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 | Kevin Lazenby | Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama | tectonosphere | tectonosphere | Y |
| 2 | Hunter Park | Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska | gambrel | gambrel | Y |
| 3 | David Jones | Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska | vorlage | vorlage | Y |
| 4 | Rosie Nai | Samoa News, Pago Pago, American Samoa | commensurate | commensurate | Y |
| 5 | Mitchell Behling | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | papilionaceous | papilionaceous | Y |
| 6 | Delila Nakaidinae | Navajo Times Publishing Company, Window Rock, Arizona | manticore | manticor | N |
| 7 | Jacob Elser | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | prabhu | prabhu | Y |
| 8 | Sujith Swarna | The Nassau Guardian, Nassau, Bahamas | badinage | badinage | Y |
| 9 | Juan Domingo Malana | Desert Dispatch, Barstow, California | rendezvous | rendezvous | Y |
| 10 | Dylan McEttrick | Ventura County Star, Camarillo, California | recriminatory | recriminatory | Y |
| 11 | Apolonia Gardner | Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California | trattoria | trattoria | Y |
| 12 | Marika Fox | Los Angeles Spelling Bee Collaborative, Los Angeles, California | segue | segue | Y |
| 13 | Tin Kuo | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | cacophony | cacophony | Y |
| 14 | Liam Twight | Record Searchlight, Redding, California | carambola | carambola | Y |
| 15 | Raymond Galloway | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | abiotrophy | abiotrophy | Y |
| 16 | Jack Maglalang | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | autolysis | autolysis | Y |
| 17 | Dylan Bird | Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, California | cerumen | cerumen | Y |
| 18 | Snigdha Nandipati | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | masala | masala | Y |
| 19 | Varsha Senthil | San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | mynheer | mynheer | Y |
| 20 | Talia Ruiz | The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | Bobadil | bobbadil | N |
| 21 | Tia Ha | Daily Press, Victorville, California | naumachia | nomacia | N |
| 22 | Joseph Maluyao | Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, Visalia, California | inquiline | inqualine | N |
| 23 | Kate Anoufrieva | Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | Eocene | Eocene | Y |
| 24 | Laura Newcombe | National Post, Toronto, OntarioCanada | efficacy | efficacy | Y |
| 25 | Veronica Penny | Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, OntarioCanada | vaquero | vaquero | Y |
| 26 | Graham Abraham | Kamloops Daily News, Kamloops, British ColumbiaCanada | bulgur | bulgur | Y |
| 27 | Katherine Niu | Community Center Shanghai, Shanghai, China | arachnid | arachnid | Y |
| 28 | David Phan | Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado | vivace | vivace | Y |
| 29 | Dhivya Senthil Murugan | The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado | harridan | harridan | Y |
| 30 | Rahul Malayappan | Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Danbury, Connecticut | hypocrisy | hypocrisy | Y |
| 31 | John Paul Henares | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | cuneiform | cuneiform | Y |
| 32 | Sairah Sheikh | South Windsor Community Foundation, South Windsor, Connecticut | belligerent | belligerent | Y |
| 33 | Donovan Jordan | The Washington Informer, Washington, D.C. | decorticate | decorticate | Y |
| 34 | Josie Carlozzi | Delaware Spelling Bee Collaborative, Wilmington, Delaware | indigenous | indigenous | Y |
| 35 | Anuk Dayaprema | Stars & Stripes, Defense and State Department Schools, Europe | gestation | gestation | Y |
| 36 | Tatyana Kim | The Naples Daily News , Bonita Springs, Florida | syncline | sinclyne | N |
| 37 | Anissa Murgo | Coastal Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Bradenton, Florida | cytolysis | cytolosis | N |
| 38 | Grace Remmer | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | Hypotheria | Hypotheria | Y |
| 39 | Glenn Medina | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | threnody | threnody | Y |
| 40 | Claire Zuo | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | archipelago | archipelago | Y |
| 41 | Jonathan Nativi | The Naples Daily News , Naples, Florida | scurrilous | scurilous | N |
| 42 | Stuti Mishra | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | mellisonant | mellisonant | Y |
| 43 | Ryan Frank | The News Herald, Panama City, Florida | andante | andante | Y |
| 44 | Tommy Foster | Tampa Bay Spelling Bee Collaborative, St. Petersburg, Florida | gallipot | gallipot | Y |
| 45 | Alexandra Nelson | Treasure Coast Newspapers, Stuart, Florida | rascacio | rascacio | Y |
| 46 | Ann Marie Brown | Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida | pernicious | pernicious | Y |
