The winning words for each of the National Spelling Bee’s 8 co-champs

Thursday night’s 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee featured so many spelling superstars that there was an eight-way championship tie, marking the first time there were more than two winners in the competition’s 92-year history.

The final round of the spelling bee lasted 20 rounds and more than three hours, and it was determined that if all eight remaining contestants correctly spelled their 12th word of the night, they would share the championship.

There were 16 finalists — out of 557 original contestants between the ages of seven and 14 — and the spelling bee simply said it ran out of words to challenge the final eight. There are, of course, way more words, but it was assumed anything left in the dictionary wouldn’t challenge these middle schoolers after the words they correctly spelled in the first 19 rounds.

Dr. Bailly just announced we're in uncharted territory. We won't run out of words but may run out of words to challenge our most storied spellers in Bee history. At Rd 20, 3 away, all remaining spellers will be named Co-Champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. #spellingbee

— Scripps National Spelling Bee (@ScrippsBee) May 31, 2019

So here are the champions: Rishik Gandhasri, 13; Erin Howard, 14; Saketh Sundar, 13; Shruthika Padhy, 13; Sohum Sukhatankar, 13; Abhijay Kodali, 12; Christopher Serrao, 13; and Rohan Raja, 13.

The Dictionary concedes and adds that it is SO. PROUD. https://t.co/VY3TmUAwpr

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 31, 2019

These kids are clearly exceptional when the biggest spelling bee in the nation is out of words for them to potentially misspell. And they each get the $50,000 cash prize, along with a trophy and trips to New York and Hollywood, according to USA TODAY.

Here is the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, along with the word each contestant spelled to become a champion.

Rishik Gandhasri, 13

Auslaut: The final sound in a word or syllable

Erin Howard, 14

Erysipelas: An acute febrile disease associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a hemolytic streptococcus

Saketh Sundar, 13

Bougainvillea: Any of a genus of the four-o’clock family of ornamental tropical American woody vines and shrubs with brilliant purple or red floral bracts

Shruthika Padhy, 13

Aiguillette: A shoulder cord worn by designated military aides

Sohum Sukhatankar, 13

Pendeloque: A usually pear-shaped glass pendant used for ornamenting a lamp or chandelier

Abhijay Kodali, 12

Palama: The webbing on the feet of aquatic birds

Christopher Serrao, 13

Cernuous: Inclining, nodding or drooping — used of a plant

Rohan Raja, 13

Odylic: Of or relating to a force or natural power thought by some to reside in certain individuals and things and tho underlie hypnotism, magnetism, and some other phenomena.