Thank goodness for Deric, because this whole week left a lot to be desired. 

And we DO NOT want to hear anybody tell us to change $100K losses into technical wins. A LOSS is a LOSS. If you wanna fight with SONY about it, call 310-244-4000 and DON’T WASTE OUR TIME. 😡

Total for this Week: $220,245
-Maingame: $180,245
-BR Wins: $40K

Total for the Season: $2,462,064
-Maingame: $1,726,994
-BR Wins: $735,070

Prize Wedge Wins: 7

MW was Flipped-Declined: 13-5
MW Flip was $10K–BANKRUPT: 5-8
$10K MW was Next to LaT–$650: 7-6
MW Wins: 2

EXPRESS was Played-Passed: 15-3
–Successes: 6
–Crashes: 9 (Wipeouts: 6)

WC Usages: 5
-Maingame: 1 (on $3,500)
-BR: 4

5-Round Games: 5

Triple $10K+ Finishes: 1

Perfect Rounds: 13

Gooseegg Victims: 5

Toss-Up Triple Stumpers: 2

Triple Toss-Up Sweeps: 4 (1 swept every Toss-Up)

Red/Yellow/Blue Winners: 19/14/12

Biggest Margins of Victory

1. $65,700 (Oct. 13)
2. $42,630 (Oct. 10)
3. $37,400 (Oct. 16)

Smallest Margins of Victory

1. $599 (Sept. 27)
2. $1,150 (Sept. 15)
3. $1,238 (Oct. 4)

Players who Needed the PP to Win: 10 (4 lost BR)

$0 Prize Puzzle Wins: Week: 2, Season, 9
House Minimum Bumps: Week: 1, Season: 14

Average Maingame Winning Score this Week: $21,040 (-$5,418)
Average Maingame Winning Score this Season: $24,599 (-$445)

Median Maingame Winning Score this Week: $19,300 (-$4,858)
Median Maingame Winning Score this Season: $22,299 (-$26)

This Week’s BANKRUPT Trash: $16,850
Total BANKRUPT Trash for the Season: $244,800
Biggest Known BANKRUPT: $19K (Oct. 10)
Biggest Known BANKRUPT Trash in a Game: $31,750 (Oct. 25)

BANKRUPT Trash-Free Games: 5
BANKRUPT-Free Games: 1
Penalty Spin-Free Games: 0

BANKRUPT Trash by Only One Contestant: 16

Aired BANKRUPT Hits
-Near $650: Week: 3, Season: 42
-Near TD: Week: 5, Season: 55
-Via MDW: Week: 6, Season: 32

Aired LaT Hits: Week: 5, Season: 24

Aired Duds: Week: 40, Season: 295
Aired DQs: Week: 5, Season: 33

BANKRUPT Losses
WCs: Week: 3, Season: 8
MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 1
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 2
Prize Wedges: Week: 0, Season: 1
Cash: Week: $16,850, Season: $216,800

Unclaimed
MDWs: Week: 1, Season: 5
$10K MWs: Week: 0, Season: 1
Prize Wedges: Week: 1, Season: 8
Cash: Week: $83,050, Season: $614,350

Forfeited WCs: Week: 0, Season: 6
Forfeited MDWs: Week: 0, Season: 0

Top Winning Totals

Contestant (Overall)

1. $85,950 (Oct. 16)
2. $80K (Oct. 26)
3. $71,700 (Oct. 13)
4. $65,779 (Sept. 27)
5. $64,158 (Nov. 1)

Contestant (Maingame)

1. $71,700 (Oct. 13)
2. $48,480 (Oct. 10)
3. $40,794 (Sept. 19)
4. $39,400 (Oct. 16)
5. $38,304 (Nov. 3)

Episode (Overall)

1. $106,979 (Sept. 27)
2. $91,050 (Oct. 26)
3. $88,950 (Oct. 16)
4. $80,650 (Sept. 20)
5. $80,478 (Oct. 4)

Episode (Maingame)

1. $79,700 (Oct. 13)
2. $63,036 (Nov. 3)
3. $62,799 (Sept. 27)
4. $56,330 (Oct. 10)
5. $47,407 (Sept. 21)

Bottom Winning Totals

Contestant (Overall)

1. $13,990 (Sept. 12)
2. $15,950 (Oct. 19)
3. $18,300 (Nov. 9)
4. $18,550 (Nov. 6)
5. $19K (Sept. 15)

Contestant (Maingame)

1. $12,298 (Oct. 18)
2. $13,990 (Sept. 12)
3. $15,270 (Oct. 23)
4. $15,950 (Oct. 19)
5. $16,020 (Oct. 27)

Episode (Overall)

1. $26,290 (Sept. 12)
2. $28,299 (Sept. 25)
3. $29,749 (Sept. 28)
4. $30,450 (Oct. 19)
5. $30,950 (Sept. 13)

Episode (Maingame)

1. $21,470 (Oct. 27)
2. $26,290 (Sept. 12)
3. $27,475 (Oct. 3)
4. $27,480 (Oct. 9)
5. $27,898 (Oct. 18)