| 47 | Lillian Lesser | Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida | gnosis | gnosis | Y |
| 48 | Rachael Cundey | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia | glockenspiel | glockenspiel | Y |
| 49 | Julia Denniss | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | paristhmion | paristhmion | Y |
| 50 | Jessica Penu | Essence Communications Ltd., Accra, Ghana | blucher | blucher | Y |
| 51 | Andrew Sulla-Mathews | Pacific Daily News, Hagåtña, Guam | noctivagant | noctivigant | N |
| 52 | Christopher Kim | aio, Honolulu, Hawaii | asthmogenic | asthmogenic | Y |
| 53 | Rebekah Pinkerton | Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | billon | billon | Y |
| 54 | Skye Merriam | Teton Valley News, Driggs, Idaho | détente | datant | N |
| 55 | Frances Mari Grimaldo | Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho | catenary | catenary | Y |
| 56 | Matthew White | Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois | endogenous | endogenous | Y |
| 57 | Simon Ricci | Chicago Spelling Bee Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois | pfeffernuss | pfeffernuss | Y |
| 58 | Ujwal Kiran | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | manteau | manteau | Y |
| 59 | Marlene Santora | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | ciconine | ciconine | Y |
| 60 | Nina Montello | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | nihilism | nihilism | Y |
| 61 | Lucas Urbanski | Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois | raita | raita | Y |
| 62 | Yasir Hasnain | Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois | discalced | discalced | Y |
| 63 | Mark Rogers | Daily Chronicle , DeKalb, Illinois | jacamar | jacamar | Y |
| 64 | Paige Myroth | The Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois | Croesus | Croesus | Y |
| 65 | Pranav Sivakumar | Lake County Regional Office of Education, Grayslake, Illinois | pityriasis | pityriasis | Y |
| 66 | Christopher Bayston | The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois | epochal | epochal | Y |
| 67 | Marcus Glenn Tecarro | Boone-Winnebago Regional Office of Education, Loves Park, Illinois | penicillin | pennecilin | N |
| 68 | Varun Ravichandran | The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | perestroika | perestroika | Y |
| 69 | Phillip Copeland | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | uitlander | uitlander | Y |
| 70 | Tam Nguyen | Kane County Chronicle, Saint Charles, Illinois | ameliorate | ameliorate | Y |
| 71 | Parker Carls | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois | gambado | gambado | Y |
| 72 | Morgan Folgers | The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois | repertoire | repertoire | Y |
| 73 | Emily Legel | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education, Stockton, Illinois | diathermy | diathermy | Y |
| 74 | Joseph Kirkpatrick | The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana | philately | filiality | N |
| 75 | Byoul Han | The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Indiana | lagniappe | lanyap | N |
| 76 | Michael Pence | Williams Comfort Air, Carmel, Indiana | plumicorn | plumicorn | Y |
| 77 | Olivia Shoup | Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, Indiana | feint | feint | Y |
| 78 | Madalyn Richmond | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana | simpatico | simpatico | Y |
| 79 | Gina Solomito | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis , Indianapolis, Indiana | encephalon | encephalon | Y |
| 80 | Tannah Thor | The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | brachiate | brachiate | Y |
| 81 | Casey Hennings | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | fungible | fungible | Y |
| 82 | Patricia Arielle Manio | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana | malacology | malacology | Y |
| 83 | Andie Reidy | The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana | stanchion | stanchion | Y |
| 84 | Alexa Snyder | South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana | rupicolous | rhupicalous | N |
| 85 | Addison Hughes | The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana | nisei | nisei | Y |
| 86 | Katie Kirk | Kankakee Valley REMC, Wanatah, Indiana | syllogism | syllogism | Y |
| 87 | Jack Doyle | Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa | mahout | mahout | Y |
| 88 | Hanif Brown Jr. | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | rottweiler | rottweiler | Y |
| 89 | Yuichi Beinard Yoshioka | The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan | desiccant | desiccant | Y |
| 90 | Clara Wicoff | Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas | alchemy | alchemy | Y |
| 91 | Swetha Jasti | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | commissar | comissar | N |
| 92 | Cara Knapp | The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas | canard | canard | Y |
