WoF Recap: February 5, 2020

EPISODE #7128: GREAT AMERICAN CITIES (SOUTH FLORIDA)

$1K Tossup: ON THE MAP

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Andres pulls a Robert Santoli like I did by pinpointing FORT LAUDERDALE. Meeting the man in the middle first…

Andres Gil: wine and spirits salesman who enjoys working out, hanging out on the beach and jet skiing from Miami, FL

Danielle Onori: sells tableware to hotels, casinos, restaurants, country clubs and cruise ships and mom of a 5-yr.-old daughter (Lily Grace) from Plantation, FL

Yvette Gomez: investigator for a private company and retired police lieutenant w/ 3 kids who is working on her doctorate in organizational leadership from Miami, FL

$2K Tossup: LIVING THING

M _ _ _ _ _ _ B _ R D

Andres spots a MOCKINGBIRD to triple his winnings.

FEATURED TRIP: Bed & Breakfast on Tiffany Hill in North Carolina
Gift Tag: Maui Jim

Crossword Round: OH, MAN!

But he and Danielle instantly dud w/ R and S, respectively. Yvette spots a $900 T, an E trio and two N’s for the Gift Tag, but then a bad I purchase. Third, Andres calls up a $600 L, a $700 G and an A, but then the LaT. Next up is Danielle w/ a $700 M, but then the other dud vowel of O. Back to Yvette who says a $1,500 D trio and three U’s…

•       D    G E N T L E M A N
•       U    U
•_ U D D _
•       E

…this BUDDY and GUY pay her $3,650.

DUDS: R (Andres), S (Danielle), I (Yvette), O (Danielle)
SOLE LaT: Andres

Mystery Round: THINGS (Pat: Things-s-s. ^_^)

Danielle starts this round w/ a $1,950 trio of T’s, three $900 H’s and an E, but then the BANKRUPT next to $650 to forfeit $4,400. After Yvette LaTs out, Andres spots four $900 N’s, four I’s and two $650 G’s, but then O for oh no. Four $800 S’s later…

S H I N I N G
S T _ _ S / I N / T H E
N I G H T / S _ _

…Danielle sees the SHINING STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY for her first $3,200 of the night. Oh, and those last two lines should remind you of Shermian Daniel’s questionable and stupid missolve on 10/15/2015.

SOLE BANKRUPT: Danielle
SOLE LaT: Yvette
SOLE DUD: O (Andres)

Yvette: $3,650/Andres: $3K/Danielle: $3,200

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PP/Express Round: PHRASE

Yvette is off to a good start w/ a $3,250 T quintet and three O’s, but then the same BANKRUPT Danielle was struck w/ in R2, so goodbye $3K. Andres is next w/ a $900 S, but then L for loss. Danielle calls up an $800 H, a $650 M and four E’s, but then the R trips someone up again. Yvette next says two $500 G’s and an N on the EXPRESS… allllll aboooard!

Next Choices: X, C, D, B

S O M E T H _ N G / T O
G E T / E X C _ T E D
_ B O _ T

…she’s earned another $6K and this is SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT – an $8,500 trip to the Sunset At The Palms resort in Jamaica, mon!

SOLE BANKRUPT: Yvette
DUDS: L (Andres), R (Danielle)

Yvette: $18,150 cash & trip/Andres: $3K/Danielle: $3,200

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Triple Tossup: FUN & GAMES

1.

_ C R A _ _ _ E
T O U R _ A M E _ T

Andres botches the solve by a letter w/ SCRAMBLE TOURNAMENT. That allows Danielle to win this SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT.

2.

T _ _ P _ E / _ E T T _ R
_ C O R _

Yvette solves TRIPLE LETTER SCORE.

3.

C _ _ C K / _ H E
D _ _ _ I O _ A _ Y

This should have been under PHRASE, but Danielle solves CHECK THE DICTIONARY.

Speed-Up: WAYD?

We have yet another $1,700 FS.

Danielle: No S
Yvette: Two N’s
Andres: G
Danielle: T
Yvette: Two M’s

M _ _ _ N G
_ N / _ M _ _ _ T

…she’s MAKING AN OMELET for $6,800 and the win.

SOLE DUD: S (Danielle)

FINAL SCORES
Yvette: $26,950 cash & trip/Andres: $3K/Danielle: $7,200

GT: $37,150
BANKRUPT TRASH: $7,400

The BR category list tonight is…

–THING
-LIVING THING
-PLACE

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$100K Bonus Round

Yvette lands on the ★. This might be trouble…

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DMGA gives her besides the obvious D…

_ _ _ E D
G A _ E

…although she had a FIXED GAZE on the puzzleboard and the used letter board, she only got the second word and loses the Cadillac XT4. 

MY RATING: 6

In the closing segment, we see Pat and Vanna at Joe’s Stone Crabs. Also, in the studio, Vanna gets Pat to eat one of the tangerines that she picked from her trees.

The stage is yours again, Andy.