WoF Recap: January 19, 2024 (2024)

EPISODE #7910: 🛂PASSPORT TO FUN🛂

$1K Toss-Up: PLACE

_ I L D L I F E
P _ _ S E R _ _

Jill and/or this end-of-week panel could visit a WILDLIFE PRESERVE if they win a trip…

Jill Yawn: bookkeeper at Belforest Elementary married to Matt who’s nicknamed “Drill” (she has a friend that wants to meet a goal and is the person’s accountability partner who demands a lot) from Daphne, AL (southeast right by Mobile Bay)

Tammie Herring: 2nd grade teacher at McMullan Elementary who’s a great listener (her students would ask “Can you keep a secret?” and she would say yes) from Houston, TX

Randy Kuper: national sales manager for a manufacturing company married to Michele for 28 years w/ two daughters (Faith the youngest is at the University of Alabama while Laura the oldest is in grad school at the University of Iowa) who enjoys wine and also has a good friend of 50 years named Dan (they go to breakfast together three out of four Saturdays a month) from Wheeling, IL

$2K Toss-Up: ON THE MAP

_ I L _ A _ K _ E
W _ _ _ O N _ _ _

Jill blanks that time.

_ I L W A _ K _ E
W _ _ _ O N S I _

Randy locates MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FEATURED TRIP: Atlantis Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)

Round 1: EVENT

Randy: $650 N, T for turnover

Jill: $1,400 S pair, $1,500 R trio, three E’s, $1,800 C trio, solve…

S C E N _ C
R _ _ E R / C R _ _ S E

Kyla from this past Monday won a SCENIC RIVER CRUISE of the Danube, and Jill has solved for $4,450.

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Jill: four T’s on MW near $650 and FLIPS…oops

Tammie: LaT

Randy: $1,100 N pair, MDW’s right side

Jill: $800 H, three E’s and four O’s, $900 P, $700 G, three I’s (NMV), other bad side of MDW (lost $1,650)

Tammie: $2,700 S trio, $700 F, LaT

Randy: just solves for house minimum…

S I T T I N G / O N
T O P / O F / T H E
_ O _ _ _
S E _ I E S

He could’ve gone for the R’s, but he feels like he’s SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD SERIES.

Randy: $3K/Jill: $5,450/Tammie: ZERO

PP/Express Round: RHYME TIME

Tammie: $1,300 T pair, BANKRUPT near $3,500 just as quick

Randy: N for negative

Jill: $1,800 S pair, one A, no R on EXPRESS

Tammie: H for halt

Randy: $1,650 L trio, two E’s, unnecessary U buy, BANKRUPT near $650 (lost $1,150)

Jill: $1K Y pair, solve…

A _ S _ L U T E L Y
_ _ S _ T _ _ E L Y

Jill solves for $2,550 and is ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY going to the Oyster Bay Beach Resort in ST. MAARTEN worth $8,600.

Randy: $3K/Jill: $16,600 cash & St. Maarten/Tammie: NO LUCK

Triple Toss-Up: THING

1.

_ E W I _ _
M A _ _ I _ E

All “machines”, and Randy solves SEWING MACHINE.

2.

_ _ _
_ _ C _ _ _ E

Tammie nails ICE MACHINE to get off the schneid (I would’ve missed w/ FAX MACHINE).

3.

_ L O T
M _ C H I N E

Randy scores on a SLOT MACHINE.

Round 4: PHRASE

Randy: $650 N, $650 T, $500 H, one E, L for lost turn

SPEED-UP

_ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ N _
T H E / _ _ _ ?

Jill makes the leftover consonants worth $1,700 a pop.

Jill: S (DUD)
Tammie: C (DUD)
Randy: 2 D’s
Jill: Y
Tammie: M
Randy: R

D _ D / Y _ _ / _ R _ N _
T H E / M _ _ ?

Randy rightly asks “DID YOU BRING THE MAP?” for $6,650.

FINAL SCORES
Randy: $13,650/Jill: $16,600 cash & St. Maarten/Tammie: $2K

GT: $32,250
BANKRUPT TRASH (excl. MW $): $5,200

Jill’s given just about the same category list from last night…

• PHRASE
• EVENT
• THINGS

…she the other PHRASE picker this week.

Fan Friday Word of the Day: FOREST (enter that on the website for a chance to win a collette tour of Costa Rica)

$100K Bonus Round

After Jill introduces Matt the hubby, son Parker and daughter Kira, she lands on the P. This was last used at the very beginning of their 30th anniversary season (and solved for the old minimum of $30K)…

_ _ R T _ / T _ E
_ _ _ T

PHMA gives her besides the obvious H…

_ _ R T H / T H E
_ A _ T

This is certainly WORTH THE WAIT for Jill — she’s the other proud owner of the Ford Mustang MACH-E Select, giving her a final total of $62,205 cash & prizes!

MY RATING: 6 (messy middle rounds)