'Wheel of Fortune' Fans Left Shocked After Contestants Fail to Solve Common Phrase

Whoever is picking the contestants on Wheel of Fortune is doing a G_EAT job, because they sure have the internet talking endlessly about these unforgettable viral moments!

couldn’t figure out the seemingly simple phrase “renting a pedal boat.”The letters T, E and L were missing, and the first contestant asked if the answer was “renting a paddleboat.”However, that was too many letters and once the T and E were added, the puzzle on the bright green screen read, “renting a peda_ boat.”The contestants wondered if the answer was “pedam” or “pedaw.”Finally, after five guesses, the correct word was indeed “pedal.”As fans rolled their eyes behind their phone screens, they tweeted their musings as they watched last night’s game show.“Another cringe-worthy night on #WheelOfFortune!,” one viewer wrote. “Where do they find these people to play Wheel of Fortune?” Barstool Sports inquired.Another said, “What is with #WheelOfFortune lately?? Again!!” A fan added, “What is in the water(s) over at Wheel of Fortune?”Another snafu occurred on Tuesday evening’s game when contestant Chris Bryant lost the puzzle containing the song lyric to the Eurythmics song “Sweet Dreams.”“Sweet dreams are made of this” was the right answer.

“Wheel of Fortune” contestants have been generating a lot of online discussion.

In hot water. Wheel of Fortune fans came to a player’s defense after host Pat Sajak mocked his introduction story during a recent episode of the show.

#WheelOfFortune #patsajak pic.twitter.com/0wkEL2aRanTwitter immediately scolded Pat and demanded he apologize (he was also called many words not fit for print.)"Poor Scott just wanted to tell his story. Pat just throwing the shade," one fan tweeted.

social media watchdogs immediately sunk their teeth into him over his “a-hole” attitude. It all started when the beloved — but suddenly divisive — game show guru glanced down at his handy note card, noted Ingwersen’s survival story and couldn’t help but ask the contestant about it.

“Wheel of Fortune” viewers weren’t impressed with Pat Sajak during Wednesday’s episode.

After leaving the event the couple hit a gas station, where the arresting officers began searching Justin’s person and vehicle. Reports reveal that June was very distraught as officers handcuffing Justin. Previous reports state that June’s boyfriend Justin was hit with an arrest warrant after he began revealing using drugs while in rehab.

On tonight’s episode of SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors tackled topics ranging from criticisms of HBO’s Euphoria and Wheel of Fortune contestants, to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and more.

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, but this aspiring singer did it.On Sunday's , the judges are left speechless when they meet contestant Kenedi Anderson. In ET's exclusive sneak peek from Part 2 of the auditions, at first Perry, Richie and Bryan think nothing of her audition.

“Wheel of Fortune” episode where he and fellow players, Thomas Lipscomb and Laura Machado, caused a ruckus when none guessed the correct answer to the puzzle: “Another feather in your cap.”Coleman spoke out on Thursday about feeling ridiculed, telling TMZ about the widespread animosity he felt following the episode’s airing.“This idiom [‘Another feather in your cap,’] is something I learned when I was six or seven years old. But I haven’t heard it in over 30 years and so it has been a while for me,” he began.“You are also under a lot of scrutiny and pressure when you’re in production,” Coleman said of being on the “Fortune” set.

Pat Sajak wants viewers to show some compassion. The 75-year-old longtime host of the popular game show took to Twitter on Wednesday after a moment in Tuesday's show went viral. Three contestants on Tuesday's show — Laura, Christopher, and Thomas — all tried to solve a nearly complete puzzle, the answer to which was the popular idiom, «Another feather in your cap.» After Laura guessed, «Another feather in your hat,» all three hopefuls struggled to complete the puzzle properly, trying «map» and «lap» until Thomas finally got the right answer. The moment garnered lots of criticism and online ridicule with many calling it a «fail» and @TodayInSports calling it the «worst 2 minutes in the history of .»Worst 2 minutes in the history of Wheel of Fortune pic.twitter.com/vGUnldCzVwSajak quickly came to the contestants' defense, tweeting, «It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry.»Specifically calling out the «feather in your cap» puzzle, Sajak added, «Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening.»He noted that a lot of people incorrectly use the phrase, «feather in your hat» and said the contestants were «stunned» when the guess was wrong. «Now imagine you’re on national TV, and you’re suddenly thrown a curve and you begin getting worried about looking stupid, and if the feather isn’t in your hat, where the heck can it be? You start flailing away looking for alternatives rather than synonyms for 'hat,'» he explained.

pic.twitter.com/8vlSIfHcWEThe correct answer was "Another Feather In Your Cap." However, guesses included "Another Feather In Your Hat," "Another Feather In Your Lap" and "Another Feather In Your Map." Twitter was dumbfounded at the missed answers. But, the "Wheel of Fortune" host sees it differently and urged viewers to "have a little heart.""It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry," he began a lengthy Twitter string. "Last night's 'Feather in your cap' puzzle was a case in point.

Pat Sajak is stepping up for the contestants on Wheel of Fortune.

It could happen to anyone? Pat Sajak spoke out after Wheel of Fortune viewers criticized contestants who repeatedly failed to solve a recent puzzle.

took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a lengthy thread in which he called on viewers to “have a little heart.”“It always pains me when nice people come on our show to play a game and win some money and maybe fulfill a lifelong dream, and are then subject to online ridicule when they make a mistake or something goes awry,” Sajak stated. “Last night’s ‘Feather in your cap’ puzzle was a case in point. Sitting at home, it seems incredible that they couldn’t solve it, but I knew in real time what was happening,” the veteran host explained, claiming the contestants were “flailing” due to the pressures of being on TV.

Three Wheel of Fortune contestants last night took a staggering 10 attempts to solve a puzzle that was missing only four letters: “Another feather _n yo_r _a_.”