2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee
May 31 - June 1, 2006

Summary of Round 4
(Click on the speller's name for a summary of words given.)
No. Speller Sponsor Correct
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1. Szatanek, Ben The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama endophytous endophodous  E
5. Horton, Jonathan Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona canescent canescent   
7. Hudson, McKinley Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas opeidoscope opydoscope  E
8. Loon, Anjanet The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, The Bahamas velitation vellitation  E
9. Young, Albert The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California tiffin tiffan  E
11. O'Dorney, Evan Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California spheterize spheterize   
12. Thomas, Tia Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Oakhurst, California marmoreal marmoreal   
14. Pruden, David Daily News Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California horripilation horripulation  E
17. Rana, Maheen Record Searchlight, Redding, California papeterie papetrie  E
19. Kao, Josephine The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California welkin whelkin  E
20. Brown, Julia The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California balopticon balopticon   
21. Lin, Michael San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California flicflac flickflack  E
22. Yoshinaga, Kendra Ventura County Star, Ventura, California ikebana ikebana   
25. Chang, Jaclyn Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada rheophilic rheophilic   
27. Newcombe, Leslie National Post, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada toque toque   
28. Hackett, Finola Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada usurious usurious   
31. Hurd, Jennifer Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada conchylium conchileum  E
33. Dong, Anqi The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada habile habile   
36. Anderson, Sarah Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada volitorial volatorial  E
40. Hudson, Kayla Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado streptomycin streptomycin   
41. Tadipatri, Dhanya New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut malaguena malaguenia  E
46. Olson, Kimberly The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida commorient commoriant  E
48. Salvador, Allion The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida grissino grissino   
50. Bressler, Liam Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida nacre gnaker  E
52. Sharma , Shruti Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida Quonset Quanzite  E
53. Zhang, Claire The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida udomograph udaumograph  E
59. Sundaresan, Nandhini Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta, Georgia thalian thyleian  E
62. Kaneshiro, Jasmine The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii obtundent obtundant  E
67. Yuan, Theodore Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois hydrochore hydrochore   
68. Erwin, William Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois bonspiel baunspeil  E
71. Benjamin, Alex The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois immund imund  E
72. Jain, Bonny The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois lipothymia lipothymia   
79. Huck, Elliot The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana redivivus redavivus  E
82. Xu, Duolin Topics Newspapers, Fishers, Indiana neuromyelitis neuromyelitis   
84. Mishra, Sameer Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana oriel oriel   
85. Yeh, Michael The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana vargueno vergueno  E
93. Chiou, Lawrence The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa schloss schlauss  E
95. Pike, Rosanna Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica mysophilia meisophilia  E
96. Shivashankar, Kavya The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas estrepe estrepe   
97. Pastapur, Aishwarya The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas ibidem ibidem   
99. Tamplin, John Kentucky Derby Festival, Louisville, Kentucky pathognomonic pathognomonic   
116. Phaneuf, Mattia The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts gimbal gimbel  E
117. Shekhar, Akshat The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Massachusetts filoselle filasel  E
123. Orr, Elliott The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan emanant eminent  E
128. Raval, Nilesh The Saginaw News, Saginaw, Michigan trullo trulo  E
132. Malone, Fiona Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota megrims migrims  E
140. Tarigopula, Rajiv St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri sporran sporran   
147. Close, Katharine Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Asbury Park, New Jersey chiragra chiragra   
152. Fung, Serenity The Times of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey enclitic enclitic   
153. Evans, Matthew The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, New Mexico talaria talaria   
156. Pivarunas, Anthony The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York vivace vivace   
158. Krapf, David Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York Damoclean Damochlian  E
160. Wynshaw, Elias Daily Freeman and Sunday Freeman, Kingston, New York misoneism myseneism  E
161. Kohli, Prateek Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York sinecure sinecure   
162. Blacklock, James Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York balalaika ballelicha  E
164. Mowbray, Ryan Daily News, New York, New York apolaustic apolostic  E
168. Johnson, Ethan Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York collimate columate  E
169. Christie, Michael The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York palatalize palatalize   
180. Hooks, Saryn Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina malihini malihini   
181. Due, Melanie Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota sesamoid sessamoid  E
184. Giese, Matthew The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio lipogrammatism lipogrammatism   
189. Good, Brian Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio jacamar jacomar  E
199. Johnson, Lauren The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio mollisol molasal  E
201. Buchanan, Chris Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma septentrional septentrional   
208. Allegar, Charley The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania turophile turophile   
212. Ciocca, Sophia Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania chervil chervel  E
214. Calafati, Philip Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania toccata tocotta  E
218. Bader, Lina Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania impapyrated impapyrated   
219. Vélez, Natalia Caribbean Preparatory School, San Juan, Puerto Rico bugia bugia   
231. Mathis, Cherry The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee rhea rhea   
232. Eytchison, Emily The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee seigneur sainneur  E
233. Patel, Midhat Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas cassideous cassidious  E
234. Campbell, Caitlin Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas distichous distichous   
236. Chyao, Amy The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas moribund moribund   
238. Patel, Samir Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas intarsia intarsia   
239. Anandasivam, Nidharshan Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas nasopharyngeal nasopharyngeal   
240. Ajodha, Anjay Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas subrident subrident   
241. Soriano, Raymond Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas venatorial venatorial   
242. Zheng, Richard Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas monoceros minoceros  E
258. Barnett, Lizzie Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia piton piton   
259. Gullapalli, Sachith The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia traineau traineau   
261. Estep, Marissa The Winchester Star, Winchester, Virginia echt echt   
262. Meikle, Grace Potomac News, Woodbridge, Virginia paparazzo paparazzo   
267. Wade, Andy Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia sarcolysis sarcolysis   
273. Jacobson, Isabel Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin phlogogenic phlogogenic   
275. Toland, Kent The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas caulicle collicle  E
Rank of spellers eliminated in this round: 45th (tie)