| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Correct Spelling | Spelling Given | Error |
| 1 | Kevin Lazenby | Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama | witticism | witticism | |
| 2 | Taia Fagerstrom | Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska | thistle | thistle | |
| 3 | David Jones | Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska | aioli | aioli | |
| 4 | Rita Jennings | Samoa News, Pago Pago, American Samoa | qwerty | qwerty | |
| 5 | Sumaita Mulk | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | regale | regale | |
| 6 | Aarish Raza | Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock, Arizona | alcazar | alcazar | |
| 7 | Trevor Paulsen | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | pullet | pullet | |
| 8 | Paloma Cartwright | The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas | kudize | kudize | |
| 9 | Lerick Gordon | Desert Dispatch, Barstow, California | limpid | limpet | E |
| 10 | Brian Jeffers | Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California | coffle | coffle | |
| 11 | Apolonia Gardner | Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California | gymnure | gymnure | |
| 12 | Nickan Fayyazi | Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative, Los Angeles, California | firth | firth | |
| 13 | Justin Chuang | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | Italianate | Italianate | |
| 14 | Patrizzia Fox-Beaudet | Record Searchlight, Redding, California | qualitative | qualitative | |
| 15 | Shruti Amin | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | litany | litany | |
| 16 | Jack Maglalang | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | fugleman | fugleman | |
| 17 | Dylan Bird | Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, California | corpuscle | corpuscle | |
| 18 | Isabel Cholbi | San Bernardino Spelling Bee Collaborative, San Bernardino, California | albeit | albeit | |
| 19 | Snigdha Nandipati | U-T San Diego, San Diego, California | ringent | ringent | |
| 20 | Siddharth Kulkarni | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | tertiary | tertiary | |
| 21 | Sam Nitz | The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | ullage | ullage | |
| 22 | Alex Howe | Daily Press, Victorville, California | veracity | verasity | E |
| 23 | Bridget Byerlee | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, Visalia, California | poignant | poignant | |
| 24 | Nick Lambert | Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | myriad | myriad | |
| 25 | Jennifer Mong | The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | limousine | limousine | |
| 26 | Zhongtian Wang | The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada | issei | issei | |
| 27 | Mignon Tsai | The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | hyacinth | hyacinth | |
| 28 | Katharine Wang | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China | heliosis | heliosis | |
| 29 | Eva Kitlen | Barnes & Noble, Boulder, Colorado | genre | genre | |
| 30 | Frank Cahill | The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado | frangible | frangible | |
| 31 | Rahul Malayappan | Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Danbury, Connecticut | fictile | fictile | |
| 32 | Kitty Shortt | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | escargot | escargot | |
| 33 | Lily Wang | Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, Connecticut | diluent | diluent | |
| 34 | Sairah Sheikh | South Windsor Community Foundation, South Windsor, Connecticut | commensurate | commensurate | |
| 35 | Pranay Malempati | Delaware Spelling Bee Collaborative, Wilmington, Delaware | pallor | pallor | |
| 36 | Tuli Bennett-Bose | The Washington Informer, Washington, District of Columbia | imperilment | imperilment | |
| 37 | Anuk Dayaprema | European PTA, Defense and State Department Schools, Europe | exemplar | exemplar | |
| 38 | Kriyana Reddy | Polk County School District Collaborative, Bartow, Florida | rapport | rapport | |
| 39 | Kayla Sheffield | The Daily News , Bonita Springs, Florida | ecru | ecru | |
| 40 | Grace Remmer | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | calibrate | calibrate | |
| 41 | Princeton Ballarino | Naples Daily News , Naples, Florida | alchemy | alchemy | |
| 42 | Vaidya Govindarajan | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | botanist | botanist | |
| 43 | Christal Schermeister | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | indubitable | indubitable | |
| 44 | Stuti Mishra | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | kyoodle | kyoodle | |
| 45 | Nikitha Chandran | Tampa Bay Spelling Bee Collaborative, St. Petersburg, Florida | quarantine | quarantine | |
| 46 | Yusra Hashmi | Treasure Coast Newspapers, Stuart, Florida | topiarist | topiarist | |
