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Info
| Stage | Word Count |
| Finals (Second Stage) | 16 |
| Spellers Participating | Spellers Eliminated | Spellers Advancing | Percent Advancing |
16
| 7
| 9
| 56.3% |
Words
| kanone |
| arrhostia |
| carmagnole |
| soubresaut |
| pavillon |
| genestrole |
| vinhatico |
| chaitya |
| Praxitelean |
| paillasson |
| ispaghul |
| cabalassou |
| telyn |
| loratadine |
| jagüey |
| ceinture |
Paul Hamrick of Monterey, California spells soubresaut correctly in Round 9. Paul placed 35th in 2017. (Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee)
Round Results
| Preliminaries | Finals (First Stage) | Finals (Second Stage) |
| Preliminaries Test | Round 4 | Tiebreaker Test |
| Round 2 Vocabulary | Round 5 | Round 9 |
| Round 2 | Round 6 | Round 10 |
| Round 3 Vocabulary | Round 7 | Round 11 |
| Round 3 | Round 8 | Round 12 |
| Round 13 | ||
| Round 14 | ||
| Round 15 | ||
| Round 16 | ||
| Round 17 | ||
| Round 18 |