National Spelling Bee Winners
2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner!
Name: Bruhat Soma
Home Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Grade: 7th
School: Turner/Bartels K-8 School
Age: 12
Winning Word: abseil
Sponsor: Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund
2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners - Eight way tie!
The first time ever, in the history of the national spelling bee, there are EIGHT winners!
Rahan Raja
Name: Rahan Raja
Home Location: Irving, Texas
Grade: 7th
School: Coppell Middle School west
Age: 13
Winning Word: Odylic
Sponsor: Dallas Sports Commission
Erin Howard
Name: Erin Howard
Home Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Grade: 8th
School: Mountain Gap School
Age: 14
Winning Word: Erysipelas
Sponsor: Adventure Travel
Sohum Sukhatankar
Name: Sohum Sukhatankar
Home Location: Dallas, Texas
Grade: 8th
School: St. Mark’s School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Pendeloque
Sponsor: Dallas Sports Commission
Abhijay Kodali
Name: Abhijay Kodali
Home Location: Flower Mound, Texas
Grade: 6th
School: McKamy Middle School
Age: 12
Winning Word: Palama
Sponsor: Dallas Sports Commission
Name: Saketh Sundar
Home Location: Clarksville, Maryland
Grade: 8th
School: Clarksville Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Bougainvillea
Sponsor: Howard County Library
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Christopher Serra
Name: Christopher Serrao
Home Location: Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Grade: 7th
School: Readington Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Cernuous
Sponsor: Discover Lehigh Valley
Name: Rishik Gandhasri
Home Location: San Jose, California
Grade: 7th
School: Silver Oak Elementary School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Auslaut
Sponsor: Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee
Name: Shruthika Padhy
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Shruthika Padhy
Home Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Grade: 8th
School: Rosa International Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Aiguillette
Sponsor: Rosa International Middle School
2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Karthik Nemmani
Home Location: McKinney, Texas
Grade: 8th
School: Scoggins Middle School
Age: 14
Winning Word: koinonia
Sponsor: RSVBee Entry
2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Ananya Vinay
Home Location: Fresno, California
Grade: 6th
School: Fugman Elementary School
Age: 12
Winning Word: marocain
Sponsor: The Fresno Bee
2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners
Name: Jairam Hathwar
Home Location: Painted Post, New York
Grade: 7th
School: The Alternative School for Math and Science
Age: 13
Winning Word: Feldenkrais
Sponsor: Corning Rotary Club
Name: Nihar Janga
Home Location: Austin, Texas
Grade: 5th
School: River Ridge Elementary School
Age: 11
Winning Word: gesellschaft
Sponsor: Houston Public Media
2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners
Name: Gokul Venkatachalam
Home Chesterfield, Missouri
Grade: 8th
School: Parkway West Middle School
Age: 14
Winning Word: nunatak
Sponsor: Corning Rotary Club
Name: Vanya Shivashankar
Home Location: Olathe, Kansas
Grade: 8th
School: California Trail Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: scherenschnitte
Sponsor: The Olathe News
2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners
Name: Sriram Hathwar
Home: Painted Post, New York
Grade: 8
School: Alternative School for Math and Science
Age: 14
Winning Word: stichomythia
Sponsor: Corning Rotary Club
Name: Ansun Sujoe
Home: Fort Worth, Texas
Grade: 7
School: Bethesda Christian School
Age: 13
Winning Word: feuilleton
Sponsor:Texas Christian University
2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Arvind Mahankali
Home: Bayside Hills, New York
Grade: 8
School: Nathaniel Hawthorn Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: knaidel
Sponsor: Daily News
2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Snigdha Nandipati
Home: San Diego
Grade: 8th
School: Francis Parker School
Age: 14
Winning Word: guetapens
Sponsor: U-T San Diego
2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Sukanya Roy
Home: South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
Grade: 8
School: Abington Heights Middle School
Age: 14
Winning Word: cymotrichous
Sponsor: Times Leader of Wikes-Barre
2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Anamika Veeramani
Home: North Royalton, Ohio
Grade: 8
School: Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights.
