2025 Results
Round 1 - Spelling Round
201
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 202nd place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given |
| 1 | Snigdha Pati | Alabama Kiwanis Foundation | bruschetta |
bruschetta
|
| 2 | Majo Hernandez-Zamora | Anchorage Daily News | ostium |
ostium
|
| 3 | Elden Wier | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | mozo |
mozo
|
| 4 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | frabjous |
frabjous
|
| 5 | Salman Rashid | Arizona Educational Foundation | cynocephali |
cynocephali
|
| 6 | Sumukh Tirumalasetty | Arizona Educational Foundation | Rastafarian |
Rastafarian
|
| 7 | Christopher Werito | Navajo Times Publishing Company | huerta |
weretah
|
| 8 | Sara Chen | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | torii |
torii
|
| 9 | Aarav Balani | The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training | kentledge |
kentledge
|
| 10 | Bria Curry | The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training | en arrière |
ounreere
|
| 11 | Enzo Paylaga | KERO Channel 23 | Waf |
Waf
|
| 12 | Aren Lee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | ginglymus |
ginglymus
|
| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | dragée |
dragée
|
| 14 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | edamame |
edamame
|
| 15 | Madison Gray | Imperial County Office of Education | Hippolyta |
Hypolata
|
| 16 | Ike Sperling | Humboldt County Office of Education | koh-i-noor |
coaneur
|
| 17 | Caroline Van Garsse | 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 | Kamya Balaji | Los Angeles County Office of Education | contretemps |
contretemps
|
| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | becquerel |
becquerel
|
| 21 | Lawrence Ye | Merced County Office of Education | yuloh |
yuloh
|
| 22 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | morion |
morion
|
| 23 | Shruthi Srinivasan | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | mandragora |
mandragora
|
| 24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | Jahiliya |
Jahiliya
|
| 25 | Seren Kim | Monterey County Office of Education | au jus |
au jus
|
| 26 | Hannah Kuo | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | saccharide |
saccharide
|
| 27 | Angeline Wang | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | Sangamon |
Sangamon
|
| 28 | Duaa Ouznali | ABC 10News | telegnosis |
telegnosis
|
| 29 | Charlie Huang | Sage | pitanga |
pitanga
|
| 30 | Sarvadnya Kadam | Tulare County Office of Education | croquignole |
croquignole
|
| 31 | David Wang | Cape Breton University | acrogeria |
acrogeria
|
| 32 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union | Ryeland |
Ryeland
|
| 33 | Kavya Vasudeva | WFCU Credit Union | bagwyn |
bagwyn
|
| 34 | Blanche Li | Boulder Valley School District | Inuk |
Inuk
|
| 35 | Ved Raju | The Denver Post | faipule |
faipule
|
| 36 | Nathan Settevendemie | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | tic douloureux |
tic douloureux
|
| 37 | Siara Husain | First State Educate | tristeza |
tristeza
|
| 38 | Abigail Adegbite | The Washington Informer | genet |
jenaie
|
| 39 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | buñuelo |
buñuelo
|
| 40 | Ibrahim Beck | European PTSA | xiphophyllous |
xiphophyllous
|
| 41 | Elias Javelona | SNSB Region Two Bee | podotheca |
podotheca
|
| 42 | Nicasio David | Lee County Spelling Bee | tintinnabulary |
tintinnabulary
|
| 43 | Sree Vidya Siliveri | WJXT | fibromyalgia |
fibromyalgia
|
| 44 | Hadi Abbasi | Miami Herald | poudre B |
poudre B
|
| 45 | Nikhil Sha | Miami Herald | escarole |
escarole
|
| 46 | Sophia Schoenrock | Collier County Public Schools | zortzico |
zorcigo
|
| 47 | Aiden Westover | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | loggia |
logia
|
| 48 | Louis Avetis | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | adieu |
adieu
