonset |
Quonset
|
| 227 | Wesley Kenlon | The Park Record | swainsona |
swainsona
|
| 228 | Ashley Bryner | Southeast Education Service Center | risposta |
risposta
|
| 229 | Roshan Kaushik | FOX 13 Utah | recamier | |
| 230 | Ray Mishra | The City Journals | salmagundi |
salmagundi
|
| 231 | Isa Lyall Garces | Vermont Principals Association | patois |
patois
|
| 232 | Layla Barrett | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area | Panchen Lama |
Panchen Lama
|
| 233 | Israel Mensah | Central Rappahannock Regional Library | maringouin |
maringouin
|
| 234 | Kitcha Shankar | Rockingham District Ruritans | roseola |
roseola
|
| 235 | Dhiya Sudhakar | Loudoun County Public Schools | lunulae |
lunulae
|
| 236 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools | langrage |
langrage
|
| 237 | Siya Sampath | InsideNoVa/Prince William | Caracas |
Caracas
|
| 238 | Laasya Mohan | Fairfax County Council PTA | toile |
toile
|
| 239 | Aadhya Vijayakumar | Fairfax County Council PTA | pudibund |
pudibund
|
| 240 | Suhani Joshi | WHRO Public Media | cecidium |
cecidium
|
| 241 | Ashvin Pinnamaraju | Radford University | promyshlennik |
promyshlennik
|
| 242 | Taran Shivkumar | Richmond Raceway | Makgadikgadi Pans |
Makgadikgadi Pans
|
| 243 | Raven Amrhein | Town Hall Seattle | mittimus |
mittimus
|