2026 Results
Round 1 - Spelling Round
195
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 196th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given |
| 1 | Hassan Zanoon | Alabama Kiwanis Foundation | alpargata |
alpargata
|
| 2 | Aidan Cole | Anchorage Daily News | piccata |
piccata
|
| 3 | Andie Seavey | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | balbriggan |
balbriggan
|
| 4 | Smriti Parajuli | Arizona Educational Foundation | pulvillus |
pulvillus
|
| 5 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | wongshy |
wongshy
|
| 6 | Koen Harvey | Navajo Times | burelage |
bureaulage
|
| 7 | Karthik Dalai | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | Schedar |
Schedar
|
| 8 | Felix Wells | The Ministry of Education Technical and Vocational Training | dysphasia |
dyphasia
|
| 9 | Caerwyn Turnquest | The Ministry of Education Technical and Vocational Training | isagoge |
isagoge
|
| 10 | Amrita Singh | KERO Channel 23 | zimocca |
zemaka
|
| 11 | Ishani Dasgupta | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | chevrotain |
chevrotain
|
| 12 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | wabeno |
wabeno
|
| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | villi |
villi
|
| 14 | Navika Joseph | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | eisteddfod |
istethwod
|
| 15 | Nathan Padilla | Imperial County Office of Education | Aesculapius |
esculapius
|
| 16 | JW Ford | Humboldt County Office of Education | succorance |
succurence
|
| 17 | Warren Li | The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools | weka |
weka
|
| 18 | Sydney Tran | The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education | hangul |
hangul
|
| 19 | Olive O’Brien | Los Angeles County Office of Education | sturnine |
sturnine
|
| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | astilbe |
astilbe
|
| 21 | Elyssa Chen | Los Angeles County Office of Education | wahine |
wahine
|
| 22 | Akshara Thummala | Merced County Office of Education | erythroblast |
erythroblast
|
| 23 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | hoi polloi |
hoi polloi
|
| 24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | stupa |
stupa
|
| 25 | Kai Johnson | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | outré |
outres
|
| 26 | Priya Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | chalumeau |
chalumeau
|
| 27 | Seren Kim | Monterey County Office of Education | Bohairic |
Bohairic
|
| 28 | Hannah Kuo | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | goondie |
goondi
|
| 29 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | naricorn |
naricorn
|
| 30 | Abheri Sureddi | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | Hsia |
Hsia
|
| 31 | Benjamin Reinhard | ABC 10News | micellar |
micellar
|
| 32 | Charlie Huang | Sage | kathakali |
kathakali
|
| 33 | Nicole Lopez | Tulare County Office of Education | lefse |
lefse
|
| 34 | Iris Sharmaguo | Armbrae Academy | La Tène |
La Tène
|
| 35 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union | Chamonix |
Chamonix
|
| 36 | Isaac Brogan | WFCU Credit Union | Sawan |
Sawan
|
| 37 | Derek Li | Boulder Valley School District | sanglier |
sanglier
|
| 38 | Nikhil Ganta | The Denver Post | boniface |
boniface
|
| 39 | Sam Smith | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | scrofula |
scroffula
|
| 40 | Siara Husain | First State Educate | Keplerian |
Keplerian
|
| 41 | Nora Baker | The Washington Informer | Manu |
Manu
|
| 42 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | gyokuro |
gyokuro
|
| 43 | Josephine Omandam | European PTSA | toey |
toey
|
| 44 | Nihal Gelli | Lee County Spelling Bee | villanelle |
villanelle
|
| 45 | Tucker Ayers | WJXT | zemi |
zemi
|
| 46 | Logan Cox | Miami Herald | teocalli |
tiakale
|
| 47 | Lancaster Gramer | Miami Herald | gaillardia |
gaillardia
|
| 48 | Angelina James | SNSB Region Two Bee | mille-feuille |
mielfie
|
