Wow, thank goodness for Emma saving our bacon this week big time on Wednesday. It surely made up for the heartbreaker at the start of the S39 edition of this theme.
Total for this Week: $291,044
-Maingame: $191,044
-BR Wins: $100K
Total for the Season: $8,023,840
-Maingame: $5,578,271
-BR Wins: $2,445,569
Prize Wedge Wins: 28
MW was Flipped-Declined: 40-18
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 14-26
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 17-23
MW Wins: 6
EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 27-7
–Successes: 10
–Crashes: 17 (Wipeouts: 8)
WC Usages: 25
-Maingame: 3 (2 on $3,500, 1 on $550)
-BR: 22
5-Round Games: 17
Triple $10K+ Finishes: 3
Perfect Rounds: 58
Gooseegg Victims: 25
Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 4
Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 22 (3 swept every Toss-Up)
Red/Yellow/Blue Winners: 57/55/33
Biggest Margins of Victory
- $65,700 (Oct. 13)
- $42,630 (Oct. 10)
- $37,400 (Oct. 16)
Smallest Margins of Victory
- $233 (Jan. 16)
- $260 (Dec. 11)
- $547 (Dec. 12)
Players who Needed the PP to Win: 45 (27 lost BR)
$0 Prize Puzzle Wins: Week: 1, Season, 23
House Minimum Bumps: Week: 2, Season: 65
Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $26,569 (+$3,951)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $24,023 (+$106)
Median Maingame Winning Score this Week: $30,899 (+$7,310)
Median Maingame Winning Score this Season: $23K (+$26)
This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $14,550
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $682,798 + 1 trip of unknown value
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $25,900 (Jan. 3)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $31,750 (Oct. 25)
BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 17
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 4
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 3
BANKRUPT Trash by Only One Contestant: 63
Aired BANKRUPT Hits
-Near $650: Week: 2, Season: 123
-Near TD: Week: 5, Season: 138
-Via MDW: Week: 3, Season: 74
Aired LaT Hits: Week: 2, Season: 91
Aired Duds: Week: 34, Season: 838
Aired DQs: Week: 3, Season: 92
BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 1, Season: 24
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 8
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 3
Prize Wedges: Week: 0, Season: 9
Cash: Week: $14,550, Season: $586,800
Unclaimed
MDWs: Week: 1, Season: 15
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 4
Prize Wedges: Week: 2, Season: 21
Cash: Week: $59,650, Season: $1,943,550
Forfeited WCs: Week: 0, Season: 21
Forfeited MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 3
Top Winning Totals
Contestant (Overall)
- $136,386 (Feb. 9)
- $126,714 (Nov. 17)
- $121,917 (Mar. 20)
- $119,500 (Jan. 2, Mar. 27)
- $97,400 (Mar. 21)
Contestant (Maingame)
- $71,700 (Oct. 13)
- $48,480 (Oct. 10)
- $46,690 (Mar. 7)
- $46,250 (Feb. 8)
- $40,794 (Sept. 19)
Episode (Overall)
- $151,414 (Nov. 17)
- $137,717 (Mar. 20)
- $133,398 (Mar. 27)
- $131,100 (Jan. 2)
- $116,389 (Mar. 21)
Episode (Maingame)
- $79,700 (Oct. 13)
- $63,950 (Feb. 8)
- $63,036 (Nov. 3)
- $62,830 (Dec. 25)
- $62,799 (Sept. 27)
Bottom Winning Totals
Contestant (Overall)
- $10,250 (Dec. 1)
- $11,550 (Jan. 29)
- $11,900 (Jan. 16)
- $12,949 (Nov. 24)
- $13,650 (Dec. 11)
Contestant (Maingame)
- $10,250 (Dec. 1)
- $11,550 (Jan. 29)
- $11,900 (Jan. 16)
- $12,298 (Oct. 18)
- $12,650 (Dec. 7)
Episode (Overall)
- $24,517 (Dec. 8)
- $25,567 (Jan. 16)
- $26,290 (Sept. 12)
- $26,410 (Nov. 21)
- $26,900 (Jan. 29)
Episode (Maingame)
- $21,470 (Oct. 27)
- $23,550 (Nov. 22)
- $24,517 (Dec. 8)
- $25,506 (Dec. 7)
- $25,567 (Jan. 16)
Season-High Week: Home for the Holidays ($395,364)
Season-Low Week: European Vacation ($179,526)
MAINGAME PUZZLE STATS
| CATEGORY | TU1 | TU2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | TTU | R4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AROUND THE HOUSE | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| BEFORE & AFTER | — | — | 13 | 41 | — | — | — |
| CHARACTER(S) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| CROSSWORD | — | — | 6 | 21 | — | — | — |
| EVENT(S) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| FAMILY | 1 | ||||||
| FOOD & DRINK | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 12 |
| FUN & GAMES | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| IN THE KITCHEN | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| LANDMARK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| LIVING THING(S) | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| MOVIE QUOTE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MOVIE TITLE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| OCCUPATION | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| ON THE MAP | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| PERSON/PEOPLE | 9 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 13 | |
