{"id":16884,"date":"2024-10-26T22:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=16884"},"modified":"2024-10-26T22:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:47:46","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-puzzle-turns-heads-online-stumps-viewers-who-try-to-guess-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=16884","title":{"rendered":"Wheel Of Fortune Puzzle Turns Heads Online, Stumps Viewers Who Try To Guess It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d puzzle had the whole nation scratching its head at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The game went viral after a podcast host shared a screenshot of the puzzle to Twitter, garnering more than 40,000 likes and 13,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds responded with their guesses to solve puzzle, which included the likes of \u201cSuck it dork,\u201d \u201cDuck at work,\u201d \u201cLick it fork,\u201d \u201cPick at pork,\u201d and even the nonsensical, \u201cReturn to Zork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some also offered inappropriate guesses.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, observers watched in amusement as people made their guesses on Twitter, consequently drawing even more attention to the tweet \u2014 even from those who don\u2019t even like the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really appreciate all the replies and quote tweets of this with alternate jokes,\u201d wrote the podcast host. \u201cCan\u2019t get enough of it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[H]ahahahahaha why can\u2019t I be watching when this sh** happens!?\u201d one Twitter user replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I] hate that show but this is funny,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out the correct answer, which the sharp \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d contestant guessed within one minute, was \u201cback at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time this year \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d has taken the internet by storm.<\/p>\n<p>In March, one contestant, known as Kevin, mistakenly confused \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire\u201d for A Streetcar Naked Desire, amusing even the TV show\u2019s host, TIME Magazine reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd although you got the right answer,\u201d host Pat Sajak said to the winning contestant, \u201cI\u2019d rather see Kevin\u2019s play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media users rushed to Twitter to express their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this: A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE,\u201d tweeted one person, reports TIME Magazine. \u201cHe asked for a K. I\u2019m gonna go lie down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s funnier to me than Wheel of Fortune fails,\u201d added another. \u201cUnlike Jeopardy it\u2019s literally spelled out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Wheel of Fortune contestant who just tried to fill in A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE with a K, DM me \u2013 I\u2019ll buy you a beer or 20,\u201d chimed in a third.<\/p>\n<p>Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d puzzle had the whole nation scratching its head at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The game went viral after a podcast host shared a screenshot of the puzzle to Twitter, garnering more than 40,000 likes and 13,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds responded with their guesses to solve puzzle, which included the likes of \u201cSuck it dork,\u201d \u201cDuck at work,\u201d \u201cLick it fork,\u201d \u201cPick at pork,\u201d and even the nonsensical, \u201cReturn to Zork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some also offered inappropriate guesses.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, observers watched in amusement as people made their guesses on Twitter, consequently drawing even more attention to the tweet \u2014 even from those who don\u2019t even like the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really appreciate all the replies and quote tweets of this with alternate jokes,\u201d wrote the podcast host. \u201cCan\u2019t get enough of it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[H]ahahahahaha why can\u2019t I be watching when this sh** happens!?\u201d one Twitter user replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I] hate that show but this is funny,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out the correct answer, which the sharp \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d contestant guessed within one minute, was \u201cback at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, one contestant, known as Kevin, mistakenly confused \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire\u201d for A Streetcar Naked Desire, amusing even the TV show\u2019s host, TIME Magazine reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd although you got the right answer,\u201d host Pat Sajak said to the winning contestant, \u201cI\u2019d rather see Kevin\u2019s play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Simplemost, Twitter\u2019s Good Boy\/Twitter, Twitter via TIME Magazine, Thrillist, Dallas Observer<\/p>\n<p>Social media users rushed to Twitter to express their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this: A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE,\u201d tweeted one person, reports TIME Magazine. \u201cHe asked for a K. I\u2019m gonna go lie down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s funnier to me than Wheel of Fortune fails,\u201d added another. \u201cUnlike Jeopardy it\u2019s literally spelled out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Wheel of Fortune contestant who just tried to fill in A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE with a K, DM me \u2013 I\u2019ll buy you a beer or 20,\u201d chimed in a third.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few weeks later, a \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d contestant captured national attention for yet another entertaining puzzle and answer, Thrillist reports.<\/p>\n<p>In April, contestants were given the word, \u201c_O_EYS_CK_E B_S_\u201d under the category \u201cliving things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many were amused to say the least hearing the woman\u2019s guess,\u201dpopsicle bike\u201d when the correct answer was \u201choneysuckle bush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what I was saying,\u201d the contestant later admitted, the Dallas Observer reports. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I saw a \u2018K\u2019 at the bottom, but I\u2019m like OK, let\u2019s move on. 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