'Wheel of Fortune' contestants repeatedly stumble with a wildly simple answer
It happened again. Just weeks after a truly mind-boggling missolve incident, well, another head scratcher took place on a new episode of Wheel of Fortune that aired Wednesday.
Long story short, a number of contestants completely brain-farted on the the phrase "renting a pedal boat." I mean really messed it up. One contestant — with the p, d, and a in "pedal" already revealed — tried to solve with "renting a paddle boat," which was a grammatically impossible answer. The next contestant, Seann, got every letter in the answer except for the L in "renting a pedal boat." He guessed "renting a paddle boat," which, again, was impossible and already revealed to be wrong.
From there, it only got worse. Someone guessed an "m." Another guessed a "w." Eventually Seann redeemed himself and got it right. Here's the video evidence.
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It's tough to say if the "renting a pedal boat" debacle is worse than the viral "another feather in your cap" disaster earlier this month. But I did appreciate one part of the "pedal boat" incident that was a bit different. The clue was "What are your doing?" which is exactly what I wanted to yell at my screen.
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Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).
