About Spellpundit

SpellPundit is dedicated to helping students prepare smarter for vocabulary and spelling bee competitions with comprehensive word lists, personalized practice, and intelligent learning tools designed around the way each student learns.

From school and district/county bees to regional and national competitions, SpellPundit brings the words, resources, and practice tools you need into one place. Our learning system helps students discover what to study, practice words they need to strengthen, and build mastery through spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, word origins, roots, patterns, and more.

Whether you are preparing for a school spelling bee, district or county competition, regional bee, or the national stage, SpellPundit provides the resources and guided practice to take you from learning words to mastering them.

One platform. Smarter practice. A more personalized path to spelling bee success.

What makes spellpundit great?

Comprehensive Word Lists

At SpellPundit, we have condensed the vast vocabulary of the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary into carefully organized word lists focused on what spellers need for spelling bee preparation, arranged by increasing difficulty.

Easy to Use

SpellPundit has a user-friendly interface that works in desktop and mobile browsers, allowing students to prepare from almost anywhere.

Fast and Accurate Preparation

Every word set can be prepared in both Learning Mode and Testing Mode, allowing students to move from learning a word to actively recalling it.

Intelligent Practice That Learns From You

SpellPundit is evolving beyond traditional word-list preparation into a more personalized learning experience.

Software and Word Lists

SpellPundit Software

All SpellPundit sets are enabled with two modes of preparation: Learning Mode and Testing Mode. In Learning Mode, the speller is provided with the word and all its information (audio pronunciations, part of speech, language of origin, definition) in a flashcard format. The word may also include a “hint,” which are usually language patterns or roots associated with the word, to facilitate their learning of the word. In Testing Mode, the speller is provided with all the word’s information (audio pronunciations, part of speech, language of origin, definition) and must type in the correct spelling of the word.

SpellPundit’s software tracks all the words a speller misspells and provides spellers with the option to review only their previously misspelled words in future attempts. Spellers are also given the option to “flag” words in each setand prepare these words separately. Reports of a speller’s progress and performance can be generated at any time so that the speller can identify words that need further preparation.

For effective learning, it is recommended that a speller studies every word through the Learning Mode before evaluating themselves through the Testing Mode. Afterwards, the speller should review the words they misspelled through the Learning Mode, then use the Testing Mode to test themselves on their mistakes.

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Spelling Word Lists

SpellPundit provides meticulously curated word lists that serve as essential tools for spelling and vocabulary bee participants. These word lists cover a wide range of difficulty levels, from beginner to advanced spellers. All the words from dictionary condensed to about 120,000 by removing auxiliary words (e.g. keep cushion, but remove cushions, cushiony, cushioning, cushionless etc.). Almost every word in the dictionary is in SpellPundit. The words are arranged in 10 Word Lists with increasing difficulty.

For most words roots, spelling rules, and other information is provided to help speller learn words effectively.

SpellPundit also has word lists for roots, homonyms,scientific words, and geographic words.

Additional information about word lists is here

Vocabulary Word Lists

The Scripps National Spelling Bee and various regional spelling bees also test students on vocabulary. To help with vocabulary preparation, the vocabulary words and their meanings are provided in the SpellPundit’s vocabulary word lists. These lists are arranged in small sets that can be practiced in both Learning Mode and Testing Mode, and SpellPundit’s software will facilitate the preparation of up to a several thousand vocabulary words per day. At this rate, vocabulary preparation for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and other bees can be completed in a few days. Over the last three years, more than 90% of the vocabulary words asked at national competitions came from the vocabulary word lists.

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Module

The prefixes, suffixes, and roots are the basic building blocks of many words (especially those from Latin and Greek origins), and they play a critical role in spelling and vocabulary. About 2,000 common prefixes, suffixes, and roots from various languages are compiled in this module. In the Learning Mode, the speller is able to see the root, its definition, its origin, along with a few example words. The Testing Mode allows the speller to quiz themselves on the definitions of these roots in a multiple-choice format. This module is important to build a strong foundation of roots for success in competitions.

