Snigdha NandipatiU-T San Diego |
| Round | Correct Spelling | Contestant's Spelling |
| 1 | Preliminaries Test | |
| 2 | ringent | ringent |
| 3 | lahar | lahar |
| 4 | Semifinals Test | |
| 4 | stochastically | stochastically |
| 5 | compas | compas |
| 6 | rhonchus | rhonchus |
| 7 | psammon | psammon |
| 8 | ajimez | ajimez |
| 9 | luteovirescent | luteovirescent |
| 10 | saccharolytic | saccharolytic |
| 11 | admittatur | admittatur |
| 12 | arrondissement | arrondissement |
| 13 | guetapens | guetapens |
| Journey to the Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
| Winning word in qualifying local spellingbee: | gobemouche |
| Other words spelled correctly in local competition: | gobemouche |
| mneme | |
| exequies | |
| kalema | |
| irrepressible | |
| fennel | |