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pic.twitter.com/8vlSIfHcWEThe correct answer was "Another Feather In Your Cap." However, guesses included "Another Feather In Your Hat," "Another Feather In Your Lap" and "Another Feather In Your Map." Twitter was dumbfounded at the missed answers. But, the "Wheel of Fortune" host sees it differently and urged viewers to "have a little heart.""It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry," he began a lengthy Twitter string. "Last night's 'Feather in your cap' puzzle was a case in point.

Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has asked viewers to 'have a little heart' after contestants were mocked for struggling to answer an extremely common phrase on the game show.Twitter sounded off after participants failed to immediately recognize the answer - 'Another Feather In Your Cap' - with just four letters missing.But in a lengthy defense, Sajak, 75, insisted they had originally guessed a common offshoot of the expression and were thrown off learning that was incorrect. 'Cut them some slack':Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has asked viewers to 'have a little heart' after contestants were heavily mocked for struggling to answer an extremely common phrase on the game showHe also blamed the mishap on the pressure of answering questions on TV.'It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry,' Sajak tweeted on Wednesday.

Pat Sajak is stepping up for the contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

It could happen to anyone? Pat Sajak spoke out after Wheel of Fortune viewers criticized contestants who repeatedly failed to solve a recent puzzle.

took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a lengthy thread in which he called on viewers to “have a little heart.”“It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry,” Sajak stated. “Last night’s ‘Feather in your cap’ puzzle was a case in point. Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening,” the veteran host explained, claiming the contestants were “flailing” due to the pressures of being on TV.

Three Wheel of Fortune contestants last night took a staggering 10 attempts to solve a puzzle that was missing only four letters: “Another feather _n yo_r _a_.”

pic.twitter.com/XNqe3R1UAjChristopher spun the wheel and asked for the letter «D.» There was no «D.» Thomas spun next but landed on «Lose a turn,» prompting host Pat Sajak to exclaim «Laura!» before giving Laura the options to either guess the puzzle or spin the wheel. She spun the wheel and asked for the letter «P» before attempting to solve the puzzle yet again, but got it wrong with «Another feather in your map.»After Christopher bankrupted, Thomas finally got a spin and asked for the letter «C» and finally solved the puzzle.It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry.The two-minute moment went viral on Tuesday, with fans going off on the three contestants.

long series of controversial on air moments, Tuesday night’s “Wheel of Fortune” episode has social media watchdogs barking about the show’s “dumbest moment ever.”The frustrating episode featured three contestants taking a whopping eight turns and 10 attempts to solve the puzzle: “Another feather _n yo_r _a_” While the correct answer was simply “Another feather in your cap,” the players took several tries to get there — and it left viewers very frustrated.Possibly bad game player Laura Machado had three guesses to win as host Pat Sajak and legendary letter-tuner Vanna White looked on. However, Machado’s maddening wrong answers included: “Another feather in your hat,” “Another feather in your lap” and “Another feather in your map.”Meanwhile, fellow contestant Christopher Coleman didn’t guess any of the correct letters and landed on Bankrupt when he twirled TV’s most infamous wheel.Thomas Lipscomb also scored a Bankrupt and Lose a Turn for his first two times in the hot seat.

“Wheel of Fortune” contestants sparked yet another online frenzy on Tuesday.

Wednesday’s “Wheel of Fortune” had everybody talking once again.

The Howard Stern Show this week, Dana said the men's sometimes fraught relationship has "come full circle.""We've become very, very close friends. We just have too much history, we have an unbelievable amount of stuff in common … then we had so much shared history together riding the rocket of Wayne's World," he said. In the past, Dana said he was upset at Mike's Dr.

Miranda Lambert is ready to be a mama.The country singer and husband Brendan McLoughlin have "recently started trying to get pregnant," a source told Us Weekly.The "Heart Like Mine" singer and the former New York City police officer celebrated their third anniversary last month."She and Brendan decided after their third wedding anniversary, they would start trying," Us' source added. "Miranda is thrilled and Brendan has always wanted to [have kids with her]."Parenting isn't a foreign concept to the duo, as Brendan already has one child, a son, with ex Kaihla Rettinger.

Three contestants made history on Wheel of Fortune this week when they took home back to back to back $100K jackpots in the bonus round.Longtime host Pat Sajak was more shocked than anyone when he revealed the third big winner in a row and jokingly walked off the stage on Wednesday.The 75-year-old later chatted with his daughter Maggie Sajak, 27, the social correspondent for Wheel, and predicted it would be 'virtually impossible' to see a fourth jackpot winner on Thursday. Historic!Three contestants made history on Wheel of Fortune this week when they took home back to back $100K jackpots in the bonus round and no one was more shocked than Pat Sajak For the first time in Wheel of Fortune's 40 year history, the show saw three different contestants win $100K in the bonus round on consecutive days.On Monday, Lisa Kramer walked away with$116,700 after pulling the jackpot bonus card and the following day, Mark Baer had a repeat performance, leaving with $126,550.

Monday and Tuesday’s shows featured players who each won $100,000 in bonus prizes.Bree Yokouchi was the lucky contestant and scored $121,638 in cash and prizes, including a trip to St. Lucia on Wednesday.“I was just excited to be here this morning,” said Yokouchi after her win.

Just when "Wheel of Fortune" fans thought they’d seen everything, the show shocked them again with an unprecedented third grand prize bonus round win in one week.  For the third day in a row, the contestant who made it to the game show’s bonus round managed to not only solve the puzzle but earn the top prize of $100,000, something that has never been done in the show’s nearly 40-year history. Not only has the grand prize payout not been given out more than once in a single week, but this latest streak also happened on back-to-back days.  After Tuesday’s surprising second win in a row, Yahoo Entertainment reports that Sajak opened the show by joking about how much money had been given away in just the past 48 hours.  Pat Sajak jokingly walked off the set of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images) "Monday we gave away $100,000 in the Bonus Round," the host said.

There’s a crazy winning spree taking place on “Wheel of Fortune” this week that’s shattering all the records from the show’s four decades on television.

A special milestone! Wheel of Fortune made history after two finalists in a row, Lisa Kramer and Mark Baer, each ended their episodes by taking home $100,000 — the highest bonus prize possible.

After four decades on the air, "Wheel of Fortune" is still full of surprises.  At least, that’s what viewers learned this week when two contestants won the $100,000 grand prize in the bonus round twice in back-to-back nights of gameplay. While contestants have won the prize before, this marks the only time that two contestants have won it in the same week, let alone two nights in a row.  Yahoo Entertainment reports that contestant Lisa Kramer took home the grand prize on Monday, earning a total of $116,700 in winnings.

Pat Sajak surprised “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” viewers Sunday after admitting he has no clue who Benedict Cumberbatch is.

 contestant Charlene ended up getting her Audi after some fans were outraged on her behalf. Charlene made headlines in December when she missed out on a new Audi due to a timing rule on the longtime game show that many were unaware of.Charlene made it to the final round of her episode, where the category was «What are you doing?» Though she at first guessed a wrong answer — «choosing the right card» — she eventually said the right phrase, which was «choosing the right word.» However, host Pat Sajak said that because she paused too long in between guesses, she would not get the prize, which was an Audi Q3.«This one's tough because you said all the right words, including the word 'word' but as you know, it's got to be more or less continuous,» Sajak said. «We'll allow for a little pause but not four or five seconds.

Everybody makes mistakes. Wheel of Fortune has entertained countless viewers since it originally premiered in 1975 — but with time also comes error.