|
| 49 | Diego Gallegos | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | interregnum |
interregnum
|
| 50 | Moksh Maru | SNSB Region Two Bee | carnifices |
carnifices
|
| 51 | Vlada Kozhevnikova | Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund | silique |
silique
|
| 52 | Cecily Dean | Envision Credit Union | espadrille |
espadril
|
| 53 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | towhee |
towhee
|
| 54 | Sara Daoud | Georgia Association of Educators | jai alai |
jai alai
|
| 55 | Giovanni Adjei | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | colubrine |
colubrine
|
| 56 | Cyleane Quansah | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | Groenendael |
Groenendael
|
| 57 | Alleena Villaluz | Rotary Club of Guam | Kitksan |
Kitksan
|
| 58 | Kira Lau | Hawaii State Spelling Bee | Fatimid |
Fatimid
|
| 59 | Sonu Murali Mohan | SNSB Region One Bee | Ouagadougou |
Ouagadougou
|
| 60 | Andrew Ford | Idaho Character Foundation | svarabhakti |
svarabhakti
|
| 61 | Gabriel Aguirre | Idaho Character Foundation | ape-ape |
apiapi
|
| 62 | Navtaj Singh | Lewiston Tribune | nouveau |
nouveau
|
| 63 | Beatriz Whitford-Rodríguez | Chicago Public Schools | Dvorak |
Dvorak
|
| 64 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | sravaka |
sravaka
|
| 65 | Katie Park | South Cook Intermediate Service Center | mondegreen |
mondegreen
|
| 66 | Alanur Mescioglu | Will County Regional Office of Education | macchiato |
macchiato
|
| 67 | Brighid Reid | DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16 | ogival |
ogival
|
| 68 | Kavin Suriya Prakash | SNSB Region Three Bee | logothete |
logothete
|
| 69 | Mason Coulthard | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education | hirsute |
hirsute
|
| 70 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | alate |
alate
|
| 71 | Julia Kurien | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education | uraeus |
eureaus
|
| 72 | Tyler Kochanski | McHenry County Regional Office of Education | malaise |
malaise
|
| 73 | Arnav Sharma | Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education | seine |
seine
|
| 74 | Parker Zimmerly | Regional Office of Education #47 | gelilah |
galeila
|
| 75 | Visharad Sathish | Lake County Regional Office of Education | schnecken |
schnecken
|
| 76 | Raian Timur | SNSB Region Three Bee | immie |
immie
|
| 77 | Owen Shirey | IU School of Education Indianapolis | acharya |
acharya
|
| 78 | Sharanya Kar | LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. | qiyas |
qiyas
|
| 79 | Vishva Bharath | St. John's Lutheran Church | Sfax |
Sfax
|
| 80 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | choucroute |
choucroute
|
| 81 | Lindsey Jessen | The Dispatch Argus | neem |
neem
|
| 82 | Adele Gibbens | Olathe Public Schools | calabash |
calibash
|
| 83 | Samuel Riley | Kansas Press Association | ululate |
ululate
|
| 84 | Josephine Frimpong | University of Kentucky - College of Education | witch of Agnesi |
wichavnaze
|
| 85 | Zachary Rara | Louisville Free Public Library | Tegucigalpa |
Tegucigalpa
|
| 86 | George Weghorst | WCPO 9 | estrepe |
estrepe
|
| 87 | Malek Youssri | Gulf University for Science & Technology | Ardhamagadhi |
ardamagadi
|
| 88 | Naqeeb Hossain | LSU - University Laboratory School | gaffe |
gaffe
|
| 89 | Caroline Andrus | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette & Arcadiana | oud |
oode
|
| 90 | James Granger | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles | Philistine |
Philistine
|
| 91 | Leya Ismail | New Orleans Chapter of The Links | korrigan |
corogone
|
| 92 | Chidu Anumele | Louisiana State University Shreveport | gallivat |
gallivat
|
| 93 | Esme Filippo | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | ergatogyne |
ergatogyne
|
| 94 | Quint Karlsson | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Ahura Mazda |
Ahura Mazda
|
