‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Slam Show for ‘Incorrect’ Rhyme Time Puzzle

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Viewers tuning in to Friday’s (January 19) episode of Wheel of Fortune were left bewildered by an ‘incorrect’ Rhyme Time puzzle that was almost impossible to solve because it didn’t actually rhyme.

The episode saw a battle between Jill Yawn, an elementary school bookkeeper from Daphne, Alabama, Tammie Herring, a second-grade teacher from Houston, Texas, and Randy Kuper, a national sales manager from Wheeling, Illinois.

Things were going well for the three contestants until they hit a tricky two-word puzzle under the Rhyme Time category. Both Herring and Kuper ended up going Bankrupt trying to figure out the confusing puzzle.

Incredibly, Yawn managed to work it out after guessing there was a “Y” or two in the answer. “Absolutely Positively,” she said, which host Pat Sajak deemed correct.

However, viewers at home were not having it and took to social media to blast the show for such a confusing answer.

“Absolutely and positively do not rhyme!!” wrote one fan on X (formerly Twitter).

“So on Wheel of Fortune the puzzle subject was rhyme time and the answer was: Absolutely Positively. SERIOUSLY???” added another viewer.

Another frustrated fan wrote, “Do “Absolutely Positively” rhyme? Absolutely, positively NO!!!”

Absolutely and positively do not rhyme!! #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/U9Dn7aVhve

— Christea (@FunSince1971) January 20, 2024

So on Wheel of Fortune the puzzle subject was rhyme time and the answer was:
Absolutely
Positively

SERIOUSLY??? pic.twitter.com/taQ3CJjAjS

— Barb Matheson (@MathesonBarb) January 20, 2024

Do “Absolutely Positively” rhyme? Absolutely, positively NO!!!#WheelOfFortune

— ADHD from Birth ͌ (@starkd1248) January 20, 2024

“‘Absolutely Positively’ doesn’t belong in the Rhyme Time category a**holes,” said another.

One upset viewer tagged the official Wheel of Fortune X account and wrote, “Love your show and have for years… HOWEVER hello?! “ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY” does NOT rhyme!! Absolutely resolutely WOULD be a rhyme!

‘Absolutely Positively’ doesn’t belong in the Rhyme Time category assholes #WheelOfFortune

— Tha Basement Boys (@ThaBasementBoys) January 20, 2024

#WheelOfFortune @WheelofFortune ‘Love your show and have for years… HOWEVER hello?! “ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY” does NOT rhyme!! Absolutely resolutely WOULD be a rhyme! And what is this “Did you bring the map?” being called a “phrase”? It’s simply a question. It is NOT a phrase! pic.twitter.com/xVmwzub6lD

— D❤ (@DancinLionheart) January 20, 2024

The latest Wheel backlash comes a week after some fans accused the show of rigging its prize wheel to ensure the BMW was given away. The car popped up five nights in a row, eventually being won on the Friday, January 12 episode.

One person not complaining, though, is Yawn, who not only bagged herself a trip to Antigua for answering the Rhyme Time puzzle but also won a Ford Mustang MACH-E Select in the Bonus Round. Overall, she walked away with $62,205 cash and two fabulous prizes. That is absolutely, positively a successful night.

Check out more reaction below.

Ok Wheel of Fortune, how does ‘absolutely positively’ rhyme? #WheelOfFortune

— Jody VanSickle (@brojodyv) January 20, 2024

Came for the comments to make sure I wasn’t the only one who thinks absolutely positively is not a rhyme. #WheelOfFortune

— Lori (@ladoring) January 20, 2024

In what universe does Positively rhyme with Absolutely?

— Matt Queso (@Skippy8709) January 20, 2024

Absolutely Positively is NOT a rhyme #WheelOfFortune

— Karina AbortionIsHealthCare (@Karina1986) January 20, 2024

Hey @WheelofFortune
Care to explain how these two words rhyme

Because they absolutely positively DON’T pic.twitter.com/1sEj3kw7Rn

— Zacaroni (@Zacaroni531) January 20, 2024

@WheelofFortune tonight. The category is”Rhyme Time.” The answer was…

ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVELY

Pardon my French, but how the f&ck does that rhyme?

This country is going to hell.

— (@SHUsween) January 20, 2024

@MaggieSajak please tell your father that “absolutely positively” does not rhyme @WheelofFortune

— Zoey Fields (@zoeyfields0) January 20, 2024

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