| Back to 2008 | On to 2010 |
Top Finishers
- 1st – Kavya Shivashankar
- T-2nd – Aishwarya Pastapur, Tim Ruiter
- 4th – Kyle Mou
- T-5th – Ramya Auroprem, Kennyi Aouad, Anamika Veeramani
- T-8th – Serena Laine-Lobsinger, Sidharth Chand, Neetu Chandak
- 11th – Tussah Hera
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Semifinals | Championship Finals |
| Round One Test | Round 4 | Round 7 |
| Round 2 | Round 5 | Round 8 |
| Round 3 | Round 6 | Round 9 |
| Round 10 | ||
| Round 11 | ||
| Round 12 | ||
| Round 13 | ||
| Round 14 | ||
| Round 15 | ||
| Round 16 |
Official PDFs & More
| General Info | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Championship Finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee (82nd) Wikipedia | Round One Test | Round 4 | Round 7 |
| Participants: 293 | Round 2 (Original Format) | Round 5 | Round 8 |
| Total Words: 700 | Round 2 (New Format) | Round 6 | Round 9 |
| Semifinalists | Round Three Study Guide | Round 10 | |
| Championship Finalists | Round 3 (Original Format) | Round 11 | |
| Winning Word: Laodicean | Round 3 (New Format) | Round 12 | |
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| Round 15 | |||
| Round 16 |
For 2010 and earlier, most round result files show random words under the “Correct Spelling” column, like stichometry where netsuke should be in 2010 Round 7. Most of the time, you can figure out which word was actually being asked based on the speller’s “Spelling Given.”
Past Scripps National Spelling Bees
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