Homonyms Module

Homonyms are words with the same pronunciation but different spellings and definitions. Spellers must be able to distinguish between homonyms and spell the correct one, making them some of the most confusing words asked in spelling bees. SpellPundit’s Homonym Module allows spellers to learn how to distinguish about 4,000 homonym words from each other and eliminate confusion! In the Learning Mode, a speller is shown all the homonyms associated with a particular word and their definitions. The Testing Mode then allows spellers to practice these words so that homonyms can be tackled easily during competitions. The Homonym Module is one of the most unique and useful word lists that SpellPundit provides.

Custom Word Lists

SpellPundit can generate custom word lists on request. Some examples of custom word lists are words from a particular spelling bee’s list or words from a certain category (ex. Geographical names, world currencies, animal/plant genus names).

Word Lists	Word Count
Spelling Word List 1	7,465
Spelling Word List 2	8,400
Spelling Word List 3	9,400
Spelling Word List 4	8,800
Spelling Word List 5	15,150
Spelling Word List 6	14,200
Spelling Word List 7	11,700
Spelling Word List 8	11,100
Spelling Word List 9	15,200
Spelling Word List 10	14,400
Vocabulary Word List 1	7,400
Vocabulary Word List 2	8,400
Vocabulary Word List 3	9,150
Vocabulary Word List 4	8,800

Spellpundit Videos

Competitions

SpellPundit resources are designed to prepare students for these competitions.

SpellPundit National Spelling Bee

Scripps National Spelling Bee

North South Foundation

South Asian Spelling Bee

North American Spelling Champion Challenge

Spandana Spelling Bee

WishWin

WIZ Spelling Bee

TGSBC Spelling Bee

Testimonials

"SpellPundit is an all-around amazing resource that was instrumental in my preparation and eventual win of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Since 5th grade, the comprehensive word lists and well run bees gave me support at every step of my spelling journey. The team was also extremely flexible and helped support me through their expertise. Thank you so much to SpellPundit for all their help."

Shrey Parikh - 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion & 2026 SpellPundit National Spelling Bee Champion.

"We have been using SpellPundit for almost three years now, and it has been an important part of my son Arshan’s spelling journey.

The newest addition of the Crash Course and Advanced Coaching made a remarkable difference in Arshan’s performance this year, contributing to his tie for 10th place. The Advanced Coaching helped build a strong foundation in vocabulary, language patterns, and word knowledge, while the Crash Course brought structured quizzing and motivation. The opportunity to practice and learn alongside peers at a very reasonable cost, made the experience genuinely worthwhile. His growth was greatly boosted by SpellPundit’s combination of practice tools, coaching, and ongoing support, which played a key role in helping him reach that milestone.

What truly sets SpellPundit apart is that it feels like much more than a website. Throughout the journey, whenever we reached out, whether for technical issues, preparation advice, resource suggestions, identifying improvement areas, understanding where he stood, or guidance during Scripps preparation, we consistently received prompt, thoughtful, and personalized support. It did not matter whether it was a weekday, weekend, morning, or evening, we always felt accompanied & cared for.

Thank you to the entire SpellPundit team for being such a valuable part of this journey. Wishing you continued success in helping many more young spellers achieve their goals."

Arshan Shahriar, 10th place in 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"I am forever grateful to the Spellpundit team for providing guidance and comprehensive word lists. I correlate my success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee to Spellpundit. I also recommend participating in the Spellpundit bees as they are well organized. I am thankful to the Dasari family and Spellpundit. I wholeheartedly recommend Spellpundit to anyone vying for the Scripps Cup!"

Dev Shah, 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion

"SpellPundit is a very valuable resource in my spelling bee preparation. SpellPundit organizes its words into modules and sets, and it also allows you to group together missed words and starred words. Its lists make preparation for spelling bees much less time consuming and more efficient. The more recent modules such as the geographical module are also useful for current spelling bees. I would like to thank the SpellPundit team for creating SpellPundit as it has been the best computer program I have used for spelling and vocabulary."

