New Baby Buggy (Wheel of Fortune)

[glowdotGlock]

This video is making it's way around. Figured I would share. This guy guessed in 1 try. With only the letters he had it seems a little fishy. What are the odds? http://www.examiner.com/article/wheel-of-fortune-contestant-s-incredible-guess-wins-big-video

[glowdotGlock]

A phone friendly youtube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFtK9ZQdgTI

[Lumber_Jack]

Miracles do happen. 

 

I tried to solve it before hitting play when I saw it yesterday.  My first guess was "New Fish Poles"  I know that makes no sense as far as solving the puzzle, but it shows my line of thinking isn't close to this guys. 

[Jonnin]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/03/20/last-nights-amazing-wheel-of-fortune-guess-wasnt-actually-that-amazing/

 

^^^^ Worth a read.  I tried for about 10 min to find any other phrase that fit without using a letter that is on his list.   Pole by the way contains both L and E.  Fish contains S.   See how that works? 

 

There are almost no other words that fit the pattern once those letters are eliminated.  

 

Now, I probably could not have solved it.  The time limit, the pressure, -- not easy.   But when you combine the letter that are left, it leaps out, if you have the TIME or the brainpower to DO that.   Guy either just stumbled across it quickly by luck or is a genius. 

[zgunbear]

Looked fixed to me or the dude was a puzzle solving idiot savant