WASHINGTON -- The following is a list of contestants in order of elimination from the 58th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Wednesday and Thursday.
Following the contestant's name is the word he or she misspelled and then the correct spelling: Wednesday, June 5
First round:
1. Teri Kellogg, 13, Lakeview, Mich., moritorium-moratorium
2. Jonathan Hensley, 9, Kingston, Tenn., apune-oppugn
3. Gene Stankow, 12, Reno, Nev., timbrul-timbrel
4. Michael King, 13, Jacksonville, Fla., gnoll-knoll
5. Dawn Mautner, 12, Cambridge, Idaho, ultamacy-ultimacy
6. Vanitha Balakrishnan, 13, Lansing, Mich., ethoas-ethos
7. Ingrida Knets, 12, Stonington, Conn., ledg-lido
8. Tina Diekmann, 14, Bremerton, Wash., phew-thew
9. Carol Stewart, 14, Lillington, N.C., pillary-pillory
10. Lichael Burton, 10, Leland, N.C., inclusible-inconclusible
11. Brian Reichow, 12, Roseville, Minn., jacanapes-jackanapes
12. Brian Heathman, 1, Odessa, Texas, irrascible-irascible
13. Michael Bada, 12, Youngstown, Ohio, licenseable-licensable
14. Tara Langford, 13, Tampa, Fla., annis-anise
Second round:
15. Wendy Mongeau, 14, Stoughton, Mass., pellerine-pelerine
16. Sherry Shieh, 12, Colonial Heights, Va., laniappe-lagniappe
17. Jennifer Lynn Stone, 13, Laporte, Ind., cressive-crescive
18. Charles Meadows, III, 12, Huntington, W.Va., lise-lisse
19. Monica Marroquin, 13, QuincY, Wash., kneshes-knishes
20. Andrea Stephenson, 14, Holden, Utah, comorancy-commorancy
21. Katrina Rae Knight, 13, Haymarket, Va., nieuston-neuston
22. Scott Miller, 14, Dalevalle, Ind., flameous-flammeous
23. Edward Fruchtman, 12, Brooklyn, N.Y., tule-tulle 24. David Wilson, 12, Lawton, Okla., soozeraine-suzerain
25. Laura Beusch, 14, Stow, Mass., glassphalt-glasphalt
26. Paula Jo McEwen, 14, Towanda, Penn., tatsa-tazza
27. Belinda Plowell, 13, Nashua, N.H., anglase-anglaise
28. Daphne Maria Gaither, 13, Gashington, D.C., camphur-chamfer
29. Frank Arnold, 12, Liberty, Ill., jumbalia-jumbalaya
30. John Paul Kratzke, 11, Chantilly, Va., pejourtive-pejorative
31. Morgan McKay, 14, Driggs, Idaho, anomatopeae-onomatopoeia
32. Alexander Battles, 13, Chesterland, Ohio, wassaillery-wassailry
33. Jeff Wasick, 12, Copley, Ohio, sacade-succade
34. Howard Wazeerud-Din, 14, Saginaw, Mich., emputable-imputable
35. Cameron Grant Stowe, 13, Danville, Va., melaphonic-melophonic
36. Jason Sullivan, 13, Traverse City, Mich., scertzo-scherzo
37. Jill Buie, 13, Spartanburg, S.C., apellative-appellative
38. William Lamar Rice, 12, Cumberland, Md., gralitorial-grallatorial
39. Jennifer Hundley, 13,Riverside, Cali., palidan-paladin
40. Derek Plakyda, 14, Neptune, N.J., intravisation-intravasation
41. Laura Nell Stansfield, 13, Roseburg, Oregon, woutz-wootz
42. David Brown, 14, Clemmons, N.C., marmaraceous-marmoraceous
Third round:
43. Scott Smith, 11, Lancaster, Penn., preperate-preparate
44. Mary Jantzi, 13, Darien Center, N.Y., felsenmere-felsenmeer
45. Melissa Lambert, 13, Lowell, Mass., ositation-oscitation
46. Jennifer Ann Phillips, 13, Evington, Va., rhea-ria
47, Kevin Sharkey, 14, New Bedford, Mass., serrigraphy-serigraphy
48. Wendy Bozarth, 14, Nashville, Tenn., sigilation-sigillation
49. Debbie Durr, 13, Ringwood, N.J., solioform-soleiform
50. Ginger Fisher, 12, Winchester, Va., gallette-galette
51. Mark Moeai, 14, Porterville, Ca., undulence-undulance
52. Nat Riley, 11, Columbia, S.C., poivrad-poivrade
53. Leonora Rita Obed, 14, Trenton, N.J., mimatype-mimotype
54. Ellen Samuels, 13, West Lafayette, Ind., nuche-nuque
55. Amy Kaste, 14, POrt St. Lucie, Fla., stiloiticious-stillatitious
56. Lorelei Ryan, 13, Dunnellon, Fla.
Thursday, June 6.
