| No. | Speller | Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given | Error |
| 20. | Kashyap, Anurag |
The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | agnolotti | agnolotti | |
| 21. | Deri, Aliya |
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | nopalry | nopalry | |
| 139. | Tarigopula, Rajiv |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | odylic | odyllic | E |
| 238. | Patel, Samir |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas | akaryote | akaryote |