National Spelling Bee Winners
2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners! It’s AN 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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Winning Word: schappe
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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Winning Word: soubrette
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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Winning Word: initials
Sponsor: The Detroit News
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