2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee
May 30 and 31, 2007

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. Pyo, Grace The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama papillon papillon   
5. Horton, Jonathan Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona logogriph logogriph   
8. Loon, Anjanet The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, The Bahamas stapes stapes   
11. O’Dorney, Evan Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California corrigenda corrigenda   
12. Thomas, Tia Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Oakhurst, California periostracum periostracum   
14. Manning, Emma Daily News Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California zwieback zwieback   
16. Young, Albert The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California epicondylic epichondylic  E
17. Rana, Maheen Record Searchlight, Redding, California orotund orotund   
18. Whitehead, Brandon The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California polyphyodont polyphiodont  E
19. Kao, Josephine The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California Torquemada Torquemada   
20. Song, Justin The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California rissole rissole   
21. Doner, John San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California ursigram ersigram  E
22. O’Donnell, Sam Ventura County Star, Ventura, California silenus sylenus  E
25. Wang, Cody Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada lomilomi lomilomi   
27. Park, Soohyun National Post, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada pharyngitis pharyngitis   
28. Gartke, Nate Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada fruticose fruticose   
29. Sampalli, Amrit The Daily News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada genetrix genatrix  E
30. Bogetti, Curtis The Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada trypanosomiasis tripanosomiasis  E
34. Silins, Katherine Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada vizierial viseirial  E
37. Dong, Anqi The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada platitudinous platitudinous   
39. Stanbridge, Chris The Telegram, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador marron marron   
41. Unger, Hailey The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada rayonnant rayonnant   
45. Gopalakrishnan, Maithreyi Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado salinelle salinelle   
46. Smith, Jake Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado piroplasmosis pyrrhiplasmosis  E
47. Henares, Joseph New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut kiddush kiddush   
48. Gabriele, Matthew The Ridgefield Press, Ridgefield, Connecticut Ayurveda Iurvata  E
49. Lasché, Olivia The Washington Informer, Washington, District of Columbia desuetude dessuitude  E
56. Bressler, Liam Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida hilum hilum   
59. Zhang, Claire The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida paronomasia paronomasia   
63. Murdock, Justin The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida tattersall tattersaul  E
68. Zhou, Andrew The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii quatenus quatanus  E
73. Sloan, Rose Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois nugatory nugatory   
77. Benjamin, Alex The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois craquelure craquelure   
78. Ellis, Zina The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois bracteolate brachteolate  E
79. Mou, Kyle Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois illeist iliast  E
90. Mishra, Sameer Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana acariasis acariasis   
91. Yeh, Michael The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana pachysandra pachysandra   
96. Bolt, Ariane South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana ruderal ruteral  E
97. Aouad, Kennyi The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana poliomyelitis poliomyelitis   
101. Bish, Regina Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica encephalopathy encephalopathy   
102. Shivashankar, Kavya The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas Gruyère Gruyère   
103. Pastapur, Aishwarya The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas coadunation coagination  E
106. Faul, Olivia The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, Louisiana bruschetta bruchetta  E
112. Roper, Selena Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Annapolis, Maryland oleic oleic   
115. desJardins-Park, Heather Howard County Library and The Baltimore Sun, Columbia, Maryland somma sama  E
118. Shoemaker, Mandi The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland puncheon punchon  E
119. Baker, Izaak The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland lambdacism lambdacism   
122. Radakrishnan, Anjithaa The Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts arboricole arboricole   
125. Shekhar, Akshat The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Massachusetts exsiccate exsiccate   
129. Wassink, Lydia The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan truncal trunkal  E
135. Vijayakumar, Nithya The Oakland Press, Oakland, Michigan zeugma zeugma   
140. Cojocaru, Catherine Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota ophidian ophidean  E
142. Liu, Jonathan Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota parisology perisology  E
145. Hwang, Daniel Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri meralgia moralgia  E
146. Spencer, Connor The Examiner, Independence, Missouri canaliculate canaliculate   
148. Rouse, Caroline St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri anadiplosis anadiplosis   
149. Yap, Chester Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Missouri varioliform verioliform  E
151. Harmsworth, Sarah Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana tetradactylous tetradactylous   
152. Mirza, Sarah Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska schneider schneider   
153. Rajagopal, Shiva Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada quoddy quadi  E
154. Conway, Alexandra New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire periclitate pariclatate  E
155. Hale, Robert Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Asbury Park, New Jersey erinaceous aranaceous  E
161. Evans, Matthew The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, New Mexico bottega bottega   
169. Kohli, Prateek Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York diocesan diocesan   
173. Lindseth, Paul Daily News, New York, New York oubliette oubliatte  E
177. Johnson, Ethan Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York pygopodous paigopodous  E
180. Weir, Kate The New Zealand Listener, Wellington, New Zealand sopite sopite   
182. Whaley, Gideon The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina rheotropism rheotropism   
183. Upshaw, Grace The Daily Record, Dunn, North Carolina loris loris   
185. Lay, Andrew The Gaston Gazette, Gaston, North Carolina petroglyphy petroglyphy   
189. Wright, Josiah Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina unguiculate unguiculate   
192. Haiduc, Manuela The Repository, Canton, Ohio bourgade baurgade  E
193. Shoji, Marissa The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio circumbendibus circumbendibus   
194. Remer, Scott The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio flebile flebile   
207. Girbino, Michael The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio silicicolous silicicolous   
210. Haiduk, Bruce Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma parasiticidal parasiticidal   
211. Nye, Katie The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon encolure oncholeure  E
212. Clark, Shelley Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon acuminate acuminate   
225. Walter, Micah Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania Marielito Marialito  E
226. Bader, Lina Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania roturier roturier   
228. Nguyen, Rosa The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island transisthmian transisthmian   
235. Rehberger, Rebecca Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota orenda orenda   
240. Mathis, Cherry The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee carneau carnault  E
245. Chyao, Amy The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas élan élan   
246. Gupta, Samir El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas pasquinade pasquinade   
247. Patel, Samir Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas sunglo sunglo   
249. Ajieren, Brian Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas ratiocinate ratiocinate   
250. Soriano, Raymond Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas prosopography prosopography   
252. Jones, Calley Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas ogive aujive  E
258. Marcel, Julisa The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands chamfer chamfer   
262. Weber, Lucy The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont apocope apocope   
267. Willett, Rebecca The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia gastrilegous gastrilogous  E
274. Venkat, Abhinav Potomac News, Woodbridge, Virginia hirudiniasis hirudiniasis   
285. Jacobson, Isabel Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin myrmecologist myrmecologist