She flickered her eyes and said "my eyes." With about 9 seconds left, the contestant said "things that flutter", and Adrienne misheard it as flicker. As time ran out, Dick said he thought he heard flicker. At break, they checked the tape and talked to the judge. When they came back, he said something like...
"We checked the tape. There was confusion because we thought he said "flicker". He actually said "flutter." But it didn't matter, because we say "don't use your hands" and you were using your eyes, so even if he did say "flicker," they wouldn't have given it to you anyway."
It was a few days before Debbie Seppian's $100K tourney.