A Wheel of Fortune contestant did so properly at accurately guessing a phrase {that a} stunned Ryan Seacrest pretended to look her for an earpiece!
In a clip shared to the sport present’s YouTube account Friday, Jan. 17, Seacrest, 50, appeared stumped as to how one lady received a $50,000 prize in document time with just about no clues throughout a bonus spherical.
Because the video started, Seacrest stood subsequent to contestant Traci throughout the season 42 episode, a part of Cruise Week.
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Along with her husband watching shut by, she and the host ready to spin a wheel to see what her subsequent problem could be.
“Good luck on this wheel. Spin it one time and let’s see the place you land,” Seacrest stated, letting Traci know she may presumably turn out to be $100,000 richer. “It’s been your fortunate night time, so possibly we’ll have some extra good luck.”
After the wheel was performed spinning, the tv host grabbed an envelope from it and let Traci know the class was “phrase.”
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With the four-word phrase now on the board, able to be crammed in, Traci was given two out of 13 attainable letters.
“In order that’s all that we will begin with,” Seacrest instructed the contestant. “So we want three extra consonants and a vowel now.”
Her second guess of the letter “N” was incorrect, which led Traci to confess that she was “slightly nervous.”
“That’s okay,” Seacrest stated, reassuring her.
In complete, Traci known as out 5 letters. Two lit up on the board — “O” and “C.”
“Once more, not an excessive amount of extra,” Seacrest added, noting that the clues to the phrase have been nonetheless minimal. “However who is aware of? You’ve had lots of good luck tonight. Perhaps it’ll strike you.”
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He continued: “Phrase is the class. Ten seconds to try to resolve it.”
With mere seconds left to guess the 4-word phrase with simply 4 letters crammed in, Traci confidently yelled, “They go approach again!”
“Sure, that’s it!” Seacrest yelled again.
As Traci and the viewers cheered, a visibly stunned Seacrest circled the winner, playfully inspecting her for some sort of wire or earpiece as he tried to determine how she was capable of resolve the puzzle.
He then opened the envelope he’d grabbed earlier when she spun the wheel to disclose that Traci had simply received $50,000.
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“Congratulations, that was superb!” Seacrest instructed Traci as her husband walked over to congratulate her as properly.
“Traci, what a resolve! Right here comes an ocean of cash!” an announcer stated because the trio continued to have a good time.
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Subsequent, Seacrest revealed her grand complete of $78,650 from the episode.
“How on the planet did you resolve that final one?” he requested.
For Traci, the contestant stated she merely “dug deep” to search out the reply.