| 49 | Nixon Diveley | Collier County Public Schools | pneumatocyst |
pneumatocyst
|
| 50 | Hardit Tayal | Orange County Public Schools | Taal |
Taal
|
| 51 | Louis Avetis | Orange County Public Schools | toril |
toril
|
| 52 | Anay Mahesh | Orange County Public Schools | nimiety |
nimiety
|
| 53 | Moksh Maru | SNSB Region Two Bee | piloncillo |
piloncillo
|
| 54 | Ty Carver | Addition Financial Credit Union | aniseikonia |
aniseikonia
|
| 55 | Park Allen | University of South Florida - College of Education | epideictic |
epideictic
|
| 56 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | heiau |
heiau
|
| 57 | Sreeya Lakkimsetti | Georgia Association of Educators | nahcolite |
nahcolite
|
| 58 | Eugene Osei | Young Educators Foundation | apophyge |
apophyge
|
| 59 | Francis Luya | Rotary Club of Guam | effete |
effete
|
| 60 | Ethan Irimata | Hawaii State Spelling Bee | bobolink |
bobolink
|
| 61 | Sonu Murali Mohan | SNSB Region One Bee | sorrel |
sorrel
|
| 62 | Harper Adams | Idaho Character Foundation | haupia |
haupia
|
| 63 | Chase Miller | Idaho Character Foundation | alcarraza |
alcarazza
|
| 64 | Seraj Zerhouni | Chicago Public Schools | Oenone |
Oenone
|
| 65 | Kirsten Cerdenia | South Cook Intermediate Service Center | diapason |
diapason
|
| 66 | Kingston McGhee | Will County Regional Office of Education | Strelitzia |
stralitsia
|
| 67 | Brighid Reid | DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16 | boutade |
boutade
|
| 68 | Grant Karberg | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education | cachexia |
cachexia
|
| 69 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | guichet |
guichet
|
| 70 | Ananya Joshi | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education | sybaritic |
sybaritic
|
| 71 | Vinny Brendel | McHenry County Regional Office of Education | fin de siècle |
fandsiecquele
|
| 72 | Bridget Isaacs | Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education | auwai |
auwaille
|
| 73 | Isa Zaid | Peoria Public Library | betony |
betony
|
| 74 | Cindy Pelka | Regional Office of Education #47 | aspidistra |
aspedistra
|
| 75 | Aditi Mopur | Lake County Regional Office of Education | terai |
terai
|
| 76 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | aerophilatelic |
aerophilatelic
|
| 77 | London Tuttle | WCPO 9 | sakura |
succoura
|
| 78 | Kinley Strahm | Region 8 Education Service Center | rickettsial |
ricketcele
|
| 79 | Kiaan Bhatt | IU School of Education Indianapolis | tryptophan |
tryptophan
|
| 80 | David Betourne | LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. | gayatri |
gyatri
|
| 81 | Hannah Best | St. John's Lutheran Church & School | guan |
guan
|
| 82 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | bouleversement |
bouleversement
|
| 83 | Malayna Eichwald | The Dispatch Argus | coccygeal |
coccygial
|
| 84 | Caleb DeVan | Living History Farms | Devanagari |
davagonary
|
| 85 | Kellian Peterson | Kansas Press Association | tambour |
tambure
|
| 86 | Oliviah Braun | University of Kentucky - College of Education | schwegel |
schvagel
|
| 87 | Porter Shreve | Louisville Free Public Library | velouté |
velouté
|
| 88 | Naqeeb Hossain | LSU - University Laboratory School | anathema |
anathema
|
| 89 | Nayan Janumpally | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette & Acadiana | caesious |
caesious
|
| 90 | Paranika Ethakota | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles | étouffée |
étouffée
|
| 91 | Langston Jones | New Orleans Chapter of The Links | catjang |
catjang
|
| 92 | Sanil Thorat | SNSB Region Three Bee | risorgimento |
risorgimento
|
| 93 | Tristan Singh | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | toreutics |
taroutics
|
| 94 | Quint Karlsson | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Bessemer |
Bessemer
|
| 95 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | presidio |
presidio
|
