{"id":259084,"date":"2026-08-23T02:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/wheel-of-fortune-shocker-resurfaces-woman-solves-puzzle-with-just-1-letter-on-the-board\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T02:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:27:18","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-shocker-resurfaces-woman-solves-puzzle-with-just-1-letter-on-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/wheel-of-fortune-shocker-resurfaces-woman-solves-puzzle-with-just-1-letter-on-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Shocker Resurfaces, Woman Solves Puzzle With Just 1 Letter On the Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A clip from <em><a href=\"\/tags\/wheel-of-fortune\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Wheel of Fortune<\/strong><\/a><\/em> is going viral because a contestant managed the impressive feat of solving a puzzle based on one letter!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contestant, <strong>Caitlin Burke<\/strong>, was on an episode that aired in November 2010 and shocked the audience\u2014and host <a href=\"\/tags\/pat-sajak\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Pat Sajak<\/strong><\/a>\u2014when she managed to figure out the word puzzle based on a single punctuation mark clue and the letter &#8220;L.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Could I try to solve it?&#8221; she asked, before going on to correctly guess: &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got a Good Feeling About This.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcPGrQYhYKm\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">shared the clip on their Instagram page<\/a> this week and it has since been shared hundreds of thousands of times. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A solve so good people will claim this is AI,&#8221; the caption read alongside a laughing emoji.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcPGrQYhYKm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcPGrQYhYKm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcPGrQYhYKm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Wheel of Fortune (@wheeloffortune)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"h-where-is-caitlin-burke-now-and-how-did-she-make-the-impressive-solve\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is Caitlin Burke now and how did she make the impressive solve?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once <strong>Caitlin<\/strong> made the guess, <strong>Sajak<\/strong> approached her and tried to figure out how she could possibly have figured it out so fast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/10\/18\/heres-why-derek-hough-got-in-trouble-while-filming-celebrity-wheel-of-fortune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Derek Hough<\/strong> once got in trouble while filming <em>Celebrity Wheel of Fortune<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I had a good feeling about it,&#8221; she said. <strong>Caitlin <\/strong>won $50,000 in cash and prizes for her solve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, she spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2010\/11\/11\/131252413\/wheel-of-fortune-contestant-s-miracle-solve-how-d-she-do-it\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">NPR<\/a> about the solve and shared how she figured it out, revealing she broke it down into smaller &#8220;chunks,&#8221; and the initial apostrophe in the first word did a lot of the heavy lifting as it immediately told her it would be &#8220;I&#8217;ve&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;ll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days, <strong>Caitlin<\/strong> is a fashion stylist and consultant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/caitlinburkenyc\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">according to her Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/wheel-of-fortune-shocker-resurfaces-woman-solves-puzzle-with-just-1-letter-on-the-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; 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