{"id":204,"date":"2025-09-11T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/11\/wheel-of-fortune-fail-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:38:00","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-fail-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/11\/wheel-of-fortune-fail-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans boo after &#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; contestant gets &#8216;unfair&#8217; puzzle with worth $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The usually respectful crowd at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/wheel-of-fortune\" target=\"_self\"><u>\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d<\/u><\/a> taping aired on Wednesday, May 22, couldn\u2019t hold back after they felt that a <a href=\"\/fans-are-in-stitches-after-woman-s-wildly-incorrect-whimsical-wheel-of-fortune-guess-ex1\" target=\"_self\"><u>puzzle given<\/u><\/a> to finalist Rob Dodson was too harsh. A big reason for their outrage (and why the puzzle was so tricky) was because $1 million was on the line.<br \/><\/p><p>Before the puzzle, Dodson chose from a selection of cards that held the prize he would win for solving it. Amongst the cards was the $1 million jackpot, so, understandably, tensions were high. Did Dodson choose the million-dollar card? Will he solve the puzzle under the \u201cWhat Are You Doing Category\u201d?<\/p><p>Well, things didn\u2019t start too great.<\/p><p>After the usual R, S, T, L, N, and E were put up on the board, Dodson was looking at \u201c_ _ _ _ _ L _ N _.\u201d He quickly guessed C, H, P and A, none of which appeared on the board. He then guessed \u201cfunneling\u201d and \u201cfinding,\u201d but they didn\u2019t work.<\/p><p>The final answer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/quibble\" target=\"_blank\"><u>\u201cQuibbling.\u201d<\/u><\/a><\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        \t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-has-aspect-ratio \"> \n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_9N-4nZM2gE\/hqdefault.jpg)\" class=\"rkv-video-placeholder \" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video-id=\"_9N-4nZM2gE\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"17\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M16.5 9.75047C16.5006 10.0051 16.4353 10.2556 16.3105 10.4775C16.1856 10.6995 16.0055 10.8853 15.7875 11.017L2.28 19.2802C2.05227 19.4196 1.79144 19.4957 1.52445 19.5007C1.25746 19.5056 0.993989 19.4392 0.76125 19.3083C0.530728 19.1794 0.338696 18.9914 0.204904 18.7637C0.0711107 18.536 0.000385179 18.2768 0 18.0127V1.48828C0.000385179 1.22417 0.0711107 0.964934 0.204904 0.737222C0.338696 0.509511 0.530728 0.321545 0.76125 0.192655C0.993989 0.0617322 1.25746 -0.00468706 1.52445 0.0002572C1.79144 0.00520146 2.05227 0.0813301 2.28 0.220781L15.7875 8.4839C16.0055 8.6156 16.1856 8.80145 16.3105 9.0234C16.4353 9.24534 16.5006 9.49582 16.5 9.75047Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        <\/p><p>After the solution to the puzzle was revealed, the audience began to boo because they didn\u2019t think it was fair. It had 2 Bs in the short answer, started with a Q and was a word that isn\u2019t used often in casual conversation. The crowd\u2019s reaction was an excellent show of support for Dodson, who encouraged the crowd to keep going by raising his hands.<\/p><p>Host Pat Sajak, 77, pushed back against the boos, jokingly asking the audience, \u201cWho asked you?\u201d<\/p><p>So, would Dobson have won the $1 million if he guessed quibbling? Nope. The card he chose would have earned him an Infiniti car if he had guessed correctly. But all in all, it wasn\u2019t a bad outing for Dodson, a father of 2 from Aurora, Ohio. He managed to win $33,500 against Venetia Brown ($7,550) and Jessica Huffman ($2,000).<\/p><p>The tough puzzle earned a lot of boos on social media as well. Twitter was lit up with people who thought that Dodson got cheated by being given a challenging puzzle with a word seldom used in conversation.<\/p><div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just wanna know who uses the word quibbling on a daily basis? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WheelOfFortune?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WheelOfFortune<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u2606\u2606Miss Johnson\u2606\u2606 (@DC4L_77) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC4L_77\/status\/1793432620954447976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n <\/div><p><br \/><\/p><div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">yooooo the crowd just boo\u2019d the final puzzle on wheel tonight &#8211; category was \u201cwhat\u2019re you doing\u201d and it was just one word &#8211; \u201cquibbling\u201d. Weak af <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WheelofFortune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WheelofFortune<\/a> never heard the crowd boo before bc it was so outrageous ???