This ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Has No Feather in Cap With This Epic Fail

The newest Wheel of Fortune contestants clearly don’t have any feathers in their caps. On yesterday’s (March 1) episode, it took all three contestants eight turns and 10 attempts to solve the puzzle “Another feather in your cap.”

First off, player Laura Machado struggled to guess the apparently not-so-common phrase. Among her guesses? Another feather in your hat,” “Another feather in your lap,” and “Another feather in your map.”

Her competitors didn’t fare much better. Christopher Coleman failed to guess any of the right letters and landed on Bankrupt. Thomas Lipscomb also landed on Bankrupt and Lose a Turn for his first few times in the hot seat, before finally guessing “C” and solving the phrase on his third try.

Wheel of Fortune soon began trending on social media, as viewers went berserk at the contestants’ failure to solve such a seemingly easy puzzle.

“God help us all,” actor Josh Gad tweeted.

Another user went so far as to call it “the worst two minute stretch in Wheel of Fortune history.”

However, musician Questlove was more generous towards the whole situation.

“If there was any evidence of time moving on w/o warning, it’s this,” he tweeted. “I’m not that mad: some idioms might not standing the test of time. I’m sure most will hit take away ‘young people are dumb’ — but this is great evidence of time moving on.”

Wheel of Fortune airs weeknights on ABC at 7:30/6:30c.

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