Daytime WoF Recap: May 23, 1991

The all-female trio this game…

Sherri Romano: 1-day champ w/ $3,150 and student at UNLV studying mngement information systems from Las Vegas; she planned on moving back to San Diego to get  job in computer programming 

Joyce McWaters: airline baggage handler (aka the “resident bag lady”) and married mother of three children and two grandchildren from Oklahoma City

Suanne Mrugacz: executive secretary for the city of Chicago who enjoyed all Chi-town sports and had two nephews

FEATURED PRIZE: New Home sewing machine, Magnavox 3” portable LCD TV, and Lonestar phones worth $1,473 (HI-TECH)

Round 1: THING

Sherri: LaT right away

Joyce: BANKRUPT 

Suanne: $200 T, $100 R, $200 S, $900 N trio, two E’s, $125 D, $100 L, solve…

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

Could’ve gone for the C’s, but she solved LONG-DISTANCE ROMANCE for $1,525.

FEATURED PRIZE #2: KitchenAid mixer, Aristokraft movable island work center, and Joyce Chen cookware worth $1,519 (GOURMET)

Round 2: PHRASE

Joyce: $250 R (she thought she went BANKRUPT), three T’s for Free SPIN, three E’s, LaT and used FS, $200 N, $125 H, one A and four O’s, no B on $500 (she thought of BONE and BAR)

Suanne: $100 S, $125 M, BANKRUPT got her and Sherri (Suanne lost $225)

Joyce: $200 V, $400 F, solve…

T H _ S / T _ M E
_ O _ ‘ V E / _ O N E
T O O / F A R

…but she was DQed for adding “one” after the second line, so $875 was at risk. Suanne then lit up the remaining consonants (the $400 Y and $150 G)…

T H _ S / T _ M E
Y O _ ‘ V E / G O N E
T O O / F A R

…and chastised Joyce “THIS TIME YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR” for $550.

Suanne: $2,075/Others: $0 each

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FEATURED PRIZE #3: Jean Roulet 18-karat gold overlay brass mantle clock and his/her Daniel Mink watches worth $1,845 (TIME)

Round 3: PHRASE

Suanne: four T’s for $400, LaT

Sherri: $200 H pair, three E’s, $300 N trio, three O’s, three F’s for HI-TECH, three I’s, unnecessary U buy, solve…

O U T / O F / T H E
F _ _ I N _ / _ _ N
I N T O / T H E
F I _ E

This was coming OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE for Sherri — $100 and the hi-tech package.

Sherri: $1,573 cash & hi-tech/Joyce: NIL/Suanne: $2,075

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FEATURED PRIZE #4: trip to Outrigger Reef Hotel on Waikiki Beach in HAWAII worth $3,050 

Round 4: THINGS

Sherri: $300 S trio, N for negative 

Joyce: $200 R pair, $300 Y, T for turnover 

Suanne: $100 L, $200 B, $100 M (just missed GOURMET), $750 C, solve…

C _ _ R R Y
B L _ S S _ M S

She solved CHERRY BLOSSOMS for $1,150. Game over.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1		Sherri	Joyce
Round 2	B (Joyce)	Joyce	2 (Suanne, Sherri)	Joyce’s extra word missolve
Round 3		Suanne
Round 4	N (Sherri), T (Joyce)

FINAL SCORES
Sherri: $1,573 cash & hi-tech (out w/ $4,723)/Joyce: PARTING GIFTS/Suanne: $3,225

GT: $4,798
Suanne’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $225

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Bonus Round

Suanne played for the five grand.

Category: THING

The first letter of this four-letter answer…

S _ _ _

CDMA added just the vowel…

S _ _ A

…but she said SODA right away when the D was a dud. She wouldn’t be buying a SOFA w/ the money, at least not yet.

MY RATING: 5