▁Third ▁place ▁went ▁to ▁Mira ▁D ed h ia , ▁missing ▁" eh ret ia ", ▁the ▁first ▁word ▁in ▁the ▁Championship ▁R ounds , ▁and ▁fourth ▁place ▁went ▁to ▁Sh ou rav ▁Das ari , ▁who ▁missed ▁" Str ul db rug ". ▁ ▁P riz es ▁As ▁in ▁the ▁prior ▁year ' s ▁be e , ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁prize ▁was ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( am ong ▁other ▁pri zes ), ▁and ▁second ▁place ▁was ▁$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁An anya ▁also ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁Live ▁with ▁Kelly ▁and ▁Ryan ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁Jimmy ▁K imm el ▁Live !. ▁ ▁New ▁tie bre aker ▁test ▁After ▁three ▁straight ▁years ▁where ▁the ▁Be e ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁tie , ▁the ▁Be e ' s ▁rules ▁were ▁am ended ▁to ▁include ▁a ▁written ▁tie bre aker ▁test ▁for ▁those ▁remaining ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁evening ▁of ▁the ▁Be e . ▁Those ▁spell ers ▁were ▁given ▁a ▁written ▁test ▁( at ▁ 6 ▁p . m . ▁on ▁Th urs day ) ▁with ▁ 1 2 ▁words ▁and ▁ 1 2 ▁voc ab ul ary ▁questions . ▁If ▁either ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁spell ers ▁remained ▁after ▁ 2 5 ▁r ounds , ▁the ▁highest ▁score ▁on ▁the ▁tie bre aker ▁test ▁would ▁have ▁decided ▁the ▁winner . ▁If ▁the ▁tie bre aker ▁test ▁results ▁were ▁also ▁a ▁tie , ▁only ▁then ▁would ▁co - ch amp ions ▁(