Shradha Rachamreddy, 2023 SpellPundit National Online Spelling Bee Champion

"Zailla said she studied 13,000 words a day using SpellPundit"

Washington Post July 9 2021

"I became good at spelling by mostly studying using a program called SpellPundit," she said. The studying has definitely paid off!

Zaila Avant-garde
New Orleans News July 9 2021

"In February 2021, I started serious spelling again and I was only mastered with level 1 of spellpundit then. Within a year I went through almost every module of spellpundit for spelling and vocabulary. That's more than 100k words for spelling. Mastering so many words with oral quizzing is very difficult and will take many man hours. It was easy to do with spellpundit with its features of additional information, starred words and archived words. Recently many competitions ask geographical, phrased and scientific type words and Spellpundit has them covered and gives you an idea to search for more words from the dictionary. Also custom lists made it easy for me to upload the words that I got from dictionary diving. My spelling journey was made easy by using spellpundit and it gave me the confidence to go to any competition.

I could not participate in my regional bees in 6th and 7th grade with my twin brother in the same school. SpellPundit competitions gave me the necessary confidence and practice for the other bees.They are well conducted with professional pronouncers and judges. Overall, spellpundit played a pivotal role in my spelling journey."

Deetya Vuppala, 2022 World Spelling Bee Championship champion and 2022 SpellPundit National Online Spelling Bee Co-champion

"SpellPundit is an invaluable resource for people of all levels to succeed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and other national bees. Their word lists contain the pronunciation, part of speech, language of origin, and definition for each and every word which saved me many hours during my preparation. The software is extremely efficient and helped me go from complete beginner to winning the SpellPundit National Bee and placing high in other bees such as South Asian Spelling Bee, WishWin, and North South Foundation all in less than a year and a half. Thank you to the Dasari family and other past Scripps competitors for making this amazing program which helped me and will help many aspiring spellers in years to come."

Yash Shelar, 2022 SpellPundit National Online Spelling Bee Co-champion

"SpellPundit has been an indispensable part of my spelling journey. The word lists in spellpundit helped me not only with spelling but also with vocabulary.

I started serious spelling in the middle of fourth grade and at that point it seemed a daunting task to master so many words. I discovered SpellPundit that summer and the way it is organized helped me prioritize, plan and prepare for different spelling competitions.The features I like are archived words, learning mode, star words, custom lists (that I can upload after dictionary diving) and related words. The root word lists and additional information sections help in improving the foundations of spelling like spelling rules and roots.

My twin sister , Deetya also does spelling and it's not always possible for my mom to quiz all the words. SpellPundit has been very handy in this case and helped in organizing my work and makes my preparation more efficient. I am also happy with how fast the website is and rarely find any issues with it."

Saharsh Vuppala, 4th place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 2021 SpellPundit National Online Spelling Bee Champion

"SpellPundit has helped me throughout my spelling bee journey. Its archives and favorites lists help me target the areas that I have most trouble with and correct them. Its division of words into word lists and sets organize words in a systematic and structured way. Its custom spelling and vocabulary lists allow me to compile all the words I often make a mistake on so I can decrease my practice time while maximizing it to the fullest ability. Overall, SpellPundit is efficient, effective, and easy to use and I highly recommend it for future spellers. I am so thankful to the SpellPundit team and the Dasari family."

Kirsten Santos, 5th place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"I express all my gratitude for the SpellPundit Team and their website. SpellPundit was tremendously helpful during my spelling bee journey. It paved a way for me to study efficiently when others weren't available. I enjoyed their archived and mistakes feature, as it let me review words that gave me trouble. Without the incredible support of SpellPundit, I would not have achieved great heights in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, North South Foundation, or the South Asian Spelling Bee. I show all my appreciation to the Dasari family and their wonderful team of pronouncers and editors for the SpellPundit website."

Abhilash Patel, 5th place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling BeeBee

"Spellpundit is extremely useful for a speller to use on their journey and helps a lot with Roots, Homonyms, Spelling, and Vocabulary. It is split into sections of words based on difficulty or where they come from, and this provides an easy method of learning by tackling each module separately. I feel that SpellPundit has guided my path in spelling and it will continue to do so for future spellers to come."

