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The Most Hilarious Wheel of Fortune Fails of 2017
Note: We are republishing this classic story that originally made headlines in May 2017.
A notoriously confusing Wheel of Fortune puzzle once had the entire nation collectively scratching its head. The televised moment quickly went viral after a podcast host posted a screenshot of the baffling board to Twitter, racking up over 40,000 likes and 13,000 retweets.
Hundreds of users flooded the replies with their most creative attempts to solve the puzzle. Guesses ranged from the bizarre to the absurd, including:
- “Suck it dork”
- “Duck at work”
- “Lick it fork”
- “Pick at pork”
- “Return to Zork”
Several users also chimed in with highly inappropriate suggestions.
Onlookers watched in pure amusement as the wild guesses rolled in, drawing massive attention to the tweet—even from people who aren’t typical fans of the game show. The podcast host thoroughly enjoyed the chaos, writing, “I really appreciate all the replies and quote tweets of this with alternate jokes. Can’t get enough of it!”
Other Twitter users shared in the hilarity. One spectator commented, “[H]ahahahahaha why can’t I be watching when this sh happens!?” while another admitted, “[I] hate that show but this is funny.”
Ultimately, the correct answer was quite simple. The sharp contestant actually managed to solve it in under a minute: “BACK AT WORK.”
A Streak of Viral Blunders
This wasn’t the only time the iconic game show took the internet by storm that year. In March, a contestant named Kevin famously confused the classic play A Streetcar Named Desire by guessing A Streetcar Naked Desire. The hilarious blunder amused everyone, including the show’s long-time host, as reported by TIME Magazine.
“And although you got the right answer,” host Pat Sajak quipped to the actual winner, “I’d rather see Kevin’s play.”
Social media instantly lit up with reactions to the slip-up:
- @Viewer1: “Dude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this: A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE. He asked for a K. I’m gonna go lie down.”
- @Viewer2: “Nothing’s funnier to me than Wheel of Fortune fails. Unlike Jeopardy it’s literally spelled out for you.”
- @Viewer3: “Hey, Wheel of Fortune contestant who just tried to fill in A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE with a K, DM me – I’ll buy you a beer or 20.”
The “Popsicle Bike” Incident
Just a few weeks later in April, another contestant captured the nation’s attention with a highly entertaining miss, according to Thrillist.
Faced with the category “Living Things” and a board reading “O_EYS_CK_E B_S“, the woman famously guessed “popsicle bike.” The correct answer was, of course, “honeysuckle bush.”
“I don’t know what I was saying,” the contestant later admitted to the Dallas Observer. “Maybe it’s because I saw a ‘K’ at the bottom, but I’m like OK, let’s move on. So I didn’t think about it, but my daughter’s like, ‘That’s gonna go all over.’”