In a scandal that some have compared to the steroid epidemic in sports, a student was ejected from the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. last night after officials determined that he was using Spell Check.

Timmy Van Kesseline, 11, of Spokane, Washington, was accused of using the banned computer program after being asked to spell the word “coelenterata.”

“At first, Timmy seemed to be fumbling with his hands, which we thought was just a nervous habit,” said Carole Foyler, a schoolteacher from Gary, Indiana who served as one of the bee’s judges. “But then we looked a little closer and saw that he was using his iPhone.”

via: huffingtonpost