JEOPARDY! player Eric Ahasic won his third game on Wednesday in a rare move.

But fans also spotted an “embarrassing” show error during the Mayim Bialik-hosted episode.

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Jeopardy! newcomer Eric won his 3rd straight game Wednesday with a ‘gutsy’ rare moveCredit: ABC

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But fans also spotted an ’embarrassing’ error during the Mayim Bialik-hosted game they couldn’t believe wasn’t fixed
Mayim, 46, is hosting Jeopardy! for the fifth week in a row, returning after alum Ken Jennings’ prior three weeks at the helm and announcement he’d be out for “months.”

The permanent hosting slot is still on the board and will be decided by the end of Season 38 in July 2022.

Two nights ago was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rideshare driver Ryan Long’s last lap – after 16 wins, the ninth-longest streak ever, and $299K total – the beloved broad-shouldered brainiac lost against Eric.

The Minneapolis, Minnesota meteorologist won his third game tonight – storming the stage with a rare move that impressed skeptics, as something else was spotted by viewers.

RARE MOVE

Tonight, Eric – the proud player who recently bested the beloved Ryan – achieved something quite interesting.

He landed on three Daily Doubles during June 8th’s game – rare in itself but got all three correct.

He also impressively wagered $2000, $7000, and $5000 respectively.

The hat trick did not go unnoticed as one fan tweeted, “GUTSY wagers, Eric! They sure paid off.”

Another wrote, “Eric is growing on me” as a third forecasted, “Imagine if he becomes another super champ even though Ryan Long wasn’t too far after Mattea Roach.”

With a sunny $35.6K, a smiling Eric won, also getting Final Jeopardy correct – he now has $70K total.

Another fan tweeted, “It’s been 3 days since Ryan Long 16-game streak ended by @EricAhasic, miss that dude already. Can’t wait to see Ryan in the TOC later this year. But it looks Eric is starting his own streak. GO ERIC!”

Meanwhile, one fan noticed an error from the game show that spelled – or misspelled – disaster.

WHAT IS: SPELLING ERROR?

After three victories, Eric’s bio on the Jeopardy! website still had a typo.

The user tweeted, “Eric Ahasic — a meteorologist. Or as the #Jeopardy ‘contestant zone’ page calls him, a ‘meterologist.'”

His job title was incorrectly spelled by the trivia show, “meterologist” instead of a meteorologist, on the Contestant Zone – where fans can learn about the players pre-game – and it still appears to be that way.

The quiz show is a stickler for spelling.

In 2013, 12-year-old Thomas Hurley, a Kids Week contestant, was punished for misspelling his response to a clue on the civil war – off by one letter.

The young Thomas’ written answer to Final Jeopardy: “What is the ‘Emanciptation’ Proclamation,” brought his total down from $6000 to $3000 and also scored a stern reaction from the late Alex Trebek.

“You misspelled it badly,” the beloved if sometimes tough host said to the visibly shocked youngster, outlets calling the moment “the saddest Jeopardy misspelling ever.”

“That’s unfortunate,” Alex added, as Thomas hung his head in shame after adding but an extra ‘t’. “The judges are ruling against you.”

MAKING A BIG BANG

Plenty of fans have found actress Mayim to be a perfectly plucky presence – especially as a front-seat passenger for Ryan’s sadly derailed streak.

But tonight, Mayim had nothing to say to a contestant’s story about adopting dogs.

Tessa, at the right podium, shared she fostered various pooches to help them find homes – to which Mayim replied “that is wonderful.” and moved on.

One fan fumed, “Tessa definitely wanted more of a reaction to her ‘puppy raiser’ Jeopardy story than a lukewarm, ‘That is wonderful.'”

Another wrote on the seemingly indifferent actress, “Right? Mayim bringing the ‘mmm-so what’ vibes. Noticed that too.”

During Ryan’s run, Mayim also had some conversational speed bumps, including an NSFW off-color adlib about marijuana use, joking, “Joint committee, get it?”

Mayim also seemed to misunderstand the legacy of the band Queen in a Q&A and has regularly replied to other contestants’ earnest Q&As with jokes.

The host once bluntly replied to a player’s story about children’s autism research, “Glad to hear spitting in a tube went better than taking blood.”

And during the same round in a different game – one said he was in a “fancy sports league” and Mayim curtly responded: “That’s so thrilling,” and moved on.

But speaking of earnest Q&A’s, Eric shared last night that he has a cat named Potato.

Tonight, he regaled that his neighborhood has enough “window cats” for summertime cat tours – as he continues clawing towards a potential run himself, though it’s too soon to say.

Ken and Mayim began filling in for the legendary Alex after his tragic 2020 passing and a fleet of Season 37 celebrity guest hosts, including now-disgraced Mike Richards.

The fact that the hosting slot is still undecided has been a huge point of discussion, as the late Alex had hosted since 1984.

As another fan tweeted recently, “I actually like both Ken and Mayim, so that’s that, at least for me,” though one more replied that the 74-game and Greatest of All Time winner, given his resume, is still a “better fit for the show” between them.

All this comes as Ken surprisingly tweeted in May, “I’m handing the keys back to the talented actor-producer-writer-director (!) Mayim Bialik for a few months,” adding, “We are lucky to have her! I’ll be back before the end of the season.”

Host Ken promisingly revealed on a recent podcast episode he was doing more tapings of pre-recorded episodes this month, as many are leaning his way – while Mayim’s sitcom Call Me Kat was given the green light to tape and premiere in just months.

Canadian tutor Mattea Roach, Ryan, and Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio – all from this stunning season – will compete in the Tournament of Champions in November.

Though fans are surely missing Ryan, as many online had hoped he’d go ‘Long’-er, the $299K-winner did get Twitter-verified tonight after getting snubbed from it earlier.

Meteorologist Eric will try and ‘rain’ in his fourth win tomorrow night.

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Jeopardy! fans spotted new champ Eric Ahasic’s occupation was misspelled on June 8th, after 3 games his bio still read, ‘meterologist’Credit: ABC

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Ironically, the show once punished a 12-year-old for adding an extra ‘t’ in this response, not allowing it – although the hurt Thomas wouldn’t have won it was quite the momentCredit: ABC

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Fans are already missing Ryan Long after his streak came to a halt three days ago, though he did get verified on Twitter tonightCredit: ABC