The
following are the
winning words in the Scripps Howard
National Spelling Bee from 1980 - 1999. Children under
16 and not above 8th grade are
elligible to
compete. The
winner in 1999 was Nupur Lala.
1980 - elucubrate
1981 - sarcophagus
1982 - psoriasis
1983 - purim
1984 - luge
1985 - milieu
1986 - odontalgia
1987 - staphylococci
1988 - elegiacal
1989 - spoliator
1990 - fibranne
1991 - antipyretic
1992 - lyceum
1993 - kamikaze
1994 - antediluvian
1995 - xanthosis
1996 - vivisepulture
Editors note:
Updating to make the list current and adding links so that people can see what the words mean.
1997 -
euonym
1998 -
chiaroscurist
1999 -
logorrhea
2000 -
demarche
2001 -
succedaneum
2002 -
prospicience
2003 -
pococurante
2004 -
autochthonous
2005 -
appoggiatura
2006 -
Ursprache
2007 -
seffefine
2008 -
guerdon
2009 -
Laodicean
2010 -
stromuhr
2011 -
cymotrichous
2012 -
guetapens