Eight-year-old Sara Beckman was disqualified from a Nevada spelling bee Tuesday despite correctly spelling “discernible” because, “officials say the word was misspelled on the judges’ lists.”

The eight-year-old’s parents explained that they “waited until the end of the round to protest because they didn’t want to interrupt the bee. But the rules say a protest must be lodged immediately and so Sara ended up third.”

So to extend the irony, spelling bee officials say that “It won’t happen again. In the future, all students, parents and teachers will sign a statement spelling out that they understand the rules.” Not that the judge’s official list of words will be correct.

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