WoF Recap: March 11, 2024

This is Leave Winter Behind week, a week we haven’t seen since S37.

EPISODE #7946: ⛄LEAVE WINTER BEHIND⛄

$1K Toss-Up: FOOD & DRINK

_ U _ M _ R
_ Q U A S _

Christie gets SUMMER SQUASH to score first. First players of the week…

Christie Wiley: Picky eater who “eats like a 12-year-old” (she doesn’t like fruits or vegetables including SUMMER SQUASH) married to Steve with three boys and two girls from Forest, VA

David Avelsgard: Brought back due to a scoring error on his original appearance (he was given the Prize Puzzle trip offered on Wednesday instead of the one on Tuesday); recently got engaged to his fiancé Eva (and we see Jim in his booth several times) from Sebeka, MN

Angela Cook: Former elementary teacher married to Michael who’s now a corporate trainer with a daughter named Carrington from Atlanta, GA

$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION

R _ _ L / _ _ T A _ E
A G _ _ _

Christie triples up with REAL ESTATE AGENT.

FEATURED PRIZE: Paul Gauguin cruise of Tahiti (SOUTH PACIFIC)

Round 1: FUN & GAMES

Christie: BANKRUPT NEAR $650
David: 1 S ($700), 2 A’s, BANKRUPT NEAR TD ($450 lost)
Angela: 1 T ($900), E, no L on $650
Christie: 3 N’s ($650), 2 I’s, J ($700), last vowels of 4 O’s and 1 U, 1 R ($800), 1 G ($600), 1 D ($650), 1 K (WC)

_ O O _ I N G
A R O U N D / O N
A / J E T / S K I

She still doesn’t know it, and goes on, and HITS THE SAME BANKRUPT NEAR $650 to lose $4,450 and the WC.

David: M ($600), solve attempt:

_ O O M I N G
A R O U N D / O N
A / J E T / S K I

He’s ZOOMING AROUND ON A JET SKI for a $400 bonus.

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Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

David: No S on $500
Angela: T (SOUTH PACIFIC valued at $10,600), 3 E’s, 2 N’s (TD), last vowel of 3 A’s, 3 R’s ($700), PAINFUL BANKRUPT NEAR $650 ($19,700 & TRIP flushed away)
Christie: Just solves…

T R E E
_ R A N _ _
_ A N A _ E R

She solves TREE BRANCH MANAGER for the house minimum.

Angela: NOTHING / Christie: $4K / David: $1K

I really don’t like where this is going…

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PP/Express Round: PHRASE

Angela: S ($500), 2 A’s, 3 T’s ($650), I, E, 2 H’s ($550), last vowel of 2 O’s, R ($700), 2 N’s ($900)

I / _ N O _ / T H A T
S O N _ / _ _ / H E A R T

She admits “I KNOW THAT SONG BY HEART” for $5,050 & a trip to the Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa & Casino valued at $14,522- BIG PR!

Angela: $19,572 cash & Aruba / Christie: $4K / David: $1K

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Triple Toss-Up: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

1.

_ I C _ _ N G
F _ O _ E R S

David’s right with PICKING FLOWERS.

2.

_ _ _ _ _ _ G
_ _ _ _ T

David’s a little too buzzer happy that time.

_ I _ K _ _ G
_ _ U _ T

Christie gets PICKING FRUIT.

3. 

_ I _ _ _ N G / _ P
_ H _ / P _ _ _ E _

David buzzes in too early again.

P I C _ I N G / U P
_ H E / P _ _ _ E S

Christie’s also PICKING UP THE PIECES.

Speed-Up Round: PLACE

Christie sets the FS value at $1,550.

Christie: 1 N
David: 2 S’s
Angela: 1 T
Christie: 2 R’s
David: 1 L
Angela: 1 W
Christie: 1 D (Wrong guess of ROUGH WILDERNESS)
David: 4 E’s

R E _ _ T E
W _ L D E R N E S S

David’s right with REMOTE WILDERNESS for $4650.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	L (Angela)	3 (Christie 2x, David)
Mystery Round	S (David)	1 (Angela)
PP/Express Round	BIG PERFECT ROUND!
Speed-Up Round			Christie’s missolve
7 total	2	4	1

FINAL SCORES
Angela: $19,572 cash & Aruba / Christie: $8,000 / David: $7,650

GRAND TOTAL: $35,222
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $24,600 cash & SOUTH PACIFIC

It only took Angela the PP round to win, so that’s not usually good news, but here’s her category list…

• PHRASE
• THINGS
• PEOPLE

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$100K Bonus Round

This week’s car up for grabs is the same one we saw during Sand & Sea week — the 2024 Ford Mustang convertible. There’s nobody with Angela, but she lands on the 3 stars. Starting setup: 

_ N / _ _
_ _ _ _ _ R T / _ _ N E 

CDMO is a pretty good combo (The D might’ve been a precaution)

_ N / M _ 
C O M _ O R T / _ O N E 

While I’m IN MY COMFORT ZONE recapping this episode, she’s won another $40K for a final total of $59,572.

MY RATING: 6