 | Lena GreenbergThe Philadelphia Tribune |
| Round | Correct Spelling | Contestant's Spelling |
| 1 | Preliminaries Test | |
| 2 | jong | jong |
| 3 | thalian | thalian |
| 4 | Semifinals Test | |
| 4 | catallactics | catallactics |
| 5 | contrecoup | contrecoup |
| 6 | cholecystitis | cholecystitis |
| 7 | otosteon | otosteon |
| 8 | yttriferous | yttriferous |
| 9 | geistlich | geistleich |
| Journey to the Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
| Winning word in qualifying local spellingbee: | Philhellenism |
| Other words spelled correctly in local competition: | 1st round: chronic. 2nd: vulnerable |
| 3rd round: ubiquitous. 4th: incriminate | |
| 5th round: accommodate. 6th: koan | |
| 7th round: phenomenon. 8th: lederhosen | |
| 9th round: kohlrabi. 10th: motif | |
| 11th round: facetious. 12th: efficacy | |
| 13th round: pickelhaube. 14th: sarsaparilla | |
| 15th round: commissar | |
| 16th round (winning word): philhellenism | |