| Back to 2015 | On to 2017 |
Top Finishers
- T-1st – Nihar Janga, Jairam Hathwar
- 3rd – Snehaa Ganesh Kumar
- 4th – Sylvie Lamontagne
- 5th – Smrithi Upadhyayula
- 6th – Rutvik Gandhasri
- T-7th – Mitchell Robson, Sreeniketh Vogoti, Cooper Komatsu
- 10th – Jashun Paluru
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Finals (First Stage) | Finals (Second Stage) |
| Preliminaries Test | Round 4 | Round 8 |
| Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 5 | Round 9 |
| Round 2 | Round 6 | Round 10 |
| Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 7 | Round 11 |
| Round 3 | Round 12 | |
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| Round 39 |
Official PDFs & More
| General Info | Preliminaries | Finals (First Stage) | Finals (Second Stage) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee (89th) Wikipedia | Preliminaries Test | Round 4 | Round 8 |
| Participants: 284 | Round Two Study Guide | Round 5 | Round 9 |
| Finalist Cutoff Score: 27/36 | Round Two Study Words | Round 6 | Round 10 |
| Finalists | Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 7 | Round 11 |
| Championship Finalists | Round 2 | Spellers Continuing in Finals | Round 12 |
| Total Words: 753 (739 excluding vocabulary) | Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 13 | |
| Winning Words: Feldenkrais, gesellschaft | Round 3 | Round 14 | |
| Summary Results for the Preliminaries | Round 15 | ||
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| Round 39 |
Akash Vukoti, a six-year-old and the Bee’s youngest-ever contestant, answers questions from an ESPN reporter during the Finals. (Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee)
Past Scripps National Spelling Bees
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