Summary of Round 3
(Click on the speller's name for a summary of words given.)| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Correct Spelling | Spelling Given | Earned Bonus? |
| 1 | Allison Black | Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama | keitloa | gerenuk | Y |
| 2 | Oliver Price | Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska | arcanum | tuyere | Y |
| 3 | Rory O'Donoghue | Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska | belligerent | unau | Y |
| 4 | Destiny Su'a | Samoa News, Pago Pago, American Samoa | echt | garçon | Y |
| 5 | Anjali Nair | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | quisling | antipodes | Y |
| 6 | Emmarie Comaad | Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock, Arizona | some | buzzetto | N |
| 7 | Esther Park | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | nap | pompier | Y |
| 8 | Yelena Persaud | The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas | dangerous | uitlander | Y |
| 9 | Juan Miguel Malana | Desert Dispatch, Barstow, California | laundry | archimage | Y |
| 10 | Isabel Sublette | Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California | urgent | velum | Y |
| 11 | Brandon Whitehead | Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California | superimposable | détente | Y |
| 12 | Jeremiah Cortez | Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative, Los Angeles, California | urgent | shanghaied | Y |
| 13 | Mickey Shi | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | kanban | realgar | Y |
| 14 | Liam Twight | Record Searchlight, Redding, California | guard | pizzicato | Y |
| 15 | Kendra Burns | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | guard | notornous | N |
| 16 | Anvita Mishra | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | exact | barukhzy | Y |
| 17 | Emma Finch | Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, California | punctuation | eidelweiss | N |
| 18 | Alex Kahng | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | cossette | Hennebique | Y |
| 19 | Sarah Gadre | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | terrible | bromeliad | Y |
| 20 | Kenley Farace | The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | karrusel | capileti | N |
| 21 | Zachary Ocab | Daily Press, Victorville, California | cup | madalote | N |
| 22 | Christian Suarez | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, Visalia, California | stacte | vaquero | Y |
| 23 | Shilpa Rao | Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | nap | izar | Y |
| 24 | Laura Newcombe | CanWest CanSpell National Spelling Bee, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada | glad | suffraginis | Y |
| 25 | Jacky Qiao | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China | brown | rejoneador | Y |
| 26 | David Phan | Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado | brown | caponata | Y |
| 27 | Brian King | The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado | join | limitrophe | Y |
| 28 | Rahul Malayappan | Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, Connecticut | arsedine | shrieval | Y |
| 29 | Alisha David-Lukas | The News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut | brelan | alogism | Y |
| 30 | Henry Jin | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | house | gnathothorax | Y |
| 31 | Christo Popham | The Advocate and Greenwich Time, Stamford, Connecticut | without | jactance | Y |
| 32 | Pranay Malempati | Delaware Spelling Bee Collaborative, Wilmington, Delaware | estimate | oryctology | Y |
| 33 | Avery Coffey | The Washington Informer, Washington, D.C. | estimate | schipperke | Y |
| 34 | Alyssa Binosa | Stars & Stripes, Defense and State Department Schools, Europe | akkum | thrasonical | Y |
| 35 | Vincent Franco | Coastal Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Bradenton, Florida | population | epulation | Y |
| 36 | Grace Remmer | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | Wiccan | bhalu | Y |
| 37 | Glenn Medina | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | contrapuntal | zaibatsu | Y |
| 38 | Vaidya Govindarajan | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | immature | lyssa | Y |
| 39 | Fernanda Arnay | Bonita Daily News, Bonita Springs, Florida | paramecium | springerle | Y |
| 40 | Jonathan Nativi | Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida | pelerine | upithric | N |
| 41 | Benjamin Rice | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | patience | chaudfroid | Y |
| 42 | Hannah Pinson | The News Herald, Panama City, Florida | bohea | mysophrean | N |
| 43 | Tommy Foster | Tampa Bay Spelling Bee Collaborative, St. Petersburg, Florida | avenue | biauriculate | Y |
| 44 | Aldrin D'Silva | Treasure Coast Newspapers, Stuart, Florida | fauchard | tanha | Y |
