“Wheel of Fortune” Contestant Makes Hilariously Wrong Guess During Holiday Puzzle: 'Chocolate, Chestnuts and Chickens'

"I was screaming at the TV," one viewer wrote on Instagram

A Wheel of Fortune blunder is going viral after a contestant guessed a hilariously wrong answer.

During a holiday-themed episode that aired on Dec. 17, contestant Phil McManus made a laugh-out-loud mistake. McManus, who is from Palmer, Mass., seemed confident as he attempted to solve a puzzle which was in the “Same Letter” category. When the board next to Vanna White read, “Chocolate, Chestnuts & Chi_ne_s,“ host Ryan Seacrest asked McManus if he wanted to solve the puzzle — which contained all holiday-related words — or spin the wheel.

McManus chose to solve the three-word puzzle, answering, “Chocolate, Chestnuts and Chickens." Immediately following his guess, a contestant named Matt Komma from Riverton, Utah, provided the correct answer: “Chocolate, Chestnuts and Chimneys.” Komma scored $4,200, while McManus lost $9,550 for his incorrect response.

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Viewers swiftly took to social media to roast McManus for the flub. 

“That was my shopping list last weekend,” one X (formerly Twitter) user joked, while another viewer wrote on Instagram: "I was screaming at the TV."

"I laughed so loud that my deaf dog jumped out of her bed