2022

The 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee took place on June 2nd, 2022. It was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, and 234 spellers participated.

The 2022 Finals ended with the first onstage Spell-off between the final two contestants. In 90 seconds, Harini Logan spelled 22 words correctly to win!

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About the 94th Bee

Champion

Harini Logan

San Antonio, Texas

Harini Logan, age 14, sponsored by the Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre Association, won the $50,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “moorhen.”

Harini is a student at Saint Mary’s Hall prep school in San Antonio, Texas. She earned a full scholarship to attend the school.

Location

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

at the Maryland Ballroom

Winning Word

moorhen(n)

MOOR-hen

the female of the red grouse.

This word is originally English.

OFFICIALS

Directors

Dr. J. Michael Durnil

Judges

  • Mary Brooks
  • Sameer Mishra
  • Barrie Trinkle
  • Ben Zimmer
  • Frank Cahill
  • Kristin Hawkins
  • George Thampy

Pronouncers

  • Dr. Jacques Bailly
  • Dr. Brian Sietsema
  • Dr. Kevin Moch

SPELLER ROSTER

  • Sulayman Abdirahman
  • Annie-Lois Acheampong
  • Nagi Aitbayeva
  • Ariel Alhouwari
  • Aliyah Alpert
  • Pranav Anandh
  • Ava Anderson
  • Victor Andrews
  • Antonia Antov
  • Riya Anumakonda
  • Skeyla Asadi
  • Quinten Atutis
  • Ananya Augustine
  • Advaith Balakrishnan
  • Nesika Bellville
  • Ka’Mauri Best
  • Dhroov Bharatia
  • Varshitha Bojanapati
  • Gustavo Brignoni
  • Echo Brock
  • Brielle Brown
  • Daanya Butt
  • Luc Calagsing
  • Miriam Campfield
  • Addison Champion
  • Christian Cherian
  • Vikrant Chintanaboina
  • Eli Cokelet
  • Katherine Connolly
  • Joseph Constantine
  • Wesley Cooper
  • Shadya Coureur
  • Elise Cournoyer
  • Isabella Cowan
  • Dahlia Cunningham
  • Paula Daglieri
  • N’Adom Darko-Asare
  • Edith Dawson
  • Peyton DeMichele
  • Shaylynn Dennis
  • Dhagash Desai
  • Jonathan Dezir
  • Japleen Dhillon
  • Harshavardhan Dinesh
  • Joshua Diocares
  • Parker Dodge
  • Chris Dominick
  • Emily Doudna
  • Rex Dover
  • Frank Dumas IV
  • Eyianna Dunn
  • Logan Edwards
  • John Eoh
  • Vale Esposito
  • Achyut Ethiraj
  • Samuel Evans
  • Gabriel Fang
  • Willard Felton III
  • Joseph Finnerty
  • Maximilian Foley
  • John Folsom
  • Jocelyne Francom
  • David Fyffe
  • Noemi Galan
  • Angelina Gampala
  • Jose Garcia
  • Lainey Gardner
  • Luna Gasevic
  • Akhil Giddaluri
  • Amelia Glass
  • Leanna Gonzales
  • Eric Goroza
  • Levi Gould
  • Sydney Graham
  • Tallulah Green Hull
  • Aisha Haque
  • Mackenzie Harmon
  • Akira Harris
  • Maximilian Hernandez
  • Hudson Himmerich
  • Jeffrey Hsia
  • Leila Hu
  • Miles Hubbert
  • Isaac Imboden
