‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Angers Fans with Vowel Buy

‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Angers Fans with Vowel Buy
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Jack Phillips
2/20/2019
Updated:
5/28/2019

Fans of “Wheel of Fortune” were angered after a contestant bought a vowel when she didn’t need it.

The contestant, named Lisa, had “Pepper_ni Pineapple Pi__a” on the board. She then bought the vowel, “O, to the chagrin of many.

Lisa buys a vowel when the answer is painfully obvious. Pepperoni Pineapple Pizza. #WheelOfFortune #Dumb,” wrote one person on Twitter.

“The word was pepperoni and you had every letter but the O and you BOUGHT the vowel ... get out of here #WheelOfFortune give me that 1/2 of car,” wrote another person on Twitter.

Then after spending the $250 to buy a vowel, she solved the puzzle with ease.

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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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