‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant’s ‘flub’ costs her $1 million prize, trip
She felt the warmth.
“Wheel of Fortune” followers had been astounded by a participant’s unlucky puzzle-solving abilities that prevented her from profitable life-changing cash on Friday’s episode of the long-running recreation present.
Contestant Micki was solely three letters away from finishing a puzzle within the “Factor” class — and she or he had already landed on the $1 million wedge, in addition to a trip to Croatia.
The Louisiana native had the dwell studio viewers’s help as she was instructed by longtime host Pat Sajak to choose one other letter.
The board learn: “A ROARING FIRE IN THE FIRE _ _ A _ E.” The unsolved phrase was “FIREPLACE.”

However Micki audibly dissatisfied the dwell studio viewers when she requested Sajak to place an “S” on the board, which sounded off the incorrect-answer buzzer.
“You bought the response. No ‘S,’ I’m sorry,” Sajak stated of the group’s dismay.
Micki’s mess-up had one “Wheel” fan questioning on Twitter whether or not hers was higher or worse than different latest blunders.
“Wheel of Fortune ballot…Worse flub in latest reminiscence…” one person surveyed the web, referring to an incorrect guess throughout Teen Week. “A) Fregh…B) Fire… I’d go B because it modified all the recreation.”


On that episode, contestant Khushi was one letter away from a visit to Antigua when she incorrectly solved the board that learn “FRE_H TROPICAL FRUIT.”
Twitter customers accused the teenager of “zoning out” and lacking the seemingly apparent “FRESH.”
“The fregh tropical fruit one additionally modified the sport. It was a prize puzzle, so she additionally missed out on a trip,” one other fan replied.
A contestant can compete for $1 million within the bonus spherical in the event that they land on the $1 million wedge throughout common recreation play, remedy the puzzle and win the sport. That quantity is positioned in one of many bonus spherical envelopes.
The present’s official TikTok web page revealed final week that solely three contestants have ever gained the $1 million prize. The present model of the collection has aired since 1983.
Additionally final week, “Wheel” followers roasted a contestant for her lack of expertise of tacky bagel toppings.