A contestant on Wheel of Fortune made a rough mistake earlier this week, forgetting to include a word that was already on the board while taking her stab at guessing the puzzle.
On Monday (Feb. 6), Barbara from Culver City, Calif., competed in the popular game show and nearly guessed a puzzle correctly, aside from missing one already-solved word. The category was “What are you doing?” and the correct answer was, “Taking some time for myself.”
After guessing the letter “s”, Barbara revealed two missing letters and completed one of the five words in the puzzle; so when she went to solve the prompt, she was a shoo-in to win.
Unfortunately, Barbara guessed, “Taking time for myself,” omitting the word “some” and throwing away her chance to win an all-inclusive trip to Costa Rica. This left the next contestant, Cory, confused and he proceeded to guess all of the remaining letters in the puzzle, rather than taking a shot at solving it.
Host Pat Sajak cleared the air after Cory correctly solved the puzzle. He explained, “Cory was confused because he didn’t understand why Barbara’s was incorrect,” before going on to add that it’s because she forgot the word “some.”
Sajak continued, “She probably didn’t realize she did it.” As a result, Cory won $4,200 and the trip to Costa Rica, leaving some viewers flabbergasted.
“That lady just did all the work and then someone else got the trip,” tweeted one shocked viewer.
Another wrote, “This may be the dumbest crew of 3 contestants yet on wheel of fortune. My brain is melting at how bad these people are.”
There was another close call where Barbara had guessed the correct letter and was about to solve the puzzle but then her time ran out.
“We can..” she started to say before the buzzer rang and she used her hands to cover her mouth. A viewer posted a clip of the event on Twitter with the caption “Oh, Barb.”
Must’ve been a bad day for Barbara because that was a string of unfortunate luck!
Wheel of Fortune airs weeknights at 7/6c. Check the Wheel website for local listings.
