‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans ‘So Sick’ of Contestants’ Pattern That Costs Them The Win

Wheel of Fortune fans pointed out that contestants in the Bonus Round tend to follow a pattern when it comes to picking letters. The repetition of the same letters being picked causes the contestants to lose because it doesn’t help them solve the rest of the puzzle.

“So sick of people picking i-n-g in the bonus puzzle!!!” a Reddit user posted. “When a word CLEARLY ends with ‘i-n-g’ .. maybe the word just has the ‘N’ in it, and people waste their letters by choosing ‘I’ and ‘G’!!! It happened tonight!! I cannot believe people could be that dense that they would willingly waste their choices by picking obvious letters! You only get three consonants, people. Use them wisely.”

During the Bonus Round, Wheel of Fortune gives contestants the letters “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” before they have to pick three consonants and one vowel. With “N” already being on the board, picking “I” and “G” would only help to fill in a word such as “running,” “hiking,” or “screaming.” If the other letters are left blank, the “-ing” doesn’t really help contestants figure out what the rest of the word is.

This fan referenced contestant Kristyn Hobbs, from Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma, who made it to the Bonus Round on Friday’s (May 2) episode. She picked the letters G, C, H, and I. One of the words ended in “-ing,” and she couldn’t solve the puzzle because she only had the first letter of the word, which was an “R.” The word looked like “R_ _ _ _GING.” The puzzle turned out to be “Rummaging in the Backyard.” The same thing happened the day before when Renea Zuidmulder, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, picked G, M, C, and I.