| 95 | Bindi Ray | Maryland Sports | Gippsland |
Gippsland
|
| 96 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | croquembouche |
croquembouche
|
| 97 | Luke Noblezada | Howard County Library | tomalley |
tomalley
|
| 98 | Arya Bhavansikar | Frederick County Public Libraries | tachycardia |
tachycardia
|
| 99 | Aruuke Rayeva | Charles County Public Schools | cavalletti |
cavaletti
|
| 100 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | skaamoogs |
skaamoogs
|
| 101 | Sapna Malhotra | Boston Centers for Youth & Families | gabbro |
gabbro
|
| 102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The Daily Item | stroganoff |
stroganoff
|
| 103 | Juliet Merrill | The Martha's Vineyard Times | Guidonian |
Guidonian
|
| 104 | Ainsley Gastmeier | Macomb Intermediate School District | kangri |
cungry
|
| 105 | Divya Choudhary | WXYZ Channel 7 | sannyasi |
sanyasi
|
| 106 | Elliott Covelle | Kent Intermediate School District | colluctation |
colluctation
|
| 107 | Josiah Loehrke | Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center | Mirach |
Mirach
|
| 108 | Zander Myers | The County Press | sciatica |
ciattica
|
| 109 | Eliza Schwass | West Shore Educational Service District | Bartókian |
bartakian
|
| 110 | Ishika Dirisala | The Herald-Palladium | nival |
nival
|
| 111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle | thuluth |
thuluth
|
| 112 | Sanvi Mandvekar | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | Jumada |
Jumada
|
| 113 | Carter Peterson | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | ryas |
rhias
|
| 114 | Gemma Kim | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | berceuse |
berceuse
|
| 115 | Jaden Go | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Jungian |
Jungian
|
| 116 | Eli Schlosser | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Terre Haute |
terrahote
|
| 117 | Charles Mueller-Thompson | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | in silico |
in silico
|
| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | diaphanous |
diaphanous
|
| 119 | Emmaline Bushman | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | chèvre |
chèvre
|
| 120 | Anya Stoll | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | alouatte |
allouate
|
| 121 | Josslyn Hansen | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | akkum |
akkum
|
| 122 | Sagan Karthikeyan | C Spire Foundation | mascarpone |
mascarpone
|
| 123 | Yuva Peddireddy | C Spire Foundation | seton |
seton
|
| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | jocote |
jocote
|
| 125 | Beckett Griffin | Mid-Continent Public Library | Phobos |
Phobos
|
| 126 | Will Henley | Raymore-Peculiar School District | Sbrinz |
Sbrinz
|
| 127 | Scott Tingle | Three Rivers College | katana |
katana
|
| 128 | Kunal Patel | A.C.E.S. | carrageenan |
carrageenan
|
| 129 | Natalie Linthicum | Mosaic Life Care Foundation | kiva |
kevah
|
| 130 | Khusi Dahal | Saint Louis University | icosahedron |
icosahedron
|
| 131 | Ruby Wang | Montana Television Network | kriegspiel |
kriegspiel
|
| 132 | Rian Camty | Omaha Sports Commission | succès fou |
succès fou
|
| 133 | Priya Konduru | The Public Education Foundation | tikka |
tikka
|
| 134 | Audrey Ware | The Public Education Foundation | moiety |
moiety
|
| 135 | Arpith Mishra | New Hampshire Union Leader | skerrick |
skerrick
|
| 136 | Harini Murali | SNSB Region Three Bee | Bosc |
Bosc
|
| 137 | Eli Neibart | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | photovoltaic |
photovoltaic
|
| 138 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs | Muzak |
Muzak
|
| 139 | Daniel Rotem | Care NJ | Esau |
Esau
|
| 140 | Keith Lee | The Albuquerque Journal | dentifrice |
dentifrice
|
| 141 | Krrisha Agrawal | Albany & Troy Lions Club | carcajou |
carcajou
|
| 142 | Sharon Hwang | Corning Rotary Club | tilleul |
tilleul
|
| 143 | Cora Massaro | Orange-Ulster BOCES | moraine |
moraine
|
