In November 2015, the iconic game show hosted Veterans Week, during which all of the contestants were heroic U.S. vets. Nura Fountano was one of the guests and took the lead as the game went into its final round.
The winning phrase was "Following Footprints," and the missing letters became rather obvious to everyone… except for Nura. She kept yelling out the letter "Z," and at one point she didn't even offer a letter at all — missing her chance to answer completely.
Host Pat Sajak became visibly confused by Nura's behavior, as did her fellow contestants.
Nura had done so well up until the final round that she ended up advancing. But before they went to commercial break, Pat approached Nura.
"You called some unusual letters in that round," he said to her." "That's what I saw," she responded.
"Well, that was an unsatisfactory answer… but she's not under oath," Pat said.
The reason this clip went viral is because the consensus is that Nura was trying to lose the final round on purpose — and for the most heartwarming reason.
