2026
2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion Shrey Parikh holds the Scripps Cup with Adam Symson, President & CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company

The 98th Scripps National Spelling Bee took place on May 28, 2026. It was held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and 247 spellers participated.

In 2026, the Bee moved back into downtown Washington, D.C., for the first time in 15 years, entering a new century of the organization with a brand-new stage at DAR Constitution Hall.

About the 98th Bee

Champion

Shrey Parikh

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Shrey Parikh, age 14, sponsored by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, won the $50,000 prize by correctly spelling the word “bromocriptine.”

Location

DAR Constitution Hall

Winning Word

bromocriptine(n)

broh-moh-KRIP-teen

a polypeptide alkaloid that is a derivative of ergot and mimics the activity of dopamine.

This word was formed from Greek and Latin elements.

OFFICIALS

Directors

Corrie Loeffler

Judges

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

Pronouncers

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

SPELLER ROSTER

  • Harper Adams
  • Aadhya Adhikari
  • Ananya Aggarwal
  • Krrisha Agrawal
  • Saruar Aitbayeva
  • Sach Akella
  • Park Allen
  • Jon Allen
  • Raven Amrhein
  • Joey Anandh
  • Claudio Ardanese
  • Ethan Atanga
  • Louis Avetis
  • Tucker Ayers
  • Shruthi Ayyagari
  • Warren Bacongallo
  • Logan Bailey
  • Nora Baker
  • Rithvi Balajee
  • Lauren Bannick
  • Shane Bannon Carrión
  • Layla Barrett
  • Megan Barrientos
  • Abhinav Bere
  • Hannah Best
  • David Betourne
  • Kiaan Bhatt
  • Ridhaan Bhattarai
  • Salonee Birabar
  • Alex Bocek
  • Heron Bothwell
  • Oliviah Braun
  • Vinny Brendel
  • Isaac Brogan
  • Ashley Bryner
  • Phaneendra Bulusu
  • Vedika Burman
  • Thivaan Butani
  • Ty Carver
  • Kirsten Cerdenia
  • Aayu Chamoli
  • Iris Chan
  • Hannah Chavez
  • Elyssa Chen
  • Vivaan Chintawar
  • Divya Choudhary
  • Adhrit Chowdhury
  • Caitlin Clonch
  • Aidan Cole
  • Logan Cox
  • Khusi Dahal
  • Karthik Dalai
  • Yohaan Damani
  • Minna Danziger
  • Ishani Dasgupta
  • Shaheli De Silva
  • Caleb DeVan
  • Sarv Dharavane
  • Nixon Diveley
  • Zian Doctolero
  • Emerson Duck
  • Avishka Dudala
  • Malayna Eichwald
  • Paranika Ethakota
  • Sarah Fernandes
  • JW Ford
  • Charlie Foshay
  • Emmalyn Franks
  • William Fuller
  • Leo Furlong
  • Aiden Galligan
  • Siddhesh Ganesh
  • Nikhil Ganta
  • Sophia Garcia
  • Thanvi Gatamaneni
  • Tia Geisler
  • Nihal Gelli
  • Isaac Geremew
  • Levi Goodwin
  • Kushi Gottimukkala
  • Lancaster Gramer
  • Jahmir Greaux
  • Beckett Griffin
  • David Grooms
  • Ishaan Gupta
  • Oliver Halkett
  • Luke Hand
  • Dean Handley Turner
  • Koen Harvey
  • Naqeeb Hossain
