WoF Recap: November 30, 2016

EPISODE #6493: SEARS SECRET SANTA FAMILY WEEK

$1K Tossup: PEOPLE

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Debby & Ray solve AUNTS AND UNCLES. In order, Wednesday’s duos…

Debby Peck & Ray Linford: Ray’s married to Caroline and they’re from Orem, UT while his sister’s married to Randy and they’re from Kenmore, WA; they both remember their mom lasting the full three days on the daytime version

Heather Pryor & Joetta Allen (sisters): Heather’s a realtor & nail specialist while Joetta’s a registered nurse from Lake Mary, FL

Christopher & Anne Martinez (son/mom): he’s the co-owner of a home furnishings store in Santa Fe w/ Jeff while she’s a retired teacher married to a Cuban husband for 57 yrs.

$2K Tossup: THING

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_ _ O _ _ / _ _ C T

Debby & Ray triple up w/ A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT.

Round 1: SHOW BIZ

It’s all D & R — they call up four T’s for $2,800, four E’s, A, two $600 R’s, a $700 G, three O’s, and four I’s to clean out the vowels, after which come three N’s, two M’s and three S’s all at $500 apiece.

G R E A T
M O M E N T S / I N
T E _ E _ I S I O N
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They’ve seen some GREAT MOMENTS IN TELEVISION HISTORY for $7,700 and $10,700 overall. PR.

Crossword/Mystery Round: FAMILY _____

The sisters lead of w/ an $1,100 pair of N’s, two E’s, three R’s for the Sears SS, four I’s, two $700 D’s, and an A, followed by a $500 S, the other two vowels, and a $1,300 pair of T’s. We have…

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

PORTRAIT, FEUD, DINNER, TIME and TIES result in another PR and a $12,050 payoff for that team.

D & R: $10,700/Sisters: $12,050 cash & SS/Martinezes: SPINNING NEXT

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PP/Express Round: PHRASE

Now that we finally get to hear from the Martinezes, they start us off w/ a $900 T, E, a $900 H, and an A, followed by a $900 R, but then D for dud while on EXPRESS. D & R secondly GO ABOARD after selecting two N’s…but they bomb out on the next pick of B. The sisters are third in line w/ a $650 G, three I’s, a $500 F, and the other two vowels, but they repeat the T while on the gift tag. The Martinezes then light up a $1,650 L trio…

L I _ I N G / I N
T H E / L A _
O F / L U _ U R _

…they’ll be LIVING IN THE LAP OF LUXURY on a trip to that Rincon Beach Resort in PUERTO RICO worth $11,600; they’re on the board w/ $15,450 cash & trip.

SOLE NON-BANKRUPT DUD: D (Martinezes)
SOLE DQ: T recall by sisters
SOLE BANKRUPT: Debby & Ray

D & R: $10,700/Sisters: $12,050 cash & SS/Martinezes: $15,450 cash & trip

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$3K Tossup: RHYME TIME

_ _ _ _ _ – G R _ T _ Y

We’re coming down to the NITTY-GRITTY, as the sisters solve to be $400 off the lead.

Speed-Up: WAYD?

Oh, this is truly the NITTY-GRITTY — we have a $6K FS!

H & J: 2 N’s
Martinezes: G
D & R: T
H & J: 2 I’s
Martinezes: 2 D’s
D & R: 2 M’s

M _ _ T I N G / M _
D _ _ D _ I N _

D & R were MEETING MY DEADLINE, so they’ve won $18K and a ticket to Bonusland.

NO AIRED DUDS

FINAL SCORES
D & R: $28,700/Sisters: $15,050 cash & SS/Martinezes: $15,450 cash & trip

GT: $59,200
BANKRUPT TRASH: $2K

Sisters’ SPIN ID: MQ7695878 (Matt Q.)
C & A SPIN ID: CB1088432 (Carla B.)

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$100K Bonus Round

D & R’s supporters are Ray’s wife Caroline, Nelson, Debby’s aunt Ruth Anne and her uncle Chuck. They land on the G spot.

Category: THING

I think I know, but I’m not sure…

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HGMO doesn’t do much good…

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It’s really too bad they don’t have A UNIQUE VOICE to solve this puzzle (they got the last word wrong w/ MOVIE), because…

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…THEY’RE THE SECOND $100,000 LOSERS THIS SEASON (and it’s the first team $100K loss since the WORLDWIDE HIT trainwreck in May 2013 of S30).

FINAL SPIN ID: SP7215744 (Sucha P.)

MY RATING: 6