Round 4:
57. Ivy Drechney, 11, Chicago, Ill., amus-amice
58. David Pilot, 14, Greencastle, Pa., empiriel-empyreal
59. Maria Carmina Luzon Prado, 14, Jersey City, N.J., centor-centaur
60. John Schulte, 13, Carroll, Iowa, posade-passade
61. Sharon Simpson, 14, Hardin, Mont., oriface-orifice
62. Linn Yann, 14, Chattanooga, Tenn., verdigrease-verdigris
63. Jill Joseph, 14, Alexandria, La., solter-psalter
64. Stanley Hsue, 13, Los Alamos, N.M., factotem-factotum
65. Leslie Heckart, 11, Citrus Heights, Calif., quandry-quandary
66. Lucila Del Aguila, 14, Paseo de LaSoledad, Mexico, humorus-humerus
67. Christine Hathaway, 14, Davison, Mich., nural-knurl
68. Randy Pollak, 13, Hanover Park, Ill., recrition-rhetorician
69. Scott Schube, 14, Houston, Tex., tripphong-triphthong
70. Donna Kay O'Reilly, 13, Cloveport, Ky., hudonnet-whodunit
71. Salil Vadhan, 12, Baldwin, N.Y., nonparell-nonpareil
72. Robyn Blake, 13, Miami, Fla., bizmarckian-bismarckian
73. Steve Turley, 10, Hartford City, Ind., reautisary-rotisserie
74. Victoria Chiou, 12, Middletown, N.Y., vaudvillian-vaudevillian
75. Reena Isaac, 13, Alice, Texas, interlocitar-interlocutor
76. Angela Fisher, 12, Jonesboro, Ind., treisied-triste
77. Joel Mullen, 11, Perry, Okla., despicibleness-despicableness
78. Desiree Gumbs, 13, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, kevech-kvetch
79. Anne Rottenborn, 14, Waynesboro, Va., bruhaha-brouhaha
80. Judy Yee, 11, San Francisco, Calif., galbrethian-galbraithian
81. Mona Lin, 13, Titusville, Fla., obsique-obsequy
82. Sherry Vardy, 13, Easley, S.C., fuchia-fuchsia
83. Christina Gonzalez, 13, Del Rio, Texas, pyric-pyrrhic
84. Sarah Kang, 14, Cherry Hill N.J., svengally-svengali
85. Brendon Richard Fetzer, 14, El Paso, Texas, desonant-desinent
86. Shirley Anne Gilson, 13, Punta Gorda, Fla., recissary-rescissory
87. Ashley Adams, 14, Guymon, Okla., batique-batik
88. Brian Nice, 14, Royal Center, Ind., hosannah-hosanna
89. Ingrid Farnbach, 13, Swarthmore, Pa., threnedy-threnody
90. Christian Beckner, 11, Mt. Vernon, Wash., kyros-kairos
91. Karen Cross, 12, Indiana, Pa., reliquiry-reliquary
92. Bruce Pickett, 14, Sherrard, Ill., anniset-anisette
93. Karen Mini, 11, Sublette, Ill., diocosin-diocesan
94. Cory Harris, 13, Flushing, N.Y., growstark-graustark
95. Kathryn M. Nelson, 14, Hobbs, N.M., lyseum-lyceum
96. Jay Rifkin, 12, Rockford, Ill., vaccillancy-vacillancy
97. Mary Anne O'Malley, 14, Moscgw, Pa., abboration-aberration
98. Dawn Alexander, 14, Oak Hill, W.Va., laterhosen-lederhosen
99. Karen McKee, 13, Henrietta, Texas, vantriloquize-ventriloquize
100. Velma Dekhi, 12, San Diego, Calif., agrinome-agronome
101. Lora Shuler, 14, Chrisman, Ill., dessicate-desiccate
102. Kim Reese, 14, Grill, Pa., oyrx-oryx
103. Sheron Garris, 12, Wadesboro, N.C., recitivous-recidivous
104. Matthew Foran, 14, Salem, Mass., tutillary-tutelary
105. Maureen Mathews, 13, Solvay, N.Y., demijon-demijohn
106. Darienne Hosley, 11, Cheshire, Mass., heracy-heresy
107. Dominique Ponzio, 13, Norristown, Pa., gocive-jussive
Round 5:
108. Pelita Ann Ilao, 13, Tamuning, Guam, balfazer-balthazer
109. Steve Richardson, 12, Plantation, Fla., methusalah-methuselah
110. Heather Cassidy, 14, Lorain, Ohio, cinergy-synergy
111. Joshua Krekeler, 13, Cincinnati, Ohio, mansuitude-mansuetude
112. Emma Mae Miller, 13, Millersburg, Ohio, vituparatory-vituperatory
113. Kelley Teamey, 11, Klamath Falls, Ore., garbour-garbure
114. Maria Farrell, 13, Erlanger, Ky., satreppy-satrapy
115. Jennifer Yuengling, 13, Pottsville, Pa., chambrik-chambric
116. Danny Miller, 12, Bakersfield, Calif., hyperbally-hyperbole
117. Andrea Kilbride, 13, Philadelphia, Pa., imparlence-imparlance
118. Ronald Fein, 11, Kingston, N.Y., ochoppe-okapi
119. Shane Romie Eickholt, 13, Continental, Ohio, balalicha-balalaika