| 45 | Connor Keith | Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida | abhinaya | crepitant | Y |
| 46 | Lillian Lesser | Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida | semifinal | Holarctic | Y |
| 47 | Rachael Cundey | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia | guard | mihreab | N |
| 48 | Julia Denniss | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | plural | vibrissae | Y |
| 49 | Darren Sackey | Essence Communications Ltd., Accra, Ghana | leg | neurasthenic | Y |
| 50 | Mikhail Alcantara | Pacific Daily News, Hagåtña, Guam | wapentake | bocca | Y |
| 51 | Brysen Pasion | The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii | season | nummular | Y |
| 52 | Sabrina Smith | Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | isothere | duane | N |
| 53 | Thomas Bates | Teton Valley News, Driggs, Idaho | playground | wushu | Y |
| 54 | Ian Wendt | Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho | palafitte | slurvian | Y |
| 55 | Adrian Gunawan | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | galjoen | obscurantism | Y |
| 56 | Ankush Bajaj | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | edge | menhaden | Y |
| 57 | Michaela Minock | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | edge | kemancha | Y |
| 58 | Christopher Rupprecht | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | edge | Singspiel | Y |
| 59 | Devora Klionsky | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | edge | zeitgeber | Y |
| 60 | Natasha Freund | Daily Chronicle , DeKalb, Illinois | kagura | vermivorous | Y |
| 61 | Gina Liu | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois | ineffable | pithecological | Y |
| 62 | Brian Andersen | Kane County Chronicle, Saint Charles, Illinois | neurokyme | voile | Y |
| 63 | Paige Myroth | The Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois | adytum | apartite | N |
| 64 | J.R. Gomoll | Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois | ineffable | fablesse | N |
| 65 | Anne-Marie Kommers | Lake County Regional Office of Education, Grayslake, Illinois | haori | jnana | Y |
| 66 | Christopher Bayston | The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois | sederunt | hesychastic | Y |
| 67 | Nabaa Khan | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park, Illinois | buphthalmos | aparatchik | N |
| 68 | Varun Ravichandran | The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | ineffable | rachischisis | Y |
| 69 | Matt Brucker | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | bobbejaan | braggadocio | Y |
| 70 | Dalton Andring | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois | ounce | grievoiserie | N |
| 71 | Hye-Jean Yoon | The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois | examine | monoceros | Y |
| 72 | Christian Wilks | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education, Stockton, Illinois | senator | halal | Y |
| 73 | Joseph Kirkpatrick | The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana | exercise | merotomize | Y |
| 74 | Michele Poindexter | The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana | diamond | panforte | Y |
| 75 | Michael Pence | Williams Comfort Air, Carmel, Indiana | diamond | quishond | N |
| 76 | Andrew Wellen | Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana | cumulative | tetragrammaton | Y |
| 77 | Alexia Zawadzke | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana | bargain | orison | Y |
| 78 | Gina Solomito | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis , Indianapolis, Indiana | numen | blastema | Y |
| 79 | Taryn Thor | The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | geochrony | durwan | Y |
| 80 | Modhura Chakravarty | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | consonant | geniculate | Y |
| 81 | Nathan Marcisz | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana | calories | distinguo | Y |
| 82 | Tommy Arnold | The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana | kamerad | tchotchke | Y |
| 83 | Margaret Peterson | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana | successful | henotheism | Y |
| 84 | Sabin Karki | The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana | frippery | rallentando | Y |
| 85 | Jenna Sink | Kankakee Valley REMC, Wanatah, Indiana | casserole | mukhtar | Y |
| 86 | Stefan Peng | Sylvan Learning Centers of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa | gazoz | scotodinia | Y |
| 87 | Grace Tsui | Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa | centipede | rasceta | Y |
| 88 | Owayne Rodney | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | panopticon | dragoman | Y |
| 89 | Sonia Schlesinger | The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan | guidance | hiemal | Y |
| 90 | Matthew Wegner | Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas | monarch | anchluss | N |
