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.

Season 39

Mon 5-23: $21,520
On Jeopardy: $13,400

Meghan put one H and one A in her 4-word puzzle. That really wasn’t much to work with to begin with. Then, in her attempt to talk it out, she
J U _ _ 🟪 _ K I _ _ E D 🟪 _ I _ H _ 🟪 O _ E _
the second word. So that went nowhere and, for the third week in a row, the lost prize was a car. This time it was a VW Golf GTI.

Tue 5-24: $61,650
On Jeopardy: $13,400

J was the only letter Zach chose that was not in his bonus puzzle, but his other letters (G, V and A) spelled out the entire first word and gave him the starting letter of the second word. It doesn’t
G E _ 🟪 _ _ C H 🟪 _ _ R E 🟪 F _ R _ _ N A _ E
than that on the Wheel of Fortune. Zach won an extra $39,000 on top of the $22,650 he already had.

Wed 5-25: $25,400
On Jeopardy: $12,900

Tom put a P and an O in his bonus puzzle. The P began the 4-letter first word so he figured that out in good time. The second word was twice as long. That O and an L at the end was the only
_ E _ P 🟪 A _ 🟪 _ I _ 🟪 D I _ _ O _ A _
so he was unable to complete the puzzle or collect the $39,000 bonus prize.

Thu 5-26: $131,555
On Jeopardy: $10,000

Jinger got two O’s from her letters and none of her consonants. In one of
_ H _ S E 🟪 M _ S _ I F _ I _ G 🟪 L _ C _ _ 🟪 _ R E A _ S
she got it before the clock even registered a whole second and, in another, she won an extra $100,000!

Fri 5-27: $50,880
On Jeopardy: $25,999

Laura’s letter selections just about spelled out the bonus puzzle for her. She confirmed to Pat that
_ H _ 🟪 W _ _ 🟪 R _ _ _ O N _ B L Y 🟪 C _ R T _ I N
of that last word and picked her letters accordingly. Her H turned out to be a Huge Help with the first word. Laura won the car of the week, a VW Golf GTI worth $31,830.

BONUS PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show

COMMENT PUZZLE SOLUTIONS: show