| 93 | Emily Keaton | Kentucky Spelling Bee Collaborative, Louisville, Kentucky | durwan | durwan | Y |
| 94 | Lanie Marcantel | Kiwanis Club of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana | bhalu | baloo | N |
| 95 | Caleb Miller | The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana | alopecia | alopecia | Y |
| 96 | Srijan Duggal | The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana | bibliognost | bibliognost | Y |
| 97 | Vincent Huang | Alliance For Education, Shreveport, Louisiana | purfle | purfle | Y |
| 98 | Lily Jordan | Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine | Nostradamus | Nostradamus | Y |
| 99 | Emily Durell | Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, Maryland | fugacity | fugacity | Y |
| 100 | Robbie Palmisano | Learn It Systems, Baltimore, Maryland | blitzkrieg | blitzkrieg | Y |
| 101 | Susanna Yau | The Meakem Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Bethesda, Maryland | bombardier | bombardier | Y |
| 102 | Sam Osheroff | Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | peccadillo | peccadillo | Y |
| 103 | Tyler Reese | The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland | algorithm | algorythym | N |
| 104 | Evelyn Burch | The Gazette & The Star, Laurel, Maryland | tumultuary | tumultuary | Y |
| 105 | Sarah Carty | The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Maryland | bouffant | bouffant | Y |
| 106 | Surjo Bandyopadhyay | The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | asado | asado | Y |
| 107 | Andre Winkfield | Maryland Independent, Waldorf, Maryland | tawdrily | taudraly | N |
| 108 | Zachary Doiron | Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston, Massachusetts | lanceolate | lanceolate | Y |
| 109 | Katie Hudek | Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts | tokamak | tokamak | Y |
| 110 | Amber Born | The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts | bobbejaan | bobbejaan | Y |
| 111 | Surabhi Iyer | Comcast, Taunton, Massachusetts | hartebeest | hartebeest | Y |
| 112 | Olivia Jacobs | The Martha's Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | vinaigrette | vinaigrette | Y |
| 113 | Siddharth Varanasi | The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan | truncheon | truncheon | Y |
| 114 | Bilal Tarar | Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, Michigan | divagate | divagate | Y |
| 115 | Christopher Walstra | Kent Intermediate School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan | hegemony | hegemony | Y |
| 116 | Rosemary Torola | Upper Peninsula Spelling Bee Collaborative, Iron Mountain, Michigan | neophyte | niaphite | N |
| 117 | Kevin Zhang | The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Jackson, Michigan | rataplan | rataplan | Y |
| 118 | Emily Levy | The County Press, Lapeer, Michigan | ingurgitation | ingurgitation | Y |
| 119 | Mitchell Lange | Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan | halal | halal | Y |
| 120 | James Van Wagnen | The Macomb Daily, Macomb, Michigan | mitochondria | mitochondria | Y |
| 121 | Mahati Vavilala | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | hypobulia | hypobulia | Y |
| 122 | Ryan Miller | Saginaw Independent School District, Saginaw, Michigan | propinquity | propinquity | Y |
| 123 | Cameron Haynes | The Herald Palladium, St. Joseph, Michigan | trepak | trepak | Y |
| 124 | Nicole Blakkan-Esser | Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan | ankh | ankh | Y |
| 125 | Kavyapranati Pratapa | Willow Run Community Schools, Ypsilanti, Michigan | soiree | soiree | Y |
| 126 | Alyssa Everson | Lakes Country Service Cooperative, Fergus Falls, Minnesota | elision | elision | Y |
| 127 | Anja Beth Swoap | Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota | mesmerize | mesmerize | Y |
| 128 | Antony Joseph | South Central Service Cooperative, North Mankato, Minnesota | cynosure | cynosure | Y |
| 129 | Radhika Edpuganti | Southeast Service Cooperative , Rochester, Minnesota | dechlorinate | dechlorinate | Y |
| 130 | Connor Gunsbury | National Joint Powers Alliance, Staples, Minnesota | sclerosis | sclerosis | Y |
| 131 | Kate Johnson | Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi | nonage | nonage | Y |
| 132 | Faaris Khan | Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri | motif | motif | Y |
| 133 | Andrea Ambam | Cass County Democrat Missourian, Harrisonville, Missouri | excursus | excursus | Y |
| 134 | Jordan Hoffman | The Examiner, Independence, Missouri | mukhtar | mukhtar | Y |
| 135 | Summer Johnston | Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, Missouri | taiga | taiga | Y |
| 136 | Abbey Ahern | Sedalia Spelling Bee Collaborative, Sedalia, Missouri | abhorrence | abhorrence | Y |
| 137 | Grant Pace | St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri | cataclysmic | cataclysmatic | N |
