| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Correct Spelling | Spelling Given | Error |
| 5 | So-Young Chung | Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | chrysoprase | crysoprase | E |
| 7 | Samia Nawaz | Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | amylolysis | amylolysis | |
| 13 | Tia Thomas | Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Coarsegold, California | mcleod | mcleod | |
| 16 | Austin Pineda | The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | tombolo | tombolo | |
| 17 | Josephine Kao | The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California | eremophyte | eremophyte | |
| 19 | Justin Song | The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | crenitic | crenitic | |
| 25 | Easun Arunachalam | Daily News Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, California | benzophenone | benzophenone | |
| 28 | Jessica Zung | National Post, Don Mills, Ontario Canada | accordatura | accordiatura | E |
| 31 | Curtis Bogetti | The Daily News, Kamloops, British Columbia Canada | otacariasis | otachyriasis | E |
| 32 | Julie Huttemann | Kelowna Daily Courier, Kelowna, British Columbia Canada | ressaulted | risulted | E |
| 34 | Émilie Lafleur | The Gazette , Montreal, Quebec Canada | tonneau | tanneau | E |
| 39 | Anqi Dong | The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada | hooley | hoolie | E |
| 43 | Veronica Penny | CHCH News, Hamilton, Ontario Canada | étagère | etager | E |
| 44 | Grace Tsai | The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | cinerea | cynerea | E |
| 48 | Jake Smith | Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado | aulos | allos | E |
| 51 | Arushi Jauhari | New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut | Biedermeier | biedermier | E |
| 52 | Matt Gabriele | The Ridgefield Press, Ridgefield, Connecticut | pericope | pericope | |
| 56 | Nicolas de Leon | The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | succade | sacchaid | E |
| 57 | Shiva Kangeyan | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | Rankine | rankin | E |
| 58 | Vincent Medina | The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | trabant | trabont | E |
| 61 | Kaitlyn Johnston | Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida | xerarch | xerarch | |
| 84 | Kyle Mou | Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois | manège | manège | |
| 88 | Rose Sloan | Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois | ansu | ansu | |
| 93 | Vaibhav Vavilala | The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana | chlorambucil | chlorambucil | |
| 97 | Sameer Mishra | Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana | diener | diener | |
| 105 | Sade Dunbar | Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | flageolet | flageolet | |
| 107 | Kavya Shivashankar | The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas | Krummholz | Krummholz | |
| 126 | Akshat Shekhar | The Patriot Ledger , Quincy, Massachusetts | illative | illative | |
| 136 | Sidharth Chand | The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan | tholobate | tholobate | |
| 140 | Catherine "Cat" Cojocaru | Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota | sporangiophore | sporangiophore | |
| 148 | Corrine Yap | Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Missouri | outarde | outard | E |
| 162 | Matthew Evans | The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico | alegrias | alegrias | |
| 170 | Neil Alacha | Daily News, New York, New York | cholent | chollant | E |
| 177 | Zachary Zagorski | Long Island Jewish World, Rockville Centre, New York | schnecke | schnecke | |
| 191 | Baron Fenwick | Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | exsertile | excertile | E |
| 196 | Anna Delamerced | WCPO-TV Channel 9, Cincinnati, Ohio | terzetto | terzzetto | E |
| 197 | Scott Remer | The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio | chirotony | chirotony | |
| 218 | Jahnavi Iyer | The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | solidungulate | solidungulate | |
| 227 | Meghan Reynolds | Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania | Bercy | berci | E |
| 233 | Jackson Crist | The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | maremma | maremma | |
| 236 | Keiko Bridwell | Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, South Carolina | peristeronic | peristeronic | |
| 242 | Cherry Mathis | The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | ullage | ullage | |
| 249 | Mouctika Paluri | The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | Gorevan | gorovan | E |
| 271 | Lance Hungar | Times Community Newspapers, Reston, Virginia | chevee | chevet | E |
| 281 | Matthew Koh | Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, West Virginia | festschrift | festrifd | E |