‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant loses $7K over embarrassing mistake: ‘That was painful’
nypost.comwrote on X, formerly Twitter, after watching the episode. “She thought the platypus was filled? with what exactly? #WheelOfFortune.” Another fan said, “Where did this lady think an F was going to go in this puzzle?,” with a thinking face emoji. “A Duck-Filled Platypus!?” one viewer tweeted, expressing their confusion over Wright’s incorrect guess.
Viewers of the long-running game show never shy away from sharing their reactions to contestants’ big blunders online. They were similarly shocked by another competitor’s mistake during an episode in January.
A woman named Tina was left with a puzzle that read, “M__OR _L____RD,” and after panicking over the answer, she guessed “minor blizzard.” Host Pat Sajak informed her that she guessed wrong.
The correct answer was “major blizzard.”“I feel terrible,” Sajak told her. “You had exactly the right idea, you just had the wrong key.”Tina lost $40,000 prize because of her mistake.
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