{"id":17395,"date":"2026-05-23T09:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17395"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:58:50","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-player-left-heartbroken-after-fumbling-the-most-obvious-bonus-round-answer-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17395","title":{"rendered":"Wheel Of Fortune Player Left Heartbroken After Fumbling The Most Obvious Bonus Round Answer In History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d contestant, Joey Moorman, lost the Bonus Round after failing to solve what viewers considered a very easy puzzle: \u201cBE_ _E WOOL CO_T,\u201d which most at home quickly recognized as \u201cbeige wool coat.\u201d<\/p>\n

He had already won over $22,000 and a trip to the Cook Islands, and was playing for an additional $40,000. However, under the pressure of the final round and the ticking clock, he was unable to figure it out in time.<\/p>\n

When the answer was revealed, he appeared visibly shocked as the studio reacted with disappointment. The moment quickly went viral, with viewers debating how pressure and nerves can affect even simple problem-solving on live TV.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss in the bonus round, he still left the show as a major winner with cash and prizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d contestant, Joey Moorman, lost the Bonus Round after failing to solve what viewers considered a very easy puzzle: \u201cBE_ _E WOOL […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17397,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions\/17397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}