National Spelling Bee Ditches Unpopular Tiebreaker Test

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ties are back at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
To the relief of many participants, bee organizers have gotten rid of the written test spellers took just in case a single champion couldn’t be identified during the ESPN-televised finals.
The test began in 2017 after three consecutive bees ended with co-champions, but it didn’t turn out to be needed the past two years, and bee executive director Paige Kimble told The Associated Press it just wasn’t wor