How is a champion declared

Fri, May 30, 2008 - 8:15 PM

With the recent elimination of Jahnavi Iyer on parfleche, the bee is now down to seven spellers.

9:25 p.m.

Now that we're getting close to the end, let me explain the end-of-bee procedures.

If three or fewer spellers remain at the beginning of the round, Bee officials go to a special section of the wordlist called the "Championship Words."

If every speller but one misspells in a round, the correct speller doesn't automatically win. He/she then must spell another word to become the champion.

If more than one speller is standing and the 25 words have been exhausted, co-champions will be declared.

Understand?

-Josh Dawsey