Confetti falls after Ansun Sujoe, left, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Sriram Hathwar, of Painted Post, New York, both won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition on Thursday, May 29. The competition was declared a tie -- the first in more than 50 years -- after there weren't enough words left on the competition's list for the two to keep facing off.
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Confetti falls after Ansun Sujoe, left, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Sriram Hathwar, of Painted Post, New York, both won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition on Thursday, May 29. The competition was declared a tie -- the first in more than 50 years -- after there weren't enough words left on the competition's list for the two to keep facing off.
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Hathwar, right, looks on as Sujoe correctly spells "feuilleton" in the bee's final round. Hathwar correctly spelled the word "stichomythia."
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Hathwar, right, looks on as Sujoe correctly spells "feuilleton" in the bee's final round. Hathwar correctly spelled the word "stichomythia."
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Jacob Daniel Williamson, of Cape Coral, Florida, reacts after correctly spelling a word on May 29.
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Jacob Daniel Williamson, of Cape Coral, Florida, reacts after correctly spelling a word on May 29.
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Tejas Muthusamy, of Glen Allen, Virginia, reacts after he correctly spelled a word on May 29.
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Tejas Muthusamy, of Glen Allen, Virginia, reacts after he correctly spelled a word on May 29.
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Kate Miller, of Abilene, Texas, reacts after learning she spelled the word "brachypterous" correctly on May 29.
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Kate Miller, of Abilene, Texas, reacts after learning she spelled the word "brachypterous" correctly on May 29.
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Jae Canetti, of Fairfax, Virginia, cringes after incorrectly spelling a word on May 29.
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Jae Canetti, of Fairfax, Virginia, cringes after incorrectly spelling a word on May 29.
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Timothy Lau, of Torrance, California, reacts after correctly spelling a word on May 29.
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Timothy Lau, of Torrance, California, reacts after correctly spelling a word on May 29.
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Paul Keaton, of Pikeville, Kentucky, competes on May 29.
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Paul Keaton, of Pikeville, Kentucky, competes on May 29.
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Shayley Grace Martin, of Riner, Virginia, reacts after she correctly spelled a word on May 29.
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Shayley Grace Martin, of Riner, Virginia, reacts after she correctly spelled a word on May 29.
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Ethan S. Perrins, of Lawrence, Kansas, closes his eyes while spelling a word on Wednesday, May 28.
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Ethan S. Perrins, of Lawrence, Kansas, closes his eyes while spelling a word on Wednesday, May 28.
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Naama Friedman, of Knoxville, Tennessee, participates in the spelling bee on May 28.
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Naama Friedman, of Knoxville, Tennessee, participates in the spelling bee on May 28.
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From left, Dylan O'Connor, of Alexandria Bay, New York; Tajaun Gibbison, of Mandeville, Jamaica; Tea Freedman-Susskind, of Redmond, Washington; and Ankita Vadiala, of Manassas, Virginia, celebrate May 28 after qualifying for the semifinal round.
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From left, Dylan O'Connor, of Alexandria Bay, New York; Tajaun Gibbison, of Mandeville, Jamaica; Tea Freedman-Susskind, of Redmond, Washington; and Ankita Vadiala, of Manassas, Virginia, celebrate May 28 after qualifying for the semifinal round.
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Alexandra Harper, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, concentrates before spelling the word "bildungsroman" on May 28.
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Alexandra Harper, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, concentrates before spelling the word "bildungsroman" on May 28.
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Jessie Skylar Williams, of Traverse City, Michigan, reacts after misspelling a word on May 28.
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Jessie Skylar Williams, of Traverse City, Michigan, reacts after misspelling a word on May 28.
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Joel Miles, of Raymore, Mississippi, pumps his fist after correctly spelling the word "sporran" on May 28.
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Joel Miles, of Raymore, Mississippi, pumps his fist after correctly spelling the word "sporran" on May 28.
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Kasey Cuenca Torres, of San Angelo, Texas, shows relief after spelling a word correctly on May 28.
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Kasey Cuenca Torres, of San Angelo, Texas, shows relief after spelling a word correctly on May 28.
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Ed Horan, of Hoboken, New Jersey, correctly spells the word "fantoccini" on May 28.
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Ed Horan, of Hoboken, New Jersey, correctly spells the word "fantoccini" on May 28.
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Isabelle Marie Simmons, of Annapolis, Maryland, reacts after misspelling a word on May 28.
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Isabelle Marie Simmons, of Annapolis, Maryland, reacts after misspelling a word on May 28.
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Anika Patel, of Gilberts, Illinois, reacts after correctly spelling the word "luxuriate" on May 28.
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Anika Patel, of Gilberts, Illinois, reacts after correctly spelling the word "luxuriate" on May 28.
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Amber Robinson, of Homestead, Florida, concentrates before incorrectly spelling the word "pelagial" on May 28.
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Amber Robinson, of Homestead, Florida, concentrates before incorrectly spelling the word "pelagial" on May 28.
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Zander Reed, of Ames, Iowa, closes his eyes and spells the word "precipice" on May 28.
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Zander Reed, of Ames, Iowa, closes his eyes and spells the word "precipice" on May 28.
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Seongjun Lee, of Seoul, South Korea, concentrates before missing the word "apparatchik" on May 28.
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Seongjun Lee, of Seoul, South Korea, concentrates before missing the word "apparatchik" on May 28.
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Sean Hickey, of Grass Lake, Michigan, participates in the competition on May 28.
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Sean Hickey, of Grass Lake, Michigan, participates in the competition on May 28.
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