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 1-16-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $25,798
On Jeopardy: $100,000

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? _ _ S T
_ _ _ _ _ N _ 🟪 A R _ _ N _

Romi chose the letters M, F, C and A. She only got an A. That could have turned out very well if she had remembered there would be no more than the one she was looking at. Instead, she wasted
_ R E _ _ _ _ S
seconds trying to put an A in the second word. Romi missed out on an extra $40K and a trip to Morocco.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 1-15-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $71,996
On Jeopardy: $12,800

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
_ _ N T A _ E
_ E A N 🟪 _ A C _ E T

Mat chose the letters C, H, M and A. He got 3 A’s and one C, and that made the item in question as clear as day. He said it was a
_ _ _ _ R _ T E
of his wife and solved the puzzle for an extra $40K and a vacation in Iceland.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
Fri 1-16: Dead in the water