Year – Winning Contestant – Winning Word
2018 – Rich Schroeder – xylography
2017 – Robert Goldberg – herbaceous
2016 – Tom McGowan – cachou
2015 – Larry Day & Aimee Allard (tie) – (unknown)
2014 – Larry Day – duopsony
2013 – Priscilla Handy – wattage
2012 – Brad Bossung – trichinosis
2009 – Larry Day – chlorella
2008 – Julia Doerr – isinglass
2007 – Michael Cartwright – (unknown)
2006 – Brent Mehling – anodyne
2005 – Larry Day – zebu
2004 – Brian Bornstein – adamantine
1993 – Judy Sing – hegemony
1992 – Maureen Hutfless – samite
1991 – Bob Gibson – brougham
1990 – Anny Gillis – antependium
1989 – Vaughn Border – monstrous
1988 – Mary White – ossification
1987 – Donald McGinley – arcanum
1986 – Deb Pearson – pyorrhea
1985 – Kathleen Rutledge – balalaika
1984 – Sydney Lynch – parallelepiped
2002 – Brian Bornstein – pellucid
2001 – (not held)
2000 – Tex Richters – picayune
1999 – George Day – helical
1998 – Donald McGinley – chicanery
1997 – Kathryn Bellman – eiderdown
1996 – Larry Day – bifurcate
1995 – Francois Neville – imbrication
1994 – Bill Regier – cacophonous