| 91 | Vanya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | monarch | ocelot | Y |
| 92 | Chase Brown | The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas | pharmacy | menadnock | N |
| 93 | Emily Keaton | Kentucky Spelling Bee Collaborative, Louisville, Kentucky | condemn | tokamak | Y |
| 95 | Bianca James | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana | paskha | troglobiont | Y |
| 96 | Zaib Qayyum | The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana | article | crebrity | Y |
| 97 | Melinda Davis | The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana | braillist | gonfalonier | Y |
| 98 | Vincent Huang | Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana | pigeon | mahout | Y |
| 99 | Lily Jordan | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine | competitive | vacatur | Y |
| 100 | Faith Ruppert | Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, Maryland | scholarship | nuncupation | Y |
| 101 | Robert Palmisano | Learn It Systems, Baltimore, Maryland | scruple | famulus | Y |
| 102 | Lanson Tang | The Meakem Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Bethesda, Maryland | scruple | prabhu | Y |
| 103 | Sam Osheroff | Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | suburban | pomatum | Y |
| 104 | Joanne Lee | The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland | quarantine | balalaika | Y |
| 105 | Elozino Ahworegba | Gazette Newspapers, Laurel, Maryland | hysterical | bicephilous | N |
| 106 | Jared Franz | The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland | subterranean | jacquerie | Y |
| 107 | Surjo Bandyopadhyay | The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | rutabaga | schottische | Y |
| 108 | Dang-Quang Tran | Maryland Independent, Waldorf, Maryland | centennial | drisheen | Y |
| 109 | Ross Garrity | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts | centennial | quila | Y |
| 110 | Shivani Angappan | Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts | entremets | synoecious | Y |
| 111 | Amber Born | The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts | diseur | gesundheit | Y |
| 112 | Courtland Priest | Comcast, Taunton, Massachusetts | accomplice | carrosserie | Y |
| 113 | Olivia Jacobs | The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | polje | errhine | Y |
| 114 | Siddharth Varanasi | The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan | accomplice | sachem | Y |
| 115 | Matthew Karas | The Flint Journal, Flint, Michigan | brigadier | buran | Y |
| 116 | Braden LaTour | Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan | zinnia | auxanogram | Y |
| 117 | Noah Gershenson | Upper Peninsula Spelling Bee Collaborative, Iron Mountain, Michigan | photometeor | superoraleigh | N |
| 118 | Madelynn Hauglie | The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Jackson, Michigan | trick | pfeffernuss | Y |
| 119 | Daniel Deneweth | The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan | play | chillblane | N |
| 120 | Mitchell Lange | Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan | forfeiture | pycnoxylic | Y |
| 121 | Jason Seguin | The Macomb Daily, Macomb, Michigan | urgent | zucchetto | Y |
| 122 | Kirk Hansen | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | ineffable | nudicaudate | Y |
| 123 | Leena Khan | Saginaw Independent School District, Saginaw, Michigan | kunstlied | mandir | Y |
| 124 | Mehgan Abdel-Moneim | The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph, Michigan | aleatoric | keirsprung | N |
| 125 | Austin Wolfgram | Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan | off | clozapine | Y |
| 126 | Kavyapranati Pratapa | Willow Run Community Schools, Ypsilanti, Michigan | landau | mynheer | Y |
| 127 | Jedadiah Rothstein | Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, Minnesota | stacte | lebkuchen | Y |
| 128 | Antony Joseph | South Central Service Cooperative, North Mankato, Minnesota | jeans | reboation | Y |
| 129 | Anja Beth Swoap | Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota | house | Beetewk | Y |
| 130 | Roshini Asirvatham | Southeast Service Cooperative , Rochester, Minnesota | playground | termagancy | Y |
| 131 | Ashlee Hauble | National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples, Minnesota | edge | satsuma | Y |
| 132 | Rani Jaiswal | Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi | could | coeval | Y |
| 133 | Elizabeth Platz | Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri | khor | fennec | Y |
| 134 | Seth Acup | Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville, Missouri | calories | delfinnium | N |
| 135 | Jordan Hoffman | The Examiner, Independence, Missouri | casserole | rialto | Y |
| 136 | Summer Johnston | Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, Missouri | casserole | Weissnichtwo | Y |
