A "Wheel of Fortune" contestant has gone viral for his hilariously wrong answer on Monday’s episode.
The correct answer to the puzzle in question was "Give yourself a round of applause." With only a few tiles missing, the board read "___E _OURSE_F A ROUN_ OF A___AUSE" when contestant Will Jordan gave his answer.
"Treat yourself a round of sausage," he guessed — which, clearly, was wrong for a number of reasons.
A clip now viewed over a half a million times on X shows Jordan's comical "missolve."
After Jordan's fellow contestant Kitina Thomas solved the puzzle correctly, host Ryan Seacrest joined in the fun.
"Will, I kind of like yours better," he joked. "That sounds better than just clapping right now."
Following the silly sausage solve, the game show's social correspondent, Maggie Sajak, the daughter of former host Pat Sajak, got Jordan's thoughts about his "missolve" moment.
"I tell you, when the lights are on, and you know, the stars and Ryan Seacrest, Vanna White ... I just went blank," Jordan said. "But if your dad, in retirement, is watching this show, maybe cracks a beer and gets a laugh, it was worth it."
Sajak promised him that her dad would tune in to the episode as Seacrest joined the video with a cue card to sign for Jordan’s family.
"Playing 'Wheel of Fortune' on stage is a whole different ball game than playing at home, but Will was a great sport about his missolve! #misssolve #WheelOfFortune," the show captioned the post.
Jordan, a retired Coast Guard veteran, is a school resource officer with the Rocky Hill Police Department in Connecticut.
As the holiday season approaches, Jordan is turning his mistake into positive action by using his newfound notoriety to help drive donations to the Rocky Hill Human Services Food Bank, his police department said on social media.
"I’m sure I’m gonna have sausages in my locker and police car when I get back, so we’ll try and have some fun with it," Jordan told Sajak on her Instagram post.
One sausage company is leaning in on the joke.
Johnsonville is treating customers to "a round of sausage" (or, more realistically, one free Johnsonville product), if they post kind acts they've done or observed using #KeepTheInternetJuicy.
"Will's got us inspired," the post reads.
