WoF Recap: January 11, 2024

(Two of the early feeds cut out the first Toss-Up and some of the red player’s interview.)

EPISODE #7904: ✈️COLLETTE SHOW YOU THE WORLD✈️

$1K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

_ _ _ / _ _ 
_ _ _ _ _ R O

Michelle nails RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. Thursday’s trio from left to right…

Michelle Kidd: educator by trade and forever learner who has two Master’s degrees and three going on five education licenses married to Kyle for 5.5 years w/ three kids (two of them are almost two-yr.-old twins) who enjoys big power tools (and the couple recently moved into a new home) from Danville, IN

Resti Magtoto (male): worker for a company that makes fragrances married to a man named Beam (LGBT ALERT) for 11 years from Plainsboro, NJ

TaRhea Marshall: pottery painter married 14 years w/ three boys from Ellenwood, GA

$2K Toss-Up: LIVING THING

S N _ _ 
_ E _ P A _ D

Resti spots a SNOW LEOPARD for control of that big circle.

FEATURED COLLETTE TRIP: Greece worth $13,498

Round 1: FUN & GAMES

Resti: $1K T pair, two E’s, BANKRUPT near $650 (lost $750 remainder)

TaRhea: $7,500 H trio, three I’s, S for sorry 

Michelle: $1,950 G trio, $1,800 N trio, solve…

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

Two L’s left behind, but she solves ZIP-LINING THROUGH THE JUNGLE for $3,750.

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

TaRhea: the S fails her again from the get-go

Michelle: $1,400 R pair, five A’s, $500 N, bad O buy (though she wanted to spinning again)

Resti: BANKRUPT near $3,500 (though he mistakenly looked at Michelle’s arrow pointing at the COLLETTE wedge)

TaRhea: $550 D, two E’s, $800 L, $850 X, last vowel of I, $1,200 C pair, four K’s for COLLETTE, solve…

K A R A _ E 
K I C K 
_ A C K / A N D 
R E L A X 

The third time’s the charm for them to give away a COLLETTE wedge as TaRhea would KARATE KICK BACK AND RELAX on her trip to Greece plus $4,900 cash on the side.

Michelle: $4,750/Resti: $2K/TaRhea: $18,398 cash & Greece


PP/Express Round: WAYD?

Michelle: $3,500 G, two A’s, two N’s on EXPRESS and GOES ABOARD…but WIPES OUT w/ K ($5,250 gone) 

Resti: BANKRUPT near $650

TaRhea: $3,500 S, three obvious I’s, M for mistake

Michelle: no R on WC

Resti: $2K P quartet, solve…

S I P P I N G / A 
_ _ _ / _ A P P _ _ _ I N _ 

He wins the two grand and might be SIPPING A HOT CAPPUCCINO during his tour of COSTA RICA worth $8,998.

Michelle: $4,750/Resti: $12,998 cash & C.R./TaRhea: $18,398 cash & Greece


Triple Toss-Up: PLACE

1.

A / S T _ R M Y 
_ E A 

All of these have water, and Resti solves A STORMY SEA.

2.

I M _ E _ S E 
O C E A N 

Resti’s right again w/ IMMENSE OCEAN

3.

_ A T H _ _ B

and he completes the bonus sweep w/ BATHTUB to take the lead!

Speed-Up: PEOPLE

Resti spins the $1,500 minimum.

Resti: N
TaRhea: 2 S’s
Michelle: L
Resti: R
TaRhea: 3 C’s

C _ R C _ S
C L _ _ N S

TaRhea’s not afraid of CIRCUS CLOWNS, as she solves for $7,500 and the win. 

PENALTY BOXDUDSLaTsBANKRUPTSDQs
Round 1S (TaRhea)Resti
Round 2S (TaRhea), O (Michelle)Resti for $0
Round 3K, R (Michelle)
M (TaRhea)
2 (Michelle, Resti)
Round 4NONE

FINAL SCORES
Michelle: $4,750/Resti: $22,998 cash & C.R./TaRhea: $25,898 cash & Greece

GT: $53,646
BANKRUPT TRASH: $6K

TaRhea’s category menu…

  • FOOD & DRINK
  • PHRASE
  • THING

F & D it is.


$100K Bonus Round

After TaRhea introduces her college friend Marquita Streese-Rudd, she lands on what’s under the N of SPIN. These are two round foods that have a hole in them…

_ _ _ E L S / &
_ _ _ _ _ N _ T S

CBGA gives her a complete word on top…

B A G E L S / &
_ _ _ G _ N _ T S 

but she botches the bottom w/ BEIGNETS and CROISSANTS, so she won’t be ordering some BAGELS & DOUGHNUTS in that BMW X1 (fourth time in a row that’s lost and SIX straight car losses overall).

MY RATING: 6

12 thoughts on “WoF Recap: January 11, 2024

  1. Travis January 11, 2024 / 7:05 pm

    I would’ve won the car I knew it was doughnuts

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      • Friendship Feed January 11, 2024 / 7:14 pm

        GHO combo would’ve in their favour.

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  2. Friendship Feed January 11, 2024 / 7:13 pm

    Wow, another improving episode from the step-up, because we might thoight the winner won a trip but it’s from the wedge itself. Calling the GHO combo would’ve sealed the deal.

    But now we are in a verge of a skunk x Car sweep since we broke a record on aired car envelope landings. And as mentioned in the last night’s message, there is a hypothesis that $40K and Car envelopes have been evenly spread (and we wonder of the BMW X1 is higher than the minimum?)

    Our rating: 6 🙂

    Playing Mochi mahyem while awaiting the finale, and either it is S34 or S38 (albeit without the biggie loss on either)…

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    • Friendship Feed January 11, 2024 / 7:20 pm

      Andy, Nick, Gopher, Justin, JP or Jerry, do you think that Bellamie had evenly spread the $40K or car envelopes in the wheel, and surely might have removed the $45K as well?

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    • wheelgopher January 11, 2024 / 9:03 pm

      And don’t forget the female maingame win sweep.

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  3. wheelgopher January 11, 2024 / 9:05 pm

    TaRhea seems to not be familiar with the Donut v. Doughnut dilemma.

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  4. JL323 January 12, 2024 / 12:54 pm

    Nice match between Resti and TaRhea, but I’m surprised the latter missed the bottom word even with the complete first word and we’re on the verge of a skunking/car landing sweep. I had it immediately with the RSTLNE.

    My Rating: 6 (D+)

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  5. jpgenius January 13, 2024 / 1:44 am

    I’m surprised TaRhea blanked on DOUGHNUTS. Otherwise, she and Resti had a good match going in the second half.

    My rating: 6

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  6. Benjamin Mason January 15, 2024 / 7:49 pm

    Just so you know, BAGELS & DOUGHNUTS was the first Bonus Round puzzle since April 17, 2009 (ADVERBS & ADJECTIVES) to have an ampersand in the answer.

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