These rules for the 2020 Frederick County Spelling Bee are not the rules in effect at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee 2019 Finals are finally here, as are all the details on how and when to watch the gripping event. Rules. Spellers cannot go back and change the order of their spelling once they have spelled a letter out loud. In an unprecedented display of academic achievement, eight spellers have become co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, making … Hephzibah Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Texas reacts after correctly spelling a word in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday May 30, 2019 in Oxon Hill, Md. In 2017 and last year, the bee had a written tiebreaker test of spelling and vocabulary that would … The eight co-champions celebrate after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Friday, May 31, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. Under spelling bee rules, each speller must spell their word out loud, and they can request the definition, the language of origin and an alternate pronunciation as well as hearing the word used in an example sentence. The Scripps National Spelling Bee, held near Washington, D.C., operates under a significantly different set of rules called the Contest Rules of the 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee. From 2014-2016, the bee ended with co-champions. Co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee (from left) Shruthika Padhy, Erin Howard, Rishik Gandhasri, Christopher Serrao, Saketh Sundar, Sohum Sukhatankar, Rohan … Three years ago, organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee changed their rules after back-to-back contests ended in a tie.