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YEAR |
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CHAMPION AND SPONSOR |
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| | 1925
| | Frank
Neuhauser, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky |
gladiolus | | |
| | 1926 | | Pauline
Bell, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky
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abrogate | | |
| | 1927 | | Dean
Lucas, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
luxuriance | | |
| | 1928 | | Betty
Robinson, South Bend News-Tribune, South Bend, Indiana |
albumen | | |
| | 1929 | | Virginia
Hogan, The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
asceticism | | |
| | 1930 | | Helen
Jensen, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
fracas | | |
| | 1931 | | Ward
Randall, White Hall Register-Republican, White Hall, Illinois |
foulard | | |
| | 1932 | | Dorothy
Greenwald, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
knack | | |
| | 1933 | | Alma
Roach, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
torsion | | |
| | 1934 | | Sarah
Wilson, Portland Evening Express, Portland, Maine |
deteriorating | | |
| | 1935 | | Clara
Mohler, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
intelligible | | |
| | 1936 | | Jean
Trowbridge, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
interning | | |
| | 1937 | | Waneeta
Beckley, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky |
promiscuous | | |
| | 1938 | | Marian
Richardson, Louisville Times, Louisville, Kentucky |
sanitarium | | |
| | 1939 | | Elizabeth
Ann Rice, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts |
canonical | | |
| | 1940 | | Laurel
Kuykendall, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
therapy | | |
| | 1941 | | Louis
Edward Sissman, Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan |
initials | | |
| | 1942 | | Richard
Earnhart, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
sacrilegious | | |
| | 1946 | | John
McKinney, Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa |
semaphore | | |
| | 1947 | | Mattie
Lou Pollard, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia |
chlorophyll | | |
| | 1948 | | Jean
Chappelear, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
psychiatry | | |
| | 1949 | | Kim
Calvin, Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio |
dulcimer | | |
| | 1950 | | Diana
Reynard, Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio |
meticulosity | | |
| | 1950 | | Colquitt
Dean, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia |
meticulosity | | |
| | 1951 | | Irving
Belz, Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee |
insouciant | | |
| | 1952 | | Doris
Ann Hall, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
vignette | | |
| | 1953 | | Elizabeth
Hess, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona |
soubrette | | |
| | 1954 | | William
Cashore, Norristown Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania |
transept | | |
| | 1955 | | Sandra
Sloss, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri |
crustaceology | | |
| | 1956 | | Melody
Sachko, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
condominium | | |
| | 1957 | | Sandra
Owen, Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio |
schappe | | |
| | 1957 | | Dana
Bennett, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
schappe | | |
| | 1958 | | Jolitta
Schlehuber, Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas |
syllepsis | | |
| | 1959 | | Joel
Montgomery, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
catamaran | | |
| | 1960 | | Henry
Feldman, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
eudaemonic | | |
| | 1961 | | John
Capehart, Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
smaragdine | | |
| | 1962 | | Nettie
Crawford, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
esquamulose | | |
| | 1962 | | Michael
Day, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri |
esquamulose | | |
| | 1963 | | Glen
Van Slyke III, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
equipage | | |
| | 1964 | | William
Kerek, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio |
sycophant | | |
| | 1965 | | Michael
Kerpan Jr., Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
eczema | | |
| | 1966 | | Robert
A. Wake, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas |
ratoon | | |
| | 1967 | | Jennifer
Reinke, The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska |
chihuahua | | |
| | 1968 | | Robert
L. Walters, Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas |
abalone | | |
| | 1969 | | Susan
Yoachum, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas |
interlocutory | | |
| | 1970 | | Libby
Childress, Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
croissant | | |
| | 1971 | | Jonathan
Knisely, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
shalloon | | |
| | 1972 | | Robin
Kral, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas |
macerate | | |
| | 1973 | | Barrie
Trinkle, Fort Worth Press, Fort Worth, Texas |
vouchsafe | | |
| | 1974 | | Julie
Ann Junkin, Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama |
hydrophyte | | |
| | 1975 | | Hugh
Tosteson, San Juan Star, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
incisor | | |
| | 1976 | | Tim
Kneale, Syracuse Herald Journal-American, Syracuse, New York |
narcolepsy | | |
| | 1977 | | John
Paola, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
cambist | | |
| | 1978 | | Peg
McCarthy, The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas |
deification | | |
| | 1979 | | Katie
Kerwin, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
maculature | | |
| | 1980 | | Jacques
Bailly, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
elucubrate | | |
| | 1981 | | Paige
Pipkin, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
sarcophagus | | |
| | 1982 | | Molly
Dieveney, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
psoriasis | | |
| | 1983 | | Blake
Giddens, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas |
Purim | | |
| | 1984 | | Daniel
Greenblatt, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia |
luge | | |
| | 1985 | | Balu
Natarajan, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois |
milieu | | |
| | 1986 | | Jon
Pennington, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
odontalgia | | |
| | 1987 | | Stephanie
Petit, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
staphylococci | | |
| | 1988 | | Rageshree
Ramachandran, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California |
elegiacal | | |
| | 1989 | | Scott
Isaacs, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
spoliator | | |
| | 1990 | | Amy
Marie Dimak, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington |
fibranne | | |
| | 1991 | | Joanne
Lagatta, The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin |
antipyretic | | |
| | 1992 | | Amanda
Goad, The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia |
lyceum | | |
| | 1993 | | Geoff
Hooper, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee |
kamikaze | | |
| | 1994 | | Ned
G. Andrews, The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee |
antediluvian | | |
| | 1995 | | Justin
Tyler Carroll, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee |
xanthosis | | |
| | 1996 | | Wendy
Guey, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida |
vivisepulture | | |
| | 1997 | | Rebecca
Sealfon, Daily News, New York, New York |
euonym | | |
| | 1998 | | Jody-Anne
Maxwell, Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers, Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica |
chiaroscurist | | |
| | 1999 | | Nupur
Lala, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida |
logorrhea | | |
| | 2000 | | George
Abraham Thampy, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri |
demarche | | |
| | 2001 | | Sean
Conley, Aitkin Independent Age, Aitkin, Minnesota |
succedaneum | | |
| | 2002 | | Pratyush
Buddiga, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
prospicience | | |
| | 2003 | | Sai
R. Gunturi, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas |
pococurante | | |
| 2004 | | David
Scott Tidmarsh, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana |
autochthonous | | | | 2005 | | Anurag
Kashyap, The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | appoggiatura | | | | 2006 | | Katharine
"Kerry" Close, Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Asbury Park,
New Jersey | Ursprache | | |
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