A Wheel of Fortune contestant has been roasted on an open hearth by followers for an excruciatingly incorrect reply to a Vacation-themed tossup puzzle. Whereas the wrong guess wasn’t of spherical of sausage magnitude, it actually painted an unappetizing image.
The sport present’s newest puzzle gaffe occurred throughout Thursday, December 19’s episode. It concerned Sheila Payton from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. As is custom, the episode started with a $1,000 tossup, with the letters filling in mechanically. The class was “Meals & Drink.”
The three gamers attentively sized up the puzzle, which finally learn, “‘_O_EM_DE’ ‘E _ _ _ _G’. At this level, Payton opted to make a guess. She declared, “Lemonade Eggnog?” This was not the right reply.
Payton appeared painfully conscious of as a lot as she coated her face in shock (beneath). “Oh no!” she exclaimed. Opponent Lidia Abbott, who later received the sport with $28,729 whole after acing her bonus puzzle, instantly solved it appropriately as “Home made Eggnog.” 
The published lower to Ryan Seacrest, who comforted Payton earlier than the contestant interviews started. The host positioned a consoling hand on her shoulder and stated, “Your concoction sounded superb. I appreciated the sound of that.”
All of the gamers laughed, and including a teaspoon of irony was Seacrest beginning Payton’s interview quickly after by sharing how she calls herself, “the perfect Wheel participant in her household.”
Followers took to social media reacting to the hilarious puzzle fail, with somebody titling a WoF Reddit put up, “Lemonade eggnog. Did I hear that proper?”
Different followers reveled within the mishap that left a bitter style in everybody’s mouths within the feedback part, one fan writing, “Always remember.”
“Traditional vacation deal with, up there with Sweets, Chestnuts, and Chickens,” wrote yet another.
Sweets, Chestnuts and…. #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/1gVC8h952F
— AC (@ACinPhilly) December 18, 2024
Certainly, simply earlier this week in the course of the Vacation theme week, a contestant named Phil tried to resolve a three-word puzzle within the “Similar Letter” class. The puzzle board learn: “CHOCOLATES’ ‘CHESTNUTS’ & ‘CHI _N_S.” So solely two letters have been clean. His guess? “Chocolate, Chestnuts, and Chickens.”
One X person joked on the time, “That was my procuring record final weekend.”
“Phil acquired me crying proper now,” stated one other.
One other participant immediately solved it appropriately: “Chocolate, Chestnuts, and Chimneys.”
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