The top three spellers came from Texas!

[TexasTowelie]

OXON HILL, Md. -- Karthik Nemmani didn't win his regional spelling bee. He didn't even win his county spelling bee. But he was still good enough to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Throwing everything he had into his one shot at glory, 14-year-old Karthik outlasted better-known spellers and became the champion after a dramatically abrupt end to the competition, when 12-year-old Naysa Modi misspelled the word "Bewusstseinslage'' in the first championship round.

Karthik had to spell two words correctly to seal the title, which he did with ease, and the lanky, soft-spoken Texan stepped back and smiled as he was showered with confetti. His winning word was "koinonia,'' which means Christian fellowship or communion.

Karthik is from McKinney, Texas, and Naysa lives in Frisco, Texas -- both suburbs of Dallas -- and Naysa topped Karthik at their county bee.

Read more: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/23664983/karthik-nemmani-edges-naysa-modi-win-scripps-national-spelling-bee

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Holey Schmoley! Cool beans! Way! Texas! 👏

[Ninsianna]

2. and 2 were Telugu!

(Their families are from the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, one of (now) two states where Telugu is spoken.

[Liberty Belle]

3. Whoda thunkit?

Guess they must be learning them kids a few things down there in bigotville.