WHEEL of Fortune fans have called out Pat Sajak for being lenient with a contestant’s puzzle solve on Friday, March 1’s episode.

Despite being much more unforgiving in the past, Pat, 77, seemingly allowed Geri $2000 for an answer she didn’t say correctly.

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A contestant named Geri rang in to solve this Wheel of Fortune puzzleCredit: Wheel of Fortune

She said ‘Frankfort Germany’ according to quite a few viewersCredit: Wheel of Fortune

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After Pat Sajak allowed it, fans posted: ‘Frankfort is *not* Frankfurt’ and ‘Pat let it go!’Credit: Wheel of Fortune
The Ohio-based contestant faced Patrick from Wakefield, Massachusetts, and Sarah from North Carolina.

The peppy players were tasked with a puzzle under the “On The Map” category, which saw its letters aggregate automatically.

It read: “_R_ _ KF_RT G_R_ AN_” when Geri confidently rang to solve it.

“Frankfort Germany,” she audibly declared.

After slightly hesitating, Pat allowed it: “Yes, that’s it, yes you got it.”

‘FRANKFORT?’

Fans were not exactly convinced on social media, taking to X to voice their grievances.

“Frankfort is *not* Frankfurt. #WheelOfFortune,” one fan wrote.

“It’s not pronounced FrankFORT Germany,” wrote another.

“Happened again on @WheelofFortune lady mispronounced and @patsajak let it go. She said Frankfort Germany and its Frankfurt Germany,” wrote a third.

That said, the $2000 swing didn’t matter in the end, and it was Sarah who won the game.

‘NO’

Earlier this season, mom-of-three Shauna was at the epicenter of an epic mispronunciation fail – but Pat ruled the opposite way.

After everyone took turns guessing letters during a round with the category of “Same Letter,” Shauna ended up with a fully solved puzzle.

All she had left to do to win the round was read aloud what the board said- unfortunately didn’t go too smoothly.

The Wheel of Fortune puzzle read: “Congenial company & clever conversation.”

Shauna, meanwhile, read it as: “Conjugal company & clever conversation.”

Shocked crowd members gasped, Pat said a quick, “No,” and the next player, Steve, was able to win after going on to read it correctly.

“Yeah, we needed kind of a coined word there you had. I’m sorry,” Pat told Shauna of her surprising mistake.

Fans were left divided over Shauna losing the puzzle simply for reading one word incorrectly.

“When someone mispronounces a word it may be because they learned it from reading instead of hearing it said,” one upset fan wrote on social media.

“No way this lady lost Wheel of Fortune with the entire puzzle solved,” wrote a second fan on X (formerly Twitter).

A third called the ruling “cold-blooded.”

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The ruling bothered fans since the host has been harsh with pronunciation in the pastCredit: Wheel of Fortune