Nitya Kathiravan, 9th place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"Spellpundit is an extremely helpful resource for spellers aspiring to do well in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and many other spelling bees. There are a wide range of word lists such as vocabulary, roots, and homonyms word lists that help with every aspect of preparation. In addition to the variety of word lists in Spellpundit, the word lists are arranged at a specific level of difficulty making it convenient for spellers to know which word lists to start with. My favorite aspects of Spellpundit are the ability to mark words that might give you trouble and the archived feature that allows you to view your missed words at any time after using the testing mode. Whenever I could not be quizzed by my parents or sister, I could easily use Spellpundit to practice on my own with efficiency. Spellpundit is a great resource that played a key part in my spelling journey and will continue to help many spellers in the future!"

Shijay Sivakumar, 9th place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"SpellPundit is a great platform to use to test your knowledge of spelling, vocabulary, as well as roots, especially for the national level of competition. It offers a wide variety of difficulty and distribution which helps spellers gain understanding for a broad spectrum of languages.

SpellPundit National bees have significantly helped me while I was focusing on preparation for Nationals in 2021 and 2022, because they allow you to practicespelling unfamiliar words and speaking under time pressure. The words chosen are selected for the speller's benefit to maximize the amount we learn, and I am grateful to SpellPundit for allowing many spellers including myself to familiarize themselves with bee format through their program."

Sahana Srikanth, 9th Place at 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"SpellPundit is an amazing website that offers comprehensive word lists and easy-to-use software to prepare for any spelling or vocabulary competition. With SpellPundit, I was able to master thousands of words from different categories. I also learned a lot of useful information about words, such as their origins, definitions, and other key information that is important to use in a spelling bee. SpellPundit helped me improve my spelling skills and vocabulary knowledge in an efficient and effective way. Thanks to SpellPundit, I was able to build and expand on a base of spelling that's been very useful in my spelling career which helped me learn from simple to complex words with the use of concise modes which include learning and testing. Overall, SpellPundit has been a huge help to me who's been doing spelling bees for a long time now and is a site I definitely recommend to those that want to engage in spelling bees."

Shrethan Botla, 10th Place at 2023 SpellPundit National Senior Spelling Bee

"Ananya started her Spelling journey with SpellPundit and has been using SpellPundit since her third grade. SpellPundit provides a strong foundation and a structured approach for aspiring young spellers to start spelling the words at their comfort level and work their way up.

SpellPundit word lists are very well designed and constantly updated to accommodate the varying format of spelling bees. SpellPundit helps the spellers to set a goal and work towards the goal, to track the progress, to revisit the missed and challenging words. It is very efficient, easy to use, and has been developed keeping the spellers in mind.

Kudos to the entire SpellPundit team for building this program and for always being so professional and prompt in their replies. Thank you SpellPundit for guiding the spellers in their spelling journey!"

Family of Ananya Rao Prasanna- 2021 SpellPundit National Online Junior Spelling Bee Champion

"We are very happy with and grateful to the entire SpellPundit team. Their software played a crucial role in Sohum's daily training regimen. The various word lists allowed him to identify his areas of weakness and practice these words to attain mastery. In addition to Sohum's daily practice on SpellPundit, the SpellPundit team generously answered our queries and told us which areas he needed improvement in. They made a guided plan for him before regional and national spelling bees on which levels he needed to practice again and in which order. They also gave us helpful advice before each Bee. The night before the Scripps finals, Mrs. Dasari and Shobha Dasari gave Sohum some important tips to succeed in the final rounds. Sohum was also coached by Shourav Dasari who gave him challenging words that were designed with Sohum's past mistakes at the Nationals in mind. This came in very handy in preparing for the Nationals. Thank you so much to the SpellPundit team for playing a vital part in Sohum's journey in becoming a 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champ."

Family of Sohum Sukhatankar, 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion

"SpellPundit has been incredibly helpful in my preparation for Scripps. It provided me with an effective way to practice words and test myself on words of varying difficulty. The entire SpellPundit team is very prompt and helpful in answering questions. SpellPundit is a wonderful resource for spellers of all levels!"