| 138 | Rounak Bera | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | prescind | prescind | Y |
| 139 | Cody Zabriskie | Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana | Daliesque | Daliesque | Y |
| 140 | Jenny Solheim | Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska | mycetophagous | mycetophagous | Y |
| 141 | Dakota Jones | Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada | recidivist | recidivist | Y |
| 142 | Chloe Conway | New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire | napery | napery | Y |
| 143 | Preet Raval | Camden Spelling Bee Collaborative, Camden, New Jersey | pancetta | panchetta | N |
| 144 | Stephanie Miller | Millennium Radio, Galloway, New Jersey | shrieval | shrievel | N |
| 145 | Kira Paley | The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | issei | issei | Y |
| 146 | Amie Baldwin | Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Jersey City, New Jersey | mordancy | mordancy | Y |
| 147 | Ray Wang | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune , Neptune, New Jersey | epyllion | epyllion | Y |
| 148 | Siddharth Challani | The Times of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey | tracheotomy | tracheotomy | Y |
| 149 | Kathryn "Katie" Kasky | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico | kibei | kibei | Y |
| 150 | Mateen Sharif | Times Union, Albany, New York | nascency | nascency | Y |
| 151 | Nabeel Rahman | The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York | serendipity | serendipity | Y |
| 152 | Sriram Hathwar | The Leader, Corning, New York | farthingale | farthingale | Y |
| 153 | Divya Tewari | Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New York | hyperbole | hyperbole | Y |
| 154 | Adam Ferrari | The Leader-Herald, Gloversville, New York | pargetry | pargetry | Y |
| 155 | Gabriel Blacklock | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, New York | megalomaniac | megalomaniac | Y |
| 156 | Kali Palmer | Mount Vernon Inquirer, Mount Vernon, New York | peritus | peritus | Y |
| 157 | Arvind Mahankali | Daily News, New York, New York | debacle | debacle | Y |
| 158 | Miles Shebar | Daily News, New York, New York | dahlia | dahlia | Y |
| 159 | Tatum Kiff | The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York | stiction | stiction | Y |
| 160 | Evan Ehsan | The Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York | zephyr | zephyr | Y |
| 161 | Leo Lee | Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, New York | Bolshevik | Bolshevik | Y |
| 162 | Jan Izzabelle Secular | Tri-State Spelling Bee Committee, Montague, New Jersey | millennialism | millennialism | Y |
| 163 | Naman Shakrani | Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York | decrement | decrement | Y |
| 164 | Julia Georges | The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York | kuru | kuru | Y |
| 165 | Jane Wang | Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York | kwashiorkor | quashiorcor | N |
| 166 | Belinda Gibbon | New Zealand Spelling Bee Trust, Wellington, New Zealand | upsilon | upsilon | Y |
| 167 | Shiv Patel | Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina | scherzo | scherzo | Y |
| 168 | Prakash Mishra | The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina | impermeabilize | impermeabilize | Y |
| 169 | Graham Lowder | The Clayton News-Star, Clayton, North Carolina | troglodytic | troglodytic | Y |
| 170 | Jesus Ayala Lara | Duke University's Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, Durham, North Carolina | splenetic | splenetic | Y |
| 171 | Leah Adams | The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, North Carolina | paparazzo | paparazzo | Y |
| 172 | Megan Lanier | The Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, North Carolina | verglas | verglas | Y |
| 173 | Autumn Currin | Harnett County Spelling Bee Collaborative, Lillington, North Carolina | hierology | hyrology | N |
| 174 | Catherine Wagner | PAGE of Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina | punctilio | punctilio | Y |
| 175 | Hunter Randolph | PAGE of Lee County, Sanford, North Carolina | chelonian | chelonian | Y |
| 176 | Bryson McKee | The Shelby Star, Shelby, North Carolina | esurient | esurient | Y |
| 177 | Adriayn Barnhill | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | kurgan | kurgon | N |
| 178 | Monica Sullivan | Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, North Carolina | ambrosial | ambrosial | Y |
| 179 | Ayla Dunn | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | heterophemy | heterapheme | N |
| 180 | Elliott Stone | North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, Bismarck, North Dakota | visceral | visceral | Y |
| 181 | Sunny Levine | Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio | chasuble | chasuble | Y |
| 182 | Tony Incorvati | The Repository, Canton, Ohio | foggara | foggara | Y |