| 144 | Brian Liu | SNSB Region Four Bee | cirri |
cirri
|
| 145 | Reed Laursen | Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES | coulibiac |
colebiak
|
| 146 | Izzy Canada | NYC Department of Education | calenture |
calenture
|
| 147 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | gliriform |
gliriform
|
| 148 | Margot Fieni | The Daily Star | anosognosia |
anosognosia
|
| 149 | Leah Rini | Champlain Valley Educational Services | degauss |
degauss
|
| 150 | Olivia Lipiec | SNSB Region Four Bee | tichodrome |
ticadrome
|
| 151 | Simran Sanders | The Post-Standard | syracuse.com | pierrot |
pierrot
|
| 152 | Micah Sterling | Watertown Daily Times | zugzwang |
zugzwang
|
| 153 | Amazing-Grace Salami | Spellingbee In Nigeria | baleen |
baleen
|
| 154 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | eudiometer |
eudiometer
|
| 155 | Holden Good | Carolina Panthers | palooka |
palooka
|
| 156 | Aishwarya Kallakuri | Carolina Panthers | certiorari |
certiorari
|
| 157 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | zacate |
zacate
|
| 158 | Johannes Roxburgh | Duke University Office of Durham & Community Affairs | emolument |
emolument
|
| 159 | Zachary Thurnher | Cumberland County Schools | prajna |
prujna
|
| 160 | Antonella Guzman-Vazquez | Harnett County Schools | Aramaic |
araimic
|
| 161 | Swayzee Brown | Johnston County Public Schools | fête champêtre |
fête champêtre
|
| 162 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | Kjeldahl |
Kjeldahl
|
| 163 | Zach Yeager | Akron Beacon Journal | quonk |
quonk
|
| 164 | Joseph Keffer | Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | furan |
furan
|
| 165 | Blaze Blacketer | The Repository | sprechstimme |
shprecstima
|
| 166 | Rujva Patel | WCPO 9 | nisi |
nisi
|
| 167 | Avinav Prem Anand | Columbus Blue Jackets | Sapporo |
Sapporo
|
| 168 | Sebastian Gil | ESC of the Western Reserve | estancia |
estoncia
|
| 169 | Aurora Spisak | Wright State University | Caerphilly |
Caerphilly
|
| 170 | Hiro Bernhardsson | Educational Service Center of Lorain County | dvandva |
dvandva
|
| 171 | Jason Chukwuma-Eze | The Lima News | acacia |
acacia
|
| 172 | Maureen Bone | East Liverpool Review, Salem News & The Morning Journal | spodumene |
spodumine
|
| 173 | Aadhya Adhikari | The Marietta Times | moline |
moline
|
| 174 | Brett Kuprowicz | The Times Leader | muktuk |
muktuk
|
| 175 | Kaden Haddox | The Herald-Star | Humboldt |
Humboldt
|
| 176 | Kendall Mehl | The Blade | Skeltonic |
Skeltonic
|
| 177 | Daniela Lucia Pappalardo | WFMJ Television | mässig |
maisich
|
| 178 | Annika Huang | Oklahoma City Community College | oopuhue |
oopuhue
|
| 179 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | MOOC |
MOOC
|
| 180 | Vittal Krishnamurthy | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland | ahuatle |
ahuatle
|
| 181 | Disha Jain | Chester County Intermediate Unit | tournedos |
turnedot
|
| 182 | Akshaj Somisetty | Pennon Education | henotheism |
henotheism
|
| 183 | Maia Mathai | Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools | surreptitious |
surreptitious
|
| 184 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | microfiche |
microfiche
|
| 185 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | stevedore |
stevedore
|
| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | Apistogramma |
Apistogramma
|
| 187 | Jane Ross | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | farrago |
farrago
|
| 188 | Rowena Cresswell-Blickley | Schuylkill Technology Center | effleurage |
effleurage
|
| 189 | Anjali Agarwal | Diamond City Sports | selah |
selah
|
| 190 | Naira Rivas | Eureka Enrichment Services, Inc. | houppelande |
houpland
|
| 191 | Elliana Pagliarini | The Valley Breeze | acoel |
acoel
|
| 192 | John Donato | The Post and Courier | perianth |
perianth
|
| 193 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center | aes rude |
aes rude
|