120. Karla Lorraine Miller, 13, Buchanan, Va., daishiki-dashiki
121. Patrick Ha, 11, Newburgh, Ind., rezile-resile
122. Johnny Ray Barnes, 13, Norge, Va., prosolitizer-proselytizer
123. Kristopher Gumper, 14, Parchment, Mich., epipy-epopee
124. Christopher Patil, 13, Omaha, Neb., paranomous-paronymous
125. Christina Ho, 11, Lima, Ohio, disphemism-dysphemism
126. John Delmonte, Jr. 13, Methuen, Mass., falknarian-faulknerian
127. Ann Sovar, 14, Seattle, Wash., kuros-kouros
128. Casey Swaney, 13, Fairchance, Pa., asicular-acicular
129. Sandhya Subramanian, 13, Schenectady, N.Y., clinquent-clinquant
130. Joe Turek, 13, Petersburg, Ill., fetta-feta
131. Kelly Lecker, 13, Cecil, Wisc., nout-knout
132. Akin Giles, 11, Oakland, Calif., badenage-badinage
133. Laurie Admiraal, 11, Grand Rapids, Mich., demagoric-demegoric
134. Michael J. Boehmke, 14, Prophetstown, Ill., musitation-mussitation
135. Victor Wang, 11, Camarillo, Calif., manipole-maniple
136. Mike Cukauskas, 14, Freeland, Pa., equis-equus
137. Courtney Starks, 13, Arvada, Colo.
Sixth round:
138. William Lee, 11, Decatur, Ill., rescension-recension
139. Clay Blankenship, 14, Tucumbia, Ala., trallatitious-tralatitious
140. Phil Hanes, 14, Florence, Kan., phillippic-philippic
141. Dung Minh Le, 14, Santa Ana, Calif., precenter-precentor
142. Canon Jade Beissel, 14, Raymond, Miss., meallyurism-meliorism
143. Thomas Smith, 14, Chesterhill, Ohio, urinology-uranology
144. Lyn Balsamo, 13, Northford, Conn., vexalolgy-vexillology
145. Kedra Haroldsen, 11, Pingree, Idaho, defibrulate-defibrillate
146. Kit Condill, 12, Arthur, Ill., boursuasie-bourgeoisie
Seventh round:
147. Gayla Bassham, 13, Hardy, Ariz., upsillon-upsilon
148. Marshall Cone, 13, Vienna, Va., largetto-larghetto
149. Amy McWhirther, 14, St. Joseph, Mich., thiozide-thiazide
150. Maris Mercier, 13, Scott, La., bonsi-bonsai
151. Bobbi Dykema, Strasburg, N.D., onslusch-anschluss
152. Tess Gallagher Vilade, 12, Walnut Creek, Calif., nickleite-niccolite
153. Jennifer Crall, 13, Caledonia, Calif., uxurious-uxorious
Eighth round:
154. Cathy Yvonne Caswell, 14, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, cognoisciente-cognoscente
155. Cyndy Chan, 14, Robins AFB, Ga., pentrill-pentryl
156. Reginald Calaguas, 13, Daly City, Calif., doscent-docent
157. Cindy Kriete, Arnold, Mo., elemosinary-eleemosynary
158. Kenneth Andrew Larson, 12, Jupiter, Fla., margeram-marjoram
Ninth round:
159. Leigh Atkinson, 14, Fort Worth, Texas, impromater-imprimatur
160. John Stephens, 13, Marshall, Texas, greecize-grecize
10th round:
161. Lori Miller, 14, Savannah, Mo., madris-madras
162. Jennifer Langan, 14, Kodiak, Alaska, fratton-frotton
163. Tamara Sherrell, 13, Morenci, Ariz., rabolasian-rabelaisian
11th round:
164. Charles Lewis, 14, Gettysburg, Pa., ovvilute-ovvolute
165. Mitsuko Igarashi, borcellino-borsalino
12th round:
No incorrect spellings.
13th round:
Tanya Zahava Solomon, 13, Kansas City, Mo., scyletsin-syllepsis
14th round:
Kate Lingley, 13, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, ferrago-farrago
Winner:
Balu Natarajan, 13, Bolingbrook, Ill. He correctly spelled farrago and milieu.
Ohio contestants eliminated Thursday from the 58th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, including words misspelled followed by correct spellings:
Round Five
Heather Cassidy, 14, Lorain, cinergy-synergy.
Joshua Krekeler, 13, Cincinnati, mansuitude-mansuetude.
Emma Mae Miller, 13, Millersburg, vituparatory-vituperatory.
Shane Romie Eickholt, 13, Continental, balalicha-balalaika.
ChriStina Ho, 11, Lima, disphemism-dysphemism.
Round Six
Thomas C. Smith, 14, Chesterhill, urinology-uranology.
Round Eight
Cathy Yvonne Caswell, 14, Cleveland Heights, cognoisciente-cognoscente.