Season-High Week: WHEEL Across America ($357,960)
Season-Low Week: European Vacation ($179,526)

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MAINGAME PUZZLE STATS

CATEGORY	TU1	TU2	R1	R2	R3	TTU	R4+
AROUND THE HOUSE	2	1		1	1	1	3
BEFORE & AFTER	—	—	2	13	—	—	—
CHARACTER(S)				1	1	1	1
CROSSWORD	—	—	2	7	—	—	—
EVENT(S)	4		2		4	1	1
FAMILY					1
FOOD & DRINK	3	3	1	2	7	4	4
FUN & GAMES	2	3	1		3	2	2
IN THE KITCHEN		1				2	1
LANDMARK	2		1	1
LIVING THING(S)		4				3
MOVIE QUOTE				1
MOVIE TITLE			1
OCCUPATION		3			2	1	4
ON THE MAP	6	3
PERSON/PEOPLE	3	7		1	3	5	6
PHRASE	5	3	7	3	5	3	10
PLACE(S)	6	2	5		1	1	2
PROPER NAME	1	2			1
QUOTATION				1
RHYME TIME		1	2		1		7
SAME LETTER	—	—	9	—	—	—	—
SAME NAME	—	—	1	8	—	—	—
SHOW BIZ	2	4		1	2
SONG/ARTIST			1
SONG LYRICS			1
THING(S)	7	4	3		3	15	3
TITLE					2
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?	1	2	6	5	7	6	6
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?	1	2			1

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FINAL SPIN STATS

Occurrence
Start of Round 4: 28
Middle of Round 4: 12
Start of Round 5+: 4
Middle of Round 5+: 1

Spun by Red/Yellow/Blue: 13/14/18

Final Spin Amounts
$1,500: 16
$1,550: 1
$1,600: 4
$1,650: 4
$1,700: 4
$1,800: 2
$1,850: 1
$1,900: 9
$6K: 4

Final Spins Edited Out: 4

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BONUS ROUND STATS

BR Win Record: 18-27 (.4)

PBRWs: 0
4-1 Weeks: 1 
3-2 Weeks: 2
2-3 Weeks: 3 
1-4 Weeks: 2
SKUNKINGS: 1 (TOTAL TAPING DAY WASHOUTS: 1)

MDBRs: 3

Letter Combo Wipeouts: 2 (TOTAL TRAINWRECKS: 0)

Perfect Letter Combos: 1

BR Categories
Top/Middle/Bottom Chosen: 13/16/16

AROUND THE HOUSE: 1/1; 1-0
EVENT(S): 2/2; 2-0
FOOD & DRINK: 3/4; 1-2
FUN & GAMES: 2/3; 1-1
IN THE KITCHEN: 1/2; 0-1
LIVING THING(S): 1/1; 1-0
ON THE MAP:
PERSON/PEOPLE: 3/11; 1-2
PHRASE: 13/44; 4-9
PLACE(S): 3/7; 2-1
THING(S): 5/45; 0-5
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?: 10/14; 4-6
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?: 1/1; 1-0

Dreaded Category Trio Encounters: Week: 2, Season: 14
THING-Free Category Choices:

BR Prizes
CAR: 8/14
$40K: 9/22
$45K:
$50K: 1/5
$75K: 0/2
$100K (or $1M): 0/2

Car Wins

• 1 Lincoln Corsair Standard
• 2 Nissan LEAF SV Pluses
• 2 Nissan Pathfinder SLs
• 3 MINI Cooper SEs

MDBR Result
Landed on $1M:
1 Space Away:
2-3 Spaces Away:
4-5 Spaces Away: 1
6 Spaces Away:
7-8 Spaces Away:
9-11 Spaces Away: 2
12 Spaces Away:

BR Wins Despite Losing WC to BANKRUPT: 1
BR Losses Despite Having WC:
Non-$100K Wins After Losing MDW to BANKRUPT:

Toughest BR Puzzle this Week: QUICK FAVOR TO ASK (the top line was asking for trouble because of the QU-, two K’s, and V)
Easiest BR Puzzle this Week: ENJOYING THE JOURNEY

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Player of the Week: Deric Fulbright

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WEEKLY RATING: 4 (orig. a 5)

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Next week on my blogging anniversary week, we’re going Home for the Holidays.

EPISODE #7860: 🎖️VETERANS WEEK🎖️

$1K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

C O _ M E M _ R A T I V E
C O I _ S

My sister owns a map full of COMMEMORATIVE COINS (quarters to be exact), and Darnell’s the first to score. For every day this week except Monday, there’s two men on the panel…

Darnell Poage: Navy vet of eight years (he was a yeoman) whose father and grandfather were also in the Navy (the dad served 24 years while the grandfather served for six) from Woodbridge, VA

Eddie Peña: Air Force vet of 27 years (he did security forces and retrained as a flight engineer) married to fellow A.F. vet for four years (she served 20+ years) w/ three kids (one daughter and two sons) from Little Rock, AR

Patrice Peel-Taylor: Marine Corps vet of 12 years (she was a logistician who did supply, purchasing, and contracting) married to a fellow Marine for 40 years w/ four kids and 17 grandkids (she once officiated an amateur boxing match) from Atlanta

$2K Toss-Up: PERSON

L _ W – A _ I D _ N G
C _ T _ Z _ N

Darnell the LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN triples up.

