National Spelling Bee adds vocabulary and lightning-round tiebreaker for 2021

Colette Giezentanner competes in the final round of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Colette Giezentanner competes in the final round of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

source https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/24/scripps-spelling-bee-rule-changes-vocabulary-lightning-round