SPELLING BEE sees 8 JOINT WINNERS !
The Judges were at a LOSS for WORDS ! Literally ! The quality of the spellers in the SPELLING BEE in US was such that even after multiple rounds of spellings, a winner could not be identified and all eight kept getting the words right !
Such is the interest, preparation and popularity of SPELLING BEEs.
The contest had seen two-way ties earlier, but having 8 contestants being declared joint winners was unprecedented and astonishing.
The joint champions, along with the final words they spelled, are as follow :
Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, Calif.: auslaut
Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Ala.: erysipelas
Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Md.: bougainvillea
Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J.: aiguillette
Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas: pendeloque
Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Tex.: palama
Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, N.J.: cernuous
Spelling is not only fun, educational but also competitive. So get down to word crunching !
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