Even host Ryan Seacrest was left scratching his head when a contestant flubbed it on Wheel of Fortune’s bonus round.
Joey Sweet, a program director from Oceanside, California, nearly blew a $40,000 prize on the November 18 episode. The category was “phrase,” and by the time Sweet made his guess, he’d pretty much nailed the puzzle.
It read “CA_ED’ ‘_ _’ ‘_AND,” after Sweet had picked the letters C, D, M, and A, plus an extra “F” from his Wild Card. At first, his stab, “Cleared in hand,” seemed reasonable, but as the clock ticked down, no dice. Turns out the answer was “Carved By Hand”—a stumper that had Sweet and the audience fuming.