Playing Wheel of Fortune must be a nerve-wracking experience. The lights are bright, the eyes of the studio audience are on you, and there are thousands of dollars at stake.
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So, we definitely feel for the following contestants, who made astonishing mistakes on the long-running game show, much to the delight (and sometimes dismay) of outgoing host Pat Sajak. From unintentional mispronunciations to out-of-nowhere responses, here are our picks for the 12 worst guesses in Wheel of Fortune history.
In 2018, a contestant named Jonny lost a $7,100 prize after pronouncing the word “flamenco” as “flamingo.” Ashley, who was next, looked almost embarrassed when she gave the correct answer.
After mistaking the play A Streetcar Named Desire for the title A Streetcar Naked Desire in a 2017 episode, Kevin Haas said in a statement that he was happy to make viewers laugh. “That, my friends, is the naked truth,” he added, per TIME.