| 47 | Ann Marie Brown | Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida | vernacular | vernacular | |
| 48 | Cara Busheme | Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida | mercerize | mercerize | |
| 49 | Rachael Cundey | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia | cartel | cartel | |
| 50 | Simola Nayak | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | habile | habile | |
| 51 | Philemon Awan | Essence Communications Ltd., Accra, Ghana | julienne | julienne | |
| 52 | Marcy Ann Ermitanio | Pacific Daily News, Hagåtña, Guam | moorage | moorage | |
| 53 | Taggart Nakamoto | aio, Honolulu, Hawaii | oompah | oompah | |
| 54 | Sarah Sedy | Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | protervity | protervity | |
| 55 | Malie Curren | Teton Valley News, Driggs, Idaho | segue | segway | E |
| 56 | Ian Wendt | Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho | tierer | tierer | |
| 57 | Christine Alex | Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois | vacillate | vacillate | |
| 58 | Simon Ricci | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | facetious | facetious | |
| 59 | Sophia Whittemore | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | basilisk | basilisk | |
| 60 | Marlene Santora | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | elaborative | elaborative | |
| 61 | Kimberly Belser | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | obduced | obduced | |
| 62 | Lucas Urbanski | Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois | leechcraft | leechcraft | |
| 63 | Yasir Hasnain | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois | toadyism | toadyism | |
| 64 | Ben Rydecki | Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois | zinnia | zinnia | |
| 65 | Christopher Rademacher | The Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois | euphemism | euphemism | |
| 66 | Pranav Sivakumar | Lake County Regional Office of Education, Grayslake, Illinois | cincture | cincture | |
| 67 | Dhruva Mehta | The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois | brockage | brockage | |
| 68 | Jay Shirodkar | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park, Illinois | halal | halal | |
| 69 | Sophie Bergman | The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | iambist | iambist | |
| 70 | Grant Innis | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | remand | remand | |
| 71 | Daniel Oster | Kane County Chronicle, Saint Charles, Illinois | genteel | genteel | |
| 72 | Parker Carls | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois | anomaly | anomaly | |
| 73 | Greg Kessel | The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois | fluctuant | fluctuant | |
| 74 | Andrew Stevens | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education, Stockton, Illinois | dragoon | dragune | E |
| 75 | Star Han | Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana | fuselage | fuselage | |
| 76 | Matthew Zheng | Williams Comfort Air, Carmel, Indiana | irrepressible | irrepressible | |
| 77 | Aaron Manning | Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana | karaoke | karaoke | |
| 78 | Kaelyn Bender | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana | quisling | quisling | |
| 79 | Gina Solomito | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis , Indianapolis, Indiana | mozzarella | mozzarella | |
| 80 | Pranav Haran | The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | salaam | salaam | |
| 81 | Casey Hennings | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | visceral | visceral | |
| 82 | Ross DeLong | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana | Ebola | Ebola | |
| 83 | Andie Reidy | The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana | billabong | billabong | |
| 84 | Margaret Peterson | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana | googol | googol | |
| 85 | Sabin Karki | The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana | Cycladic | Cycladic | |
| 86 | Katie Kirk | Kankakee Valley REMC, Wanatah, Indiana | indigenous | indigenous | |
| 87 | Jeremy Ferguson | Iowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism, Ames, Iowa | cynosure | cynosure | |
| 88 | Joshua Kalyanapu | Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa | lorikeet | lorikeet | |
| 89 | Gifton Wright | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | neptunium | neptunium | |
| 90 | Haruka Masuda | The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan | sepia | sepia | |
| 91 | Clara Wicoff | Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas | shuddering | shuddering | |
| 92 | Vanya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | debellation | debellation | |
| 93 | Emma Steimle | The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas | forage | forage | |
| 94 | Emily Keaton | Kentucky Spelling Bee Collaborative, Louisville, Kentucky | codeine | codeine | |
