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 5-22-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $20,145
On Jeopardy: $25,000

PHRASE: _ 🟪 L _ _ E
_ _ _ R 🟪 _ _ R _

Krista chose the letters C, D, M and O. She was so surprised that she only got one O that she exclaimed “No-o-o!” Then, as way too many players do on this show, she proceeded to guess words with an O in them! This time, it hardly made a difference. It was quite a tough
_ _ _ L L E N _ E
regardless. But c’mon people! Pay more attention to your own letter picks than Ryan’s “talk it out” nonsense. Krista missed out on a $40K bonus prize.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Thu 5-21-26: On Wheel of Fortune: $31,473
On Jeopardy: $9,199

FOOD & DRINK:
_ R _ A N _ C
_ _ C C _ _ N _

Jeremy chose the letters F, D, C and A. Three C’s and one A were turned over. He attempted to
_ E _ R _ _ T
the first word by figuring out what consonant came before the R. That was never gonna work because it was a vowel! Jeremy wasted too much time on that to get anywhere near the $45K bonus prize.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

For more practice, Solve today’s Phrasle
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