It’s Veterans Week on Wheel of Fortune 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.

Mon 10-22-18 Wheel: $48,460
On Jeopardy: $14,800

Rob got one of each of his letters choices. He had a Wild Card and his extra consonant was on there too. With all that help, he couldn’t fail! He won a brand new Chevy Traverse SUV worth $33,795 on top of $14,665 from the main game.
H O _ S _ _ _ T _ T _ S

Tue 10-23-18 Wheel: $59,909
On Jeopardy: $26,801

Mark added one H, one C and one A to his puzzle and it still looked pretty dismal
F _ O _ W H _ _ _ I W A _ _ I _ _ I N G
Amazingly, he worked it out and won himself a Chevy Traverse SUV worth $33,795 in addition to the $26,114 he already won.

Wed 10-24-18 Wheel: $66,403
On Jeopardy: $20,200

Nikki got one of each of her letter choices: an F, an H, a C and an A. And there it was, all ready to be solved. But she tried several other -atch words before getting around to the right one, but still well within the allotted time! So there was
_ V _ R _ H _ _ _ _ _ N _ I N G
Nikki won $45,000 in addition to the $21,403 from the main game.

Thu 10-25-18 Wheel: $18,850
On Jeopardy: $17,600

Michael got one G and one O from his selections. We all knew the first word was A and there were now 4 letters out of 11 filled for the last 2 words. He got the last word but the middle word was
_ _ _ A L H _ A D S _ _ A T _ H _ _
There went the streak of winners and the $36,000 on the card.

Fri 10-27-18 Wheel: $27,100
On Jeopardy: $2,198

Carolyn only got her vowel, an A, to start with but she lucked out with her Wild Card pick. Or not. She just could not come up with that last word. You could almost hear her thinking
H O _ _ I _ I _ _ N _ G E _ O _ I S S _ H _ _ ?!
Another unattainable $36,000 made an appearance.

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