| 96 | Thanvi Gatamaneni | Howard County Library | appetitost |
appetitost
|
| 97 | Vivaan Chintawar | Frederick County Public Libraries | hieracosphinx |
hieracosphinx
|
| 98 | Ethan Atanga | Charles County Public Schools | cynghanedd |
kunghaneth
|
| 99 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | aretalogy |
aretalogy
|
| 100 | Bindi Ray | SNSB Region Four Bee | amertoy |
amertoy
|
| 101 | Sanjay Malhotra | Boston Centers for Youth & Families | azotea |
azotea
|
| 102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The REAL Program | porwigle |
porwigle
|
| 103 | Aiden Galligan | The Martha's Vineyard Times | ivermectin |
ivermectin
|
| 104 | Dean Handley Turner | Macomb Intermediate School District | bêtise |
beetise
|
| 105 | Divya Choudhary | WXYZ Channel 7 | Quaoar |
Quaoar
|
| 106 | Sanskriti Parihar | Kent Intermediate School District | rubefacient |
rubefacient
|
| 107 | Heron Bothwell | Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center | affiche |
affiche
|
| 108 | Alec Phillips | The County Press | catachresis |
catecreases
|
| 109 | Henry O'Neal | West Shore Educational Service District | maerl |
myeryl
|
| 110 | Sidhanth Vetrivel | The Herald-Palladium | epinicion |
epinicion
|
| 111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle | fauxbourdon |
fauxbourdon
|
| 112 | Claudio Ardanese | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | trotteur |
trotteur
|
| 113 | PJ Vanderheiden | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | balata |
balata
|
| 114 | Charlie Foshay | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | toggenburg |
taugenberg
|
| 115 | Anna Sickler | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | ailanthus |
ailanthus
|
| 116 | Vera Prouty | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | redingote |
redingote
|
| 117 | Ava Place | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Galahad |
galihad
|
| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | prodissoconch |
prodissoconch
|
| 119 | Riddhi Patel | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | jacqueminot |
jacqueminot
|
| 120 | Harrison Nguyen | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | valvata |
valvata
|
| 121 | Xander Weber | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | coterie |
cotery
|
| 122 | Meredith Trussell | C Spire Foundation | parterre |
parterre
|
| 123 | Bryer Walters | C Spire Foundation | thesmothete |
thesmathete
|
| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | Lupercalia |
Lupercalia
|
| 125 | Beckett Griffin | Mid-Continent Public Library | démodé |
démodé
|
| 126 | Alex Mayes | Raymore-Peculiar School District | notturno |
notturno
|
| 127 | Gentry Layton | Three Rivers College | mufti |
moufti
|
| 128 | Emmalyn Franks | A.C.E.S. | Iceni |
Iceni
|
| 129 | Jon Allen | Mosaic Life Care Foundation | vigneron |
venorone
|
| 130 | Khusi Dahal | Saint Louis University | tannined |
tannined
|
| 131 | Nicholas Tian | Montana Television Network | Achernar |
Achernar
|
| 132 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission | prion |
prion
|
| 133 | Priya Konduru | The Public Education Foundation | Zanni |
Zanni
|
| 134 | Sophia Garcia | The Public Education Foundation | Huallaga |
Huallaga
|
| 135 | Kaz Kuldiloke | New Hampshire Union Leader | Tchefuncte |
Tchefuncte
|
| 136 | Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | jasmone |
jasmone
|
| 137 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development | canions |
canions
|
| 138 | Akshara Jagannathan | Sidelines and Stages | waringin |
waringin
|
| 139 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | corybantic |
corybantic
|
| 140 | Yajur Subramaniam | Care NJ | orogeny |
orogeny
|
| 141 | Hannah Li | Albuquerque Journal | nisus |
nisus
|
| 142 | Krrisha Agrawal | Albany & Troy Lions Club | Nabal |
Nabal
|
| 143 | Alex Bocek | Corning Rotary Club | tsukupin |
suchepin
|
| 144 | Adhrit Chowdhury | SUNY Fredonia | wigan |