| 137 | McKenna Clippert | Sedalia Spelling Bee Collaborative, Sedalia, Missouri | punctuation | mochet | N |
| 138 | Allison Thomas | Unite, Springfield, Missouri | centipede | nenuphar | Y |
| 139 | Chloe Granger | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri | guignol | foandant | N |
| 140 | Olivia Long | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | dynamite | meridional | Y |
| 141 | Rose Tracy | Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana | dynamite | jacamar | Y |
| 142 | Emma Johanningsmeier | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska | ostrichism | xerocolous | Y |
| 143 | Dakota Jones | Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada | antiphrasis | upas | Y |
| 144 | Anjithaa Radakrishnan | New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire | monarch | schnecke | Y |
| 145 | Suzanne Greenwood | The Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey | article | instoration | N |
| 146 | Vothom Lu | Camden Spelling Bee Collaborative, Camden, New Jersey | lokshen | subiditer | N |
| 147 | Joshua Casquejo | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Jersey City, New Jersey | scholarship | ectosis | N |
| 148 | Jake Muldowney | Asbury Park Press, Home News Tribune and The Courier News, Neptune, New Jersey | feuille | appestat | Y |
| 149 | Karthik Reddy | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | sapajou | salaam | Y |
| 150 | Mariamma Abraham | The Times of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey | suburban | franglais | Y |
| 151 | Hannah Evans | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico | quarantine | phantasmagoric | Y |
| 152 | Ashley LaMere | Times Union, Albany, New York | diablotin | cabollero | N |
| 153 | Nabeel Rahman | The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York | centennial | imputrescible | Y |
| 154 | Sruti Akula | The Leader, Corning, New York | accomplice | stentorophonic | Y |
| 155 | Neetu Chandak | Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York | adjudicate | Hemerocallis | Y |
| 156 | Kevin Ammann | The Leader-Herald, Gloversville, New York | Finlandization | catoptromancy | Y |
| 157 | Gabriel Blacklock | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York | after | paludicolous | Y |
| 158 | Christopher Combee | Polk County School District, Bartow, Florida | acciaccatura | pickelhauba | N |
| 159 | Thomas Dumbach | Daily News, New York, New York | monarch | diffa | Y |
| 160 | Arvind Mahankali | Daily News, New York, New York | vengeance | pergelisol | Y |
| 161 | Isabella Penola | The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York | omniscient | nictitant | Y |
| 162 | Nina Alcasid | The Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York | anticoagulant | omoplate | Y |
| 163 | Alyssa Szczypien | Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, New York | conundrum | apotheosis | Y |
| 164 | Jan Izzabelle Secular | The Gazette, Port Jervis, New York | conundrum | perestroika | Y |
| 165 | Casey Durant | Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York | epiphysis | dyscalculia | Y |
| 166 | Katherine Schumacher | The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York | foggara | Baedeker | Y |
| 167 | Kimber Fleming | Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York | analogize | lesothin | N |
| 168 | Tom Winter | The New Zealand Listener, Wellington, New Zealand | witloof | xylophilous | Y |
| 169 | Jacob Gilliam | Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina | tailleur | affenpinscher | Y |
| 170 | Prakash Mishra | The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina | latitudinarian | scarabaeus | Y |
| 171 | Shayne Jacobs | The Clayton News-Star, Clayton, North Carolina | adieu | girandole | Y |
| 172 | Jessia Connelly | Duke University's Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, Durham, North Carolina | talipes | wetle | N |
| 173 | Brian Fields | The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina | adieu | pignerate | N |
| 174 | Emily Brannon | The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina | ocellated | carcinomatous | Y |
| 175 | Gage Grishaw | Harnett County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Lillington, North Carolina | ball | dreidel | Y |
| 176 | Caitlin Smith | The Shelby Star, Shelby, North Carolina | alim | demoiselle | Y |
| 177 | Isabella Mayo | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | left | estragon | Y |
| 178 | Monica Sullivan | Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, North Carolina | shenanigan | ecessis | N |
| 179 | Wesley Lima | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | funny | corsair | Y |
| 180 | Shantanu Srivatsa | North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck, North Dakota | summer | floribunda | Y |
| 181 | Sunny Levine | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio | summer | sessile | Y |
