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About Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune is hangman with money attached. A phrase sits on the board as blanks; you spin a wheel for a cash value, call a consonant, and if it's in the puzzle you collect that value for every occurrence. Vowels cost a flat fee to buy. Land on Bankrupt and you lose the lot.

The show has run since 1975 and the format survives because the tension is in the decision, not the trivia: solve now for what you have, or keep spinning for more and risk Bankrupt. This browser version keeps the wheel, the categories, the vowel purchase and the round structure.

How to play Wheel of Fortune

Spin

Click the wheel or the spin button

Guess a letter

Click the on-screen letter or type it

Buy a vowel

The buy-vowel button, then pick the vowel

Solve

The solve button, then type the phrase

1. Spin the wheel for a dollar value, then call a consonant.
2. If the consonant is in the puzzle, you earn the wheel value for each occurrence and spin again.
3. If it isn't — or you land on Lose a Turn — play passes on. Bankrupt wipes your round total.
4. Buy a vowel for a fixed price at any point on your turn.
5. Solve the puzzle to bank your round total.

Wheel of Fortune tips

• R, S, T, L, N and E are the most common letters in English — the show gives them away in the final round for a reason.
• Buy a vowel once you have three or four consonants; vowels rarely reveal the puzzle alone but they unlock the shape of it.
• Solve as soon as you're sure. An extra spin at $600 is not worth a Bankrupt on $4,000.
• Read the category. 'Before and After' and 'Same Name' puzzles are solvable from very few letters if you know the format.

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