2026 Results

Round 9 - Spelling Round

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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 10th place (tied).
No. Speller's Name Speller's Sponsor Word Spelling Given
5 Esha Marupudi Arizona Educational Foundation polemonium
paulomonium
13 Aiden Meng San Ramon Valley Rotary Club kirve
kirve
19 Olive O’Brien Los Angeles County Office of Education martynia
martineia
20 Oliver Halkett Los Angeles County Office of Education gallinae
gallinae
23 Victoria Li Riverside County Office of Education zinke
zinka
29 Shrey Parikh San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools cronstedtite
cronstedtite
35 Arshan Shahriar ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union brinjarry
brinjarree
36 Isaac Brogan WFCU Credit Union resue
rissue
42 Zwe Spacetime The Washington Informer palosapis
palosapis
56 Sarv Dharavane Georgia Association of Educators Origenism
Origenism
76 Shruthi Ayyagari DuPage Regional Office of Education lecideiform
licideiform
95 Lauren Merillana The Meakem Group Phthartolatrae
thartolatrae
118 Wade Salvey The Minnesota Service Cooperatives prie-dieu
pridieur
137 Ishaan Gupta Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development manavelins
manavelins
155 Kushi Gottimukkala Carolina Panthers Chelicerata
Chelicerata
156 Phaneendra Bulusu Carolina Panthers lucinoid
lusanoid
157 Harini Jayakumar Carolina Panthers Tainaron
tenaron
158 Sach Akella Carolina Panthers uredinium
uridinium
169 Tia Geisler ESC of the Western Reserve mallophagan
malophagan
180 William Fuller 2 News Oklahoma Callery pear
Calari pear
207 Avishka Dudala Dallas Sports Commission Kangli
Kangli
208 Krish Manjunath Dallas Sports Commission Delonix
Delonyx
213 Logan Bailey Houston City College Jatrorrhiza
Jatrorrhiza
214 Zachary Teoh Houston City College cultus
cultuss