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.

WHEEL WILL BE HAVING REPEAT CHAMPIONS FROM 4/6 TO 5/1/2026

These common letters are always turned over in the bonus puzzle before the player chooses letters: R, S, T, L, N, E.

Mon 4-13-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $58,411
On Jeopardy: $18,600

FOOD & DRINK: _ O M E M _ _ E
_ _ D D _ N _

Tyler chose the letters C, D, M and O. He got two M’s and two D’s, plus an O. That O made it a lot easier because, now, Tyler knew he was going to
_ R E _ _ _ L.
He just didn’t know what he was going to win. Tyler was super excited when he learned it was a VW Tiguan worth $39,607.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Notes:
* Strangely enough, Tyler’s choices of D and M were the same as Ally’s last Thursday (see below). He got back 2 M’s and 2 D’s, just like she did. Tyler’s puzzle was a lot easier. Ally’s made the “unfairness” news.
** Aaron in yesterday’s game was the last returning winner from Week 1 of repeating champs. No second game winners so far.

Fri 4-10-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $50,096
On Jeopardy: $36,400

PHRASE: _ O N ‘ T
_ _ _ T 🟪 _ O R 🟪 _ E

Aaron chose the letters P, G, H and O. He only got two O’s but that was all he needed. Aaron was very gung ho about the whole thing and
_ L _ R T E _ _
out the answer before the timer started. Of course, he had to repeat it and that enabled him to win the Ford Maverick truck worth $29,840. It’s been a while since an excited contestant almost knocked Ryan over but, as we said, Aaron was gung ho.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 4-9-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $19,200
On Jeopardy: $33,027

PEOPLE : _ _ _ M M _
_ _ D D _ E S

Ally chose the letters M, D, P and A. She got two M’s and two D’s. That should have been enough for Ally to
_ E _ _ _ _ E R
the last word. It wasn’t because, apparently, she completely forgot the category. Paddles ain’t people! Ah, well, even if she got the last word, the first word could very well have done in her chances of winning the Ford truck all the same.
 
BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
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