Age: 14
Winning Word: stromuhr
Sponsor: The Plain Deal
2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Kavya Shivashankar
Home: Olathe, Kansas
Grade: 8
School: California Trail Junior High School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Laodicean
Sponsor: The Olathe News
2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Sameer Mishra
Home: West Lafayette, Indiana
Grade: 8
School: West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School
Age: 13
Winning Word: guerdon
Sponsor: Journal and Courier Lafayette
2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Evan M. O’Dorney
Home: San Ramon, California
Grade: 8
School: Venture School
Age: 13
Winning Word: serrefine
Sponsor: Contra Costa Times
2006 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNER
Name: Katherine, “Kerry”, Close
Home: Spring Lake, New Jersey
Grade: 8
School: H.W. Mountz School
Age: 13
Winning Word: Ursprache
Sponsor: Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune
2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Anurag Kashyap
Home: Poway, California
Grade: 8
School: Meadowbrook Middle School
Age: 13
Winning Word: appoggiatura
Sponsor: The San Diego Union Tribune
2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: David Tidmarsh
Home: South Bend Indiana14
Grade: 8
School: Edison Intermediate Center
Age: 14
Winning Word: autochthonous
Sponsor: South Bend Tribune
2003 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Sai R. Gunturi
Home: Dallas, Texas
Grade: 8
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Age: 13
Winning Word: pococurante
Sponsor: The Dallas Morning News
2002 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Pratyush Buddiga
Home: Denver, Colorodo
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Winning Word: prospicience
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
2001 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Sean Conley
Home: Aitkin, Minnesota
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Winning Word: succedaneum
Sponsor: Aitkin Independent Age
2000 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: George Abraham Thampy
Home: Maryland Heights, Missouri
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Age: 12
Winning Word: demarche
Sponsor: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Nupur Lala
Home: Tampa, Florida
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School: Benito Middle School
Age: 14
Winning Word: logorrhea
Sponsor: The Tampa Tribune
1998 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jody-Anne Maxwell
Home: Kingston, Jamacia
Grade: 7
School: Ardenne High School
Age: 12
Winning Word: chiaroscurist
Sponsor: Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers
1997 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Rebecca Sealfon
Home: New York City, New York
Grade: 8
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Age: 13
Winning Word: euonym
Sponsor: New York Daily News
1996 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Wendy Guey
Home: West Palm Beach, Florida
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Winning Word: vivisepulture
Sponsor: The Palm Beach Post
1995 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Justin Tyler Carroll
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
Grade: 8
School: Wynne Junior High School
Age: 14
Winning Word: xanthosis
Sponsor: The Commercial Appeal
1994 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Ned G. Andrews
Home: Knoxville, Tennessee
Grade: 7
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Age: 13
Winning Word: antediluvian
Sponsor: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
1993 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Geoff Hooper
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
Grade: 8
School: Shadow Lawn Middle School
Age: 14
Winning Word: kamikaze
Sponsor: The Commercial Appeal
1992 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Amanda Goad
Home: Richmond, Virginia
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Winning Word: lyceum
Sponsor: The Richmond News Leader
1991 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Joanne Lagatta
Home: Clintonville, Wisconsin
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Winning Word: antipyretic
Sponsor: Wisconsin State Journal
President Bush meets with winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the White House, May 31, 1991, including 13-year-old winner Joanne Lagatta, left, of Clintonville, Wisconson
1990 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Amy Marie Dimak
Home: Seattle, Washington
Grade: 8
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Winning Word: fibranne
Sponsor: The Seattle Times
1989 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Scott Isaacs
Home: Denver, Colorado
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Winning Word: spoliator
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
1988 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Rageshree Ramachandran
Home: Sacramento, California
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Winning Word: elegiacal
Sponsor: The Sacramento Bee
1987 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Stephanie Petit
Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Winning Word: staphylococci
Sponsor: The Pittsburgh Press
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1985 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Balu Natarajan
Home: Chicago, Illinois
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Winning Word: milieu
Sponsor: Chicago Tribune
1984 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Daniel Greenblatt
Home: Leesburg, Virginia
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Winning Word: luge
Sponsor: Loudoun Times-Mirror
1983 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Blake Giddens
Home: El Paso, Texas
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Winning Word: Purim
Sponsor: El Paso Herald-Post
1982 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Molly Dieveney
Home: Denver, Colorado
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Winning Word: psoriasis
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
1981 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Paige Pipkin
Home: El Paso, Texas
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Winning Word: sarcophagus
Sponsor: El Paso Herald-Post
1980 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jacques Bailly[
Home: Denver, Colorado
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Winning Word: elucubrate
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
1979 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Katie Kerwin
Home: Denver, Colorado
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Winning Word: maculature
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
1978 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Peg McCarthy
Home: Topeka, Kansas
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Winning Word: deification
Sponsor: The Topeka Capital-Journal
1977 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: John Paola
Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Winning Word: cambist
Sponsor: The Pittsburgh Press
