{"id":2233989,"date":"2026-01-14T04:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2233989"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:38:55","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-fans-give-verdict-on-worst-bonus-round-category-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wheel-of-fortune-fans-give-verdict-on-worst-bonus-round-category-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Fans Give Verdict on Worst Bonus Round Category | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to solve a debate. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/wheel-of-fortune\/\"><em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em><\/a> fans have debated what Bonus Round category is the worst, and it has come down to two. They also all agreed on which one is the best.<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> contestants have no say over what their puzzle will be, they do have a say in what category they choose and four letters to help them. Some of the most common categories for the Bonus Round puzzle are Phrase, Thing, Person, Place, Event, Food &amp; Drink, What Are You Doing?, Living Thing, and On the Map.<\/p>\n<p>The Bonus Round happens after one <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/category\/game-shows\/\">game show<\/a> contestant wins the game and has the chance to win even more money. An envelope with a dollar amount or a car is blindly picked, and if they solve the puzzle, they win that prize in addition to the money and prizes they have already accumulated.<\/p>\n<p>However, some fans think that if contestants didn\u2019t choose the same category all the time, they would have a better chance at winning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a contestant picks \u2018thing\u2019 as their bonus round category,\u201d a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WheelOfFortune\/comments\/1q99ooe\/when_a_contestant_picks_thing_as_their_bonus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> user wrote, along with a photo of a man looking down and holding onto his forehead in frustration. \u201cThing\u201d and \u201cPhrase\u201d seemed to be the two most hated ones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wheel of Fortune Winnings = Boba Fund\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MlMkwhdzVD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI always love hearing the audience gasp when they pick that category ,\u201d one Reddit user said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOmg, thank you, I tell my husband all the time. \u2018Thing\u2019 could be anything! No!\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will never be anything logical,\u201d a third added.<\/p>\n<p>However, other fans debated that \u201cPhrase\u201d is worse. \u201cPHRASE is the absolute worst! I think the producers or whoever comes up with the puzzles have a pretty broad definition of what counts as a phrase,\u201d one Reddit user commented.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-2041067\" class=\"tncms-block\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_shell\">\n    <link href=\"https:\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/classic-061523.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\"\/>\n<section class=\"mc_hero\">\n<div id=\"mc_hero_signup_embed\">\n<div class=\"mc_image\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/yakimaherald.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/media\/c\/dd\/cdd57909-b8ee-4649-87f4-790f25659475\/68d45f9ca2a47.image.jpg\" alt=\"Yakima Herald Daily Headlines\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"mc_cta\">\n<p>Headlines, puzzles and death notices from the Valley delivered to your inbox 7 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe phrases they pick are so bonkers,\u201d replied another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhrase is the worst. The success rate is pretty poor on it,\u201d a <em>Wheel<\/em> fan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, phrase, it annoys me that they always pick Phrase,\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n<p>The fans agreed that \u201cWhat Are You Doing?\u201d and \u201cFood &amp; Drink\u201d are the easiest.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think is the worst <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> Bonus Round category? How about the best? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-block\" data-skm-boomerang-el-2=\"processed\">\n<div class=\"post-block\" data-skm-boomerang-el-2=\"processed\">\n<p><strong><em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>, weekdays, check local listings, stream next day on Hulu and Peacock<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yakimaherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019d like to solve a debate. Wheel of Fortune fans have debated what Bonus Round category is the worst, and it has come down to two. They also all agreed on which one is the best. While the Wheel of Fortune contestants have no say over what their puzzle will be, they do have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2076437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[21741],"class_list":["post-2233989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Seattle-Jazz-Fellowships-Monday-night-jazz-jam-draws-all-ages-crowd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233990,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233989\/revisions\/2233990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}