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 2-6-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $19,000
On Jeopardy: $15,000

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
_ 🟪 C _ _ C 🟪 O _ T _ _ T

James chose the letters G, M, C and O. He got 2 C’s, bookending the second word, and a beginning O for the last word. I don’t know if it was the French loanword, the compound word, or both that
E L _ _ E _
his grasp. Whichever it was, James couldn’t come up with a guess and he couldn’t collect the $50K bonus prize either.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 2-5-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $63,990
On Jeopardy: $18,800

FOOD & DRINK:
A C _ R N 🟪 S _ _ A S H

Natalie chose the letters C, M, H and A. She was
_ _ E S T R _ _ _
after Vanna turned over one C, one H and two A’s because there certainly wasn’t any doubt that she was going to snag a bonus. It turned out to be an extra $40K.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
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