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National Spelling Bee, at a Loss for Words, Crowns 8 Co-Champions
- dang 7y agoAlso https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/spellpundit-scripps-spelling-bee.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/spellpundit-scripps-sp..., via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20067491
- gomez9 7y ago"It turned out the winners had more in common than an aptitude for spelling: Six of them had relied on SpellPundit, a coaching company started last year by two former competitive spellers." I see a striking parallel to LeetCode. 8 way tie this year, could be 30 way tie next year.