The runner-up was Stuti Mishra from West Melbourne, Florida, who misspelled schwarmerei and was eliminated.

[2] Nandipati received a $30,000 cash prize, an engraved trophy from the E. W. Scripps Company, a $2,500 savings bond from Merriam-Webster, a $5,000 scholarship from the Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation, $2,600 in reference works from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., and an online language course and Barnes & Noble Nook from Middlebury Interactive Languages.

Scores from the test were combined with the results of Rounds Two and Three to determine the semifinalists.

[8] There was one six-year-old, two eight-year-olds, one nine-year-old, 13 ten-year-olds, 26 eleven-year-olds, 69 twelve-year-olds, 96 thirteen-year-olds, 67 fourteen-year-olds, and three fifteen-year-olds.

[8] Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison was the youngest speller in bee history.