1976 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Tim Kneale
Home: Syracuse, New York
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Winning Word: narcolepsy
Sponsor: Syracuse Herald-Journal
1975 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Hugh Tosteson García
Home: San Juan, PR
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Winning Word: incisor
Sponsor: San Juan Star
1974 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Julie Ann Junkin
Home: Birmingham, Alabama
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Winning Word: hydrophyte
Sponsor: Birmingham Post-Herald
1973 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Barrie Trinkle
Home: Fort Worth, Texas
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Winning Word: vouchsafe
Sponsor: Fort Worth Press
1972 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Robin Kral
Home: Lubbock, Texas
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Winning Word: macerate
Sponsor: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
1971 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jonathan Knisely
Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Winning Word: shalloon
Sponsor: Philadelphia Bulletin
1970 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Libby Childress
Home: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Winning Word: croissant
Sponsor: Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel
1969 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Susan Yoachum
Home: Dallas, Texas
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Winning Word: interlocutory
Sponsor: Dallas Morning News
1968 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Robert L. Walters
Home: Topeka, Kansas
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Winning Word: abalone
Sponsor: The Topeka Daily Capital
1967 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jennifer Reinke
Home: Omaha, Nebraska
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Winning Word: chihuahua
Sponsor: The Omaha World-Herald
1966 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Robert A. Wake
Home: Houston, Texas
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Winning Word: ratoon
Sponsor: Houston Chronicle
1965 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Michael Kerpan Jr.
Home: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Winning Word: eczema
Sponsor: Tulsa Tribune
1964 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: William Kerek
Home: Akron, Ohio
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Winning Word: sycophant
Sponsor: Akron Beacon Journal
1963 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Glen Van Slyke III
Home: Knoxville, Tennessee
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Winning Word: equipage
Sponsor: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
1962 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Nettie Crawford
Home: El Paso, Texas
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Winning Word: esquamulose
Sponsor: El Paso Herald-Post
Name: Michael Day
Home: St. Louis, Missouri
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Winning Word: esquamulose
Sponsor: St. Louis Globe-Democrat
1961 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: John Capehart
Home: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Winning Word: smaragdine
Sponsor: Tulsa Tribune
1960 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Henry Feldman
Home: Knoxville, Tennessee
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Winning Word: eudaemonic
Sponsor: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
1959 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Joel Montgomery
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Winning Word: catamaran
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
1958 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jolitta Schlehuber
Home: Topeka, Kansas
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Winning Word: syllepsis
Sponsor: Topeka Daily Capital
1957 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Dana Bennett
Home: Denver, Colorado
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Winning Word: schappe
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain News
Name: Sandra Owen
Home: Canton, Ohio
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Sponsor: Canton Repository
1956 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Melody Sachko
Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Winning Word: condominium
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Press
1955 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Sandra Sloss
Home: St. Louis, Missouri
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Winning Word: crustaceology
Sponsor: St. Louis Globe-Democrat
1954 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: William Cashore
Home: Norristown, Pennsylvania
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Winning Word: transept
Sponsor: Norristown Times Herald
1953 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Elizabeth Hess
Home: Phoenix, Arizona
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Sponsor: Arizona Republic
1952 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Doris Ann Hall
Home: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Winning Word: vignette
Sponsor: Winston-Salem Journal
1951 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Irving Belz
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
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Winning Word: insouciant
Sponsor: Memphis Press Scimitar
1950 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Diana Reynard
Home: Cleveland, Ohio
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Winning Word: meticulosity
Sponsor: Cleveland Press
Name: Colquitt Dean
Home: Atlanta, Georgia
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Winning Word: meticulosity
Sponsor: Atlanta Journal
1949 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Kim Calvin
Home: Canton, Ohio
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Winning Word: onerous
Sponsor: Canton Repository
1948 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Jean Chappelear
Home: Akron, Ohio
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Winning Word: psychiatry
Sponsor: Akron Beacon Journal
1947 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Mattie Lou Pollard
Home: Atlanta, Georgia
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Winning Word: chlorophyll
Sponsor: Atlanta Journal
1946 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: John McKinney
Home: Des Moines, Iowa
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Winning Word: semaphore
Sponsor: The Des Moines Register and Tribune
1942 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Richard Earnhart
Home: El Paso, Texas
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Winning Word: sacrilegious
Sponsor: sacrilegious
1941 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
Name: Louis Edward Sissman
Home: Detroit, Michigan
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Sponsor: The Detroit News
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