The Scripps National Spelling Bee celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, but 101 has a nice ring to it as well.
This year, 247 of the brightest young minds have descended on Washington D.C., where they and everyone watching will hang on every letter as the field gets whittled down to one.
All 50 U.S. states will be represented, but representatives of Texas and Florida have had a premium on championships in recent years. Each of the last four and six of the last eight champions have come from one of those two states, which tend to send some of the largest delegations to the nation’s capital.
The Sporting News is tracking live updates and results from the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Follow along below with results from each round.
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Scripps National Spelling Bee results
Thursday, May 28
Spellers eliminated in Round 12 (spelling round)
- Aiden Meng (catometope)
- Oliver Halkett (Faesulae)
- Zwe Spacetime (vaesite)
- Avishka Dudala (oconee bells)
Spellers eliminated in Round 11 (vocabulary round)
- No spellers eliminated
Spellers eliminated in Round 10 (spelling round)
- No spellers eliminated
Wednesday, May 27
Spellers eliminated in Round 9 (spelling round)
- Esha Marupudi (polemonium)
- Olive O’Brien (martynia)
- Victoria Li (zinke)
- Arshan Shahriar (brinjarry)
- Isaac Brogan (resue)
- Shruthi Ayyagari (lecideiform)
- Lauren Merillana (Phthartolatrae)
- Wade Salvey (prie-dieu)
- Phaneendra Bulusu (lucinoid)
- Harini Jayakumar (Tainaron)
- Sach Akella (uredinium)
- Tia Geisler (mallophagan)
- William Fuller (Callery pear)
- Krish Manjunath (Delonix)
- Zachary Teoh (cultus)
Spellers eliminated in Round 8 (vocabulary round)
- Charlie Huang (A countenance refers to:)
- Ananya Aggarwal (A valise is:)
- Jay Nayak (Something described as indelible is:)
- Joey Anandh (An archaeopteryx is a type of:)
- Thivaan Butani (Someone described as prodigal is given to:)
Spellers eliminated in Round 7 (spelling round)
- Rithvi Balajee (colophene)
- Abheri Sureddi (nemaline)
- Benjamin Reinhard (lochage)
- Nikhil Ganta (carreta)
- Louis Avetis (pellitory)
- Sreeya Lakkimsetti (vancomycin)
- Yahya Mohammed (orosomucoid)
- Aditi Mopur (lacrimale)
- Leo Furlong (tremalith)
- Thanvi Gatamaneni (assacu)
- PJ Vanderheiden (osnaburg)
- Sarah Fernandes (manomin)
- Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum (amentiferous)
- Isaac Geremew (tangalung)
- YY Liang (ainhum)
- Chilaka Ugobi (vermorel)
- Jayden Jiang (tarantass)
- Salonee Birabar (yaguaza)
- Arnie Parat (sondeli)
- Anirudh Roy (drostdy)
- Siyona Kandala (garawi)
- Siya Sampath (Taguig)
- Laasya Mohan (querelae)
- Taran Shivkumar (cryosel)
- Ethan Robert (wachna)
Spellers eliminated in Round 6 (spelling round)
- Warren Li (scalenohedral)
- Seraj Zerhouni (Gaustark)
- Isa Zaid (ochlophobist)
- Vivaan Chintawar (symplectic)
- Adarsh Venkannagari (destrudo)
- Priya Konduru (gravamen)
- Kaz Kuldiloke (exaration)
- Yohaan Damani (halogeton)
- Connor Norton (puerperal)
- Corbin Trevino (aiguille)
- Ray Mishra (klinotaxis)
- Viky Tanamala (nightchurr)
Spellers eliminated in Round 5 (vocabulary round)
- Iris Sharmaguo (How would a rampart be used?)
- Moksh Maru (If something is inadvertent, it is:)
- Sanil Throat (If something is unequivocal, it:)
- Aiden Galligan (Something that is potable is:)
- Akshara Jagannathan (What is an incendiary?)
- Newton Temojo (To dissuade means to:)
- Meenakshi Vodela (What is acrimony?)
- Jayden Le (Something described as inane is:)
- Roshan Kaushik (What does it mean to inculcate someone?)
- Kitcha Shankar (A salvo is:)
- Suhani Joshi (Something described as bucolic relates to:)
- Raven Amrhein (What is asperity?)