  • Krishang Indaana
  • Noemie Jackson-Weaver
  • Maya Jadhav
  • Wyatt Jalocha
  • Harini Jayakumar
  • Rishidharan Jayakumar
  • Aydin Jones
  • Tessa Jones
  • Aroosh Kaleem
  • Ananya Kannan
  • Moksh Kanukurthy
  • Surya Kapu
  • Nitya Kathiravan
  • Tejas Katira
  • Sirjana Kaur
  • Zoë Keith
  • Jonathan Kelly
  • Jason Khan
  • Priana Khant
  • Avyay Kodali
  • Michael Kolagani
  • Arnav Kolluru
  • Shivam Kolwalkar
  • Mihir Konkapaka
  • Rehan Koshy
  • Riya Koya
  • Aaron Kuebler
  • Jie Laboriante
  • Jeremy Landau
  • Luke LaValley
  • Cyrus Law
  • Kaitlyn Lee
  • Daniel Lemus
  • Chloe Lesher
  • Julianne Liliestedt
  • Harini Logan
  • Abigail Lollis
  • Sophia Lopez
  • Jia Xin Sophia Lu
  • Andrew Macdonald
  • Saketh Madhusudhan
  • Mya Maijala
  • Emma Maldarelli
  • Zain Malik
  • Jianna Marina
  • Dominic Marroquin
  • Henry Mathewes
  • Gavin Maxey
  • Makayla McGuire
  • Bryce Cedric Melgar
  • Bryan Milstead
  • Natalie Moeller
  • Cole Moore
  • Isaac Morowitz
  • Harini Murali
  • Nimal Murugan
  • Rumaysa Nadeem
  • Merit Namaste-Rose
  • Tarini Nandakumar
  • Bryce Nguyen
  • Nam Nguyen
  • Tyler Nuttall
  • Kalleb Oliveira
  • Henry Olsen
  • Parker Pacifico
  • Charlie Palmore
  • Arnav Parat
  • Shrey Parikh
  • Prince Kavant Parker Brown
  • Samuel Passe
  • Abhilash Patel
  • Ella Pettyjohn
  • Aiden Pham
  • Abram Polley
  • Ananya Rao Prassanna
  • Avinav Prem Anand
  • Shradha Rachamreddy
  • Mujtaba Raja
  • Vikram Raju
  • Emerson Rakes
  • Tara Rakesh
  • Naresh Ram
  • Tejas Raman
  • Ishan Ramrakhiani
  • Lara Randhawa
  • Ekansh Rastogi
  • Vikram Reddy
  • Alexis Reel
  • Randell John Rhoads
  • Amelia Rice
  • Nathaniel Rimocal
  • Ellen Roberts
  • Juan Rondeau
  • Jane Ross
  • Benjamin Rozema
  • Pihu Sahai
  • Safiullah Sajid
  • Maria Del Carmen Sanchez
  • Manvitha Sanjaya
  • Kirsten Tiffany Santos
  • Brody Santos
  • Petra Sarpong
  • Sahasrad Sathish
  • Wolfgang Schaff
  • Tristan Schneichel
  • William Scialla
  • Roy Seligman
  • Julia Settevendemie
  • Rayeann Sharma
  • Aditi Shashidhara
  • Yash Shelar
  • Aanya Shetty
  • Vihaan Sibal
  • Navtaj Singh
  • Armaan Singhvi
  • Shijay Sivakumar
  • Shreeya Sivakumar
  • Andrew Smith
  • Bruhat Soma
  • Kai Soo
  • Sahana Srikanth
  • Micah Sterling
  • Brooklyn Stewart
  • Se’lah Sutton
  • Braydon Syx
  • Garrick Tam
  • Jacob Theaker
  • Sahil Thorat
  • Kaitlyn Toole
  • Justin Tran
  • Sophia Tun
  • Ishika Varipilli
  • Vivinsha Veduru
  • Aadhavan Veerendra
  • Ana Guadalupe Villagomez
  • Akash Vukoti
  • Deetya Vuppala
  • Saharsh Vuppala
  • Tyler Wagner
  • Lillian Wallace
  • Charlotte Walsh
  • Grant Ward
  • Ellette Whitcomb
  • Jessica Widodo
  • Graham Woodruff
  • Rachel Xiang
  • Andrew Yeager
  • Matthew Yi
  • Marium Zahra
  • Faith Zapata

* Winner
** Runner-Up