After hours upon hours of spelling words nobody in their life will be likely to reiterate ever again, the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie.
Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga went word for word until there were no more words to be spelled, and each were crowned champions of this year’s spelling bee. Those watching or paying attention on Twitter know who the real champion was though.
As he spelled his final word correctly to clinch a tie, Janga made like Dez Bryant and threw up an “X” in celebration. Hey, it’s better than dabbing, right?
Spelling Bee finishes with co-champions, Nihar threw up the X pic.twitter.com/8Ub8oo3nK1
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) May 27, 2016
Dez took notice and promised to hook Nihar up with a Cowboys game at a later point in time.
#NiharJanga you just made my whole day buddy.. Congrats on winning the #spellingbee champ.. Some how some way I have to get you to a game #x
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) May 27, 2016
Or maybe Nihar was just excited about the upcoming X-Men movie? Regardless, Nihar had already become the star of the night when a camera caught him shaking his head as his competition struggled on a word, and also caught him clapping in the face of Hathwar.
https://vine.co/v/i9T5qWO5Mqj
Meanwhile on Twitter, whoever was behind the Scripps Spelling Bee account was savage.
https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/736020072112791552
Not content with having that ultimate burn unloaded on one Twitter user, the account later made sure to correct another person on the proper spelling of a commonly misused word and contraption.
we appreciate the support but… *its
— Scripps National Spelling Bee (@ScrippsBee) May 27, 2016
Next time you try to talk trash about the spelling bee, you better have a good spellcheck working for you.
