CHAMPIONS AND THEIR WINNING WORDS

YEAR WORD 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 gladiolus cerise luxuriance albumen asceticism fracas foulard knack torsion CHAMPION Frank Neuhauser Pauline Bell Dean Lucas Betty Robinson Virginia Hogan Helen Jensen Ward Randall Dorothy Greenwald Alma Roach SPONSOR Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio South Bend News-Tribune, South Bend, Indiana The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa White Hall Register-Republican, White Hall, Illinois Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio Portland Evening Express, Portland, Maine Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Times, Louisville, Kentucky Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas Des Moines Register & Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia

deteriorating Sarah Wilson intelligible interning Clara Mohler Jean Trowbridge

promiscuous Waneeta Beckley sanitarium canonical therapy initials sacrilegious semaphore chlorophyll Marian Richardson Elizabeth Ann Rice Laurel Kuykendall Louis Edward Sissman Richard Earnhart John McKinney Mattie Lou Pollard

1948 1949

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

1958 1959 1960 1961

1962 1963 1964 1965

Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio dulcimer Kim Calvin Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio, Diana Reynard and Colquitt meticulosity and Dean Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia insouciant Irving Belz Memphis Press Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee Winston-Salem Journal, vignette Doris Ann Hall Winston-Salem, North Carolina soubrette Elizabeth Hess Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Norristown Times Herald, transept William Cashore Norristown, Pennsylvania crustaceology Sandra Sloss St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri The Pittsburgh Press, condominium Melody Sachko Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania schappe Sandra Owen and Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, and Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Dana Bennett Colorado Topeka Daily Capital, syllepsis Jolitta Schlehuber Topeka, Kansas catamaran Joel Montgomery Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado The Knoxville News-Sentinel, eudaemonic Henry Feldman Knoxville, Tennessee smaragdine John Capehart Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Nettie Crawford and Texas, and esquamulose Michael Day St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri equipage Glen Van Slyke III The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee Akron Beacon Journal, sycophant William Kerek Akron, Ohio eczema Michael Kerpan Jr. Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma psychiatry Jean Chappelear

1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

ratoon Chihuahua abalone

Robert A. Wake Jennifer Reinke Robert L. Walters

interlocutory Susan Yoachum croissant shalloon macerate vouchsafe hydrophyte incisor narcolepsy cambist deification maculature elucubrate sarcophagus psoriasis Purim luge milieu odontalgia Libby Childress Jonathan Knisely Robin Kral Barrie Trinkle Julie Ann Junkin Hugh Tosteson Tim Kneale John Paola Peg McCarthy Katie Kerwin Jacques Bailly Paige Pipkin Molly Dieveney Blake Giddens Daniel Greenblatt Balu Natarajan Jon Pennington

Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska The Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas Fort Worth Press, Fort Worth, Texas Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama San Juan Star, San Juan, Puerto Rico Syracuse Herald Journal-American, Syracuse, New York The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois The Patriot News,

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

staphylococci Stephanie Petit elegiacal spoliator fibranne antipyretic lyceum kamikaze antediluvian xanthosis Rageshree Ramachandran Scott Isaacs Amy Marie Dimak Joanne Lagatta Amanda Goad Geoff Hooper Ned G. Andrews Justin Tyler Carroll

vivisepulture Wendy Guey euonym Rebecca Sealfon

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

chiaroscurist Jody-Anne Maxwell logorrhea demarche Nupur Lala George Abraham Thampy

succedaneum Sean Conley prospicience pococurante autochthonous Pratyush Buddiga Sai R. Gunturi

David Scott Pilarski Tidmarsh appoggiatura Anurag Kashyap Ursprache Kerry Close

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida Daily News, New York, New York Phillips & Phillips Stationery Suppliers, Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri Aitkin Independent Age, Aitkin, Minnesota Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California Asbury Park Press/Home News

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

serrefine guerdon Laodicean stromuhr

Evan M. O'Dorney Sameer Mishra Kavya Shivashankar Anamika Veeramani

cymotrichous Sukanya Roy guetapens Snigdha Nandipati

Tribune, Asbury Park, New Jersey Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio Times Leader Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania U-T San Diego San Diego, California