| 95 | Nickolas Day | Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center, Hammond, Louisiana | joskin | joskin | |
| 96 | Emily McGraw | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana | gynarchy | gynarchy | |
| 97 | Caleb Miller | The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana | desertification | desertification | |
| 98 | Jessica Davis | The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana | haberdashery | haberdashery | |
| 99 | Venkatesh Sivaraman | Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana | mariculture | mariculture | |
| 100 | Caitlin Hillery | Husson University, Bangor, Maine | fuchsias | fuschias | E |
| 101 | Nat Jordan | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine | jimberjawed | jimberjawed | |
| 102 | Olivia Simmons | 21st Century Education Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland | mesmerize | mesmerize | |
| 103 | Shaheer Imam | Learn It Systems, Baltimore, Maryland | capricious | capricious | |
| 104 | Reid FitzHugh | The Meakem Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Bethesda, Maryland | ocarina | ocarina | |
| 105 | Jack Nolan | Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | dichotomy | dichotomy | |
| 106 | Grace Li | The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland | rambla | rambla | |
| 107 | Hannah Thomas | The Gazette & The Star, Laurel, Maryland | charlatan | charlatan | |
| 108 | Michelle Beaulieu | The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland | dossier | dociere | E |
| 109 | Christian Kincaid | The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | zucchini | zucchini | |
| 110 | Sydney Christley | Maryland Independent, Waldorf, Maryland | irascible | irascible | |
| 111 | Sam Lowery | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts | dystopia | dystopia | |
| 112 | Katie Hudek | Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts | shoaly | shoaly | |
| 113 | Amber Born | The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts | cinephile | cinephile | |
| 114 | Molly Cahill | Comcast, Taunton, Massachusetts | kaiserdom | keizerdom | E |
| 115 | Coralee LaRue | The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | inviolable | inviolable | |
| 116 | Amulya Parmar | The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan | suggestible | suggestible | |
| 117 | Mwangi Wa Maina | Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan | echinate | echinate | |
| 118 | Leland Finney | Upper Peninsula Spelling Bee Collaborative, Iron Mountain, Michigan | noggin | noggin | |
| 119 | Ritvik Jillala | The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Jackson, Michigan | dreidel | dreidel | |
| 120 | Marissa Pruitt | The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan | femininity | femininity | |
| 121 | Mitchell Lange | Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan | hypocrisy | hypocrisy | |
| 122 | Nathaniel Britton | The Macomb Daily, Macomb, Michigan | belligerent | belligerent | |
| 123 | Kuvam Shahane | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | duchy | duchy | |
| 124 | Hannah Jackson | Saginaw Independent School District, Saginaw, Michigan | ectoplasm | ectoplasm | |
| 125 | Brett Tutton | The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph, Michigan | fealty | fealty | |
| 126 | Jack Pasche | Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan | pilosity | pilocity | E |
| 127 | Kavyapranati Pratapa | Willow Run Community Schools, Ypsilanti, Michigan | efficacy | efficacy | |
| 128 | Emma Greenlee | Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, Minnesota | temerity | temerity | |
| 129 | Elise Stahl | Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota | Buddha | Buddha | |
| 130 | Antony Joseph | South Central Service Cooperative, North Mankato, Minnesota | contrariant | contrariant | |
| 131 | Roshini Asirvatham | Southeast Service Cooperative , Rochester, Minnesota | gazette | gazette | |
| 132 | Matthew Majerle | National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples, Minnesota | habitus | habitus | |
| 133 | Dev Jaiswal | Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi | idiopathic | idiopathic | |
| 134 | Priscilla Liow | Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri | lemming | lemming | |
| 135 | Jacob Longmeyer | Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville, Missouri | pernicious | pernicious | |
| 136 | Jordan Hoffman | Jackson County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Kansas City, Missouri | egress | egress | |
| 137 | Adeesh Mishra | Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, Missouri | celebratory | celebratory | |
| 138 | Joseph Snelling | Sedalia Spelling Bee Collaborative, Sedalia, Missouri | aidant | aidant | |
| 139 | Julian Pacheco | College of Arts and Letters - Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri | flotsam | flotsam | |
