Social media is buzzing a couple of latest mistake on “Wheel of Fortune.”
A Christmas-themed episode of the favored recreation present on Tuesday featured the newest contestant blunder. When attempting to resolve a puzzle within the “Similar Letter” class, contestant Phil McManus was confronted with a board studying, “Chocolate Chestnuts & Chi_ne_s.”
McManus began out strongly, filling in all however two of the letters, and after shopping for an “I,” he solely had two letters left to resolve the puzzle. He then guessed, “Candies, chestnuts and chickens,” which was incorrect.
The flawed guess made room for an additional contestant, Matt, to appropriately guess “Candies, chestnuts & chimneys” as the proper reply.
A Christmas-themed episode of “Wheel of Fortune” hosted by Ryan Seacrest had viewers speaking after a contestant’s flawed reply. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Photographs for iHeartRadio)
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Followers of the present shortly took to social media to share their reactions to the guess.
“That was my buying listing final weekend,” one fan wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter. “After I consider candies and chestnuts, the subsequent phrase I consider is chickens,” one other person wrote.
“Did that man have a look at that puzzle and say Chocolate, Chestnuts and Chickens??? For a Christmas puzzle?!? #wof #wheelofFortune,” a 3rd person wrote.
This is not the primary time a contestant has prompted followers on social media to poke enjoyable at a flawed reply. In November, Will Jordan, a veteran police officer and former coast guard from Connecticut, incorrectly guessed the puzzle, “Deal with your self a spherical of sausage,” when the proper reply was “Give your self a spherical of applause.”
A earlier contestant additionally went viral for his incorrect guess involving meals. (Wheel of Fortune/Instagram/ABC)
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“Not an incredible Wheel of Fortune play right here however I like the place this dude’s abdomen is,” one fan wrote on the time, whereas one other added, “Why thanks, Will, I did! Ate a complete pound of scorching Italian sausage for dinner tonight with pasta and vodka sauce!”
When talking with Maggie Sajak on the sport present’s Instagram web page following the present, Jordan instructed the social media correspondent he “simply went clean.”
“I let you know, when the lights are on, and , the celebrities and Ryan Seacrest, Vanna White, I simply went clean,” he stated. “However, in case your dad, in retirement, is watching this present, perhaps cracks a beer and will get amusing, it was price it.”
Maggie’s father, Pat Sajak, famously hosted the favored recreation present for 41 seasons from 1981 to 2024, together with his final present airing in June.
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Ryan Seacrest, proper, took over for Pat Sajak after the longtime host of “Wheel of Fortune” retired in June. (Getty Photographs)
The longtime host was changed by Ryan Seacrest, who rose to fame because the host of “American Idol.”
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