Please take note that this story was first published in January 2024 and is being republished.Enraged fans of \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d are protesting, believing that Megan, a contestant, was wrongfully denied $40,000 for a potentially correct response.Megan, a married choir director at a high school in California, had to solve a bonus problem consisting of two words that fell under the \u201cLiving Thing\u201d category.\u00a0The incomplete phrase \u201c_ N\u2019R _ _ _\u201d was revealed when Megan was led to the puzzle board by host Pat Sajak while the wheel was spinning.By carefully choosing which letters to use, Megan changed the board to read \u201cP_N_\u2019 RC _ D.\u201d\u00a0In the final ten seconds, Megan blurted out her guess, something like \u201cPink Orchid\u201d or perhaps similar to \u201cSomething Orchid.\u201d Megan vocally expressed her annoyance at the correct response, \u201cPink Orchid,\u201d as soon as the timer chimed and the correct letters illuminated the display.\u00a0Sajak, sensing she might be right, pulled out the prize estimate card and showed Megan a healthy $40,000, far more than the $14,007 she ended up received.Image Source: New York PostWatching from their living rooms, viewers were unable to accept the result and vented their frustration to Wheel of Fortune on Megan\u2019s answer, which they felt was unfairly incorrect.One viewer complained, \u201cThe woman got screwed on the #WheelOfFortune bonus puzzle tonight; she totally said \u2018PINK ORCHID\u2019 right at the start.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI inquired of the judges right away after she stated that! I lip read and use subtitles because I am deaf in one ear and partially hearing in the other. She called me \u201cPink Orchid.\u201d Without a doubt!,\u201d countered another admirer.\u201cI\u2019m exploding! She understood; pink orchid, she said! \u201cWTF?\u201d yelled a third individual.Image Source: New York PostGood day, @WheelofFortune I rewound the final puzzle after hearing the competitor remark \u201cpink orchid\u201d at the beginning. One irate viewer shouted, \u201cYou owe her some $$$.\u201dAll right, @WheelofFortune You may plainly hear her say \u201cpink orchid\u201d if you replay tonight\u2019s broadcast to solve the final puzzle from the most recent airing. The winner was not given due credit by you. Play it back now. She really did say that! Vibrant Orchid.Fans of Wheel of Fortune have been criticizing the show more and more in the midst of the scandal for what appears to be missteps, such as a recent argument over a rhyme during an Express round. On January 22, the audience exploded as the program appeared to stumble over a response in the \u201cRhyme Time\u201d category.Image Source: New York PostTwo of the candidates were stumped by the ongoing farce, but Jill, the third contender, solved the issue by guessing two \u201cy\u2019s,\u201d creating the rhyme \u201cAbsolutely Positively.\u201dSupporters fiercely disagreed with the ruling, claiming that \u201cAbsolutely Positively\u201d is not a rhyme.One of the viewers wrote, \u201cHey @WheelofFortune.\u201d \u201cCould you please clarify how these two words rhyme? Because they most definitely do not.\u201d\n

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