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.

Pat is back… sort of. Before the show began, he announced that these episodes were taped before he got ill “which explains why I look so terrible and why I look so great now.”

Mon 12-30-19 $54,036
On Jeopardy: $22,000

Alicia put one C and two O’s in her bonus puzzle. It looked tough but, for Alicia,
_ T W A _ C H _ _ D ‘ _ _ _ A Y.
She solved it immediately and added $37,000 to the $17,036 she picked up in the main game.

Tue 12-31-19 $59,700
On Jeopardy: $16,800

Leon added two H’s and three I’s to the bonus puzzle. Those were stellar choices indeed. Another quick solution
_ H _ Y W _ R _ S P L _ N _ I _ _ H O I _ _ S,
and the $37,000 on the card was in the bag, on top of $22,700 from the main game.

Wed 1-1-20 $22,117
On Jeopardy: $20,401

Emanuel only got one D out of the letters he picked. It was in the middle word he already knew so, unfortunately, it
W _ S _ _ _ D F _ R N _ T _ I N _.
Emanuel lost out on an extra $37,000 on that “very constricting puzzle,” as Pat called it.

Thu 1-2-20 $25,950
On Jeopardy: $20,801

Mariah had a Wild Card but she only got one G from her consonant picks. On the vowel side, she got two I’s. Mariah was stuck
_ N _ H A _ _ R E A _ E _ _ _ L E _ _ A
of too many possibilities with too little time. She didn’t win the $37,000 bonus money.

Fri 1-3-20 $53,198
On Jeopardy: $24,200

Barbara got an F and a C from the letters she chose, and that gave her the first word. She was able to figure out the last word at
_ H _ V _ R _ L A _ _ _ _ C O N _
That’s why it looks like she didn’t get it. Barbara scooped up an extra $37,000 to go with the $16,198 she already won.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show

COMMENT PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show