wiggan
|
| 145 | Luke Hand | Orange-Ulster BOCES | hepatectomy |
hepatectomy
|
| 146 | YY Liang | SNSB Region Four Bee | tarpaulin |
tarpaulin
|
| 147 | Logan Yuan | Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES | taurine |
taurin
|
| 148 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | martinoe |
martinoe
|
| 149 | Liam Kwon | NYC Department of Education | oolite |
oolite
|
| 150 | Owen Scott | Champlain Valley Educational Services | domnei |
domnei
|
| 151 | Saruar Aitbayeva | The Post-Standard | syracuse.com | Marathi |
Marathi
|
| 152 | Victoria Muturi | Watertown Daily Times | rosemaling |
rosamalling
|
| 153 | Newton Temojo | Spellingbee in Nigeria | Baucis |
Baucis
|
| 154 | Amazing-Grace Salami | Spellingbee in Nigeria | caryatid |
caryatid
|
| 155 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | kalimba |
kalimba
|
| 156 | Phaneendra Bulusu | Carolina Panthers | abomasum |
abomasum
|
| 157 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | serin |
serin
|
| 158 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | miombo |
miombo
|
| 159 | Sophie Sung | Duke Community Affairs | koji |
koji
|
| 160 | Angelika Johnson | Cumberland County Schools | Dubuque |
Dubuque
|
| 161 | David Grooms | Harnett County Schools | maillot |
maio
|
| 162 | Jacob Winfield | Johnston County Public Schools | Charybdis |
Charybdis
|
| 163 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | bhangra |
bhangra
|
| 164 | Esther Lin | Akron Beacon Journal | Tillamook |
Tillamooc
|
| 165 | Joseph Keffer | Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | ligas |
ligas
|
| 166 | Tommy Schervish | The Repository | Aglaia |
Aglia
|
| 167 | Meenakshi Vodela | WCPO 9 | chasuble |
chasuble
|
| 168 | Aayu Chamoli | Columbus Blue Jackets | cochineal |
cochineal
|
| 169 | Tia Geisler | ESC of the Western Reserve | xerogel |
xerogel
|
| 170 | Sidharth Nair | Wright State University | epistemology |
epistemology
|
| 171 | Lauren Bannick | Educational Service Center of Lorain County | Sufi |
Soofy
|
| 172 | Elli Rust | The Lima News | caliche |
kaletchi
|
| 173 | Caitlin Clonch | East Liverpool Review, Salem News & The Morning Journal | triduum |
tridium
|
| 174 | Aadhya Adhikari | The Marietta Times | reveille |
reveille
|
| 175 | Addie Jackson | The Times Leader | pratique |
pratique
|
| 176 | Francis Kissinger | The Herald-Star | courgette |
courgette
|
| 177 | Kendall Mehl | The Blade | Saoshyant |
Saoschient
|
| 178 | Genevieve Ramey | WFMJ Television | lebensraum |
liebensraum
|
| 179 | Jayden Le | Oklahoma City Community College | nacelle |
nacelle
|
| 180 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | baboen |
baboen
|
| 181 | Iris Chan | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland | glengarry |
glengary
|
| 182 | Yohaan Damani | Chester County Intermediate Unit | cabotage |
cabotage
|
| 183 | Vedika Burman | Pennon Education | internecine |
internecine
|
| 184 | Siddhesh Ganesh | Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools | ca'canny |
cacanny
|
| 185 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | yertchuk |
yertchuk
|
| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | perruche |
perruche
|
| 187 | Maxwell M. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | quoc-ngu |
quoc-ngu
|
| 188 | Nora Lloyd | Schuylkill Technology Center | Teutonic |
Teutonic
|
| 189 | Sid Srinivasan | Diamond City Sports | caló |
caló
|
| 190 | Shane Bannon Carrión | Eureka Enrichment Services, Inc. | keeshond |
keeshand
|
| 191 | Elliana Pagliarini | The Valley Breeze | anomaliped |
anomaliped
|
| 192 | Nicolás Jakymiw | The Post and Courier | genizah |
genizah
|
| 193 | Salonee Birabar | Carolina Panthers | amphistylar |
amphistylar
|
| 194 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center | hexenbesen |
hexenbesen
|
| 195 | Khloe Jumawan | Pee Dee Education Center | enoki |
enoki
|
| 196 | Manha Shaik | Carolina Panthers | fetticus |