Spellers eliminated in Round 4 (spelling round)
- Karthik Dalai (diachronic)
- Caerwyn Turnquest (imbricate)
- Ryan Sekera (cordiform)
- Tucker Ayers (colitis)
- Hardit Tayal (narratage)
- Anay Mahesh (fernbrake)
- Megan Barrientos (Yooper)
- Minna Danziger (trismus)
- Claudio Ardanese (slimicide)
- Yajur Subramaniam (manse)
- Vedika Burman
- Josh Verma
- Marian Jenkins
- Benjamin Pearson
- Luke Sturlin
- Ashley Bryner
- Nirav Nimbarte (recension)
Spellers eliminated in Round 3 (test round)
- Hassan Zanoon
- Aidan Cole
- Andie Seavey
- Ishani Dasgupta
- Elyssa Chen
- Nicole Lopez
- Derek Li
- Siara Husain
- Nora Baker
- Josephine Omandam
- Nihal Gelli
- Lancaster Gramer
- Nixon Diveley
- Ty Carver
- Park Allen
- Ethan Irimata
- Kirsten Cerdenia
- Kiaan Bhatt
- Hannah Best
- Porter Shreve
- Naqeeb Hossain
- Nayan Janumpally
- Paranika Ethakota
- Langston Jones
- Bindi Ray
- Sanjay Malhotra
- Divya Choudhary
- Sanskriti Parihar
- Sidhanth Vetrivel
- Anna Sickler
- Vera Prouty
- Riddhi Patel
- Harrison Nguyen
- Meredith Trussell
- Alex Mayes
- Emmalyn Franks
- Khusi Dahal
- Nicholas Tian
- Hannah Li
- Krrisha Agrawal
- Luke Hand
- Liam Kwon
- Owen Scott
- Saruar Aitbayeva
- Sophie Sung
- Angelika Johnson
- Jacob Winfield
- Joseph Keffer
- Aayu Chamoli
- Aadhya Adhikari
- Addie Jackson
- Francis Kissinger
- Maxwell M.
- Nora Lloyd
- Sid Srinivasan
- Elliana Pagliarini
- Nicolas Jakymiw
- Khloe Jumawan
- Manha Shaik
- Jupiter Morrow
- Ridhaan Bhattarai
- Haven Orsua
- Sreeyansh Pasham
- Zian Doctolero
- Timon Zhang
- Caroline Hu
- Warren Bacongallo
- Jahmir Greaux
- Israel Mensah
- Dhiya Sudhakar
- Ashvin Pinnamaraju
- Levi Goodwin
Tuesday, May 26
Spellers eliminated in Round 2 (vocabulary question)
- Smriti Parajuli (What does peruse mean?)
- Sydney Tran (Something described as jejune is:)
- Akshara Thummala (What is another word for collude?)
- Priya Sekera (A sepal is part of:)
- Seren Kim (What does it mean to beseech?)
- Eugene Osei (What is a cygnet?)
- Francis Luya (If something is sodden, it is:)
- Sonu Murali Mohan (An adage is:)
- Harper Adams (Stridency is:)
- Brighid Reid (To abscond is to:)
- Grant Karberg (A corollary is:)
- Ananya Joshi (Another word for sumptuous is:)
- Quint Karlsson (A troubadour is known for:)
- Heron Bothwell (A person described as recalcitrant is:)
- Beckett Griffin (Augury is a type of:)
- Sophia Garcia (What does ostensibly mean?)
- Amazing-Grace Salami (To corroborate something is to:)
- Sidharth Nair (Someone described as duplicitous:)
- Oscar Quezada (Something that is protean:)
- Sariah Titus (What does it mean to wheedle?)
- Shaheli De Silva (What is a knoll?)
- Naithik Yankarla (Something described as circuitous is:)
- Wesley Kenlon (Quid pro quo is:)
- Isa Lyall Garces (If something is described as whimsical, it:)
- Layla Barrett (Someone described as daft is:)
- Aadhya Vijayakumar (What does cupidity mean?)
- Arnav Vempati (A harrier is a type of:)
Spellers eliminated in Round 1 (incorrect word)
- Koen Harvey (burelage)
- Felix Wells (dysphasia)
- Amrita Singh (zimocca)
- Navika Joseph (eisteddfod)
- Nathan Padilla (Aesculapius)
- JW Ford (succorance)
- Kai Johnson (outre)
- Hannah Kuo (goondie)
- Sam Smith (scrofula)
- Logan Cox (teocalli)
- Angelina James (mille-feuille)
- Chase Miller (alcarraza)
- Kingston McGhee (Strelitzia)
- Vinny Brendel (fin de siecle)
- Bridget Isaacs (auwai)
- Cindy Pelka (aspidistra)
- London Tuttle (sakura)
- Kinley Strahm (rickettsial)
- David Betourne (gayatri)
- Malayna Eichwald (coccygeal)
- Caleb DeVan (Devanagari)
- Kellian Peterson (tambour)
- Oliviah Braun (schwegel)
- Tristan Singh (toreutics)
- Ethan Atanga (cynghanedd)
- Dean Handley Turner (betise)
- Alec Phillips (catachresis)
- Henry O’Neal (maerl)
- Charlie Foshay (toggenburg)
- Ava Place (Galahad)
How to watch Spelling Bee 2026
- Date: Tuesday, May 26-Thursday, May 28
- TV channel: ION, Scripps Sports Network
- Live stream: fubo, Prime Video
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will be broadcast live on ION for the semifinal and final rounds. Cord-cutters can also follow later-round action live on fubo, which offers a free trial for all new users.
The preliminary round and quarterfinals will air on the Scripps Sports Network, which is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Spelling Bee schedule 2026
Here’s a look at the television schedule for each day of competition in Washington D.C.
| Round | Date | Time (ET) | Channel | Stream |
| Preliminaries | Tuesday, May 26 | 8 a.m.-3 p.m. | Scripps Sports | Prime Video |
| Quarterfinals | Wednesday, May 27 | 8 a.m.-1 p.m. | Scripps Sports | Prime Video |
| Semifinals | Wednesday, May 27 | 8-10 p.m. | ION | fubo |
| Finals | Thursday, May 28 | 8-10 p.m. | ION | fubo |
