2023

The 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee took place on June 1st, 2023. It was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, and 231 spellers participated.

This was the first year that Corrie Loeffler led the Bee as Executive Director. She competed at the National Competition in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and began working for the Bee full-time in 2006.

About the 95th Bee

Champion

Dev Shah

Largo, Florida

Dev Shah, age 14, sponsored by the SNSB Region One Bee, won the $50,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “psammophile.”

Dev is a student at Largo High School in Largo, Florida. Since his championship, he has appeared on the Bee broadcast on Ion and has written articles about his Bee experience for publications such as The Washington Post and Education Week.

Location

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

at the Maryland Ballroom

Winning Word

psammophile(n)

SAM-uh-fahyl

an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils or areas.

This word is from Greek.

OFFICIALS

Directors

Corrie Loeffler

Judges

  • Mary Brooks
  • Dr. Kavya Shivashankar
  • Barrie Trinkle
  • Peter Sokolowski
  • Sameer Mishra
  • Ben Zimmer
  • Kristin Hawkins
  • George Thampy
  • Frank Cahill

Pronouncers

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

SPELLER ROSTER

  • Khadijah Abdul-Rahman
  • Sumayya Ahmad
  • Anwesha Ahmed
  • Aaditya Aiyer
  • Angelo Aldoph
  • Sarina Ali
  • Oviya Amalraj
  • Pranav Anandh
  • Zeeshan Anower
  • Colby Armes
  • Matthew Baber
  • Opemipo Balogun
  • Abdel-Malik Bazzar
  • Bryce Beckley
  • Liam Bedinghaus
  • Elizabeth Beers
  • Mariam Belkouchi
  • Rainaa Bhupesh
  • Sanchali Bohacek
  • Shrethan Botla
  • Jean Bounkousonh
  • Brady Bowers
  • Isaac Boyce
  • Stephen Briscoe
  • Isaac Brogan
  • Luke Brown
  • Noah Brumfield
  • Luc Calagsing
  • Jerald Jude Campana
  • Isabella Carver
  • Eliana Castro
  • Sophia Chan
  • Stephen Chehata
  • Gabriella Chiang
  • Vikrant Chintanaboina
  • Annette Chu
  • Mariah Coffey
  • Joseph Constantine
  • Wesley Cooper
  • Henry Corcoran
  • Mason Coulthard
  • Elise Cournoyer
  • Arielle Dahan
  • Arth Dalsania
  • Hazel Danziger
  • N’Adom Darko-Asare
  • Nayara de Silva-Ahmed
  • Emily Demlow
  • Shaylynn Dennis
  • Luke DiMaso
  • Audrey Dougherty
  • Rex Dover
  • Declan Durand
  • Navya Dwivedi
  • Logan Edwards
  • Elijah Elledge
  • Jaxon Escobar
  • Vale Esposito
  • Achyut Ethiraj
  • Kamsiyochukwu Ezugwu
  • Siqi Fang
  • Madeline Feinstein
  • Arren Feliciano
  • Sarah Fernandes
  • Orlando Fernández Valera
  • Markus Ferrara
  • Charli Fickbohm
  • Ava Flores
  • Garrett Fry
  • Alec Gallahan
  • Lainey Gardner
  • Luna Gasevic
  • Tia Geisler
  • Isaac Geremew
  • Ian Gibson
  • Daphne Gil
  • Peyton Goldenstein
  • Sriya Gomatam
  • Lancaster Gramer
