WoF Recap: May 6, 2015

EPISODE #6213: HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

$1K Tossup: WAYD?

_ A K _ N G / _ T
_ L _ / _ E _ T E R

Debra, the first to solve, as well as these ladies listed below are gonna be MAKING IT ALL BETTER this week…

Debra Clark: nonprofit environmental consultant for Legacy Community Housing Corp. and mom of three kids from Atlanta

Nicole Bemis: business leader and cheerleading coach at Jefferson HS married to Shane for 4 years w/ three kids from San Antonio

Jennifer Beehary: Sarabeth’s restaurant worker and business manager for a small music group label married 10 years w/ one son from Long Beach, NY

$2K Tossup: THING

T _ E / _ I G
D _ P _ _ _

Jennifer spots THE BIG DIPPER.

FEATURED SS: hayneedle

Round 1: AROUND THE HOUSE

She’s off to a bad start w/ the MDW’s left side. Second, Debra calls up two T’s for $1,800 and two L’s for the Peter Thomas Roth skin care gift tag, buys two E’s, two I’s and an A, but then LaTs out. Third, Nicole finds a $1,600 pair of R’s and buys three O’s to clean out the vowels, then she wastes a FP usage by repeating the R, picks up the WC w/ a D, and lights up a $900 C. Board…

D E C O R A T I _ E
T _ R O _ / _ I L L O _ _

…she solves DECORATIVE THROW PILLOWS for her first $2,750.

SOLE LaT: Debra
SOLE BANKRUPT: Jennifer
SOLE WASTED FP USAGE: R (Nicole)

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Debra’s up first w/ a $600 L, three $800 T’s to go to $3K, four E’s, a $700 R, but then a bad I buy. Second, Nicole FPs four A’s, picks off a $1,500 N triplet as well as the $900 S and H singles (pink and orange, respectively), and buys the last vowel of O, but the other MDW BANKRUPT cleans her out to the tune of $3,050 and the WC. Jennifer then lights up an $1,800 K pair…

_ O N T E R E _
_ A _ K
A N _ / T H E
_ E A N S T A L K

…I don’t think you’ll buy a new book called “MONTEREY JACK AND THE BEANSTALK”, but she’s correct anyway.

SOLE DUD: I (Debra)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Nicole

Jennifer: $3,800/Debra: $1K/Nicole: $2,750

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PP/Express Round: PLACES

Nicole first picks up the 1/2 CAR near the pink $900 w/ two R’s, buys four E’s, and gets the other 1/2 CAR w/ three T’s. She follows w/ a $2,100 S trio, an I, an $800 N, but then L for loss of turn. Second in Jennifer’s favor are a $550 C, two O’s, a $1K pair of H’s and the last vowel of A. But after a $1,600 pair of D’s is the BANKRUPT near $650 to take away $2,650. After Debra repeats the N while on $3,500, Nicole gets a reprieve…but not for long, because the same BANKRUPT explodes in her face and wipes out $19,590 cash & Fiesta. Jennifer doesn’t do any better w/ the LaT. Debra follows suit w/ a $1,600 pair of W’s, but that same BANKRUPT strikes again. Nicole then SPINGLES for a $900 F…

S T R E T C H E S
O F / _ O W D E R _
W H I T E / S A N D

…and wins a Hotels.com trip to see some STRETCHES OF POWDERY WHITE SAND in ARUBA worth $7K.

SOLE DUD: L (Nicole)
SOLE LaT: Jennifer
BANKRUPTS: 3 (everybody)
SOLE DQ: Debra’s N repeat

Jennifer: $3,800/Debra: $1K/Nicole: $10,650 cash & trip

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$3K Tossup: MOVIE TITLE

_ H _
B O D _ G _ A _ D

Jennifer IDs “THE BODYGUARD”.

Speed-Up Round: EVENT

$1,700 per consonant again.

Jennifer: N
Debra: T
Nicole: R (DUD)
Jennifer: K
Debra: S (DUD)
Nicole: L
Jennifer: G
Debra: W (DUD)
Nicole: H
NULL CYCLE CUT
Jennifer: 4 B’s

T _ K _ N G / _
B _ B B L _ / B _ T H

Jennifer’s TAKING A BUBBLE BATH to win the game w/ another $11,900.

AIRED DUDS: R (Nicole), S (Debra), W (Debra)

FINAL SCORES
Jennifer: $18,700/Debra: $1K/Nicole: $10,650 cash & trip

GT: $30,350
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $26,890 cash & Fiesta

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$100K Bonus Round

Jennifer’s the second player this week to land on that W.

Category: PHRASE
A pair of something to start…

_ _ _ T / T _
_ _ _ _ _

MDPO puts in besides the obvious O…

_ _ _ T / T O
_ _ O _ D

I don’t know if she knew WHAT (big money space) TO AVOID when it comes to that BW, but I do know that she blanks out and also loses $32K.

$5K SPIN ID: MC0068428

MY RATING: 4 (orig. a 5)