72nd Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
June 2 & 3, 1999
Summary of Round 5
Summary of Round 5
| No. | Speller | Sponsor | Word | Spelling Given | Error |
| 3. | Richard Tapnio | Asbury Park Press/Home News Tribune (Neptune, NJ) | labile | labile | |
| 4. | Melissa Rogers | The Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ) | larmoyant | larmoiant | E |
| 7. | Dipal Shah | The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ) | pochette | pauchette | E |
| 27. | Julian Grybowski | Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY) | barouche | baruche | E |
| 28. | Frances Taschuk | Times-News (Burlington, NC) | alyssum | alyssum | |
| 31. | Sarah Boyce | The Gaston Gazette (Gastonia, NC) | kerf | kerf | |
| 41. | Ann Foley | The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) | pasimology | pasimology | |
| 42. | Brian Buckley | Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) | adiabatic | adiabatic | |
| 43. | David Hadaway | The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, OH) | hauberk | halberd | E |
| 52. | Megan McFall | The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH) | apolaustic | apolostic | E |
| 58. | Timothy Higgins | The Express-Times (Easton, PA) | inconcinnity | inconcinity | E |
| 59. | Michael Hartwell | The Patriot-News Co. (Harrisburg, PA) | grallatorial | gralitorial | E |
| 61. | April DeGideo | The Times Herald (Norristown, PA) | colcannon | colcannon | |
| 63. | Marissa Toma | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) | galloon | galloon | |
| 69. | Ted Jeon | Daily Local News (West Chester, PA) | inselberg | inselberg | |
| 74. | David Beihl | The State (Columbia, SC) | bariolage | barriolage | E |
| 81. | Elise West | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | myriacanthous | myriacanthus | E |
| 84. | Kayla Lyssy | Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX) | accouchement | acouchment | E |
| 90. | Kristina Rodriguez | Valley Freedom Newspapers (Harlingen, TX) | cedilla | sedilla | E |
| 91. | Chieu Nguyen | Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) | shirring | shurring | E |
| 95. | Stacey Moore | Midland Reporter-Telegram (Midland, TX) | excursus | excurssis | E |
| 103. | Kristin Hawkins | Loudoun Times-Mirror (Leesburg, VA) | vidimus | vitamus | E |
| 139. | Neil Kadakia | The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) | hypsometer | hypsometer | |
| 143. | Sadie Martin | The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA) | littoral | lidoral | E |
| 144. | Sean Conley | San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) | machicolation | machicolation | |
| 147. | Adam Naito | Denver Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | couloir | couloir | |
| 148. | Emily Stagg | New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) | apocope | apocope | |
| 154. | Afra Ullah | The Ledger (Lakeland, FL) | ikebana | ikebana | |
| 156. | Siena Koncsol | The Miami Herald (Miami, FL) | affenpinscher | aphonpincer | E |
| 158. | Anisha Kshetrapal | Naples Daily News (Naples, FL) | catafalque | catafalc | E |
| 160. | Josef Braga | The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL) | traineau | trainot | E |
| 162. | Edwin Chen | St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL) | coquille | coquille | |
| 165. | Nupur Lala | The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL) | balbriggan | balbriggan | |
| 166. | Yan Zhong | Press-Journal (Vero Beach, FL) | pergelisol | pergelisaul | E |
| 167. | Kyle Thomason | Atlanta Daily World (Atlanta, GA) | doublure | dubleur | E |
| 169. | Jason Espiritu | Pacific Daily News (Agana, Guam) | cartonnage | cartonnage | |
| 170. | Matthew Jachowski | The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HI) | Tammanyism | Taminiism | E |
| 177. | Greg Touney | Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) | epiphyte | epiphyte | |
| 190. | Angela Smiley | The Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, IN) | festschrift | festschrift | |
| 195. | David Lewandowski | The Times (Munster, IN) | camionette | camionette | |
| 197. | Daniel Albrecht | The Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, IN) | jacquard | jaquard | E |
| 199. | Alison Stone | The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA) | enatic | ennatic | E |
| 200. | Joel Smith | Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) | torrone | taroni | E |
| 208. | Callie Jamar | The Times (Shreveport, LA) | ranunculus | renunculous | E |
| 209. | Greg Thaler | Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME) | caitiff | catiff | E |
| 229. | Erica Wade | The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI) | toile | toil | E |
| 239. | Emily Parker | Swift County Monitor-News (Benson, MN) | pfeffernuss | pfeffernus | E |
| 245. | George Thampy | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | tergiversate | tergiversate | |
| 248. | Kristin Sargeant | Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) | catena | catena |
