WoF Recap: May 23, 2024

EPISODE #7999: BIG MONEY

No intro montage tonight.

$1K Tossup: PHRASE

_ _ _ _ / I _
T _ E / B _ _ T !

Tavaris is so wrong w/ “RIGHT IN THE BUTT!” — Great horny toads…

VIDEO BONUS: Tavaris’ NSFW answer

_ _ _ S / I _
T _ E / B _ S T !

Female Blake says “THIS IS THE BEST!”. Thursday’s contestants…

Blake Young (): proud mom of an outgoing, athletic 18-year-old son Jack who will be attending Salve Regina University in Newport, RI and he’ll be playing lacrosse as the goalie from Hampton, N

Tyra Ware: tour guide of a popular music museum who does volunteer work for St. Jude for the last eight years that has a lot of radiothons and a lot of the galas that they put on to raise money from Detroit, MI

Tavaris Williams: gamer who won a rib-eating contest from Port St. Lucie, FL

$2K Tossup: PLACE

_ N _ – _ A Y
S T R E E _

Blake crosses a ONE-WAY STREET.

Round 1: SAME LETTER

Blake: Two T’s ($700), A, three E’s, four S’s ($700; SL), two I’s, R (WC), O, two U’s (NMV), three N’s ($550), three G’s ($900), C ($550)
Tyra: Two P’s ($900), MDW’s RIGHT SIDE (-$1,800)
Tavaris: Three D’s ($500)

S P _ E N D I D
S T A G G E R I N G
S T U P E N D O U S

He solves SPLENDID, STAGGERING, STUPENDOUS for $1,500.

Just before the first break, there is an update on Alex from the start of the third XL Week who won a BMW X1 for solving his BR puzzle of THAT IS FUNNY.

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AARP Mystery Round: EVENT

Tyra: Three N’s ($650), four E’s, BANKRUPTS NEAR TD (-$1,700)
Tavaris: Two T’s ($650), OTHER BANKRUPT (-$1,300)
Blake: H ($900), I, G ($600), three A’s, V ($500), O (NMV)

A N / E V E N I N G
A T / T H E / O _ E _ A

Have you experienced AN EVENING AT THE OPERA? She apparently has for another $1,250.

Tavaris: $1,500$Blake: $4,250 WC$Tyra: ZIP

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PP/Express Round: RHYME TIME

Tavaris: R ($650)
Blake: BANKRUPTS NEXT DOOR TO TD
Tyra: OTHER ONE
Tavaris: S ($500)
Blake: Four T’s ($500), four A’s, three E’s (NMV), two H’s ($800), two K’s (EXPRESS)

Alllllllllllllllllllllllllll aboooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARD!!!

Letters: C, N (-$6,100)

Tyra: M ($850), Y ($900)

T H A T / M A Y / T A K E
T H E / C A K E

She reads the answer for $1,750 and a trip to Windjammer Landing in ST. LUCIA worth $10,588.

Tavaris: $1,500$Blake: $4,250$Tyra: $12,338 cash & trip

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Triple Tossup: FOOD & DRINK

1.

F R _ _ C H
_ _ _ _ S

Not FRENCH CAKES, Tyra.

F R _ N C H
_ _ _ _ S

Tavaris eats some FRENCH FRIES.

2.

H _ _ E / _ _ I E S

Tyra has some HOME FRIES.

3.

_ R _ _ D / _ P _ L E
F _ I T T E _ _

Blake gets some FRIED APPLE FRITTERS for dessert.

Speed-Up: THINGS

Final Spin Amount: $1,500

Blake: Two S’s
Tyra: N
Tavaris: L
Blake: D
Tyra: Two R’s (there was a cut to Pat before her thinking time)
Tavaris: Two T’s
Blake: C
Tyra: M
Tavaris: Two P’s

_ M P _ R T S
_ N D / _ _ P _ R T S

He solves IMPORTS AND EXPORTS for $6K.

PENALTY BOX	BANKRUPTS	NON-BANKRUPT DUDS
ROUND 1	Tyra	C (Blake)
MYSTERY ROUND	2 (Tyra, Tavaris)
PP/EXPRESS ROUND	3 (ladies incl. 2 by Blake)	R, S (Tavaris)
SPEED-UP		L (Tavaris), C (Blake)

FINAL SCORES
Tavaris: $9,500$Blake: $6,250$Tyra: $14,338 cash & trip

FINAL JACKPOT TONIGHT: $21,800

GT: $30,088
BANKRUPT TRASH (excluding WC): $10,900

Tyra has a pretty good chance to turn this episode around w/…

• EVENT
• THING
• FOOD & DRINK

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$100K Bonus Round

Tyra brought her friend Toya.

SPIN: E of AMERICA’S

Recycled BR Alert (1/20/2015)…

_ _ E _ _
T _ _ _ _

HMCA gives her…

C H E _ _
T A _ _ _

…but she’s not even close to biting on CHEWY TAFFY (she could only guess CHEF’S TABLE) for the Jackpot and the INFINITI.

MY RATING: 2.5
MY GRADE: F-

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I was originally thinking of having @jbeaugard01 end the tradition of Andy recapping milestone episodes by recapping tomorrow’s episode since @jliu23232 ended the tradition of Andy recapping season premieres last season and I’m ending the tradition of Andy recapping season finales this season, but he works late on Fridays. Therefore, @jliu23232 will have the honors of doing tomorrow’s episode.