| 182 | Jacob Voegele | The Repository, Canton, Ohio | ineffable | lahar | Y |
| 183 | Szofia Komaromy-Hiller | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | because | onomatope | Y |
| 184 | Matthew Luczaj | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | happen | Bloomsbury | Y |
| 185 | Anamika Veeramani | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | narcissistic | foggara | Y |
| 186 | Liz Stickley | Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio | semifinal | stupose | Y |
| 187 | Paul Kardar | Educational Service Center of Lorain County, LaGrange, Ohio | tomalley | ipecac | Y |
| 188 | Nicholas Rushlow | Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio | calypso | schalstein | Y |
| 189 | Felicity Jenkins | Sheridan WorldWise, Inc., Lewis Center, Ohio | semifinal | verism | Y |
| 190 | George Jose | The Lima News, Lima, Ohio | quick | serdab | Y |
| 191 | Robert Thomas Jr. | The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio | many | philturm | N |
| 192 | AJ Feiock | The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio | fellow | opinicus | Y |
| 193 | Reha Rabbani | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal, Salem, Ohio | tolerant | brocard | Y |
| 194 | Dharani Kotekal | The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio | tolerant | myelopathy | Y |
| 195 | Lucas Liner | The Blade, Toledo, Ohio | Luddite | babadil | N |
| 196 | Rachel McFall | The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio | saliferous | vatic | Y |
| 197 | Kirsten Prout | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | expatiation | Wiccan | Y |
| 198 | Julia Miglets | The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | coloratura | wapentake | Y |
| 199 | Nick Smallwood | Muskogee Spelling Bee Collaborative, Muskogee, Oklahoma | accomplice | isothere | Y |
| 200 | Nathan Wakefield | The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | accomplice | gallune | N |
| 201 | Hannah Allison | KOHD News, Bend, Oregon | blitzkrieg | neurokyme | Y |
| 202 | Connor Aberlé | Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon | samadh | numen | Y |
| 203 | Jaclin Boorse | The Chester Spirit, Chester, Pennsylvania | declivitous | weimaraner | Y |
| 204 | Priyanka Thirumurti | The Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania | phone | frippery | Y |
| 205 | Joanna Ye | WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | without | panopticon | Y |
| 206 | Monica Mede | Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | aepyornis | iridescence | Y |
| 207 | Neel Mehta | The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania | exercise | landau | Y |
| 208 | Scott Salisbury | The Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | dido | khor | Y |
| 209 | Anna Wadhwani | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | lapidarian | sapajou | Y |
| 210 | Quentin Moyer | The Republican Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania | schadenfreude | acciaccatura | Y |
| 211 | Kyle Latshaw | Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania | hour | witloof | Y |
| 212 | Neilesh Vinjamuri | Chester County Intermediate Unit, Downingtown, Pennsylvania | mice | talipes | Y |
| 213 | Sukanya Roy | Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Troadic | ocellated | Y |
| 214 | Julianna Canabal-Rodríguez | Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan, Puerto Rico | mice | alim | Y |
| 215 | Ellen Asermely | The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island | mulberry | Luddite | Y |
| 216 | Bradford Geter | The Allendale Sun, Allendale, South Carolina | babies | caliphorous | N |
| 217 | Jessica Pittman | Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina | geige | expatiation | Y |
| 218 | Samantha Safa | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | cyrtostyle | aepyornis | Y |
| 219 | Aditya Pande | Morning News, Florence, South Carolina | continent | dido | Y |
| 220 | David Habibi | The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | menat | schadenfreude | Y |
| 221 | Olivia Jones | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | diamond | Troadic | Y |
| 222 | Sean Calhoun | Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, Yankton, South Dakota | calories | entotic | Y |
| 223 | Hyunsoo Kim | Yoon's English School, Seoul, South Korea | tolerant | xanthochromia | Y |
| 224 | Tanay Patri | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee | casserole | fantoccini | Y |
| 225 | John Eaton | The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee | bodhran | ecdysone | Y |
| 226 | Ameena Iqbal | Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee | cuartel | neolalia | Y |
| 227 | Gina Kapadia | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | entotic | gibbous | Y |
