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.

Tue 4-29-25: On Wheel of Fortune: $14,100
On Jeopardy: $24,999

PHRASE: _ 🟪 W _ S 🟪 _ _ _ _ E D

Demitri chose the letters W, D, C and O. He got a W at the start of the second word and a D at the end of the last word. That wasn’t much
_ S S _ S T _ N _ E
at all. The only guess he could come up with was a real head-scratcher. I could see thinking “I was burned” but I’d never think “I was boiled.” Demitri lost out on a new Lincoln car.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Mon 4-28-25: On Wheel of Fortune: $30,549
On Jeopardy: $29,600

PHRASE: _ _ N _ 🟪 _ _ 🟪 _ A _ _ E

Dawya chose the letters M, P, C and A. She only got an A and that wasn’t going to be much help, or, as Ryan sagely
_ _ S E R _ E _,
it’s “tough to get there without a headstart.” Dawya didn’t win the $40K bonus prize, but she won a bundle anyway.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
Yesterday: ANY PORT IN A STORM