| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Correct Spelling | Spelling Given | Error |
| 5 | So-Young Chung | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | amole | amole | |
| 7 | Samia Nawaz | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | podotheca | podotheca | |
| 13 | Tia Thomas | Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Coarsegold, California | scission | scission | |
| 14 | Shannon Lin | Friends of the Diamond Bar Library, Pomona, California | vallum | wallum | E |
| 16 | Austin Pineda | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | Zanzibari | Zanzibari | |
| 17 | Josephine Kao | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | riant | riant | |
| 19 | Justin Song | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | bariolage | bariolage | |
| 25 | Easun Arunachalam | Daily News Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, California | steeve | steeve | |
| 26 | Cody Wang | Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta Canada | hierurgical | hierergical | E |
| 28 | Jessica Zung | National Post, Don Mills, Ontario Canada | polysyndeton | polysyndeton | |
| 31 | Curtis Bogetti | The Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia Canada | morceau | morceau | |
| 32 | Julie Huttemann | Kelowna Daily Courier, Kelowna, British Columbia Canada | irrisory | irrisory | |
| 34 | Émilie Lafleur | The Gazette , Montreal, Quebec Canada | keratitis | keratitis | |
| 35 | Emma Brownlie | Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario Canada | xylary | zylary | E |
| 39 | Anqi Dong | The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada | stollen | stollen | |
| 43 | Veronica Penny | CHCH News, Hamilton, Ontario Canada | paleethnology | paleethnology | |
| 44 | Grace Tsai | The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | estoile | estoile | |
| 48 | Jake Smith | Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado | clairaudient | clairaudient | |
| 51 | Arushi Jauhari | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | leptocercal | leptocercal | |
| 52 | Matt Gabriele | The Ridgefield Press, Ridgefield, Connecticut | salnatron | salnatron | |
| 53 | Stephanie Guzmán | The Washington Informer, Washington, D.C. | autocytolysis | odocytolosis | E |
| 56 | Nicolas de Leon | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | ferruminate | ferruminate | |
| 57 | Shiva Kangeyan | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | ozostomia | ozostomia | |
| 58 | Vincent Medina | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | noxal | noxal | |
| 61 | Kaitlyn Johnston | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | iconodule | iconodule | |
| 68 | Qian (Cathy) Deng | Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, Georgia | rosulate | roselate | E |
| 84 | Kyle Mou | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | virago | virago | |
| 88 | Rose Sloan | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | ectrodactylism | ectrodactylism | |
| 89 | Emily Temple-Wood | Commonwealth Edison , Chicago, Illinois | alastrim | allustrim | E |
| 93 | Vaibhav Vavilala | The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana | luftmensch | luftmensch | |
| 97 | Sameer Mishra | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | quadrat | quadrat | |
| 101 | Keertan Kini | The Times, Munster, Indiana | deuterocanonical | deuterochinonical | E |
| 105 | Sade Dunbar | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | solfatara | solfatara | |
| 107 | Kavya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | bizarrerie | bizarrerie | |
| 115 | Megan Ring | Capital-Gazette Newspapers, Annapolis, Maryland | cancha | concha | E |
| 126 | Akshat Shekhar | The Patriot Ledger , Quincy, Massachusetts | monophthalmic | monophthalmic | |
| 136 | Sidharth Chand | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | purslane | purslane | |
| 140 | Catherine "Cat" Cojocaru | Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota | smalto | smalto | |
| 148 | Corrine Yap | Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Missouri | willet | willet | |
| 158 | Tisya Mavuram | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Neptune, New Jersey | oakum | okum | E |
| 162 | Matthew Evans | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico | yannigan | yannigan | |
| 170 | Neil Alacha | Daily News, New York, New York | visceroptosis | visceroptosis | |
| 177 | Zachary Zagorski | Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York | abrazo | abrazo | |
| 189 | Mayee Zhu | Washington Daily News, Washington, North Carolina | polonaise | polinaise | E |
| 191 | Baron Fenwick | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | spherocytosis | spherocytosis | |
| 196 | Anna Delamerced | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | metoposcopy | metoposcopy | |
| 197 | Scott Remer | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | timoneer | timoneer | |
| 210 | Michael Girbino | The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio | comity | commity | E |
| 214 | Katie Nye | The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon | animalier | animaliere | E |
| 218 | Jahnavi Iyer | The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | trochophore | trochophore | |
| 227 | Meghan Reynolds | Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania | duende | duende | |
| 233 | Jackson Crist | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | cerebrotonic | cerebrotonic | |
| 236 | Keiko Bridwell | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | bricolage | bricolage | |
| 237 | Changlin Ke | The Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | galligaskins | galligascons | E |
| 242 | Cherry Mathis | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | puissant | puissant | |
| 249 | Mouctika Paluri | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | sarcoidosis | sarcoidosis | |
| 253 | Raymond Soriano | Laredo Morning Times, Laredo, Texas | quarrion | quarrian | E |
| 258 | Katherine Kappelmann | San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas | verdigris | vertigris | E |
| 271 | Lance Hungar | Times Community Newspapers, Reston, Virginia | pullus | pullus | |
| 273 | Torey Jackson | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia | anticyclolysis | anticyclosys | E |
| 274 | Sachith Gullapalli | The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | cordonnet | cordonet | E |
| 277 | Hunter Lehmann | The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Washington | polytrichous | palytrichous | E |
| 281 | Matthew Koh | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia | topepo | topepo | |