WoF Recap: May 22, 2023

This next week we’re doing is called “Grand Getaways”, which happens to be a team week where we have grandparents and one of their grandchildren competing.

EPISODE #7801: 🧳GRAND GETAWAYS🧳

$1K Toss-Up: THING

A / W _ _ N I _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ A T _ _ N

Charles & Alexandra think they’re A WINNING COMBINATION. First three teams this week…

Charles Ramos & Alexandra Reyes-Ramos: both from Tampa Bay, FL; Charles is a retired Air Force navigator who tries to collect coins from different countries and this team went skydiving on his 70th birthday

Riley Richmond & Linda Philipp: Linda from Stockton, CA collects salt and pepper shakers while Riley the granddaughter from L.A. is a senior at UCLA majoring in psychobiology and hoping to go to physician assistant school

Christine Humphrey & Jess McPeak: Christine from Layton, UT has been married 54 years w/ two children and four grandchildren (incl. Jess) and is a fly fisher while Jess the granddaughter from Davis, CA majors in design at UC-Davis and is hoping to go into a user experience design

$2K Toss-Up: PERSON

D _ I _ I N _
I _ S _ R _ C T _ R

Jess is DQed for leaving out the first R in her response (she said DIVING INSTRUCTOR).

D _ I _ I N _
I _ S T R _ C T _ R

Charles solves DRIVING INSTRUCTOR.

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Round 1: SAME LETTER

C & A: three T’s for $2,550, E for end of turn

R & L: no R on ITALY trip

C & J: two N’s for $1,200, four A’s, SL Bonus of four F’s for $4,600, two I’s, solve…

F A N T A _ T I _
F A I T _ F _ _
F A N _

I’m one of the many FANTASTIC FAITHFUL FANS of this show, as L & J solved for $5,300 (could’ve gone for the S’s).

Mystery Round: FOOD & DRINK

R & L: $1,400 pair of T’s, two E’s, LaT

C & J: $1,200 pair of H’s, $1,950 R trio (not quite to ITALY), one I, N for negative

C & A: $1,300 G pair (not quite to ITALY), two O’s, two F’s on MW near $650 and risks $1,050…$$$, solve…

_ _ R G E R _
H O T / O F F
T H E / G R I _ _

You can enjoy BURGERS HOT OFF THE GRILL on this coming Memorial Day weekend, and they’ve solved for $11,050.

$10K SPIN ID: CL7258152

R & L: ZIP/C & J: $5,300/C & A: $14,050

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PP/Express Round: WAYD?

C & J: $1,500 N trio, BANKRUPT near $3,500 just as quick

C & A: $1,200 G pair (just made it out of trouble), two obvious I’s and five O’s, $900 S, $1,200 L pair, unnecessary U buy, $500 K (Alexandra tried to solve immediately after this spin), solve…

L O U N G I N G
L I K _ / _ _ _ _ _ ‘ S
N O / _ O _ O _ _ O _

They win $3,050 more and will be LOUNGING LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW on their trip to The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort in ST. CROIX worth $11,150.

R & L: ZILCH/C & J: $5,300/C & A: $28,250

WHEEL Memory of the Week (October 3, 2018): In the Speed-Up Round, Tiffany Robinson gave a THROWAWAY GUESS of BOURBON AND GIN instead of the doll couple BARBIE AND KEN.

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Triple Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

1.

_ E _ / J _ R _ _ Y

Here are three “New” places, and Riley locates NEW JERSEY to get on the board.

2.

_ _ _ / _ _ _ K

Riley nails NEW YORK.

3.

_ E _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ D

Riley blows the bonus w/ NEWFOUNDLAND, which is one word. Nice shout-out to nickskapower’s place, though.

_ E _ / _ _ A L _ _ D

Jess locates NEW ZEALAND.

Speed-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

Jess makes it a $1,550 Final Spin.

C & J: 3 T’s (Jess tried to buy a vowel)
C & A: S (DUD)
R & L: R
C & J: N (DUD)
C & A: L (DUD)
R & L: C
C & J: K
C & A: M (DUD)
R & L: D (DUD)
C & J: H
C & A: W (DUD)
R & L: P
C & J: F (DUD)
C & A: G (NMC)

_ _ G H T – T R _ C K
T _ P _

Charles solved EIGHT-TRACK TAPE for the $2K house minimum (and Pat forgot about the minimum boost until after the next break).

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	E (C & A), R (R & L)
Round 2	N (C & J)	R & L
Round 3			C & J
Round 4	S, L, M, W (C & A) N, F (C & J) D (R & L)

FINAL SCORES
R & L: $4K/C & J: $7,300/C & A: $30,250 cash & St. Croix

GT: $41,550
C & J’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,500

That DREADED list strikes again…

• PHRASE
• WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
• THING

Uh oh, Charles is picking WAYD?. -__-

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$100K Bonus Round

Surprisingly, there’s no car on offer for this week. Anyway, we see Charles’ wife Debbie, and Alexandra lands on the M in AMERICA’S. Take away the first word, and you get a previously used bonus puzzle that wasn’t solved for $40K in S34…

_ S _ N _ / _ _ _ _ _ E
_ _ R _ _N

GHMA doesn’t add much besides the obvious G…

_ S _ N G / _ _ _ _ _ E
_ A R G _ N

They’re off the mark on the last word w/ BARGING, BARGAIN, THINKING before only getting the first word. Since they haven’t been USING OFFICE JARGON, they lose $40K.

MY RATING: 6 (messy Speed-Up)

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I’m sending in @jpgenius for one more set of recaps this season and it will be the next three episodes. Back with you Friday.