  • Gabe Grierson
  • Ajay Gundlapalli
  • Morgan Harms
  • Isaiah Henry
  • Cheyenne Hensley
  • Lesly Hernandez Martin
  • Nathaniel Hersey
  • Evangelene Hill
  • Chuxia Huang
  • Tanoshi Inomata
  • Kavya Jakasania
  • Baruni Jakkula
  • Rishidharan Jayakumar
  • Shwetha Jayakumar
  • Eleanor Jeavons
  • Lucas Jeppesen
  • Lindsey Jessen
  • Steven Jiang
  • Jack Jiang
  • Widley Joseph
  • Reyansh Joshi
  • Sarvadnya Kadam
  • Ruby Kadera
  • Siyonamithra Kandala
  • Vihaan Kapil
  • Noah Kaplan
  • Surya Kapu
  • Sharanya Kar
  • Maximus Katsoulis
  • Hannah Kauffman
  • Lucas Ke
  • Aria Khambhati
  • Priana Khant
  • Aryan Khedkar
  • Vishrut Kinikar
  • Rohith Konduri
  • Mihir Konkapaka
  • Tyler Kulikosky
  • Sonia Kulkarni
  • Mychelle Kumah
  • Phoebe Laguna
  • Saisurya Lakkimsetti
  • Iris LaMoreaux
  • Keith Lee
  • Lucas Lee
  • Arlenn Lesko
  • Lawrence Liao
  • Aaron Lim
  • Emma Liu
  • Brian Liu
  • Andrew Macdonald
  • Vihaan Mahajan
  • Akshay Manikandan
  • Westin Martin
  • Clara Mervak
  • Christian Miller
  • Zion Miller
  • Bryan Milstead
  • Opal Mishra
  • Julianna Mullins
  • Julia Murillo-Nuñez
  • Aditi Muthukumar
  • Tarini Nandakumar
  • Atharv Narvekar
  • Kenley Neal
  • Julissa Negron
  • Luke Nguyen
  • Advait Nishit
  • Janice Nketsiah
  • Francis Nnodi
  • Tyler Nolte
  • Lukas Nowak
  • Karen Opoku-Appoh
  • Roberto Ortiz
  • Alexander Ottens
  • Raana Parchuri
  • Lucas Parker
  • Aiden Pham
  • Ananya Rao Prassanna
  • Avinav Prem Anand
  • Shradha Rachamreddy
  • Sandhana Rajesh
  • Tara Rakesh
  • Avijeet Randhawa
  • Srinidhi Rao
  • William Rausch
  • Lila Rechel
  • Rishaan Reddy
  • Kai Richardson
  • Nathaniel Rimocal
  • Juan Rondeau
  • Natalie Russ
  • Joscelyn Ryan
  • Siya Sampath
  • Lance Sanchez
  • Simran Sanders
  • Kirsten Santos
  • Penelope Sargeant
  • Debosrijo Saheb Sarkar
  • Sydney Seavey
  • Rohan Sekar
  • Nathan Settevendemie
  • Dev Shah
  • Reid Shaw
  • Aanya Shetty
  • Gavin Sigua
  • Eli Simundza
  • Jupharnoor Singh
  • Navtaj Singh
  • Armaan Singhvi
  • Owen Smielewski
  • Bridget Smith
  • Cooper Smith
  • Aiza Soherwardy
  • Bruhat Soma
  • Tazbah Spruhan
  • Manu Sripathi
  • Micah Sterling
  • Dhruv Subramanian
  • Ayesha Syed
  • Tyler Tang
  • Richard Tang
  • Kayla Tenney Villalobos
  • Jacob Theaker
  • Archer Thompson
  • Sahil Thorat
  • Sariah Titus
  • Olivia Tolentino
  • Sofia Tommey Wu
  • Arnav Tonde
  • Justin Tran
  • Evan Trieu
  • Evander Turner
  • Craig Ulrey
  • Wes Underwood
  • Bella Van
  • Ishika Varipilli
  • Brihasa Veduru
  • Adarsh Venkannagari
  • Kenzo Veron
  • Sidhanth Nandhan Vetrivel
  • Roberto Villasboas
  • Akash Vukoti
  • Charlotte Walsh
  • Emelia Whitebone
  • Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya
  • Joy-Den Wilson
  • Graham Woodruff
  • Lora Wu
  • Leo Wu
  • Faizan Zaki
  • Jayden Zheng

* Winner
** Runner-Up