2026 Results
Round 8 - Vocabulary Round
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 25th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
| 5 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | What is an asterism? |
a star-shaped figure exhibited in some crystals by reflected light
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| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Bouillabaisse is a kind of: |
fish stew
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| 19 | Olive O’Brien | Los Angeles County Office of Education | What is a cryptonym? |
a secret name
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| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Patina refers to: |
a surface made beautiful by age or use
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| 23 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | Something described as haptic: |
relates to the sense of touch
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| 29 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | An idiolect is: |
the language or speech patterns of a single individual at a particular period of life
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| 32 | Charlie Huang | Sage | A countenance refers to: |
to bring into disgrace
Correct answer: the expression on one's face
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| 35 | Arshan Shahriar | ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union | Penance refers to: |
an act to show sorrow for a sin
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| 36 | Isaac Brogan | WFCU Credit Union | A guerrilla is: |
one who engages in unconventional warfare
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| 42 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | What does it mean to promulgate something? |
to make it known by open declaration
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| 56 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | Something that is mutable: |
is prone or liable to change
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| 76 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | A person described as lithe is: |
agile and flexible
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| 95 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | Something described as loathsome is: |
repulsive and abhorrent
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| 118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Something described as myriad: |
consists of a very great number
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| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | A valise is: |
a glass vessel
Correct answer: a traveling bag
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| 137 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development | Something described as eremic relates to: |
deserts or sandy regions
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| 148 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | Something described as indelible is: |
inexpensive
Correct answer: permanent
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| 155 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | Hinterlands are regions that are: |
remote from cities and towns
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| 156 | Phaneendra Bulusu | Carolina Panthers | A pastoralist is: |
a caretaker of cattle or sheep
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| 157 | Harini Jayakumar | Carolina Panthers | What does it mean to doff something? |
to take it off, like a hat
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| 158 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | If something is described as arachnophagous, it: |
eats spiders
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| 169 | Tia Geisler | ESC of the Western Reserve | What is a plebiscite? |
a vote of the people usually by universal suffrage
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| 180 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | What does an ailurophile love? |
cats
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| 185 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | An archaeopteryx is a type of: |
lookout tower on a fortified wall
Correct answer: primitive reptilelike bird
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| 204 | Thivaan Butani | SNSB Region Three Bee | Someone described as prodigal is given to: |
overbearing bossiness
Correct answer: unrestrained spending
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| 207 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | Someone described as sanguinary is: |
bloodthirsty
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| 208 | Krish Manjunath | Dallas Sports Commission | What is ablution? |
the washing of one's body as a religious rite
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| 213 | Logan Bailey | Houston City College | Akinesia refers to: |
loss or impairment of voluntary activity
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| 214 | Zachary Teoh | Houston City College | What is kitsch? |
artistic material thought to be low quality
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