A Wheel of Fortune puzzle brought on fairly the response on Wednesday’s (January 15) episode—even Vanna White was shocked!
The hilarity occurred throughout the Triple Toss Up spherical, the place contestants Ricky Brown from Easton, Pennsylvania, Karen Morgan from Clinton, Maryland, and Lisa McDaniel from Norman, Oklahoma, needed to clear up three puzzles ending within the phrase “Colony.”
Issues began off usually, with Brown buzzing in to appropriately guess “Ant Colony” and bagging himself $2,000. Morgan then nailed the second puzzle, appropriately answering “Artist Colony” for $2,000 of her personal.
It was the ultimate puzzle that threw the sport into chaos. White revealed the letters one after the other, touchdown on “_ U D I S T / C O L O _ Y” earlier than Morgan buzzed in to reply. Sadly, Morgan’s guess of “Budist [sic] Colony” was incorrect.
Brown then swooped in with the proper reply, “Nudist Colony,” which was proper. White appeared shocked, throwing her fingers over her mouth.
“I used to be afraid to say it,” Brown joked.
“You had been afraid to say it?” host Ryan Seacrest requested earlier than including, “I feel it’s an important sponsorship alternative for the present.”
Followers jumped onto social media to share their reactions to the puzzle, together with Morgan’s hilarious fallacious guess.
“Buddhist Colony!” wrote one X person alongside a crying laughing emoji.
“My subsequent band identify,” quipped one other.
Budist Colony. #wheeloffortune pic.twitter.com/s1VebLOwZe
— Ernie W. Webb III (@Ernie_Webb_3) January 16, 2025
“Woman guessed “Budist Colony,” added one other.
One other wrote, “Lady guessed Budist (sic) Colony on Wheel. I’m lifeless.”
She stated “BUDIST COLONY”
I’m not making this up. pic.twitter.com/Sm6SJxWIWz
— Biscuit Salad (@BiscuitSalad) January 16, 2025
“She stated “BUDIST COLONY”I’m not making this up,” one fan added.
“Poor Karen incorrectly guessed this as “Buddhist Colony.” Tbh one of many solely instances you hear a phrase with the phrase “colony,” it’s preceded by “nudist,”” stated a Wheel of Fortune Reddit person.
“Vanna can’t imagine they went there,” wrote one other, referring to the proper reply of “Nudist Colony.”
Ultimately, Brown went on to win the episode with a grand whole of $64,000.
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