WoF Recap: March 29, 2024

Once again, I thank the 10 Tampa Bay CBS affiliate for providing the early airing.

EPISODE #7960: 🏞️NATIONAL PARKS🏞️

$1K Toss-Up: LIVING THINGS

_ _ A _ T
_ E D W _ _ D S

This Matt and/or his female opposition could see GIANT REDWOODS if they win a national parks trip…

Matt Hammons: married man to Cail for 21 years w/ a 12-year-old son (Lee; he couldn’t make it to the studio because of his school schedule) who enjoys making biscuits from Eatonton, GA

Cheryl Williams: mom of one daughter and a granddaughter (Adriana) who donated a kidney to one of her sorority sisters and advocates for living donors from Clarksville, TN

Lauren Wilson: married lady to Todd for almost five years (they live in the Sam Houston National Forest) and does co-teaching at Lincoln Elementary School from Montgomery, TX

$2K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

D _ A _ _ R
O _ G _ N _ _ E R

Cheryl solves DRAWER ORGANIZER.

FEATURED NATIONAL PARKS TRIP: marked COLLETTE

Round 1: PLACES

Cheryl: instant dud of T

Lauren: $650 R, two A’s, T repeat

Matt: two S’s for COLLETTE (tour of the Painted Canyon worth nearly $9K), LaT

Cheryl: $1,400 N pair, three E’s, M for mistake

Lauren: H for halt

Matt: $5K D pair, CRITICAL PURCHASE of U ($6K + COLLETTE at risk)

Cheryl: $1,700 C pair, solve…

_ N C R E D _ _ _ E
_ A N D S C A _ E S

Thanks to Matt’s fatal purchase, he missed out on seeing some INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPES, and so Cheryl earns $2,850 for that solve.

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Lauren: $600 R, $850 S, BANKRUPT near $3,500 (lost $1,450)

Matt: $1,700 T pair, two O’s, $1,300 H pair, other normal BANKRUPT (lost $2,750)

Cheryl: N for negative

Lauren: $650 V, W for worthless

Matt: $550 F, $1,800 L trio, $1,300 Y pair, four A’s and four E’s, $1,300 D pair, solve…

Y O _ / S _ A R E D
_ E / H A L F / T O
D E A T H
V A L L E Y

Matt, YOU SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH VALLEY on those last two spins, but you’re $4,450 richer.

Matt: $5,450/Cheryl: $4,850/Lauren: ZIP

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PP/Express Round: THINGS

Matt: $1,300 T pair, $1,300 S pair, $1,800 R trio, one A, bad O buy

Cheryl: unfortunate dud of L on $3,500

Lauren: $1,800 N trio, two E’s, $2,550 M trio, solve…

S _ R _ N _
S _ M M E R
A _ T _ M N
_ _ N T E R

She solves the four seasons of SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER for her first $4,100 and an Amtrak rail tour of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK plus Grand Teton National Park and more worth $7,699.

Matt: $5,450/Cheryl: $4,850/Lauren: $11,799 cash & rail tour

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Triple Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

1.

_ _ F _ _ L _
_ _ _ / _ _ _ K

There’s an animal in the name of the city for this set, and Matt locates BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

2.

_ I T T _ / _ _ W K
N O R _ H / _ A _ O L I _ A

Lauren locates KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA.

3.

_ _ _ _ _ _ X
_ _ _ _ _ _ A

The show was here in S21, and Matt nails PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

Speed-Up: RHYME TIME

Matt strongly spins the $1,500 minimum.

Matt: 2 T’s
NULL CYCLE
Cheryl: Y (HUH?!)
Lauren: L (she tried to say N next)
Matt: 2 N’s
Cheryl: D (DUD)
Lauren: M (DUD)
Matt: F (NULL CYCLE #2)
Cheryl: 2 C’s

_ _ C _ T _ _ N
L _ C _ T _ _ N

Cheryl wins another $3K just before the buzzer to go to her next VACATION LOCATION.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	T, M (Cheryl) H (Lauren) U (Matt)	Matt		Lauren’s T repeat
Round 2	N (Cheryl), W (Lauren)		2 (Lauren, Matt)
Round 3	O (Matt), L (Cheryl)
Round 4 (aired)	Y, D (Cheryl) M (Lauren) F (Matt)

FINAL SCORES
Matt: $9,450/Cheryl: $7,850/Lauren: $13,799 cash & rail tour

GT: $31,099
BANKRUPT TRASH: $4,200

This was a pretty messy game, and since Lauren lucked out w/ the PP, I DON’T like her chances in the next segment after she picks from…

• PHRASE
• THING
• FOOD & DRINK

F & D it is.

Fan Friday Word of the Day: ADVENTURE (enter that for your chance to win a collette tour of Iceland)

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$100K Bonus Round

Todd the hubby sees his wife land on the ***. I know it already…

_ _ _ _ N _ / _ _ T
_ _ S _ _ _ T S

GHPO all make it…

P _ P _ N G / H O T
_ _ S _ _ _ T S

…but they’re all in the top and she gets the last word wrong ROASTS and DESSERTS. Matt would’ve gotten PIPING HOT BISCUITS since he mentioned about this food in the interviews, but alas, Lauren is the other $40K loser of the week.

MY RATING: 3