FEATURED TRIP: Westgate NEW YORK Grand Central plus tickets to Neil Diamond’s “A Beautiful Noise” (it should still be worth $8,530)

Round 1: SAME LETTER

Darnell: $1,400 R pair (just dodged trouble), L for loss of turn (almost BANKRUPTed near $650 there)

Eddie: SL Bonus of three S’s for $2,500 and NEW YORK, $800 T, triple E’s, $500 N, SOLE CRITICAL PURCHASE of I ($3,300 plus NEW YORK at risk)

Patrice: $650 G, unnecessary O buy, $550 C, buzz-out (she tried to buy a vowel immediately after spinning $850)

Darnell: solve…

S _ _ E
S T R O N G
S E C _ R E

He solves SAFE, STRONG, SECURE for $1,400.

Mystery Round: LANDMARK

Eddie: $3,500 T, $3,500 S, one A and five E’s (NMV already), three N’s for WC, $500 R, solve…

_ E N N E _ _
S _ A _ E / _ E N T E R

He IDs the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER in Florida worth $8,500 — PR.

Darnell: $4,400 ★ Eddie: $8,500 WC ★ Patrice: NIL

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PP/Express Round: WAYD?

Patrice: $1,200 N pair (close call), two A’s, BANKRUPT near $650 (lost $950)

Darnell: $500 G, $500 S, one I, LaT

Eddie: $7K R pair, BANKRUPT near the big one just as quick (loses the $ and WC)

Patrice: MDW’s left side

Darnell: $500 C, one O, $850 V, two E’s (NMV)…

_ E N _ I N G / O V E R
_ A C _ _ A R _ S

…but he FLUNKS OUT on the very next pick of T, so Eddie will be BENDING OVER BACKWARDS on winning a Road Scholar tour of the ITALIAN RIVIERA worth $11,800.

Darnell: $4,400 ★ Eddie: $20,300 cash & Italy ★ Patrice: NADA

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Triple Toss-Up: THING

1.

F _ R _ _ – P L A C E
T _ O _ H Y

Ugh, Eddie, there’s no such thing as a FOURTH-PLACE TROPHY. -__-

F I R _ T – P L A C E
T _ O _ H Y

Darnell has a very slim chance of getting a FIRST-PLACE TROPHY, but he’s correct.

2.

_ _ C _ _ _ – _ _ _ _ E
_ _ _ P _ _

Darnell’s likely gonna get the SECOND-PLACE TROPHY, but he’s right again.

3.

C _ _ S _ L A _ _ _ N
_ R _ _ E

Eddie denies the other man of the sweep w/ CONSOLATION PRIZE (that’s what Patrice might be getting if she doesn’t get off the zero mark).

Speed-Up: FUN & GAMES

Eddie makes it a $1,900 Final Spin like Deric from Wednesday night.

Eddie: T (DUD)
Patrice (she tried to spin): S
Darnell: 2 N’s
Eddie: G
Patrice: 2 D’s
Darnell: L
Eddie: M (DUD)
Patrice: C (DUD)
Darnell: P
NULL CYCLE
Eddie: K

P L _ _ _ N G
_ _ D _ – _ N D – S _ _ K

Eddie’s PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK for $3,800.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	L (Darnell), I (Eddie)			Patrice‘s buzz-out
Round 2	PERFECT ROUND
Round 3	T (Darnell)	Darnell	3 (Patrice 2x, Eddie)
Round 4 (aired)	T, M (Eddie) C (Patrice)

FINAL SCORES
Darnell: $8,400 ★ Eddie: $26,100 cash & Italy ★ Patrice: $1K CASUALTY

GT: $35,500
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus WC): $7,950

Eddie’s given the same category list like Pete from Tuesday…

• THING
• PHRASE
• PEOPLE

He goes for PEOPLE (and Pat predicted he would choose that).

Fan Friday Word of the Day: NEWPORT (enter that on the website for your chance to win a collette tour of the islands of New England)

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$100K Bonus Round

Nobody w/ Eddie, but he barely hangs on to the A of GAME; I can tell you right now we’re not gonna have a minimum sweep. This long one starts as…

_ / L _ _ E L _
_ _ N _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ S

The CAMP strategy (CPMA) doesn’t add much besides the obvious A…

A / L _ _ E L _
_ _ N C _ / _ _ / _ _ _ S

He flubs w/ A LIKELY POLL OF GUYS and A LIKELY GROUP OF GUYS, so A LIVELY BUNCH OF KIDS…

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…WILL BE SAD TO SEE THAT HE’S THE SECOND $100,000 LOSER THIS SEASON. Darn.

MY RATING: 3 (orig. a 4)