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Over time, Wheel of Fortune has introduced and occasionally retired various gameplay elements.

Contents

• 1 Round structure
• 2 Current elements
• 3 Temporary elements
• 4 Retired elements
• 5 Wheel 2000 elements

Round structure[]

The current game structure is as follows:

$1,000 Toss-Up

Contestant interviews

$2,000 Toss-Up

Round 1

commercial break

Round 2 (Mystery Round)

commercial break

Round 3 (Express, Prize Puzzle)

commercial break

Triple Toss-Ups

Round 4 (plus extra rounds if time permits; last round is always a Speed-Up at least in part)

commercial break

Bonus Round

Promotional plug

Post-game chat

Until shopping was removed from nighttime in October 1987 and daytime in mid-1989, commercial breaks could (and frequently did) occur mid-round.

Current elements[]

• Bankrupt
• Bonus Round
• Cash wedges
• Crossword Round
• Express
• Lose a Turn
• Million-Dollar Wedge
• Mystery Round
• Prize Puzzle
• Prize Wedge
• Speed-Up (aka Final Spin)
• SPIN ID (aka Wheel Watchers Club)
• Toss-Ups
• Wild Card

Temporary elements[]

• Big Money Wedge
• Home Wedge
• 25 Wedge
• XL Wedge
• Year of Fun Wedge

Retired elements[]

• Buy a Vowel
• Double Play
• Free Play
• Free Spin
• Free Vowel
• Gift Tag
• ½ Car
• Jackpot (daytime)
• Jackpot (nighttime)
• Preview Puzzle
• Puzzler
• Red-Letter Puzzle
• Retro Bonus Round
• Returning champion (aka Friday Finals)
• Shopping
• Surprise
• $10,000 Wedge
• Your Own Clue

Wheel 2000 elements[]

• Double Up
• Physical games (aka stunts)
• Prize Box
• www.Wheel2000.com

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