{"id":88,"date":"2026-06-25T18:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/?p=88"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:07:56","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-sparks-outrage-over-controversial-final-round-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Sparks Outrage Over Controversial Final Round Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another episode of <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> has sparked debate among viewers, with many fans criticizing a bonus round puzzle they considered unusually difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy arose during the February 14 episode when contestant Conner Kemmsies, a commercial pilot from California, advanced to the bonus round after winning $19,080 in cash and prizes, including a whale-watching cruise to Baja California.<\/p>\n<p>In the final round, the category was &#8220;Phrase.&#8221; After the standard letters and Conner&#8217;s additional selections were revealed, the puzzle appeared as:<\/p>\n<p>_ D _ D M _ _ _ M E _ _ R _<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conner&amp;apos;s Bonus Round! | S42 | Wheel of Fortune\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3S2ZOP6TMyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Conner quickly solved the beginning\u2014&#8221;I DID MY&#8221;\u2014but was unable to complete the puzzle before time expired. The correct answer was: <strong>&#8220;I DID MY HOMEWORK.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the round, Conner joked with host Ryan Seacrest, &#8220;I don&#8217;t do homework anymore. I&#8217;m not in school now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The puzzle immediately generated mixed reactions online. Some viewers argued that &#8220;I did my homework&#8221; felt more like a simple sentence than a commonly recognized phrase, calling the puzzle unfair. Others disagreed, saying the answer was straightforward once the first words were identified.<\/p>\n<p>Fans also renewed criticism of the show&#8217;s bonus prize wheel after Conner&#8217;s envelope revealed the show&#8217;s minimum bonus prize of $40,000. Some longtime viewers questioned why the wheel appears to land on the minimum amount so frequently, while others defended the game&#8217;s format.<\/p>\n<p>As has often been the case with <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>, the episode prompted lively discussion among fans about puzzle difficulty and game mechanics, with opinions sharply divided over whether the final puzzle was fair or overly challenging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another episode of Wheel of Fortune has sparked debate among viewers, with many fans criticizing a bonus round puzzle they considered unusually difficult. The controversy arose during the February 14&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdview.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}