<\/p>&mdash; Det. Del Spooner (@Atta_Boy_Roy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atta_Boy_Roy\/status\/1793423950577557734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n <\/div><p><br \/><\/p><p>Big changes are in store for \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d in the coming weeks. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/entertainment-news\/pat-sajak-last-show-wheel-of-fortune-air-date\/291-4e87bae3-3c6e-4560-8c76-ab265917494e\" target=\"_blank\"><u>final episode<\/u><\/a> with Sajak as host will air on June 7. Sajak has been the host of \u201cWheel\u201d since 1981. Vanna White, his co-host since 1982, will remain with the show. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier to have shared the stage with you for all these years with one more to come,&#8221; she wrote on X last year after Sajak announced this would be his last season. &#8220;Cheers to you.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, the time has come. I\u2019ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It\u2019s been a wonderful ride, and I\u2019ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it\u2019ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)<\/p>&mdash; Pat Sajak (@PatOnWheel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatOnWheel\/status\/1668392962534043648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n <\/div><p><br \/><\/p><p>Sajak has been a beloved host on &#8220;Wheel of Fortune,&#8221; earning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2024\/05\/21\/pat-sajak-last-show-wheel-of-fortune\/73789705007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>19 Daytime Emmy Award <\/u><\/a>nominations for Outstanding Game Show Host and winning three times. In 2019, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest career as a game show host for the same show, beating the previous record held by Bob Barker.<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34770.png\" alt=\"ryan seacrest, seacrest out, uso, wheel of fortune, tv personalities\" \/><figcaption>Ryan Seacrest, television and radio host and producer, hosts the 2016 USO Gala, Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 2016.  <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ryan_Seacrest_161020-Z-DZ751-062_(29850173024).jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Jim Greenhill from McLean, USA\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>A familiar face replaced Sajak, Ryan Seacrest, best known for his work on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d and \u201cDick Clark\u2019s Rockin\u2019 New Year&#8217;s Eve.\u201d &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to continue the tradition of spinning the wheel and working alongside the great Vanna White,&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/entertainment-news\/pat-sajak-last-show-wheel-of-fortune-air-date\/291-4e87bae3-3c6e-4560-8c76-ab265917494e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u> he said after <\/u><\/a>it was announced he was the new host. So, how did he do after taking over the coveted role of host? The first week that Seacrest took over for Sajack, the ratings took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1153641\/ryan-seacrest-wheel-of-fortune-premiere-week-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\">a giant leap<\/a>, bringing in the most viewers since 2015, making it he number one syndicated show that week. Time will tell if Seacrest can replace Sajak&#8217;s magic, but he has time; reports show that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1153641\/ryan-seacrest-wheel-of-fortune-premiere-week-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\">has signed on<\/a> for the gig into the 2030s. <\/p><p><em>This article originally appeared last year and has been updated. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans couldn&#8217;t keep their cool. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,146,362],"tags":[135,2045,1524,219,2046,2047,220,221,164,2048,224,225,2049],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[215,216],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-culture","category-popular","category-television","tag-popular_source-pageview","tag-boos","tag-cards","tag-game-shows","tag-milliondollar","tag-outrage","tag-pat-sajak","tag-ryan-seacrest","tag-social-media","tag-tv","tag-vanna-white","tag-wheel-of-fortune","tag-wheel-of-fortune-audience"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":215,"name":"Tazreena Sajjad","display_name":"Tazreena Sajjad","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","description":"","slug":"tazreena-sajjad","avatar_urls":[],"email":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fans boo after &#039;Wheel of Fortune&#039; 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