| 5. Rishik Gandhasri — Bay Area Regional Spelling Bee, San Francisco, California | myctophid | myctophid |
| 65. Simone Kaplan — The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | autotopagnosia | autotopagnosia |
| 88. Aisha Randhawa — The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California | cuirassier | cuirasseer |
| 93. Erin Howard — Adventure Travel, Birmingham, Alabama | tinaja | tinaja |
| 101. Nicholas D’Sa — The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California | oeconomus | oeconomus |
| 132. Saketh Sundar — Howard County Library, Columbia, Maryland | paxiuba | paxiuba |
| 252. Alice Liu — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | psoas | psoas |
| 257. Yolanda Ni — Mississippi Association of Educators, Jackson, Mississippi | Maillard | Maillard |
| 291. Navneeth Murali — Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Neptune, New Jersey | haustellum | haustellum |
| 304. Colette Giezentanner — Robert H. Sperreng Middle School, St. Louis, Missouri | concentus | concentus |
| 307. Shruthika Padhy — Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill, New Jersey | Borinqueño | Borinqueño |
| 354. Sohum Sukhatankar — Dallas Sports Commission, Dallas, Texas | Golconda | Golconda |
| 407. Abhijay Kodali — Dallas Sports Commission, Dallas, Texas | terrones | terrones |
| 427. Christopher Serrao — Discover Lehigh Valley, Allentown, Pennsylvania | atabaque | atabaque |
| 462. Rohan Raja — Dallas Sports Commission, Dallas, Texas | bozzetto | bozzetto |
| 562. Hephzibah Sujoe — Bethesda Christian School, Haltom City, Texas | flaser | flazur |