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: Great American Cities

Mon 10-18-21: $61,688
On Jeopardy: $25,200

Ruth only got an M and an O from the letters she selected. Pat was barely finished making his
“T _ L _ I _ _ U _” S P _ _ C _,
and starting the clock, when Ruth piped up with the right solution. Ruth won $39,000 on top of the $22,688 from the main game.

Tue 10-19-21: $15,550
On Jeopardy: $13,200

Jake put one P, one H, one G and 3 O’s in his bonus puzzle. He already knew the H and G were up there for sure so it might have been more
H _ _ P F U _ _ O _ R Y O _ H _ R
letters. Of course, there are no guarantees that different choices would work out better. In any event, Jake got tripped up by the first word and lost out on an extra $39,000.

Wed 10-20-21: $56,850
On Jeopardy: $37,700

Sean scored 3 H’s, one D and 2 O’s from the letters he chose. That gave him more than
E N _ U G _ _ O W _ R _ W I _ _
All Sean had to do was read off the solution to win another $39,000 on top of the $17,850 he already won.

Thu 10-21-21: $16,221
On Jeopardy: $22,100

Amanda hit the vowel jackpot when 3 O’s turned up in the first word. She also got a D in the first word and a C in the second word. Unfortunately, that C was the
_ N _ Y _ _ T T _ R T _ _ P P _ _ R
in the second word. It was just too hard to figure out. The lost bonus prize was $39,000.

Fri 10-22-21: $33,403
On Jeopardy: $14,200

Anthone put 3 H’s and 3 A’s into his 5-word bonus puzzle. One of those A’s turned up in that long last word but it
H _ D P R _ C I _ U _ _ I T T _ _ V _ _ U _
to Anthone. He had every word but that one and it cost him a Volkswagen Taos. Anthone still had over 33K reasons not to feel too bad about it.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show

COMMENT PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show