WoF Recap: December 29, 2022 (2024)

EPISODE #7699: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

$1K Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES

G E _ _ I _ G / _ L L
_ R _ S _ E _ / _ _

Bree and these people were GETTING ALL DRESSED UP to play…

Bree Pecci: a lady who enjoys sparkling wine and a crossword puzzle fan from Washington D.C.

Mary Guenthart: married lady to John for 23 years w/ an 18-yr.-old daughter Jessica who’s the great great great great niece of former president George Washington by marriage and enjoys watching old British TV shows such as “Masterpiece Theatre” from Upland, CA

Joseph Moore: married man to Regina w/ five kids (this couple met through a mutual friend while he was doing upside-down pull-ups and she was in a Mexican restaurant across the street) who can learn the Cambodian language by visiting a donut shop from De Kalb, TX

$2K Toss-Up: THING

T R _ _
S P O _ T S _ A N S H I P

Even though Pat mistakenly called on Joseph,Mary’s showing TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP.

FEATURED TRIP: Omni Royal Orleans in NEW ORLEANS

Round 1: PHRASE

Mary: $600 R, $10K T quartet, buys of three I’s, A, and two E’s, BANKRUPT near $650 ($9,850 flushed away)

Joseph: $1,200 N pair, three O’s (NMV), solve…

I / _ R O T E / I T / O N
A / _ T I _ _ _ / N O T E

I WROTE IT ON A STICKY NOTE that somebody would make an unnecessary house minimum solve, and that’s the case for Joseph.

Mystery Round: BEFORE & AFTER

Joseph: five T’s for $3,250, five E’s and two A’s, same BANKRUPT (lost $2,750)

Bree: $2,100 S trio, same BANKRUPT got her too

Mary: LaT

Joseph: $1,700 T pair, one I and three O’s (NMV), $600 K, solve…

K E E P / I T
S _ O _ T / A _ _
S _ E E T
P O T A T O E S

He’s able to KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET POTATOES for $1,800.

Mary: $2K/Joseph: $2,800/Bree: $1K

I’m not feeling too good here…

PP/Express Round: WAYW?

Bree: not that same BANKRUPT again

Mary: LaT #2 for her

Joseph: $1,400 M pair, one A, $1,200 N pair, $650 T, one E, sole dud vowel of O

Bree: just solves…

M _ / _ _ A N _ / N E _
_ _ _ M _ _ _ T

I’m not bringing MY BRAND NEW SWIMSUIT, but this lady might buy one for her trip to the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino in BONAIRE worth $7,500.

Mary: $2K/Joseph: $2,800/Bree: $8,500 cash & Bonaire

This can’t be happening… -__-

Triple Toss-Up: RHYME TIME

1.

_ E _ A L / _ _ G _ E

All of these have an animal, butBree just misses it w/ REGAL EAGLE.

L E G A L / _ A G L E

Mary’s overboard by a letter w/ LEGAL BEAGLE…

L E G A L / E A G L E

…and we have our fourth Toss-Up TRIPLE STUMPER this season already.

2.

S _ _ _ / A _ / A / B _ G

Bree’s SNUG AS A BUG.

3.

_ _ _ _ _ E _ / K _ _ T _ N

Mary solves SMITTEN KITTEN.

Round 4: WAYD?

Mary: $1,400 T pair, $1K N pair, one E, $700 G, two I’s and two O’s, sole dud vowel of U

Joseph: $1,200 S pair

SPEED-UP

S T _ _ I N G / O _ _
I N T O / S _ _ _ E

Joseph makes the consonants worth $1,650 apiece. He then says R…

S T _ R I N G / O _ _
I N T O / S _ _ _ E

…and he wasn’t STARING OFF INTO SPACE, because he’s solved for $2,850.

FINAL SCORES
Mary: $4K/Joseph: $5,650/Bree: $10,500 cash & Bonaire

NEW TRIPLE TOSS-UP ERA RECORD LOW GT: $20,150
BANKRUPT TRASH: $14,700

If this maingame wasn’t bad enough, guess what Bree is picking from this list…

• THING
• EVENT
• PHRASE

…you guessed it — she’s going for THING like Christina from Tuesday night. -___-

$100K Bonus Round

With her mom Deborah watching, Bree lands on the I of WIN. Here’s a couple…

_ / _ _ L _
_ _ _ _ _ E

DMPI adds just another pair…

_ / _ _ L D
_ _ _ I _ E

She made A BOLD CHOICE picking this category…and she fails miserably after saying A COLD, costing her $45K. With that, she goes down as thelowest-winning champ this season (and she was THIS CLOSE tosetting a newRECORD-LOWwinning total in the Triple Toss-Up era).

MY RATING:1 (only the second time ever in the MDW era I’ve given such a score like that)