April 11, 2014 recap

$1,000 Toss-Up: College Life

C _ U R _ E
C _ T _ _ O G

Laura solves COURSE CATALOG.

Laura Lantrip, senior at University of Alabama, majoring in psychology, Alpha Delta Pi, executive director of Relay for Life
Julian Batts, freshman at Indiana University at Bloomington, studying business and Spanish, theater usher, soccer referee
Shelby Edmiston, sophomore, Texas A&M, studying industrial distribution, Pi Beta Phi, volunteer on an on-campus ministry

$2,000 Toss-Up: Phrase

T _ _ _ D _ N G
O _ / _ W _ T _ _ R

Laura is silent.

T _ E N D _ N G
O _ / _ W _ T T E R

Julian solves TRENDING ON TWITTER.

Prize on Wheel: London tour, Lonely Planet, $7,500

Round 1: Character

Julian calls T and R on $800 and $600. He buys E and A, calls S on $650, buys O, and picks up the London trip with H. After buying I to clear the vowels, he duds with N on $2500.

Shelby calls M on $600, then hits Lose a Turn, after which Laura hits the Bankrupt next to $2500.

Julian picks up the Million Dollar Wedge with L, calls Y on $650, then G on $500 next to $450 and C on $700 to fill in the last two blanks.

M Y T H O L O G I C A L
H E R O / A C H I L L E S

He tries to read off MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES, but pronounces it "Ay-chill-us", so it doesn't fly with the judges. He's just lost out on $5,100 and his cardboard.

Shelby pronounces MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES correctly for $600 -> $1,000.

Dud: N (Julian)
Lose a Turn: Shelby
Bankrupt: Laura ($0)
Missolve: Julian

Laura: $1,000
Julian: $2,000
Shelby: $1,000
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Mystery Round: Before & After

Shelby calls R on $350, then hits Lose a Turn. Laura picks up the Wild Card with T, buys A, and duds with H on $900. (Pat accidentally said that there was an H before correcting himself.)

Julian calls S on $800, buys E, and calls N on $3500. He buys I, and calls C on $800.

S C I E N C E
_ R _ _ E C T
R _ N _ A _

He solves SCIENCE PROJECT RUNWAY for $9,700.

Lose a Turn: Shelby
Dud: H (Laura)

Laura: $1,000 + Wild Card
Julian: $11,700
Shelby: $1,000
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Prize/Express Round: Person

Laura calls S on $400, but after buying E and A, she hits Lose a Turn.

Julian picks T on $3500, then buys O to finish the vowels. He picks up the StyleWatch gift tag with H and calls F on Free Play. Next, he gets the ½ Car next to the orange $300 with W, calls R on $800, and picks up the other ½ Car (next to the pink $900) with L. After D on $450, though, he duds with C on $300. Off to Shelby…

T H E / W O R L D ' S
F A S T E S T / _ A _

…who solves THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN for no money, just the trip to Jamaica (Iberostar Rose Hall Beach, Montego Bay + Sony Alpha NEX-5T, $7,287).

Lose a Turn: Laura
Dud: C (Julian)

Laura: $1,000 + Wild Card
Julian: $11,700
Shelby: $8,287
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$3,000 Toss-Up: Proper Name

_ D _ A _ / _ L _ _ N
P _ E

Laura solves EDGAR ALLAN POE.

Round 4: Thing

Final Spin: $500 next to $400

Laura: T
Julian: N
Shelby: R
Laura: H
Julian: S
Shelby: L
Laura: M
Julian: P
Shelby: D
Laura: C
(The "only vowels remain" beeps sound.)

Julian asks to solve instead of calling a letter, but says ON- THE-SPOT DICESPIN.

_ N - T H _ - S P _ T
D _ C _ S _ _ N

Shelby doesn't call a vowel either; instead, she ON-THE-SPOT DECISION for $1,500 more.

Dud: R (Shelby), L (Shelby), M (Laura)

End totals:
Laura: $4,000
Julian: $11,700
Shelby: $9,787
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$100,000 Bonus Round

Julian's mother, brother, and two family friends in the audience.

He hits the S in SPIN, and the puzzle is Person:

T _ _ / _ R _ _ T
_ _ _ _

H, M, D, I:

T _ _ / D R _ _ T
_ I _ _

He can't solve TOP DRAFT PICK. (Pat held the envelope awkwardly, and later revealed it to be the $30,000.) End total: $11,700.

$5K EVERY DAY SPIN ID: WB00503

A clip from the 3,000th show's signoff is shown at the end, after which Pat reveals some details on the week of the 28th.