| PHRASE | 13 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 33 |
| PLACE(S) | 20 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| PROPER NAME | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| QUOTATION | 1 | ||||||
| RHYME TIME | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| SAME LETTER | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| SAME NAME | — | — | 3 | 24 | — | — | — |
| SHOW BIZ | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| SONG/ARTIST | 1 | ||||||
| SONG LYRICS | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| THING(S) | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 13 |
| TITLE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| TV TITLE | 1 | ||||||
| WHAT ARE YOU DOING? | 9 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 18 |
| WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
FINAL SPIN STATS
Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 99
Middle of Round 4: 29
Start of Round 5+: 13
Middle of Round 5+: 4
Spun by Red/Yellow/Blue: 44/46/55
Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 43
$1,550: 7
$1,600: 20
$1,650: 18
$1,700: 22
$1,800: 7
$1,850: 4
$1,900: 13
$6K: 11
Final Spins Edited Out: 11
BONUS ROUND STATS
BR Win Record: 51-94 (.352)
PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 1
3-2 Weeks: 7
2-3 Weeks: 8
1-4 Weeks: 10
SKUNKINGS: 3 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 2)
MDBRs: 8
Letter Combo Wipeouts: 7 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)
Perfect Letter Combos: 4
BR Categories
Top/Middle/Bottom Chosen: 46/39/60
AROUND THE HOUSE: 1/1; 1-0
EVENT(S): 6/15; 2-4
FOOD & DRINK: 12/15; 4-8
FUN & GAMES: 2/3; 1-1
IN THE KITCHEN: 1/2; 0-1
LIVING THING(S): 2/8; 1-1
ON THE MAP:
PERSON/PEOPLE: 8/34; 3-5
PHRASE: 63/141; 24-39
PLACE(S): 10/28; 3-7
THING(S): 9/145; 0-9
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 28/40; 11-17
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 3/3; 1-2
Dreaded Category Trio Encounters: Week: 0, Season: 38
THING-Free Category Choices:
BR Prizes
CAR: 15/39 (1 car sweep)
$40K: 26/77 (4 minimum sweeps)
$50K: 4/15
$75K: 2/5
$100K (or $1M): 4/9
Car Wins
- 1 Lincoln Corsair Standard
- 2 Nissan LEAF SV Pluses
- 2 Nissan Pathfinder SLs
- 3 MINI Cooper SEs
- 1 Ford Bronco Sport Big Bend
- 1 BMW X1 xDrive28i
- 2 Ford Mustang MACH-E Selects
- 2 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium Convertible
- 1 Volkswagen Atlas 3.6L V6 SE
MDBR Result
Landed on $1M:
1 Space Away:
2-3 Spaces Away: 2
4-5 Spaces Away: 1
6 Spaces Away: 1
7-8 Spaces Away: 1
9-11 Spaces Away: 3
12 Spaces Away:
BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 4
BR Losses Despite Having WC: 11
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT:
Toughest BR Puzzle this Week: THEY ARE GIDDY (there were possibilities for the last word)
Easiest BR Puzzle this Week: WE HAD A LAUGH (Emma could’ve made things much easier by choosing the A as her vowel, but it’s a good thing she got the answer at the last second)
Player of the Week: Emma Wan
WEEKLY RATING: 5 (no thanks to that awful Friday episode)
Next week, we salute some Great American Cities to kick off April.
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 
Highlights of this week
🙂 Best 🙂
Not bad having two solid maingames despite having a three peat $50K losses airing wise (a first?), but honestly these two amounts are getting more frequent.
Huh? Another $100K win for the second straight Wednesday?
😦 Worst 😦
That kind of number of duds, especially on the big Wednesday’s and Friday’s fiasco.
Thursday’s episode was kind of rough, including a $0 PP, and two long rounds, save for Marissa (but then another “Close but no cigar”.
😛 Wild 😛
None this week (considering the duds or anything)
What we learnt:
March Madness is coming, but still there are easter. The finals of the college basketball will wrap on Andy’s birthday. Now that Spring is coming.
Personal comment: This is a step-up after the last installment’s disappointment. You have good maingame but BR loss, but there are also ironies this episode.
10 words or less: We thought for sure it was dejavu… nah.
Our rating: 5 😮
And then there are eight more weeks to 8K, and 50 episodes away until we say goodbye to Pat.
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This week started off ok but fell apart after Emma’s big win on Wednesday.
Weekly Rating: 5 (D) (Friday’s episode brought it down)
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After Emma’s big win on Wednesday, our national park adventure went downhill.
Weekly rating: 6
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I made a boo-boo on a contestant’s maingame winning total from Mar. 7 where I shortcharged the total by $2K. I’ve fixed the top five contestant maingame scores from Week 26 onwards along with the average maingame winning scores from that point onwards.
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