| 183 | Clay Campbell | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | minaret | minaret | Y |
| 184 | Joseph Delamerced | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | oligotrophic | oligotrophic | Y |
| 185 | Vladimir Petre | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | apsidal | apsidal | Y |
| 186 | Liz Stickley | Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio | decedent | decedent | Y |
| 187 | Matthew Cecil | Educational Service Center of Lorain County, LaGrange, Ohio | luculent | luculent | Y |
| 188 | Nicholas Rushlow | Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio | philippic | philippic | Y |
| 189 | Tobias Baumann | Sheridan WorldWise, Inc., Lewis Center, Ohio | ersatz | ersatz | Y |
| 190 | LeeAnn Jose | The Lima News, Lima, Ohio | selenologist | selenologist | Y |
| 191 | Iram Majad | The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio | vaccary | vaccary | Y |
| 192 | Natalie Cervelli | The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio | paralogism | peraligism | N |
| 193 | Cade Berg | Salem News, East Liverpool Review and The Morning Journal, Salem, Ohio | parallax | parallax | Y |
| 194 | Brianna Piergallini | The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio | patois | patois | Y |
| 195 | Gaberiel DeFreitas | The Blade, Toledo, Ohio | domiciliary | domiciliary | Y |
| 196 | Rachel McFall | The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio | tutelary | tutelary | Y |
| 197 | Michael Aldric Mosqueda | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | karaoke | karaoke | Y |
| 198 | Lauren Ritz | The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | batik | batik | Y |
| 199 | Nicholas Stark | Muskogee Spelling Bee Collaborative, Muskogee, Oklahoma | noosphere | noosphere | Y |
| 200 | Parker Strubhar | The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Meiji | Meiji | Y |
| 201 | Hannah Allison | Home Federal Bank, Bend, Oregon | scrivener | scrivener | Y |
| 202 | Katie Fo | Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon | hauteur | hauteur | Y |
| 203 | Veronica Siko | The Chester Spirit, Chester, Pennsylvania | kulak | kulak | Y |
| 204 | Rohit Goyal | Chester County Intermediate Unit, Downingtown, Pennsylvania | thoracic | thoracic | Y |
| 205 | Naomi Li | The Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania | acetone | acetone | Y |
| 206 | Joanna Ye | WITF: Public Media for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | metathesis | metathesis | Y |
| 207 | David Krak | Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Beetewk | Beetewk | Y |
| 208 | Michael Minh Duong | The Times Herald, Norristown, Pennsylvania | chorten | chorten | Y |
| 209 | Anahita Iyer | Pennridge Community Education Foundation, Perkasie, Pennsylvania | anachronism | anachronism | Y |
| 210 | Lena Greenberg | The Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | tachyon | tachyon | Y |
| 211 | Adrianne Kubiak | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | macropterous | macropterous | Y |
| 212 | Derrick Hamilton | The Republican Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania | fusillade | fusillade | Y |
| 213 | Rachel Keirstead | Reading Eagle, Reading, Pennsylvania | tinamou | tinamou | Y |
| 214 | Sukanya Roy | Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | execration | execration | Y |
| 215 | Julianna Canabal-Rodríguez | Commonwealth-Parkville School, San Juan, Puerto Rico | scullery | scullery | Y |
| 216 | Jessica Anderson | The Valley Breeze, Cumberland, Rhode Island | mufti | mufti | Y |
| 217 | Jusuf Jenkins | The Allendale Sun, Allendale, South Carolina | apocalypse | apocalypse | Y |
| 218 | Kenny Nguyen | Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina | antiphonal | antiphonal | Y |
| 219 | Katy LeBarron | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | retinopathy | retiopathy | N |
| 220 | Jordan Young | The Morning News, Florence, South Carolina | nimious | nimious | Y |
| 221 | Isabella Neubauer | The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit | Y |
| 222 | Zane Bridwell | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | apoplexy | apoplexy | Y |
| 223 | Ryder Heitz | Madison Daily Leader, Madison, South Dakota | phoneticize | phoneticize | Y |
| 224 | Jiwon Seo | Yoon's English School, Seoul, South Korea | echinoderm | echinoderm | Y |
| 225 | Tanay Patri | Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee | odoriferous | odoriferous | Y |
| 226 | Jasmine Brandt | The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee | serdab | serdab | Y |
| 227 | Rahul Krishnaswamy | Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee | feldsher | feldsher | Y |
| 228 | Patrick Dockery | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | triforium | triforium | Y |
| 229 | Collin McLeod | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | haplology | haplology | Y |
