WoF Recap: November 29, 2023 (2024)

Well, looks like I’m gonna have to watch the rest of this week’s episodes on TV…

EPISODE #7873: 🌄GREAT OUTDOORS🌄

$1K Toss-Up: PLACE

S _ E _ I _
S _ A _ _ / _ A _ K

Jenny and/or these midweek panelists could visit a SCENIC STATE PARK…

Jenny Moore: hiker and backpacker married to Matt w/ a six-year-old son Mickey from Hudson, WI

Tyler Bleeker: camper & backpacker who doesn’t own a TV and works seasonal jobs in the outdoor industry (he works at a canoe camp in northern Minnesota during the summer, does dog sled guiding for one winter and did a full season in Antarctica) from Zeeland, MI

Anjanette Ellis: spa & sauna lover who has two kids (she has an 18-year-old son who plays football for Aurora University and a 11-year-old daughter) from St. Louis

$2K Toss-Up: PHRASE

F _ R _ O T / _ Y
P A _ S _ _ _ D

There are times where I FORGOT MY PASSWORD, but Tyler’s correct.

FEATURED OUTDOORS TRIP: Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains in COLORADO

Round 1: FOOD & DRINK

Tyler: MDW’s left side right away (just couldn’t quite hang on to the good part)

Anjanette: $550 N, three S’s for $2,400 (just missed COLORADO), buys of O and I, L for lose

Jenny: $1,800 T trio, three E’s, $1,200 R pair, other two vowels of A and U, $600 D, $650 G, $650 M, solve…

M O U T _ _ A T E R I N G
D E S S E R T S

Jenny has some MOUTHWATERING DESSERTS for $4,150 (and one such dessert I had today is cheesecake with chocolate chips on it).

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Anjanette: instant dud of S

Jenny: $1,200 N pair, five T’s for $3K more, six E’s, one H for that MDW, A for awful ($3,700 at risk)

Tyler: quick BANKRUPT near $650

Anjanette: $850 W, one Y for WC, O and two I’s (NMV), $1K P pair, two R’s on MW near LaT and DECLINES (huh?), solve…

T W E N T Y
P E R _ E N T
T I P / O _
T H E / I _ E _ E R _

She pays a TWENTY PERCENT TIP OF THE ICEBERG for $3,850.

Anjanette: $3,850 WC/Jenny: $5,150/Tyler: $2K

PP/Express Round: THING

Jenny: four T’s for $2K (not quite to TD), buys of two O’s, four I’s, and three A’s, $1,800 N pair, other two vowels of E and U, $900 V, $1,200 S pair (she’s been around the EXPRESS), $1,500 R trio, solve…

I N V I T A T I O N
T O / A / S U R _ R I S E
_ A R T _

She’s won $6,150 plus an INVITATION TO A SURPRISE PARTY in CROATIA AND SLOVENIA on her Trafalgar tour worth $10K — PR.

Anjanette: $3,850 WC/Jenny: $21,300 cash & tour/Tyler: $2K

WHEEL Memory of the Week (week of Feb. 7, 2022): the trifecta of $100K wins!

Triple Toss-Up: WAYD?

1.

C _ M _ I _ _ / I N
_ H _ / _ _ _ _ S

We’re camping somewhere, and Anjanette solves CAMPING IN THE WOODS.

2.

_ _ M _ I _ G / _ _ D _ R
T _ _ / S _ _ _ _

Tyler gets CAMPING UNDER THE STARS.

3.

C _ _ _ I N _ / I _
_ _ _ / _ _ C _ _ _ _ D

Anjanette gets CAMPING IN THE BACKYARD.

Speed-Up: LIVING THINGS

Anjanette has spun $1,700 per consonant.

Anjanette: R
Jenny: S
Tyler: T (DUD)
Anjanette: N
Jenny: D (DUD)
Tyler: M
Anjanette: 4 L’s (shejust misses it w/ FLOWERS IN FALL BLOOM)
Jenny: 2 F’s

F L _ _ _ R S / _ N
F _ L L / _ L _ _ M

Jenny plucks some FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM for $5,100.

FINAL SCORES
Anjanette: $7,850 WC/Jenny: $26,400 cash & tour/Tyler: $4K

GT: $38,250
NO BANKRUPT TRASH

Jenny unfortunately has that DREADED list…

• PHRASE
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
• THING

…and oh no, she’s going for WAYD?. -__-

$100K Bonus Round

She didn’t bring anybody, but she lands on the G. I know it already…

_ _ L L _ _ _ N _
_ / _ _ T _

GHPO all make it even though G is a waste…

_ O L L O _ _ N G
_ / P _ T H

She’s FOLLOWING A PATH to her new Ford Bronco Sport Big Bend (this car envelope got the S40ish treatment unlike the Escape) worth $35,180, giving her a final total of $61,580 cash & prizes!

Pat mentioned last night he had cold milk for the first time in a long time and also said he enjoyed a milk bath not long ago. Wow.

MY RATING: 7