{"id":43699,"date":"2025-08-05T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=43699"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:50:44","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-puzzle-baffles-viewers-even-show-host-calls-it-tricky-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=43699","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel Of Fortune\u2019 Puzzle Baffles Viewers, Even Show Host Calls It \u2018Tricky\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the November 18 episode of Wheel of Fortune, contestant Joey Sweet, a program director from Oceanside, CA,<\/p>\n<p>missed out on a $40,000 bonus round prize after misreading a nearly solved puzzle. The category was \u201cphrase,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>and the board showed: \u201cCA_ED\u2019 \u2018_ _\u2019 \u2018_AND.\u201d Sweet guessed \u201cCleared in hand,\u201d but the correct answer was \u201cCarved by hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Host Ryan Seacret, puzzled by the miss, offered kind words: \u201cYou were on the right track. This is a tricky one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Vanna White was visibly disappointed. 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