  • Caroline Hu
  • Charlie Huang
  • Siara Husain
  • Ethan Irimata
  • Bridget Isaacs
  • Addie Jackson
  • Akshara Jagannathan
  • Nicolás Jakymiw
  • Angelina James
  • Nayan Janumpally
  • Harini Jayakumar
  • Marian Jenkins
  • Jayden Jiang
  • Kai Johnson
  • Angelika Johnson
  • Langston Jones
  • Navika Joseph
  • Ananya Joshi
  • Suhani Joshi
  • Khloe Jumawan
  • Siyona Kandala
  • Grant Karberg
  • Quint Karlsson
  • Roshan Kaushik
  • Joseph Keffer
  • Wesley Kenlon
  • Seren Kim
  • Francis Kissinger
  • Priya Konduru
  • Kaz Kuldiloke
  • Hannah Kuo
  • Liam Kwon
  • Sreeya Lakkimsetti
  • Gentry Layton
  • Jayden Le
  • Warren Li
  • Victoria Li
  • Derek Li
  • Hannah Li
  • YY Liang
  • Esther Lin
  • Nora Lloyd
  • Nicole Lopez
  • Francis Luya
  • Isa Lyall Garces
  • Maxwell M.
  • Anay Mahesh
  • Sanjay Malhotra
  • Krish Manjunath
  • Moksh Maru
  • Esha Marupudi
  • Alex Mayes
  • Kingston McGhee
  • Kendall Mehl
  • Aiden Meng
  • Israel Mensah
  • Lauren Merillana
  • Chase Miller
  • Ray Mishra
  • Yahya Mohammed
  • Laasya Mohan
  • Aditi Mopur
  • Jupiter Morrow
  • Sonu Murali Mohan
  • Victoria Muturi
  • Sidharth Nair
  • Jay Nayak
  • Harrison Nguyen
  • Nirav Nimbarte
  • Connor Norton
  • Olive O’Brien
  • Sierra Oglesby
  • Josephine Omandam
  • Henry O’Neal
  • Haven Orsua
  • Keona-Dannette Osae-Twum
  • Eugene Osei
  • Nathan Padilla
  • Elliana Pagliarini
  • Smriti Parajuli
  • Arnie Parat
  • Sanskriti Parihar
  • Shrey Parikh
  • Sreeyansh Pasham
  • Riddhi Patel
  • Benjamin Pearson
  • Cindy Pelka
  • Kellian Peterson
  • Alec Phillips
  • Ashvin Pinnamaraju
  • Ava Place
  • Vera Prouty
  • Oscar Quezada
  • Genevieve Ramey
  • Bindi Ray
  • Brighid Reid
  • Benjamin Reinhard
  • Ethan Robert
  • Anirudh Roy
  • Elli Rust
  • Amazing-Grace Salami
  • Wade Salvey
  • Siya Sampath
  • Tommy Schervish
  • Owen Scott
  • Andie Seavey
  • Ryan Sekera
  • Priya Sekera
  • Arshan Shahriar
  • Manha Shaik
  • Kitcha Shankar
  • Iris Sharmaguo
  • Taran Shivkumar
  • Porter Shreve
  • Anna Sickler
  • Amrita Singh
  • Tristan Singh
  • Sam Smith
  • Zwe Spacetime
  • Sid Srinivasan
  • Kinley Strahm
  • Luke Sturlin
  • Yajur Subramaniam
  • Dhiya Sudhakar
  • Sophie Sung
  • Abheri Sureddi
  • Viky Tanamala
  • Hardit Tayal
  • Newton Temojo
  • Zachary Teoh
  • Sanil Thorat
  • Akshara Thummala
  • Nicholas Tian
  • Sariah Titus
  • Sydney Tran
  • Corbin Trevino
  • Meredith Trussell
  • Caerwyn Turnquest
  • London Tuttle
  • Chilaka Ugobi
  • PJ Vanderheiden
  • Arnav Vempati
  • Adarsh Venkannagari
  • Josh Verma
  • Sidhanth Vetrivel
  • Aadhya Vijayakumar
  • Meenakshi Vodela
  • Bryer Walters
  • Xander Weber
  • Felix Wells
  • Jacob Winfield
  • Naithik Yankarla
  • Logan Yuan
  • Isa Zaid
  • Hassan Zanoon
  • Seraj Zerhouni
  • Timon Zhang

* Winner
** Runner-Up