{"id":28379,"date":"2025-04-21T01:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T01:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=28379"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T01:21:09","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-player-turns-heads-after-failing-to-solve-puzzle-with-one-letter-left","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=28379","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Player Turns Heads After Failing To Solve Puzzle With One Letter Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A painful Wheel of Fortune moment<\/strong>\u00a0unfolded Tuesday night when contestant\u00a0<strong>Nikol Gamble<\/strong>\u00a0mistakenly guessed the wrong letter\u2014despite nearly solving a 12-word puzzle in the \u201cSong Lyrics\u201d category.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>The board read:<br \/>\n<strong>SEE \/ THE \/ LINE \/ WHERE \/ THE \/ S _ Y \/ MEETS \/ THE \/ SEA \/ IT \/ CALLS \/ ME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gamble, a Houston escape room owner, guessed \u201cO,\u201d saying, \u201c<em>See the line where the soy meets the sea<\/em>\u201d\u2014even after host Ryan Seacrest noted no vowels were left. 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