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.

Thu 5-29-25: On Wheel of Fortune: $23,398
On Jeopardy: $24,000

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
C _ _ _ _ N G
_ _ 🟪 A T 🟪 _ _ M E

Ray chose the letters G, M, C and A. He got one of each but they didn’t exactly fall in helpful places. All the same, The last 3 words were a piece of cake for Ray. He had about 8 seconds left to get that first word but it didn’t work out. When you analyze the
_ _ N S T R _ _ T _ _ N
of the puzzle, however, you can see that was the intended result. Ray missed the boat on a new Lincoln.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Wed 5-28-25: On Wheel of Fortune: $16,401
On Jeopardy: $20,950

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
_ O _ _ N _ 🟪 O _ _

Kylene chose the letters C, H, B and O. She only got her vowel, one in each word. Well, she couldn’t get a
T _ E _ _ L _
on the first word and no wonder. It was a tough puzzle. She never had a shot at the $40K bonus prize without the starting letter.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
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