| 140 | Grant Pace | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri | minacious | minacious | |
| 141 | Gokul Venkatachalam | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | quotidian | quotidian | |
| 142 | Madelyn Kirsch | Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana | recidivist | recitevist | E |
| 143 | Julia Fiksinski | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska | syllabus | syllabus | |
| 144 | Megan Allison Pineda | Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada | urbiculture | urbiculture | |
| 145 | Emma Ciereszynski | New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire | nobiliary | nobiliary | |
| 146 | Angela Wang | Townsquare Media, Bayville, New Jersey | epilithic | epilithic | |
| 147 | Bisma Nasir | Camden Spelling Bee Collaborative, Camden, New Jersey | calypso | calypso | |
| 148 | Sanjana Malla | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | illeism | illeism | |
| 149 | Kennith Gonzalez | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Jersey City, New Jersey | Limburger | Limburger | |
| 150 | Carson Monks | Tri-State Spelling Bee Committee, Montague, New Jersey | nimbed | nimbed | |
| 151 | Cooper Barth | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune , Neptune, New Jersey | polarizable | polarizable | |
| 152 | Eboseremhen Eigbe | Townsquare Media, Northfield, New Jersey | ethylene | ethylene | |
| 153 | Jacob Hunter | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico | solder | solder | |
| 154 | Massoud Sharif | Times Union, Albany, New York | erratum | erratum | |
| 155 | Nabeel Rahman | The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York | coloratura | coloratura | |
| 156 | Sruti Akula | The Leader, Corning, New York | materialize | materialize | |
| 157 | Gavin Buehler | Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York | evanesce | evanesce | |
| 158 | Adam Ferrari | The Leader-Herald, Gloversville, New York | alkali | alkali | |
| 159 | Dean Creedon | Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York | filasse | filasse | |
| 160 | Keerthi Radhakrishnan | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York | embezzlement | embezzlement | |
| 161 | Jabaal Allen | Mount Vernon Inquirer, Mount Vernon, New York | ingenue | angenue | E |
| 162 | Arvind Mahankali | Daily News, New York, New York | garibaldi | garibaldi | |
| 163 | Alexis Tang | Daily News, New York, New York | biliousness | biliousness | |
| 164 | Kristin Ratliff | The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York | quonk | quonk | |
| 165 | Philip Cummings | The Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York | phatic | fattic | E |
| 166 | Nicholas Manfred | Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, New York | sassafras | sassafrass | E |
| 167 | Emily Carello | The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York | foggara | foggara | |
| 168 | Dylan O'Connor | Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York | shrieval | shrieval | |
| 169 | Ryan McLellan | New Zealand Spelling Bee Trust, Wellington, New Zealand | taupe | taupe | |
| 170 | Meghna Mahadevan | Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina | vandalize | vandalize | |
| 171 | Olivia Jones | The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina | anabolic | anabolic | |
| 172 | Zachary Jacobs | The Clayton News-Star, Clayton, North Carolina | kailyard | kailyard | |
| 173 | Ned Swansey | Duke University's Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, Durham, North Carolina | decile | decile | |
| 174 | Ashrita Vadlapatla | The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina | masala | masala | |
| 175 | Katie Danis | The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina | fraught | fraught | |
| 176 | Aidan Markwick | Harnett County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Lillington, North Carolina | surveillance | surveillance | |
| 177 | Michael Bono | PAGE of Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina | paradigm | paradigm | |
| 178 | Vedantanshu Kar | Delta Center for Life Development, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Holi | Holi | |
| 179 | Hunter Randolph | PAGE of Lee County, Sanford, North Carolina | immolate | immolate | |
| 180 | Sierra Parker | The Shelby Star, Shelby, North Carolina | arachnid | arachnid | |
| 181 | Isabella Mayo | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | hafiz | hafiz | |
| 182 | Landry Ballance | Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, North Carolina | lenitive | leanitive | E |
| 183 | Nejat Alkadir | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | fenestrated | fenestrated | |
| 184 | Ty Korsmo | North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck, North Dakota | procacious | procacious | |
