Summary of Round Five
(Click on the speller's name for a summary of words given.)
| No. | Speller | Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given | Error |
| 1. | Brown, Laura |
Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama | daguerreotypes | daguerreotypes | |
| 5. | Horton, Jonathan |
Arizona Educational Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona | exanthematic | exanthematic | |
| 7. | Foster, Levi |
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas | brigantine | brigantine | |
| 11. | O'Dorney, Evan |
Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, California | insessorial | insessorial | |
| 20. | Kashyap, Anurag |
The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California | sphygmomanometer | sphygmomanometer | |
| 21. | Deri, Aliya |
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California | pasqueflower | pasqueflower | |
| 27. | Hackett, Finola |
Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta | merotomize | merotomize | |
| 36. | Gopalakrishnan, Maithreyi |
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado | ligniperdous | lignapurdous | E |
| 45. | Olson, Kimberly |
The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida | diablerie | diablerie | |
| 47. | Eisner, Dovie |
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida | anatocism | anaticism | E |
| 54. | Brown, Katie |
The News, Stuart, Florida | catamnesis | catamnesis | |
| 58. | Clark, James |
Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta, Georgia | terrigenous | terrigenous | |
| 59. | Shepherd, Joseph |
The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia | myasthenia | myasthenia | |
| 64. | Gokhale, Ashwini |
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois | palimpsest | palimpcest | E |
| 66. | Yuan, Theodore |
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois | ululant | ululant | |
| 71. | Jain, Bonny |
The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois | gentilitial | gentilitial | |
| 84. | Firebaugh, Stacia |
The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana | empyreal | empirial | E |
| 94. | Pearson, Stacey-Ann |
Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica | dysphemism | dysphemism | |
| 97. | Tamplin, John |
Kentucky Derby Festival, Louisville, Kentucky | bursiculate | bursiculate | |
| 99. | Ducote, Alexis |
The American Press, Lake Charles, Louisiana | arenicolous | arenicolous | |
| 102. | Foy, Amanda |
The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana | escamotage | escamotage | |
| 110. | Seymour, Katherine |
The Recorder, Prince Frederick, Maryland | incunabula | incanabula | E |
| 113. | Surapaneni , Sahiti |
The Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts | matutinal | matutinely | E |
| 126. | Brazeal, Forrest |
The Oakland Press, Oakland, Michigan | viduity | viduity | |
| 131. | Peters, Andrew |
Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota | trichinosis | trichinosis | |
| 133. | Smith, Hannah |
Star Tribune, Minnepolis, Minnesota | pleurisy | pleurisy | |
| 136. | Hwang, Jessy |
Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri | merganser | mergancer | E |
| 139. | Tarigopula, Rajiv |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri | infundibular | infundibular | |
| 142. | Ausick, Jack |
Lee Newspapers of Montana, Billings, Montana | renascent | renascent | |
| 145. | Chamberlin, Elicia |
New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester, New Hampshire | panegyric | panegyric | |
| 146. | Close, Katharine |
Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune, Asbury Park, New Jersey | irrefragable | irrefragable | |
| 149. | Modi, Arjun |
The Record and Herald News, Hackensack, New Jersey | adjutant | adjutant | |
| 167. | Zhang, Harvest |
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York | dioscuric | diascuric | E |
| 172. | Winchester, Marshall |
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina | fulgurant | fulgurant | |
| 179. | Hooks, Saryn |
Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | jabot | jabot | |
| 183. | Giese, Matthew |
The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio | ptomaine | ptomaine | |
| 185. | Chaudhuri, Saptarshi |
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio | naumachia | naumachia | |
| 203. | Yang, Nathan |
Delaware County Daily & Sunday Times, Primos, Pennsylvania | jejune | jejune | |
| 222. | Errazo, Dominic Ranz |
The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina | chinook | chinook | |
| 230. | van Stolk, Heather |
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | braggadocio | braggedocio | E |
| 231. | Mathis, Meg |
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee | thurible | thurable | E |
| 236. | Koganti, Nikhil |
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas | palander | palander | |
| 238. | Patel, Samir |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas | objicient | objicient | |
| 239. | Anandasivam, Nidharshan |
Valley Freedom Newspapers, Harlingen, Texas | muesli | musli | E |
| 253. | Peacock, Cari |
Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia | casein | caseine | E |
| 257. | Minnich, John |
The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia | dolcissimo | dolcissimo | |
| 263. | Nieman, Claire |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington | glottalize | glottolize | E |
| 265. | Wang, Yiping |
Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia | longeron | longeron | |
| 266. | Davis, Riley |
The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, Clarksburg, West Virginia | pelmet | pelmate | E |
| 268. | Lintz, Ava |
The Dominion-Post, Morgantown, West Virginia | salaam | salaam | |
| 273. | Betley, Matthew |
The Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts | termagancy | termigancy | E |
