{"id":99,"date":"2026-02-23T19:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/?p=99"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:26:13","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-contestant-shocks-viewers-by-cracking-a-65k-puzzle-in-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Contestant Shocks Viewers by Cracking a $65K Puzzle in Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"196\">A Minnesota woman stunned viewers \u2014 and host <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ryan Seacrest<\/span><\/span> \u2014 with one of the fastest Bonus Round solves on <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Wheel of Fortune<\/span><\/span>, walking away with $65,650.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"231\"><strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"231\">A Slow Start, Strong Comeback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"442\">Delinda Rood of Rosemount, Minnesota, faced off against Justin Zamora and Shateria Smith on the November 4 episode. After a quiet start, she gained momentum by solving the toss-up \u201cPractical Joker\u201d for $2,000.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"645\">Zamora scored big with \u201cCandy Girl You Are My World,\u201d winning $12,549 and a trip to Norway. Smith, an author and entrepreneur, picked up the One Million Dollar Wedge after solving \u201cSummer &amp; Boot Camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"669\"><strong data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"669\">Rood Takes Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"939\">Rood seized the lead by solving \u201cSpoil Yourself At The Spa,\u201d winning a trip to Scottsdale and boosting her total to $10,950. She dominated the triple toss-ups and later secured a Bonus Round spot by solving \u201cA Tough Nut To Crack,\u201d finishing the main game with $20,650.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"971\"><strong data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"971\">Lightning-Fast Bonus Round<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1067\">Choosing \u201cAround the House,\u201d Rood selected M, V, K, and A, revealing the puzzle: _ARM _ _ _LT.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1229\">Almost instantly, she answered, \u201cWarm Quilt!\u201d \u2014 stunning Seacrest and the audience. The envelope revealed an extra $45,000, bringing her final total to $65,650.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1231\" data-end=\"1287\">\u201cYou didn\u2019t even have to think about it!\u201d Seacrest said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1314\">Rood smiled: \u201cI knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1391\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her quick instincts turned the Bonus Round into a moment fans won\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota woman stunned viewers \u2014 and host Ryan Seacrest \u2014 with one of the fastest Bonus Round solves on Wheel of Fortune, walking away with $65,650. A Slow Start, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oppenmedi3.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}