| 185 | Sunny Levine | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio | dermotactile | dermotactile | |
| 186 | Spencer Brooks | Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication, Athens, Ohio | Wiccan | Wiccan | |
| 187 | Nathan Dugan | The Repository, Canton, Ohio | cantankerous | cantankerous | |
| 188 | Manu Nair | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | weir | weir | |
| 189 | Mira O'Donnell | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | ascetic | ascedic | E |
| 190 | Isabella Nilsson | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | fusillade | fusillade | |
| 191 | Tabitha Wells | Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio | neuroticism | neuroticism | |
| 192 | Veto Lopez | Educational Service Center of Lorain County, LaGrange, Ohio | blasé | blazet | E |
| 193 | Nicholas Rushlow | Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio | gabbai | gabbai | |
| 194 | LeeAnn Jose | The Lima News, Lima, Ohio | debacle | debacle | |
| 195 | Carter Lang | The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio | egregious | egregious | |
| 196 | Marcus Clark | The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio | olid | olid | |
| 197 | Michael Reiner | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal, Salem, Ohio | fête | fête | |
| 198 | Dharani Kotekal | The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio | Websterian | Websterian | |
| 199 | Spencer Hipsher | The Blade, Toledo, Ohio | liaise | liase | E |
| 200 | Rebekah Stanhope | The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio | braggart | braggart | |
| 201 | Vishnu Nistala | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | stratification | stratification | |
| 202 | Max Lee | The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | gauche | gauche | |
| 203 | Richelle Zampella | Muskogee Spelling Bee Collaborative, Muskogee, Oklahoma | oakenshaw | oakenshaw | |
| 204 | Noah Cassidy | The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | koto | koto | |
| 205 | Katie Carter | Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon | junonia | junonia | |
| 206 | Reena Benny | The Chester Spirit, Chester, Pennsylvania | ignominious | ignominious | |
| 207 | Katie Proffitt | Chester County Intermediate Unit, Downingtown, Pennsylvania | flibbertigibbet | flibbertigibbet | |
| 208 | Naomi Li | The Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania | eremic | eremic | |
| 209 | Katie Dudding | WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | chassis | chassis | |
| 210 | John Fulton | Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | gnathonic | nathonic | E |
| 211 | Neha Bhardwaj | The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania | hilum | hilum | |
| 212 | Visha Parmar | Pennridge Community Education Foundation, Perkasie, Pennsylvania | infinitesimal | infinitesimal | |
| 213 | Lena Greenberg | The Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | jong | jong | |
| 214 | Megan Antoon | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | gopak | gopak | |
| 215 | Daniel McGarvey | The Republican Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania | lineaments | lineaments | |
| 216 | Tom Velik | Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania | Gorgonzola | Gorgonzola | |
| 217 | Devin Reed | Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | pyromaniac | pyromaniac | |
| 218 | Alexandra Harper | Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan, Puerto Rico | rabulistic | rabulistic | |
| 219 | Emma Vorenberg | The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island | symbiosis | symbiosis | |
| 220 | Sheena Chege | Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina | repartee | repartee | |
| 221 | Austin Wood | The Allendale Sun, Allendale, South Carolina | wellaway | wellawey | E |
| 222 | Ian Jef Bongalonta | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | Jovicentric | Jovicentric | |
| 223 | Jacob Evers | Pee Dee Education Center, Florence, South Carolina | ewer | ewer | |
| 224 | Isabella Neubauer | The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | ameliorate | ameliorate | |
| 225 | Reagan Leonard | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | morose | morose | |
| 226 | Maria Braga-Henebry | University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota | basmati | basmati | |
| 227 | Jiwon Seo | Yoon's English School, Seoul, South Korea | eutaxy | eutaxy | |
| 228 | Nicole Frische | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee | iroko | iroko | |
| 229 | Claire Layne | The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee | innocuous | innocuous | |
| 230 | Hannah Jackson | Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee | maraud | mirod | E |
| 231 | Valery Nguyen-Au | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | hierarchy | hierarchy | |
