‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Melt Down After Player Loses $68,000 on ‘Cruel’ Puzzle
A Wheel of Fortune contestant said she had no clue what a word was in her Bonus Round puzzle which resulted in her losing out on an additional $40,000. This makes it the eighteenth Bonus Round loss in a row, causing fans to complain.
Amy Johnston, from Schertz, Texas, played against Misha Graves, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Jon Reinink, from Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 21.
Graves, who has been married for nine years with seven children, solved the first two tossups for $3,000. She also solved the first puzzle — “Hula Hoops and Happy Hour” — giving her a huge lead.
Johnston, who used to open for an Elvis impersonator at a Chinese restaurant, finally got on the board when she solved the Mystery Puzzle — “Ice Cream In a Waffle Cone.” She gained a substantial lead when she guessed most of the letters in the Prize Puzzle and then solved it — “Shake off the Winter Blues.” Johnston won a trip to Lake Tahoe, giving her a total of $13,739.
Johnston gained another $10,000 when she guessed all three Triple Toss-Ups. She secured her spot in the Bonus Round when she solved the final puzzle — “Wellness Spa.”She ended with $28,539. Graves left with $5,000. Reinink, a minister by trade, was given $1,000 by Wheel of Fortune after not winning any money.
For the Bonus Round, she picked “What are you doing?” The game show contestant brought her parents and her middle daughter, Kayla, with her.
After Wheel of Fortune gave her “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” Johnston picked “G,C,M, and O.” Her puzzle then looked like “_ _ _ _ NG _T O_ER NO_.”
“Something it over now,” Johnston guessed as the timer counted down. “Picking it over now,” “Making it over now,” “Taking it over now,” “Watching it over now,” “I got nothing,” she said.
The puzzle was revealed to be “Faxing it over now.” “Of course. I don’t even know what faxing means,” Johnston said. She lost out on an additional $40,000.
Fans also didn’t understand the puzzle. “OK, that one really didn’t seem fair because who on this planet uses a fax machine anymore??” a YouTube commenter said.
“The person who is making these final puzzles should be fired. THERE ARE IMPOSSIBLE,” wrote another.
“Pretty sure until now, a lot of people forgot at one point, things could be faxed over. This puzzle seemed a little cruel,” a third added.
“Such a dumb puzzle,” said another.
“This is just a cheap, twisted show that is designed to defeat its own contestants,” one Reddit user commented.
“Nobody has sent a fax in over 20 years. Seriously stupid,” said one last fan.
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It's a game show where you attempt to guess the puzzle. It's not a game show where you are just given the money.
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It's me again. What would have happened if she chose the letters FXW and A
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Don't forget the V
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I've been keeping extensive stats on WOF for about 5 years. People who pick WRUD only solve the puzzle 29% of the time. The puzzles with the best odds are Event or Place, with around 60% win percentage.
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Except when place is a "pebbled lane" and event is a "beautiful sunset". They are so random it hurts.
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Losing is part of the game. I've seen people not solve easy puzzles as well. I can't believe there's so many people freak out over a game show. Just for the record, Wheel is the absolute favorite in our house.
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I have a fax machine at home. It also photocopies, scans, prints off anything from my computer as its connected to it. I wouldn't be without it. However I wouldn't have got the puzzle either to be honest!
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In the medical field we still use fax, and I still wouldn't have even gotten it 😂
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same in pharmacy. i didn't get it.
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Is the bonus round loss streak still continuous? I quit watching at 15
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Not only do we not fax anymore, but who would pick the letter “x”? So unfair.
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That's the point of the game! If there were just the easiest letters, then everyone would get every puzzle! People don't want to actually look beyond the end of their nose for a challenge anymore. They expect it to be GIVEN to them without any work at all...geez!
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We forgot about faxing 20 years ago
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I used one a year ago, but it never came to mind. It's not an everyday or week action we do, so we don't think about it, it's an old action that few use anymore
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I think the biggest problem is the producers can, and do, make the odds of the player failing by looking for the most uncommon phrases with uncommon letters. And, yes, who uses faxes anymore? Years ago I was faxing daily in my business. Now it's maybe 1 or 2 times a month. My 3 in 1 printer is normally used for scanning and then putting in an email.
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“THERE ARE IMPOSSIBLE,”
Imagine someone typing the above statement complaining about a puzzle on a game show where spelling is important.
Regardless its a game. It's not a free money hand out. Get better and you'll win.
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In what are you doing when do People pick the letter G when its so obvious. That's wasting a letter
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WOF can go fax itself...
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Don't believe you.
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Not designed to be easy.
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Pharmacists still use fax machines to send requests for prescription renewals to doctor's offices.
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If they pick "what are you doing?" And they say G, they deserve to lose.
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Actually in health care here in Canada. We fax all the time. It is the most efficient and confidential way to do it. Email can be intercepted and codes cracked.
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Game is Game. No need to argue about it. If can solve it. If cannot just zip your mouth.get what u have. Appreciate. Go home.
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Lots of hospitals and goverment offices still use fax machines.
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20 years?? people still use fax machines today
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That show ha. Mostly much more uninteligle puzzles than that one. And faxes are still used
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WHAT THE HECK....ain't nobody uses faxes anymore!!! Such a stupid puzzle! No one would think of "faxing" for this!!!!
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I'm wondering where everyone's been the fax machine has been out for years and those that don't know about fax machines are way behind the times
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Ummm, I actually send & receive a lot of faxes every day for my husband.
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No one ever picks "X"
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The money usually is $40000 and not enough to try to solve a stupid puzzle that you would need letters like z and f to choose
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Seems like a bunch of whiners to me. If you thought quickly then you could have gotten the answer out of process of elimination.
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There still are fax machines, not used that much anymore. Yah, it was tough, but not an impossible solve. I got the 'x', nothing else.
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It can't be facing. Not enough letters
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Faxing
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I think many people expect the contestants to win the bonus round every time! Then where's the challenge?🤔
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That's a PHRASE!
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No, it's not.
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People are still faxing things
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