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.

NO MORE REPEAT CHAMPIONS. Wheel goes back to the normal format beginning today. – No one topped Chad’s 4-Game Run

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

Fri 5-1-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $29,038
On Jeopardy: $16,600

FOOD & DRINK:
T A _ _ _ _ A

Phillip was the winner in Diane’s second game. He chose the letters D, G, Y and A. You can see he was trying to get the end of the word
R E _ E _ L E _.
He must have been more than a bit surprised when he got two A’s and one of them was at the end. Phillip’s attempts to talk it flirted with the answer. He got as close as you can get to winning $40K without sealing the deal.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 4-30-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $63,750
On Jeopardy: $17,599

PEOPLE: _ A P P _
C _ _ P L E

Diane was the winner in Ryan’s second game. She chose the letters D, M, P and A. She also had a Wild Card and chose a C with it. The P was an
E _ _ E _ T _ _ N _ L
choice. There were 3 of them and she also got an A. The Wild Card C was lucky, too. Once they were all turned over, Diane only stopped saying “yes” long enough to solve the puzzle, and she kept on say it after finding out she won an extra $40K.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
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