| 228 | Briuana Green | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | kaiseki | Holi | Y |
| 229 | Clark Hubbard | The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee | guidance | sabra | Y |
| 230 | Laura Churchill | Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas | scruple | haptic | Y |
| 231 | Akshay Raghuram | Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas | quarantine | mirador | Y |
| 232 | C.J. Hartwick | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas | semplice | maishont | N |
| 233 | Chetan Reddy | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | accomplice | matutinal | Y |
| 234 | Abigail Spitzer | El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas | rapprochement | imprecatory | Y |
| 235 | Mark de los Santos | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas | fantoccini | iscariotic | Y |
| 236 | Mashad Arora | Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas | verism | maraschino | Y |
| 237 | Aditya Chemudupaty | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | accomplice | crotalic | Y |
| 238 | Jorge Solís | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | domnei | irremeable | Y |
| 239 | Elliot Hanna | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas | continent | nastaliq | Y |
| 240 | Jace Brandl | Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas | gibbous | remontant | Y |
| 241 | Ramesh Ghanta | Odessa American, Odessa, Texas | knez | reticle | Y |
| 242 | Clancy Carter | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | fellow | hoomalimali | Y |
| 243 | Jared Urbina | San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas | trick | mystagogue | Y |
| 244 | Pauline Negrete | Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas | casserole | oracy | Y |
| 245 | Andrea Mirasol | Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas | babies | onycoxis | N |
| 246 | Carmi Thomas | The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | Holi | prosciutto | Y |
| 247 | Dylan Thomas | Davis County Clipper, Bountiful, Utah | edge | lorica | Y |
| 248 | Eli Beck | Southeast Education Service Center, Price, Utah | squeeze | seriary | Y |
| 249 | Adam Davies | Daily Herald, Provo, Utah | diamond | fortrekker | N |
| 250 | Miranda Hulsey | The Valley Journals, Salt Lake City, Utah | calories | chlorpyrifos | Y |
| 251 | Mael Le Scouezec | The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont | guidance | polychotomous | Y |
| 252 | Sarah Allen | The News-Virginian and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia | Holi | alation | Y |
| 253 | Matthew Zisi | The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia | luxury | bobbejaan | Y |
| 254 | Baylor Towne | Hampton Literary Society, Hampton, Virginia | scelidosaur | declivitous | Y |
| 255 | Andrew Taylor | Rockingham District Ruritans, Harrisonburg, Virginia | serendipity | chevon | Y |
| 256 | James Forcier | Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia | pickelhaube | khawadi | N |
| 257 | Mary-Michael Robertson | The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia | astrobleme | ptarmigan | Y |
| 258 | Walter Francis | The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia | sabra | animus | Y |
| 259 | Tim Ruiter | Fairfax County Times, Reston, Virginia | protégé | paparazzo | Y |
| 260 | Ryan Oppenheim | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | lycopene | chthonic | Y |
| 261 | Amelia Wentzel | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | opossum | renitency | Y |
| 262 | Kyle Wolford | Tazewell County Fair Association, Tazewell, Virginia | dromomania | connosar | N |
| 263 | Samuel Estep | The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia | dichotomy | solano | Y |
| 264 | Deborah Horton | News & Messenger, Woodbridge, Virginia | entremets | psychalgia | Y |
| 265 | Katie Arthur | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Washington | asana | nullipara | Y |
| 266 | Kela Harrington | Altrooist.com, Seattle, Washington | haptic | Croesus | Y |
| 267 | Rachel Blakemore | The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, Washington | debacle | amative | Y |
| 268 | Erin Mills | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia | pleonasm | milchig | Y |
| 269 | Savannah Aldridge | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia | mozzarella | effigial | Y |
| 270 | Deep Vudathu | The Journal, Martinsburg, West Virginia | convivially | kielbasa | Y |
| 271 | Duncan Crooks | The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia | glockenspiel | celeriac | Y |
| 272 | Karen Laska | The Catholic Spirit, Wheeling, West Virginia | retinue | schuyt | Y |
| 273 | Andrew Grose | Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin | narcissistic | intaglio | Y |
| 274 | Taylor Ballek | AARP National Spelling Bee, Laramie, Wyoming | cornice | bisagre | Y |