Wheel of Fortune contestant fried for missing out on bonus round BMW

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Well, nuts to that.

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A Wheel of Fortune contestant, possibly duped by coffee shops rampantly misspelling a popular sweet-tooth staple, is getting fried online for missing out on a bonus round clue that would have netted her a BMW.

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The contestant, Tarhea, picked the “Food and Drink” category, the Daily Mail reported, and had a chance to guess the answer with these clues visible: “BAGELS & —G-N-TS.”

“Bagels and beignets, bagels and croissants, bagels and beignets, bagels and,” Tarhea said in a video, posted Jan. 11 to Wheel of Fortune’s official YouTube account.

The answer? You got it, Tim Hortons lovers: “Bagels and doughnuts.”

Host Pat Sajak seemed to be sympathetic to Tarhea’s plight.

“You know, a lot of shops have stopped spelling it the proper way … but there’s a U, G, H up there,” Sajak said, noting that some restaurants have shortened the spelling of the sweet confection to “donut.”

“I’m sorry.”

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Tarhea, who ended up taking home more than $25,000, fidgeted in frustration after learning she had missed out on winning the BMW.

“So, I believe if we’ve spent the week not getting it, I believe I get it,” Sajak said, jokingly. “Isn’t that the rule?”

Some of the show’s followers on YouTube were not quite as forgiving as Sajak.

“Are you serious? That was the easiest puzzle ever. I suck and got it,” one posted.

Another added: “I can understand that under pressure and being in front (of) a large audience plus on TV can make one go brain-dead … (but) come on, she really guessed croissants on that one???? Lol.”

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However, most people seemed to side with Sajak.

“Man they set her up … Everyone uses ‘donut’ these days,” one sympathetic commenter posted.

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