She felt the warmth.
“Wheel of Fortune” fans were astounded by a player’s unlucky puzzle-solving skills that prevented her from winning life-changing money on Friday’s episode of the long-running game show.
Contestant Micki was only three letters away from completing a puzzle within the “Thing” category — and he or she had already landed on the $1 million wedge, in addition to a vacation to Croatia.
The Louisiana native had the live studio audience’s support as she was instructed by longtime host Pat Sajak to select one other letter.
The board read: “A ROARING FIRE IN THE FIRE _ _ A _ E.” The unsolved word was “FIREPLACE.”
But Micki audibly disenchanted the live studio audience when she asked Sajak to place an “S” on the board, which sounded off the incorrect-answer buzzer.
“You bought the response. No ‘S,’ I’m sorry,” Sajak said of the group’s dismay.
Micki’s mess-up had one “Wheel” fan wondering on Twitter whether hers was higher or worse than other recent blunders.
“Wheel of Fortune poll…Worse flub in recent memory…” one user surveyed the web, referring to an incorrect guess during Teen Week. “A) Fregh…B) Fireplace… I’d go B because it modified all the game.”
On that episode, contestant Khushi was one letter away from a visit to Antigua when she incorrectly solved the board that read “FRE_H TROPICAL FRUIT.”
Twitter users accused the teenager of “zoning out” and missing the seemingly obvious “FRESH.”
“The fregh tropical fruit one also modified the sport. It was a prize puzzle, so she also missed out on a vacation,” one other fan replied.
A contestant can compete for $1 million within the bonus round in the event that they land on the $1 million wedge during regular game play, solve the puzzle and win the sport. That quantity is placed in one in every of the bonus round envelopes.
The show’s official TikTok page revealed last week that only three contestants have ever won the $1 million prize. The present version of the series has aired since 1983.
Also last week, “Wheel” fans roasted a contestant for her lack of understanding of cheesy bagel toppings.
