Wheel of Fortune Megaword question

[whewfan]

I could've sworn there was a Megaword puzzle, I think it started with A... The guy that solved the puzzle of course had to use the word in a sentence, but instead of using the word properly, he made a pun of the word in the sentence... and I THINK they still gave it to him (I don't think they DIDN'T accept a sentence... a lot of leeway, which I am sure was one of the many reasons Pat obviously disliked the category)

Does anyone happen to remember what the word was and how he used it in a sentence?

[Kevin Prather]

Not sure about a pun, but The WoF Wiki mentions one time a sentence wasn't accepted. The sentence was "None of us knew what 'proliferation' meant."

[Twentington]

I still can't believe anyone on the staff thought that Megaword was a good idea. Particularly when the answer was OXIDIZED.

I wonder how many other puzzles in the main game haven't had T, N, S, H or R? Only other one I know of is PAYDAY as a Speed-Up in 1999. (I think this round may have been cut for time, too, since I can't imagine contestants going for H, D, P, M, etc. without having first taken care of the more common consonants.)

[Jay Temple]

I remember a puzzle in the "clue" category: OZ DOG. It was the first or second puzzle of the game, long before they had toss-ups.

[WilliamPorygon]

I remember a puzzle in the "clue" category: OZ DOG. It was the first or second puzzle of the game, long before they had toss-ups.

And if Clue was still around today, the same basic puzzle would probably now look like this.

[Twentington]

I remember a puzzle in the "clue" category: OZ DOG. It was the first or second puzzle of the game, long before they had toss-ups.

I am convinced that someone on Wheel's puzzle-writing staff at the time had a cruel sense of humor.

[Jay Temple]

I got the impression that Pat thought the same thing.

[TLEberle]

Funny, when I saw that puzzle, I went for "dingo."

[MyronMMeyer]

Funny, when I saw that puzzle, I went for "dingo."

"Maybe the dingo ate your munchkin."

[wdm1219inpenna]

Sadly I don't remember the "A" word for Megaword.  I do remember hating this category, and I also hated the "Use it in a sentence" idea.  Had I solved it, my sentence would have been "Tonight's Megaword solution on Wheel of Fortune was antidisestablishmentarianism."

[dmota104]

Had I solved it, my sentence would have been "Tonight's Megaword solution on Wheel of Fortune was antidisestablishmentarianism."

Sure that wouldn't fall in the category of Really Long Word?  

Oddly enough, I would've done something similar.  "I'm using the word 'hornswoggle' in a sentence."

Only way I could see Megaword justified: Instead of using it in a sentence, offer three different definitions and have the player pick the correct one (a la "Wordplay", "Oh My Word!").

[Bobby B.]

Giving the definition would have made much more sense.  As evidenced by the examples given above, it's very easy to put a word in a sentence without knowing the meaning of it (though I'd do the same if I was a contestant).

[Twentington]

Only way I could see Megaword justified: Instead of using it in a sentence, offer three different definitions and have the player pick the correct one (a la "Wordplay", "Oh My Word!").

I had suggested that before, actually. It's not entirely out of the question, since I've seen them use multiple-choice before with the "extra" questions they used to put after some puzzles. I even saw them do that with a Slogan puzzle once.

[wdm1219inpenna]

Had I solved it, my sentence would have been "Tonight's Megaword solution on Wheel of Fortune was antidisestablishmentarianism."

Sure that wouldn't fall in the category of Really Long Word?  

Oddly enough, I would've done something similar.  "I'm using the word 'hornswoggle' in a sentence."

Only way I could see Megaword justified: Instead of using it in a sentence, offer three different definitions and have the player pick the correct one (a la "Wordplay", "Oh My Word!").

"Oh My Word!"...That is a VERY clever category for Megaword!  Brilliant!  The idea of the 3 definitions too is an outstanding idea!  I really enjoyed Wordplay too, miss it.  Hard to believe that was Tom Kennedy's final show, and that was a quarter century ago

[Jimmy Owen]

That was gonna be the format for my adaptation of "Words Have Meanings" if I could have wrested the rights from Matt Ottinger Productions.