Shruthika Padhy, 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion

"Chris used SpellPundit frequently. The various word lists helped quiz him in preparation for the bee. The word lists are well-designed. The program was a good resource when there was no one available to quiz him. The SpellPundit preliminary tests gave him the confidence to perform well on the national bee written test."

Family of Christopher Serrao, 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion

"SpellPundit has been a very crucial resource in Aritra’s spelling bee endeavor. The website organizes words into diverse levels which allows him to learn and review many words very quickly and with ease. Aritra finds the Archives the most valuable because they help him review every word he has ever gotten wrong on any specific set of words. In addition, the Weekly Preliminaries Test benefited Aritra because it allowed him to gauge his current level. Overall, Spell Pundit is a great spelling website that anyone can benefit from."

Family of Aritra Banerjee, 17th place at 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"SpellPundit played a huge role in my spelling journey this year. The endless word lists with easy-to-use ways to learn and test them greatly helped me increase my knowledge for the bee. I believe that SpellPundit is the best spelling resource on the market as the word database is very large and it is fast and easy to use. The software's ability to store my missed words allowed for me to target areas of improvement. I also valued the "favorite" ability as I could keep a separate section of words that I thought were challenging or interesting."

Calvin Alexander, 30th Place at 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"SpellPundit has been a great resource in Maya's spelling journey! As a ten year old fifth grader, Maya won the 2019 Wisconsin State Spelling Bee and made the group of final 50 spellers at the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, ultimately tying for the 41st place. Maya credits her success to SpellPundit which provides her with a great compilation of spelling word lists, vocabulary word lists, a roots module, and others. Thank you to the whole SpellPundit team for their support and creating this valuable tool! Maya plans to keep using SpellPundit to improve her spelling skills. SpellPundit is indeed a one stop resource for everyone, from beginning spellers to advanced ones."

Family of Maya Jadhav, 41st Place at 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"SpellPundit is intuitive, easy to use, and a speller’s dream come true. I owe all my success to SpellPundit. In the 12-14 months that I have been using SpellPundit, I have been able to build my foundation and compete with the best. SpellPundit helps me decrease my learning time by more than 75%, which gives me the time to do more within my learning/practice time. I cannot thank the SpellPundit team and the Dasari family enough. They have been very helpful with my journey and have been invaluable to me on a personal basis. SpellPundit understands what it takes to prepare champions and I recommend SpellPundit as a must-have resource to anyone who wants to participate in spelling competitions."

Keerthana Krishnan, 41st place at 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee

"My daughter is a relatively new speller (just finished her second year) and has been using SpellPundit since soon after its launch. Having access to word lists identified by level of difficulty has helped her to track her progress and developing ability. SpellPundit also helps her to identify her trouble areas and automatically flags “trouble words” for later review. It’s also been very helpful to be able to access specific study lists for individual competitions. This year, SpellPundit offered weekly practice written tests prior to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which was a great help, as she could practice using the actual written test format, and we did not have to develop our own practice tests. We have found the SpellPundit team to be extremely approachable, reliable, and committed to improving their product in real time. Over the last year, I have contacted them frequently with questions on how to prepare for a particular competition; they have responded promptly with useful guidance. In addition to their blog, periodic tip-sheets on Facebook and de-briefing posts after competition offer additional insight into the spelling world."

Family of Megan Lynch, 51st Place at 2019 National Spelling Bee

"We are very grateful to SpellPundit for making Aryan's Spelling Bee journey effective and memorable. SpellPundit’s vast word list gave Aryan confidence in the Bee and increased his knowledge of word patterns and roots, helping him do well in most of the spelling bee circuits. Without SpellPundit, Aryan wouldn’t have had the confidence to get top 3 in the Wisconsin State Spelling Bee and eventually tie for 51st in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Overall SpellPundit is a phenomenal resource that helps upcoming spellers to increase their vocabulary and give them confidence to reach the national stage."

Family of Aryan Kalluvila, 51st place at 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee