WoF Recap: September 23, 2015

EPISODE #6248: HOME SWEET HOME

$1K Tossup: PEOPLE

B _ O T H _ _ S
& / _ _ _ _ _ R S

Andrew solves BROTHERS & SISTERS. Meeting them in order…

Andrew Roley: Navy construction mgr. in Civil Engineer Corps stationed in Guantanamo Bay married to Brittany who has done triathlons from Woodinville, WA

Dekenia Norfleet: registered ICU nurse who’s working on getting into grad school at USC and has a baby son from Pasadena

Sherrie Breuker: early childhood Special Ed teacher (who’s lost approx. 105 lbs. since last yr.) at Zeeland Christian School married to Doug w/ two kids from Zeeland, MI

$2K Tossup: PROPER NAME

R A _ H E L
M _ _ D A _ S

Dekenia IDs Canadian actress RACHEL MCADAMS.

FEATURED SS: shop.com

Round 1: SAME NAME

Her first moves are calling a $700 L, but then A for awful. Second, Sherrie selects a $500 S, but LOSES A TURN just as quick. Third, Andrew FPs four E’s, but gets the same fate as Sherrie. After Dekenia says B for bad, Sherrie picks up the Yankee Candle gift tag w/ four N’s and buys three I’s to clean out the vowels…

_ N I _ _ I N _ / &
_ I N E
N E E _ L E S

…she solves KNITTING & PINE NEEDLES for $3,250 cash & candle but she could’ve gone for the T’s.

DUDS: A & B (both by Dekenia)
LaTs: 2 (Sherrie & Andrew)

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Mystery Round: SAME LETTER

Sherrie insta-BANKRUPTs on the MDW’s left side. Second, Andrew captures a $600 T, buys two E’s and four A’s, but can’t capitalize on TD w/ N for no. Going down Dekenia’s road third are a $500 F, two O’s, two $550 H’s, three $650 S’s and a U, then come an $800 L, a TD D, two $700 M’s, but then a baddie of P to likely cost her $8,750. Sherrie then speaks three Z’s for $1,950 and four Y’s to add $14K…

T H O S E / L A Z Y
H A Z Y / _ _ A Z Y
D A Y S / O F
S U M M E _

…she exactly recites “THOSE LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER” (by Nat King Cole from ’63) for $15,950.

DUDS: N (Andrew), P (Dekenia)
SOLE BANKRUPT: Sherrie

Andrew: $1K/Dekenia: $2K/Sherrie: $19,200 cash & candle

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PP/Express Round: OCCUPATION

There goes Andrew w/ two T’s for seven grand, E and A singles, two $500 N’s, and two O’s. He follows up w/ four R’s for the 1/2 CAR near the pink $600, a $550 L, three $600 S’s, a $650 P and the leftover vowels  of I and two U’s before he finally solves w/ all of this…

P E R S O N A L / S U R _
I N S T R U _ T O R

…he’s gonna need a PERSONAL SURF INSTRUCTOR real soon, because he’s won $11,750 plus a trip to the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort in HAWAII worth $7,579 — PR.

Andrew: $20,329 cash & HI/Dekenia: $2K/Sherrie: $19,200 cash & candle

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$3K Tossup: FOOD & DRINK

B _ _ _ K _ A _ T
B U R _ _ T _

Andrew chomps up a BREAKFAST BURRITO.

Round 4: THING

He picks off two $500 T’s, triple E’s, an N, two R’s and a D at $500 each, and a $650 S before we shift into S-U mode…

_ R E _ T
S E _ _ N D / E _ _ _ R T

…w/ a $1,600 FS.

Andrew: G
Dekenia: A
Sherrie: M
Andrew: 2 O’s

G R E A T
S E _ O N D / E _ _ O R T

He blows the solve w/ GREAT SECOND EXPORT (I don’t think I’ve heard such a thing called that). Dekenia then forgoes calling the C’s or F’s (why?!) and just says GREAT SECOND EFFORT.

SOLE DUD (during S-U): M (Sherrie)
SOLE DQ: Andrew’s blown solve

FINAL SCORES
Andrew: $23,329 cash & HI/Dekenia: $3K/Sherrie: $19,200 cash & candle

GT: $45,529
ZERO BANKRUPT TRASH!

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$100K Bonus Round
The wife and friend Katie are in his cheering section. Will the third time be the charm tonight to give away that Jeep Cherokee Latitude? Let’s find out after he picks up the R envelope.

Category: PHRASE
I have a feeling what this one-liner is…

_ _ / _ _ L _ S

MYGO is his combo…

_ _ / _ O L _ S

…as soon as he said those first two consonants, I knew he fell for it and is incorrect w/ UP HOLDS. He’ll be saying “HI FOLKS” after waving $40K goodbye.

$5K SPIN ID: GH8947617

MY EP. RATING: 6