| 194 | Ahaan Jain | Carolina Panthers | Orinoco |
Orinoco
|
| 195 | Miles Little | USC Upstate | ecchymosis |
echomosis
|
| 196 | Kolin Schuler | Carolina Panthers | parti pris |
parti pres
|
| 197 | Amanuel Gemechis | South Dakota News Watch | Menaia |
Menaia
|
| 198 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis | unakite |
unakite
|
| 199 | Swetank Bangaru | Tennessee Titans | hominin |
hominin
|
| 200 | Vidula Kalathur | Tennessee Titans | as nas |
as nas
|
| 201 | Sariah Titus | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | piatti |
piatti
|
| 202 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | vizierial |
vizierial
|
| 203 | Thevaan Butani | Rain Droplets Foundation | Kuiper Belt |
Kuiper Belt
|
| 204 | Tarini Nandakumar | Rain Droplets Foundation | hennin |
hennin
|
| 205 | Isaac Cancio | KRIS Communications | point d'appui |
point d'appui
|
| 206 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | Bêche-de-Mer |
Bêche-de-Mer
|
| 207 | Faizan Zaki | Dallas Sports Commission | viaticum |
viaticum
|
| 208 | Shreyansh Zadoo | Dallas Sports Commission | hypaethral |
hypaethral
|
| 209 | Anaya Tonde | EPISD Education Foundation | scagliola |
scagliola
|
| 210 | Brihasa Veduru | Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission | ancien régime |
ancien régime
|
| 211 | Noah White | Houston Community College | yttriferous |
yttriferous
|
| 212 | Luke Nguyen | Houston Community College | Djibouti |
Djibouti
|
| 213 | Zachary Teoh | Houston Community College | Gruyère |
Gruyère
|
| 214 | Alejandro Martinez | Laredo Morning Times | brouhaha |
brouhaha
|
| 215 | Michael Tesfaye | Ramar Communications | Oaxaca |
Oaxaca
|
| 216 | Caleb Giuoco | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | Boise |
Boise
|
| 217 | Shreeya Sivakumar | Midland Reporter-Telegram | Appaloosa |
Appaloosa
|
| 218 | Krish Patel | Ector County Independent School District | embouchure |
embouchure
|
| 219 | Jarah Abarquez | TCP Software | Beaux arts |
bozar
|
| 220 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. | amuse-gueule |
amuse-gueule
|
| 221 | Chev Bondoc | Victoria College | railleur |
railleur
|
| 222 | Aarav Sargurunathan | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | cairn |
cairn
|
| 223 | Evan Fahie | The Virgin Islands Daily News | daguerreotype |
daguerreotype
|
| 224 | Sasha Kenlon | The Park Record | krewe |
crewe
|
| 225 | Ashley Bryner | Southeast Education Service Center | rajpramukh |
rajpramook
|
| 226 | Roshan Kaushik | The City Journals | Quonset |
Quonset
|
| 227 | Phoenix Newell | Vermont Principals Association | swainsona |
swainsona
|
| 228 | Layla Barrett | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area | risposta |
risposta
|
| 229 | Draven Williams | Central Rappahannock Regional Library | recamier | |
| 230 | Nicholas Kokhan | Rockingham District Ruritans | salmagundi |
salmagundi
|
| 231 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools | patois |
patois
|
| 232 | Vincent Chu | InsideNoVa/Prince William | Panchen Lama |
Panchen Lama
|
| 233 | Nikita Ramakrishnan | Fairfax County Council PTA | maringouin |
maringouin
|
| 234 | Nargiza Muzhapaer | Fairfax County Council PTA | roseola |
roseola
|
| 235 | Suhani Joshi | WHRO Public Media | lunulae |
lunulae
|
| 236 | Rory Grant | Radford University | langrage |
langrage
|
| 237 | Harper Cox | Richmond Raceway | Caracas |
Caracas
|
| 238 | Declan Mallady | Town Hall Seattle | toile |
toile
|
| 239 | Charvitha Sanjaya | Charleston Gazette-Mail | pudibund |
pudibund
|
| 240 | Nirav Nimbarte | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram | cecidium |
cecidium
|
| 241 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal | promyshlennik |
promyshlennik
|
| 242 | Jacob Martonito | Wisconsin State Journal | Makgadikgadi Pans |
Makgadikgadi Pans
|
| 243 | Eli Jernigan | Sweetwater County BOCES | mittimus |
mittimus
|