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Champions and Their Winning Words, 1925 through 2005
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| 1925 | Frank Neuhauser, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky |
gladiolus
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| 1926 | Pauline Bell, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky |
abrogate
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| 1927 | Dean Lucas, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
luxuriance
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| 1928 | Betty Robinson, South Bend News-Tribune, South Bend, Indiana |
albumen
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| 1929 | Virginia Hogan, The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
asceticism
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| 1930 | Helen Jensen, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
fracas
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| 1931 | Ward Randall, White Hall Register-Republican, White Hall, Illinois |
foulard
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| 1932 | Dorothy Greenwald, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
knack
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| 1933 | Alma Roach, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
torsion
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| 1934 | Sarah Wilson, Portland Evening Express, Portland, Maine |
deteriorating
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| 1935 | Clara Mohler, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
intelligible
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| 1936 | Jean Trowbridge, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
interning
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| 1937 | Waneeta Beckley, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky |
promiscuous
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| 1938 | Marian Richardson, Louisville Times, Louisville, Kentucky |
sanitarium
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| 1939 | Elizabeth Ann Rice, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts |
canonical
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| 1940 | Laurel Kuykendall, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
therapy
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| 1941 | Louis Edward Sissman, Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan |
initials
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| 1942 | Richard Earnhart, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
sacrilegious
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| 1946 | John McKinney, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
semaphore
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| 1947 | Mattie Lou Pollard, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia |
chlorophyll
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| 1948 | Jean Chappelear, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
psychiatry
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| 1949 | Kim Calvin, Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio |
dulcimer
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| 1950 | Diana Reynard, Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio |
meticulosity
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| 1950 | Colquitt Dean, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia |
meticulosity
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| 1951 | Irving Belz, Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee |
insouciant
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| 1952 | Doris Ann Hall, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
vignette
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| 1953 | Elizabeth Hess, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona |
soubrette
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| 1954 | William Cashore, Norristown Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania |
transept
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| 1955 | Sandra Sloss, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri |
crustaceology
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| 1956 | Melody Sachko, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
condominium
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| 1957 | Sandra Owen, Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio |
schappe
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| 1957 | Dana Bennett, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
schappe
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| 1958 | Jolitta Schlehuber, Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas |
syllepsis
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| 1959 | Joel Montgomery, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
catamaran
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| 1960 | Henry Feldman, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
eudaemonic
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| 1961 | John Capehart, Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
smaragdine
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| 1962 | Nettie Crawford, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
esquamulose
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| 1962 | Michael Day, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri |
esquamulose
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| 1963 | Glen Van Slyke III, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
equipage
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| 1964 | William Kerek, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
sycophant
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| 1965 | Michael Kerpan Jr., Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
eczema
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| 1966 | Robert A. Wake, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas |
ratoon
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| 1967 | Jennifer Reinke, The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
chihuahua
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| 1968 | Robert L. Walters, Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas |
abalone
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| 1969 | Susan Yoachum, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas |
interlocutory
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| 1970 | Libby Childress, Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
croissant
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| 1971 | Jonathan Knisely, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
shalloon
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| 1972 | Robin Kral, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas |
macerate
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| 1973 | Barrie Trinkle, Fort Worth Press, Fort Worth, Texas |
vouchsafe
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| 1974 | Julie Ann Junkin, Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama |
hydrophyte
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| 1975 | Hugh Tosteson, San Juan Star, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
incisor
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| 1976 | Tim Kneale, Syracuse Herald Journal-American, Syracuse, New York |
narcolepsy
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| 1977 | John Paola, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
cambist
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| 1978 | Peg McCarthy, The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas |
deification
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| 1979 | Katie Kerwin, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
maculature
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| 1980 | Jacques Bailly, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
elucubrate
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| 1981 | Paige Pipkin, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
sarcophagus
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| 1982 | Molly Dieveney, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
psoriasis
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| 1983 | Blake Giddens, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
Purim
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| 1984 | Daniel Greenblatt, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia |
luge
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| 1985 | Balu Natarajan, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois |
milieu
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| 1986 | Jon Pennington, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
odontalgia
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| 1987 | Stephanie Petit, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
staphylococci
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| 1988 | Rageshree Ramachandran, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California |
elegiacal
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| 1989 | Scott Isaacs, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
spoliator
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| 1990 | Amy Marie Dimak, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington |
fibranne
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| 1991 | Joanne Lagatta, The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin |
antipyretic
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| 1992 | Amanda Goad, The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia |
lyceum
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| 1993 | Geoff Hooper, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee |
kamikaze
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| 1994 | Ned G. Andrews, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
antediluvian
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| 1995 | Justin Tyler Carroll, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee |
xanthosis
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| 1996 | Wendy Guey, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida |
vivisepulture
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| 1997 | Rebecca Sealfon, Daily News, New York, New York |
euonym
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| 1998 | Jody-Anne Maxwell, Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers, Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica |
chiaroscurist
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| 1999 | Nupur Lala, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida |
logorrhea
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| 2000 | George Abraham Thampy, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri |
demarche
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| 2001 | Sean Conley, Aitkin Independent Age, Aitkin, Minnesota |
succedaneum
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| 2002 | Pratyush Buddiga, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
prospicience
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| 2003 | Sai R. Gunturi, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas |
pococurante
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| 2004 | David Scott Pilarski Tidmarsh, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana |
autochthonous
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| 2005 | Anurag Kashyap , The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California |
appoggiatura
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