| 232 | Coleman Swartzfager | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | neonatology | neonatology | |
| 233 | Grace Park | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Nashville, Tennessee | rogatory | rogatory | |
| 234 | Kate Miller | Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas | fougade | fougade | |
| 235 | Casey Ellis | Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas | hipparch | hipparch | |
| 236 | Victoria Epstein | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas | emaciated | emaciated | |
| 237 | Chetan Reddy | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | hodiernal | hodiernal | |
| 238 | Abigail Spitzer | El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas | putrescible | putrescible | |
| 239 | Mark De Los Santos | Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas | reparations | reparations | |
| 240 | Alen Saju | Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas | hollandaise | hollandaise | |
| 241 | Sivateja Tangirala | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | yakitori | yakitori | |
| 242 | Roland Patricio | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | homologate | homaligate | E |
| 243 | Neloy Shome | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas | ipecac | ipecac | |
| 244 | Thomas Rubio | Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas | rowan | rowan | |
| 245 | Ethan Wall | Odessa American, Odessa, Texas | quixote | quiksot | E |
| 246 | Clancy Carter | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | zephyr | zephyr | |
| 247 | Sarah Hurlin | San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas | golgotha | golgotha | |
| 248 | Pauline Negrete | Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas | cacophony | cacophony | |
| 249 | Whitney Jameson | BBVA Compass Bank, Waco, Texas | humaniora | humaniora | |
| 250 | Ruth Anwasi | Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas | hyperbole | hyperbole | |
| 251 | Yad Bass | The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | iridaceous | iradacious | E |
| 252 | Jared Ward | Southeast Education Service Center, Price, Utah | etesian | etesian | |
| 253 | Sophie Choate | Daily Herald, Provo, Utah | mellifluous | mellifluous | |
| 254 | Vismaya Kharkar | The Valley Journals, Salt Lake City, Utah | kielbasa | kielbasa | |
| 255 | Ronan Howlett | The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont | comandante | comandante | |
| 256 | Kayla Corredera-Wells | The News-Virginian and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia | serendipity | serendipity | |
| 257 | Madison Fuentes | Danville Register and Bee , Danville, Virginia | gemmary | gemmary | |
| 258 | Andrew Marino | The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia | asthmogenic | asthmogenic | |
| 259 | Karlesha Canady | Hampton Literary Society, Hampton, Virginia | twoling | tuling | E |
| 260 | Urna Chakrabarty | Rockingham District Ruritans, Harrisonburg, Virginia | demantoid | demantoid | |
| 261 | Luke Thornburgh | Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia | Ichabod | Ichabod | |
| 262 | Sarah Phillips | The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia | exacerbate | exacerbate | |
| 263 | Caroline Willett | The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia | philately | philately | |
| 264 | Jae Canetti | Fairfax County Times, Reston, Virginia | riant | riant | |
| 265 | Evan Smith | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | wejack | wejack | |
| 266 | Shayley Martin | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | cicada | cicada | |
| 267 | Victoria Whited | Tazewell County Fair Association, Tazewell, Virginia | joropo | joropo | |
| 268 | Samuel Estep | The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia | tahini | tahini | |
| 269 | Lori Anne Madison | News & Messenger, Woodbridge, Virginia | dirigible | dirigible | |
| 270 | Camille Murphy | Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, Washington | ikat | ikat | |
| 271 | Jonah Gunter | North Central Washington Collaborative Spelling Bee, Wenatchee, Washington | thwartwise | thwartwise | |
| 272 | Elizabeth Koh | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia | moratorium | moratorium | |
| 273 | Thomas Aldridge | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia | wearisome | wearisome | |
| 274 | Shivali Halabe | The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia | aberrant | aberrant | |
| 275 | Olivia Archer | The Catholic Spirit, Wheeling, West Virginia | hebetate | hebate | E |
| 276 | Heloise Cheruvalath | Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin | dihedral | dihedral | |
| 277 | Lia Eggleston | Wyoming Spelling Bee Collaborative, Casper, Wyoming | syndicate | cindicate | E |
| 278 | Zachary Doiron | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts | mordacious | mordacious | |
