‘Wheel of Fortune’ player denied win after mispronouncing word: ‘Pat Sajak was cold-blooded’

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contestant Shauna Williams is going viral for not pronouncing an answer correctly — even though she solved the puzzle correctly.

On Wednesday night’s episode, her incorrect diction cost her the win.The category was “Same Letter” and the response was: “congenial company & clever conversation.” “Congenial” was mispronounced and host Pat Sajak wasn’t happy to give her points.“Uh, no,” the longtime emcee, 77, said when Williams uttered the phrase wrong.

Player Steve Sporre then said the reply correctly and scored the points. Viewers took to X (formerly Twitter) to note their shock at the mistake.“This is the equivalent of fumbling the ball out of the endzone,” one person wrote. “How did that ever happen?

Wow,” another added.Someone else wrote: “Pat Sajak was cold blooded here. ‘No!'” One fan agreed, penning: “Pat sajak hates his contestants.”“Can’t lie I didn’t even know with that word was and prob would of pronounced it the same,” another added.Sajak announced last June that he will be retiring from “Wheel” after more than 40 years on the air. “Well, the time has come.