WHEEL of Fortune fans have been left completely shocked after a contestant lost out on a huge prize.
Viewers called out the player’s epic fail for costing her a brand-new BMW.
On Thursday, Tarhea beat out her rivals, Resti and Michelle, on Wheel of Fortune with $25,898 to their $22,998 and $4,750, respectively.
After winning the main game, she was able to advance to the bonus round for a chance at an even larger payday or a huge prize.
Tarhea chose the category of Food & Drink for the last segment.
Host Pat Sajak held onto the card featuring the prize she was fighting for in his hand as she tried her hand at the puzzle on the board.
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After all of the given and player-chosen letters were flipped on the board, the unsolved puzzle read, “BAGELS & D_ _ _ _ N_TS.”
Unfortunately, Tarhea was unable to guess the correct answer, “BAGELS & DOUGHNUTS,” in the allotted 10 seconds.
Pat teased how the spelling of doughnuts is now often abbreviated at bakeries, which might’ve contributed to her inability to guess the right response.
He then opened the card in his hand to reveal she missed out on winning a BMW.
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Wheel of Fortune fans were stunned Tarhea got the puzzle wrong, claiming it was one of the easiest ones they’ve seen.
“TARHEA NOT SOLVING THAT FINAL PUZZLE ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE WAS SO PAINFUL I WAS SCREEAAAMING,” said one surprised viewer.
“OH TARHEA you gotta kick yourself,” another wrote. “Oh my goodness gracious you would’ve got that any other time just a little nervous she had a great night though.”
“The easiest puzzle, yet she got it wrong and she lost out on a BMW,” said a third shocked fan. “…She had a BMW right there and couldn’t say Bagels and doughnuts.”
“I blame Dunkin’ Donuts,” joked another fan online.
Earlier in the week, host Pat mocked another contestant for losing out on a BMW during the bonus round.
A player named Ashley picked “What are you doing?” as her category, and the three-word puzzle read, “_R _ _ S _ N _ THE A_SLES.”
Ashley wasn’t able to nab the correct response, calling out, “Something the aisles, grazing the aisles?”
After she lost, Pat teased, “You don’t graze ’em, you don’t braise ’em,” revealing the correct answer as “Browsing the aisles.”
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