2026 Results
Round 3 - Test
After completing onstage rounds 1 and 2, spellers took the round 3 written test. Those who scored at least 13 on the test advanced to round 4.
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 96th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor |
| 5 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation |
| 7 | Karthik Dalai | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas |
| 9 | Caerwyn Turnquest | The Ministry of Education Technical and Vocational Training |
| 12 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club |
| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club |
| 17 | Warren Li | The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools |
| 19 | Olive O’Brien | Los Angeles County Office of Education |
| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education |
| 23 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education |
| 24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy |
| 29 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools |
| 30 | Abheri Sureddi | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools |
| 31 | Benjamin Reinhard | ABC 10News |
| 32 | Charlie Huang | Sage |
| 34 | Iris Sharmaguo | Armbrae Academy |
| 35 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union |
| 36 | Isaac Brogan | WFCU Credit Union |
| 38 | Nikhil Ganta | The Denver Post |
| 42 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer |
| 45 | Tucker Ayers | WJXT |
| 50 | Hardit Tayal | Orange County Public Schools |
| 51 | Louis Avetis | Orange County Public Schools |
| 52 | Anay Mahesh | Orange County Public Schools |
| 53 | Moksh Maru | SNSB Region Two Bee |
| 56 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators |
| 57 | Sreeya Lakkimsetti | Georgia Association of Educators |
| 64 | Seraj Zerhouni | Chicago Public Schools |
| 69 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education |
| 73 | Isa Zaid | Peoria Public Library |
| 75 | Aditi Mopur | Lake County Regional Office of Education |
| 76 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education |
| 82 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV |
| 92 | Sanil Thorat | SNSB Region Three Bee |
| 95 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group |
| 96 | Thanvi Gatamaneni | Howard County Library |
| 97 | Vivaan Chintawar | Frederick County Public Libraries |
| 99 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The REAL Program |
| 103 | Aiden Galligan | The Martha's Vineyard Times |
| 111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle |
| 112 | Claudio Ardanese | Oakland Schools Education Foundation |
| 113 | PJ Vanderheiden | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives |
| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives |
| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian |
| 132 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission |
| 133 | Priya Konduru | The Public Education Foundation |
| 135 | Kaz Kuldiloke | New Hampshire Union Leader |
| 136 | Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs |
| 137 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development |
| 138 | Akshara Jagannathan | Sidelines and Stages |
| 139 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY |
| 140 | Yajur Subramaniam | Care NJ |
| 146 | YY Liang | SNSB Region Four Bee |
| 148 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education |
| 153 | Newton Temojo | Spellingbee in Nigeria |
| 155 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers |
| 156 | Phaneendra Bulusu | Carolina Panthers |
| 157 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers |
| 158 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers |
| 163 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents |
| 167 | Meenakshi Vodela | WCPO 9 |
| 169 | Tia Geisler | ESC of the Western Reserve |
| 179 | Jayden Le | Oklahoma City Community College |
| 180 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma |
| 182 | Yohaan Damani | Chester County Intermediate Unit |
| 183 | Vedika Burman | Pennon Education |
| 185 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit |
| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY |
| 193 | Salonee Birabar | Carolina Panthers |
| 194 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center |
| 199 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis |
| 201 | Marian Jenkins | Tennessee Titans |
| 203 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union |
| 204 | Thivaan Butani | SNSB Region Three Bee |
| 205 | Corbin Trevino | KRIS Communications |
| 206 | Benjamin Pearson | Dallas Sports Commission |
| 207 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission |
| 208 | Krish Manjunath | Dallas Sports Commission |
| 210 | Luke Sturlin | Fort Worth Regional Bee |
| 213 | Logan Bailey | Houston City College |
| 214 | Zachary Teoh | Houston City College |
| 218 | Anirudh Roy | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas |
| 222 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. |
| 228 | Ashley Bryner | Southeast Education Service Center |
| 229 | Roshan Kaushik | FOX 13 Utah |
| 230 | Ray Mishra | The City Journals |
| 234 | Kitcha Shankar | Rockingham District Ruritans |
| 236 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools |
| 237 | Siya Sampath | InsideNoVa/Prince William |
| 238 | Laasya Mohan | Fairfax County Council PTA |
| 240 | Suhani Joshi | WHRO Public Media |
| 242 | Taran Shivkumar | Richmond Raceway |
| 243 | Raven Amrhein | Town Hall Seattle |
| 244 | Nirav Nimbarte | Charleston Gazette-Mail |
| 246 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal |