--- description: He had plenty going for him. But then he guessed this? title: Wheel of Fortune Fail: Surf City Here We Come image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Worst _Wheel of Fortune_ Guess Ever  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 1:12 PM CUT  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 1:12 PM CUT On Wednesday night’s _Wheel of Fortune_, with all but a few letters on the board, Stephen rang in to give it a shot. Even if he was no Jan and Dean fan—the category was song lyrics—he had two complete words: “S\_RF C\_\_Y \_ERE WE COME” Stephen? “Surf Clay Where We GO” “Uh, no,” host Pat Sajak responded matter-of-factly. Watch it and cringe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2826509/worst-wheel-fortune-guess/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2826509/worst-wheel-fortune-guess/"},"headline":"This Is the Worst Wheel of Fortune Guess Ever","datePublished":"2014-06-05T13:12:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:23.857Z","description":"He had plenty going for him. But then he guessed this?","url":"https://time.com/2826509/worst-wheel-fortune-guess/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2826509/worst-wheel-fortune-guess/","name":"This Is the Worst Wheel of Fortune Guess Ever"}}]}] ```