Lose a Turn is one of the gameplay elements on Wheel of Fortune.
History[]
Original yellow Lose a Turn wedge.
Present since the Shopper's Bazaar pilot, Lose a Turn simply makes the contestant lose his or her turn, but unlike Bankrupt does not remove money or prizes. When the show debuted, a second wedge was added in Round 3; this was removed by November 3, 1975.
For Bazaar, Lose a Turn was white-on-black, a color scheme famously associated with Bankrupt. Beginning in 1974, the wedge was yellow with white outlines around the lettering and the space itself; by mid-October 1975 the outlines were removed, in September 1986 the wedge was changed to a brighter shade of yellow, and on September 16, 1996 the wedge adopted its current appearance (a very light shade of yellow, nearly white). Around January 2003, the wedge changed to its current Clarendon font. For a brief period after the font change, the "LOSE" text was extremely close to the Wheel's rim; this was fixed by February.
On Wheel 2000, Lose a Turn was renamed "Loser".