fetticus
|
| 197 | Emerson Duck | USC Upstate | farouche |
faruche
|
| 198 | Oscar Quezada | South Dakota News Watch | taoiseach |
taoiseach
|
| 199 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis | varicella |
varicella
|
| 200 | Jupiter Morrow | Tennessee Titans | blatherskite |
blatherskite
|
| 201 | Marian Jenkins | Tennessee Titans | coulrophobia |
coulrophobia
|
| 202 | Sariah Titus | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | pschent |
pschent
|
| 203 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | in nuce |
in nuce
|
| 204 | Thivaan Butani | SNSB Region Three Bee | serval |
serval
|
| 205 | Corbin Trevino | KRIS Communications | Palaihnihan |
Palaihnihan
|
| 206 | Benjamin Pearson | Dallas Sports Commission | Hessian |
Hessian
|
| 207 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | camarilla |
camarilla
|
| 208 | Krish Manjunath | Dallas Sports Commission | neophyte |
neophyte
|
| 209 | Shaheli De Silva | EPISD Education Foundation | siscowet |
siscowet
|
| 210 | Luke Sturlin | Fort Worth Regional Bee | pastitsio |
pastitsio
|
| 211 | Ridhaan Bhattarai | Fort Worth Regional Bee | conteur |
conteur
|
| 212 | Haven Orsua | Houston City College | ullage |
ullage
|
| 213 | Logan Bailey | Houston City College | terra nullius |
terra nullius
|
| 214 | Zachary Teoh | Houston City College | à fond |
à fond
|
| 215 | Hannah Chavez | Laredo Morning Times | loquitur |
locquater
|
| 216 | Sreeyansh Pasham | SNSB Region Three Bee | Shawwal |
Shawwal
|
| 217 | Zian Doctolero | Ramar Communications | Castalia |
Castalia
|
| 218 | Anirudh Roy | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | aceituna |
aceituna
|
| 219 | Abhinav Bere | Midland Reporter-Telegram | meiosis |
miosis
|
| 220 | Naithik Yankarla | Ector County Independent School District | concatenate |
concatenate
|
| 221 | Sierra Oglesby | EXIT Realty Advantage | caisson |
cassion
|
| 222 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. | sangfroid |
sangfroid
|
| 223 | Timon Zhang | Region 3 Education Service Center | sobornost |
sobornost
|
| 224 | Caroline Hu | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | haikai |
haikai
|
| 225 | Warren Bacongallo | The Resource Lab | tmesis |
tmesis
|
| 226 | Jahmir Greaux | The Virgin Islands Daily News | giallolino |
giallolino
|
| 227 | Wesley Kenlon | The Park Record | spiedini |
spiedini
|
| 228 | Ashley Bryner | Southeast Education Service Center | burgee |
burgee
|
| 229 | Roshan Kaushik | FOX 13 Utah | konditorei |
konditorei
|
| 230 | Ray Mishra | The City Journals | telamon |
telamon
|
| 231 | Isa Lyall Garces | Vermont Principals Association | Bewusstseinslage |
Bewusstseinslage
|
| 232 | Layla Barrett | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area | ciliopathy |
ciliopathy
|
| 233 | Israel Mensah | Central Rappahannock Regional Library | funori |
funori
|
| 234 | Kitcha Shankar | Rockingham District Ruritans | emollient |
emollient
|
| 235 | Dhiya Sudhakar | Loudoun County Public Schools | Alfvén |
Alfvén
|
| 236 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools | guayabera |
guayabera
|
| 237 | Siya Sampath | InsideNoVa/Prince William | Grundriss |
Grundriss
|
| 238 | Laasya Mohan | Fairfax County Council PTA | lobscouse |
lobscouse
|
| 239 | Aadhya Vijayakumar | Fairfax County Council PTA | espial |
espial
|
| 240 | Suhani Joshi | WHRO Public Media | duxelles |
duxelles
|
| 241 | Ashvin Pinnamaraju | Radford University | dhole |
dhole
|
| 242 | Taran Shivkumar | Richmond Raceway | vicissitudes |
vicissitudes
|
| 243 | Raven Amrhein | Town Hall Seattle | ailette |
ailette
|
| 244 | Nirav Nimbarte | Charleston Gazette-Mail | consigliere |
consigliere
|
| 245 | Arnav Vempati | Wisconsin State Journal | Tok Pisin |
Tok Pisin
|
| 246 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal | Gurmukhi |
Gurmukhi
|
| 247 | Levi Goodwin | Sweetwater County BOCES | logodaedaly |
logodaedaly
|