Can you spell homonym?

Emily had the opportunity to represent her homeroom class in the school spelling bee yesterday.  There were 20 students competing, the winner to go on to the district bee. Emily is used to the TAPPS spelling bees, where she is in a closed room with a few other students and a couple of judges.  When I arrived, they had the library jam-packed with students, parents, and faculty.  She looked horrified!!! 

After the first couple of rounds, I could see her relaxing a bit.  Mr. White, the principal, had done a great job of explaining the rules.  He made it clear that in the event of a homonym, he would be sure and give a definition and the origin of the word so that the student would know which meaning he was referring to.  In the third round, Emily's word was 'profit'.  Mr. White gave her the word with no explanation, and she didn't ask.  She proceeded with confidence to spell the word -' PROFIT,  P-R-O-P-H-E-T, PROFIT'.   I thought, that's my Southern Baptist church-going girl!  Then it occurred to me that she may have not spelled the correct word!   Mr. White and one of the judges (Mrs. Bruning, who happens to attend our church) conferred and came to the conclusion that he should have given the definition since the word is a homonym.  They proceeded by giving her another word.  

Round after round, I held my breath as she was given some pretty tough words.  There were a couple that I wasn't so sure of myself!!  It was down to the final three.  Long story short, she missed a word and ended up in 2nd place and will attend the district bee as an alternate.  What ever you do, DON'T ask her what word she missed!