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‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant loses $7K over embarrassing mistake: ‘That was painful’

wrote 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.
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‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant wows Pat Sajak with unique talent, wins $30K
Cube of Fortune.A graduate student and barista had an interesting flex to show off at a bizarre request from “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak.“Take something out of your pocket,” Nathan Benson from Plano, Texas, was told by Sajak.The accounting student nonchalantly pulled a jumbled Rubik’s Cube out of his jacket pocket and started solving the colorful square while continuing his conversation with Sajak.An eager Sajak asked Benson what the record was for the fast-solving of the cube, to which the barista says, “Like three and a half seconds,” revealing that he’s much slower at solving the Rubik’s cube with his eyes opened.“I’m really good at solving it blindfolded, and I actually have a Texas state record for solving it blindfolded,” Benson humbly bragged to the host.Before Sajak could ask another question, the contestant solved the puzzle.Benson solved the brain game live on air in about 15 seconds and proudly held up the speed feat for the audience to notice.After solving his pocket puzzle, Benson went to unscramble the remaining puzzles in the game and was crowned victor of the episode — winning nearly $30K.Benson was then sent to the bonus round, where he could not solve the puzzle after selecting the four letters “DBCO.”The puzzle ended up being “Qualified Judge” — and to Benson’s credit, he did guess the word “judge.”Sajak, 76, who’s been hosting “Wheel of Fortune” since 1981, gave fans of the game show pause on two different occasions earlier this week.On Tuesday, the host put contestant Fred Jackson in a playful chokehold after he completed a perfect game.Before Jackson took home $75,800 in total from the game and bonus round and was grappled by Sajak, he did mention to the host that he’s a professional wrestler
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Pat Sajak Urges 'Wheel of Fortune' Viewers to 'Have a Little Heart' After Online Ridicule of Recent Mistake
Pat Sajak wants viewers to show some compassion. The 75-year-old longtime host of the popular game show took to Twitter on Wednesday after a moment in Tuesday's show went viral. Three contestants on Tuesday's show — Laura, Christopher, and Thomas — all tried to solve a nearly complete puzzle, the answer to which was the popular idiom, «Another feather in your cap.» After Laura guessed, «Another feather in your hat,» all three hopefuls struggled to complete the puzzle properly, trying «map» and «lap» until Thomas finally got the right answer. The moment garnered lots of criticism and online ridicule with many calling it a «fail» and @TodayInSports calling it the «worst 2 minutes in the history of .»Worst 2 minutes in the history of Wheel of Fortune pic.twitter.com/vGUnldCzVwSajak quickly came to the contestants' defense, tweeting, «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.»Specifically calling out the «feather in your cap» puzzle, Sajak added, «Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening.»He noted that a lot of people incorrectly use the phrase, «feather in your hat» and said the contestants were «stunned» when the guess was wrong. «Now imagine you’re on national TV, and you’re suddenly thrown a curve and you begin getting worried about looking stupid, and if the feather isn’t in your hat, where the heck can it be? You start flailing away looking for alternatives rather than synonyms for 'hat,'» he explained.
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