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

Manisha chose the letters P, G, C and A. That got her 2 P’s, 2 G’s and one A. It looked truly promising but somehow, Manisha got tripped up on the second word, putting an A in there when a different vowel would have put an extra $40K
_ N 🟪 _ E R 🟪 _ _ _ _ E R S.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

Wed 4-17-24: On Wheel of Fortune: $28,290
On Jeopardy: $13,800

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? _ _ S T _ N G 🟪 A 🟪 _ _ D E _

Brooke chose the letters C, D, H and A. She picked a G with her Wild Card. She got a D, an A and a G but none of that was very helpful. Too
_ _ _ 🟪 S _ E 🟪 _ _ S T E _
that Wild Card on a G but, of course, there’s no guarantee she would have made a more useful choice. The prize she missed out on was the $100K bonus card we’ve seen quite often this season.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTION: show

I’ve been playing Phrasle online everyday for a while now, mainly because some of the phrases bring back memories. I’ve decided to post the previous day’s solution here because I think it’s also a useful tool in helping one recognize word patterns (sort of like cryptograms). Give it a try!

Yesterday’s Phrasle Solution:
Thu 4-18-24: MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO
The Simpsons: Bart the Daredevil (1990) “Yes, we saw a daredevil last night and monkey see, monkey do.”