2026 Results
Round 7 - Spelling Round
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 30th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given |
| 5 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | lucanid |
lucanid
|
| 12 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | colophene |
collaphene
|
| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | eicosanoid |
eicosanoid
|
| 19 | Olive O’Brien | Los Angeles County Office of Education | cytosine |
cytosine
|
| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | nectria |
nectria
|
| 23 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | lupulon |
lupulon
|
| 29 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | authigenic |
authigenic
|
| 30 | Abheri Sureddi | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | nemaline |
nemoline
|
| 31 | Benjamin Reinhard | ABC 10News | lochage |
lockage
|
| 32 | Charlie Huang | Sage | alnager |
alnager
|
| 35 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union | nispero |
nispero
|
| 36 | Isaac Brogan | WFCU Credit Union | amarevole |
amarevole
|
| 38 | Nikhil Ganta | The Denver Post | carreta |
caretta
|
| 42 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | griphite |
griphite
|
| 51 | Louis Avetis | Orange County Public Schools | pellitory |
pelletory
|
| 56 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | histidinemia |
histidinemia
|
| 57 | Sreeya Lakkimsetti | Georgia Association of Educators | vancomycin |
vankomycin
|
| 69 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | orosomucoid |
orisomucoid
|
| 75 | Aditi Mopur | Lake County Regional Office of Education | lacrimale |
lacrimally
|
| 76 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | Chianina |
Chianina
|
| 82 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | tremalith |
tremolith
|
| 95 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | bylina |
bylina
|
| 96 | Thanvi Gatamaneni | Howard County Library | assacu |
asucu
|
| 113 | PJ Vanderheiden | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | osnaburg |
ausnoberg
|
| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | ducape |
ducape
|
| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | casula |
casula
|
| 132 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission | manomin |
monamin
|
| 136 | Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | amentiferous |
ammuntiferous
|
| 137 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development | coenosarc |
coenosarc
|
| 139 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | tangalung |
tungalung
|
| 146 | YY Liang | SNSB Region Four Bee | ainhum |
ainhume
|
| 148 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | tobira |
tobira
|
| 155 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | mizpah |
mizpah
|
| 156 | Phaneendra Bulusu | Carolina Panthers | carbungi |
carbungi
|
| 157 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | tocalote |
tocalote
|
| 158 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | cimborio |
cimborio
|
| 163 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | vermorel |
vermorelle
|
| 169 | Tia Geisler | ESC of the Western Reserve | tsine |
tsine
|
| 180 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | paclitaxel |
paclitaxel
|
| 185 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | Ophir |
Ophir
|
| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | tarantass |
tarintass
|
| 193 | Salonee Birabar | Carolina Panthers | yaguaza |
yaguasa
|
| 203 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | sondeli |
sandeli
|
| 204 | Thivaan Butani | SNSB Region Three Bee | laager |
laager
|
| 207 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | darbha |
darbha
|
| 208 | Krish Manjunath | Dallas Sports Commission | turrum |
turrum
|
| 213 | Logan Bailey | Houston City College | bahut |
bahut
|
| 214 | Zachary Teoh | Houston City College | houtou |
houtou
|
| 218 | Anirudh Roy | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | drostdy |
draaste
|
| 222 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. | garawi |
gharowi
|
| 237 | Siya Sampath | InsideNoVa/Prince William | Taguig |
Taghig
|
| 238 | Laasya Mohan | Fairfax County Council PTA | querelae |
querilae
|
| 242 | Taran Shivkumar | Richmond Raceway | cryosel |
cryoselle
|
| 246 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal | wachna |
wakna
|