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

Wed 4-17-24: On Wheel of Fortune: $28,290
On Jeopardy: $13,800

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? _ _ S T _ N G 🟪 A 🟪 _ _ D E _

Brooke chose the letters C, D, H and A. She picked a G with her Wild Card. She got a D, an A and a G but none of that was very helpful. Too
_ _ _ 🟪 S _ E 🟪 _ _ S T E _
that Wild Card on a G but, of course, there’s no guarantee she would have made a more useful choice. The prize she missed out on was the $100K bonus card we’ve seen quite often this season.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Tue 4-16-24: On Wheel of Fortune: $48,287
On Jeopardy: $10,200

EVENT: H _ M E C _ M _ N _

Mary chose the letters C, M, H and A. She only had an E and an N in her one-word puzzle before she chose her letters. Although she got no vowels with the A, her
_ _ N S _ N _ N T S 🟪 _ _ L L E _ 🟪 _ N
that puzzle very nicely. Mary was rewarded with a Mazda worth $32,705.

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:
Wed 4-17-24: IN OVER MY HEAD
Kick-Ass (2010): “I’m in way over my head.”