Tool to solve puzzle from Wheel of Fortune, a TV Game Show where candidates have to solve puzzle based on hangman game, by proposing letters.
Wheel of Fortune - dCode
Tag(s) : Word Games, Board Games
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Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune Puzzle Solver
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is the Wheel of Fortune game? (Definition)
The wheel of fortune game is a televised game based on the hangman game principle, but on several words. The players must find a sentence by proposing letters composing it.
How to solve a Wheel of Fortune puzzle?
dCode uses its hangman solver to find the words, putting aside whose containing already called letters.
To list the answers, enter the known and unknown letters in each word, an empty box/wildcard is written - or ?.
Example: W-EE- OF FO---NE
The software ignores majority of proper nouns (avoid person/people/names themes, prefer phrases/things/food/drink/etc. ).
The solver allows to cheat at wheel of fortune (or variants as chance wheel, etc.) but can also be used to improve yourself (not only game cheats), the answers to the phrases of the wheel of fortune are all listed but there is only one right answer.
How to know the best letter to play?
dCode can calculate all the solutions and indicate the most probable letter (the one that is found most often among all the possible answers).
How to handle composed words with hyphens?
The hyphen is a wildcard, it cannot be used in compound words. Search for the 2 words by removing the dash and replace it by a space.
Example: COMPUTER-AIDED can be found by COMPUTER and AIDED
Apostrophes are ignored, replace them with a space.
Who were presentators of the TV show?
Most known hosts were Chuck Woolery, Pat Sajak, Rolf Benirschke and Bob Goen, with hostesses: Susan Stafford or Vanna White.
In the U.S., the show is now narrated by Jim Thornton since 2011.
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