Lucky Bastard Guesses Wheel of Fortune Puzzle With One Letter, Wins $90K
You might have missed some must-see TV last week, namely the Dec. 26 episode of Wheel of Fortune, when word nerd Matt DeSanto guessed "The Lone Ranger" with only one letter revealed. "The wheel definitely worked in my favor," DeSanto told the Today show. "I was extremely fortunate."
The Malvern, Penn. father of two continued to be extremely fortunate—he solved every puzzle in the game, the show's first sweep since 2011. He totally bungled the bonus round though, failing to guess "wooden gavel" and missing out on upping his $91,892 in winnings to $1 million.
My favorite part of this whole story is that the YouTube video of DeSanto's lucky guess (by user poo stick) is simply and appropriately titled "nope."