It’s Wheel of Fortune, America’s Game and we’re posting the Bonus Puzzle with the winner’s final prize amount. By way of comparison, the Jeopardy! payoff is also included with a link to the recap of that game.

Theme: Happy New Year

Mon 1-4-21: $129,300
On Jeopardy: $17,999

Calais had a Wild Card for an extra consonant, but she didn’t really need it. The P and A she picked first totally filled in the last word of her puzzle.
S H _ H _ T T H _ _ _ L L S – _ Y _
right away and was very happy about that. Then she hit the jackpot with a $100,000 bonus prize. Calais said it was a dream come true.

Wed 1-6-21: $11,700
On Jeopardy: $6,800

Dana put one C, two P’s and one I in the bonus puzzle. It’s really getting weird how the letters almost fill in one word and
L _ A V _ _ H _ O _ H _ R _ L A _ K
but that’s what happened again. Without a helpful letter in the first word, Dana needed a lot more than 10 seconds to win the $38,000 bonus prize.

Thu 1-7-21: $37,970
On Jeopardy: $24,800

Luke got one D, one F and two O’s out of his letters. That made the last two words clear enough.
_ H E _ _ I C K _ _ O _ D _ A S
the second one this time around. Luke didn’t get the $38,000 on the card.

Fri 1-8-21: $23,856
On Jeopardy: $24,401

Matt put a W and an A into the mix. It wasn’t much but it was eminently doable. Matt got so close to the solution, it
_ L _ O S T _ _ D E _ O U C R _
He lost out on a Toyota Highlander.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show

COMMENT PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show