Yesterday on the Wheel of Fortune

It’s Wheel of Fortune, America’s Game and we’re posting the Bonus Puzzle with the winner’s final prize amount. By way of comparison, the Jeopardy! payoff is also included with a link to the recap of that game.

These common letters are always turned over in the bonus puzzle before the player chooses letters: R, S, T, L, N, E

Fri 4-26-24: On Wheel of Fortune: $16,500
On Jeopardy: $20,500

LIVING THING: H _ N E _ S _ _ _ L E

Kate chose the letters D, H, M and I. She only got one H but it started the puzzle off and “h”onestly, that should have been enough. I thought it would jump right out at her. Unfortunately, it didn’t. These are the puzzles that make me
_ _ N T 🟪 T _ 🟪 _ R _,
especially when Pat is holding a $100K bonus prize.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 4-25-24: On Wheel of Fortune: $16,600
On Jeopardy: $18,795

PHRASE: _ _ N D 🟪 _ _ 🟪 _ E _ R D

Shannon chose the letters C, D, P and A. That uncovered 2 D’s, each one the ending letter of the longer words. It didn’t do Shannon much good when she got off on the wrong foot with the first word. That put the $40K bonus out of reach. We haven’t seen this
S _ E N _ R _ _ 🟪 _ N 🟪 S _ _ E T _ _ E.
Usually only one word prevents the win.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

I’ve been playing Phrasle online everyday for a while now, mainly because some of the phrases bring back memories. I’ve decided to post the previous day’s solution here because I think it’s also a useful tool in helping one recognize word patterns (sort of like cryptograms). Give it a try!

Yesterday’s Phrasle Solution:
Fri 4-26-24: I TOLD YOU SO
Enemy of the State (1998): You were right. I was wrong. But this is not the time for the “I told you so” speech.