{"id":3345,"date":"2026-08-26T00:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:28:16","slug":"a-wheel-of-fortune-contestant-just-shocked-everyone-by-solving-a-65000-puzzle-instantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3345","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 contestant just shocked everyone by solving a $65,000 puzzle instantly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 contestant just shocked everyone by solving a $65,000 puzzle instantly!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wheel-of-fortune-delinda-rood-bonus-round-1420x798.jpg\" alt=\"'Wheel of Fortune' contestant Delinda Rood during Bonus Round on November 4, 2025\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d<\/strong> contestant left Ryan Seacrest stunned after solving the bonus-round puzzle almost instantly and walking away with a total of <strong>$65,650<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After a strong performance throughout the game, Rood advanced to the bonus round with <strong>$20,650<\/strong> already in her winnings.<\/p>\n<p>Delinda Rood from Rosemount, Minnesota, competed against Justin Zamora and Shateria Smith in the November 4, 2025 episode.<\/p>\n<p>For the bonus puzzle, she selected the category <strong>\u201cAround the House.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only a few letters were revealed, leaving the board looking like <strong>\u201c_ARM _ _ _LT.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the additional letters <strong>M, V, K and A<\/strong> appeared, Rood immediately recognized the answer: <strong>\u201cWarm Quilt.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her incredibly quick response caught Ryan Seacrest completely off guard. He even asked whether she had somehow known the answer as soon as she saw the letters. Rood confirmed that she had figured it out almost immediately. The bonus envelope contained another <strong>$45,000<\/strong>, bringing her total winnings for the episode to an impressive <strong>$65,650<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8Mcb54J3tc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 contestant just shocked everyone by solving a $65,000 puzzle instantly! A \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d contestant left Ryan Seacrest stunned after solving the bonus-round&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mdrssa_facebook_image":"","_mdrssa_unique_id":"","_mdrssa_normalized_url":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}