Number of Spellers | Age Range | Grade Range | School Type | Siblings | Family Ties
Coaching | Four-Year Repeaters | Three-Year Repeaters | Two-Year Repeaters
| 138 boys (50.2%) | 137 girls (49.8%) |
| 1 eight-year-old (.4%) | 57 twelve-year-olds (20.7%) |
| 2 nine-year-old (.7%) | 95 thirteen-year-olds (34.6%) |
| 13 ten-year-olds (4.7%) | 74 fourteen-year-olds (26.9%) |
| 31 eleven-year-olds (11.3%) | 2 fifteen-year-old (.7%) |
This year's age statistics are typical of previous years' age statistics.
| 1 third grader (.4%) | 37 sixth graders (13.5%) |
| 6 fourth graders (2.1%) | 89 seventh graders (32.4%) |
| 25 fifth graders (9.1%) | 117 eighth graders (42.5%) |
This year's grade statistics are typical of previous years' grade statistics.
| 179 public (65.1%) | 16 parochial (5.8%) |
| 43 private (15.6%) | 10 charter (3.6%) |
| 27 home (9.8%) |
This year's school statistics are typical of previous years' school statistics.
Fifty-three (53) spellers are only children. The remaining 221 spellers have 148 sisters and 128 brothers among them. Six spellers have a fraternal twin and one has an identical twin.
This year's siblings statistics are typical of previous years' siblings statistics.
Twenty-four (24) spellers have at least one relative (brother, sister, uncle, cousin or mother) who has competed in previous national finals. They are spellers 9, 24, 31, 39, 53, 55, 80, 115, 116, 121, 124, 140, 142, 155, 157, 184, 190, 196, 222, 228, 241, 246, 264 and 268.
This year's family ties statistics are typical of previous years' family ties statistics.
30: Rahul Malayappan |
188: Nicholas B. Rushlow |
215: Julianna M. Canabal-RodrÃquez |
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Some words, called onomatopoeia, originated as an imitation of natural sounds—in fact, some linguists have developed a theory (sometimes known as the :bow-wow theory") that this is how all spoken language began. There are onomatopoeia in every language.