| 230 | Benjamin Kulas | The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee | fête | fête | Y |
| 231 | Russell Dickerson | Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas | vimineous | vimineous | Y |
| 232 | Ariel Chen | Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas | freesia | freesia | Y |
| 233 | O'Neal Davis | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas | braggadocio | bragadoshio | N |
| 234 | Chetan Reddy | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | zoanthropy | zoanthropy | Y |
| 235 | Abigail Spitzer | El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas | surveillance | surveillance | Y |
| 236 | Narahari Bharadwaj | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas | integument | integument | Y |
| 237 | Mashad Arora | Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas | tortuosity | tortuosity | Y |
| 238 | Sivateja Tangirala | HoustonPBS, Houston, Texas | bailiwick | bailiwick | Y |
| 239 | Cassandra Guardiola | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | saboteur | saboteur | Y |
| 240 | Caleb Anderson | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas | ipecac | ipecac | Y |
| 241 | Thomas Rubio | Midland Reporter-Telegram, Midland, Texas | pantomime | pantomime | Y |
| 242 | Kristopher Muniz | Odessa American, Odessa, Texas | cheka | cheka | Y |
| 243 | Seth Grant | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | jnana | jinana | N |
| 244 | Abhinav Sangisetti | San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas | deleterious | deleterious | Y |
| 245 | Andrew Bernhard | Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas | exuviate | exuvuate | N |
| 246 | Andrea Mirasol | Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas | escargot | escargot | Y |
| 247 | Justine Arevalo | The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | rutilant | rutilant | Y |
| 248 | Matthew Perry | Davis County Clipper, Bountiful, Utah | philhellenism | philhellenism | Y |
| 249 | Jared Ward | Southeast Education Service Center, Price, Utah | echolalia | echolalia | Y |
| 250 | Anna-Marie Sprenger | Daily Herald, Provo, Utah | zucchini | zucchini | Y |
| 251 | Vismaya Kharkar | The Valley Journals, Salt Lake City, Utah | affianced | affianced | Y |
| 252 | Meigan Clark | The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont | facetious | facetious | Y |
| 253 | Eric Xu | The News-Virginian and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia | machinate | machinate | Y |
| 254 | Ethan Ruggeri | The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia | coati | coati | Y |
| 255 | Gabrielle Towne | Hampton Literary Society, Hampton, Virginia | paradigm | paradigm | Y |
| 256 | David Gonyer | Rockingham District Ruritans, Harrisonburg, Virginia | ocelot | ocelot | Y |
| 257 | Jeremy Nathan | Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia | alluvium | alluvium | Y |
| 258 | Mary-Michael Robertson | The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia | cinnabar | cinnabar | Y |
| 259 | James Batten | The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia | galjoen | galleoon | N |
| 260 | Shruti Anant | Fairfax County Times, Reston, Virginia | incorporeity | incorporeity | Y |
| 261 | Ian Fraser | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | tamarind | tamarind | Y |
| 262 | Shayley Martin | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | affidavit | affidavit | Y |
| 263 | Victoria Whited | Tazewell County Fair Association, Tazewell, Virginia | plasmalemma | plasmalemma | Y |
| 264 | Samuel Estep | The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia | pachinko | pachinko | Y |
| 265 | Justin Yum | News & Messenger, Woodbridge, Virginia | rochet | rochet | Y |
| 266 | Deanta Kelly | Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, Washington | apparatchik | operachik | N |
| 267 | Joseph Winters | The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, Washington | ossicle | ossicle | Y |
| 268 | Elizabeth Koh | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia | urticant | urticant | Y |
| 269 | Savannah Aldridge | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia | hebetude | hebetude | Y |
| 270 | Yagna Vudathu | The Journal, Martinsburg, West Virginia | ramate | ramate | Y |
| 271 | Ksheeraja Sriram | The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia | obfuscatory | obfuscatory | Y |
| 272 | Connor Moore | The Catholic Spirit, Wheeling, West Virginia | rasorial | rascorial | N |
| 273 | Parker Dietry | Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin | dossier | dossier | Y |
| 274 | Amari Bertagnolli | Wyoming Community Foundation, Laramie, Wyoming | symbiosis | symbiosis | Y |
| 275 | Christopher Combee | Polk County School District Collaborative, Bartow, Florida | acerbity | acerbity | Y |