Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (601 results returned)
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | 6-LETTER SYNONYM PAIRS $400: A position in basketball & a word before English center & middle |
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | 6-LETTER SYNONYM PAIRS $800: A tasting sampler, as of wines or whiskeys & the second book of the Bible flight & Exodus |
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | 6-LETTER SYNONYM PAIRS $1200: One in the final year of classes & what the "M" stands for in the TV-MA rating senior & mature |
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | 6-LETTER SYNONYM PAIRS $1600: Flannel-forward paper towel brand & a type of nuclear force Brawny & strong |
| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | 6-LETTER SYNONYM PAIRS $2000: A Quaker & one of 10 divisions of a Roman legion Friend & cohort |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $200: This daughter of a minister was chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 Angela Merkel |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $400: She died at age 23 in a hail of bullets along with her outlaw partner sitting in a stolen Ford outside Sailes, Louisiana Bonnie Parker |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $600: This actress known for movies & British TV like "Fleabag" & "Broadchurch" is not related to fellow 6x6 thespian Ronald Olivia Colman |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $800: In 1966 he was elected governor of California, beating the incumbent Edmund G. Brown in a landslide Ronald Reagan |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | 6 BY 6 NAMES $1000: In 1517 he sent a letter to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz criticizing the sale of indulgences to free sinners from divine punishment Martin Luther |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $200: Sarah Palin was one of the candidates to portray themselves as representing this hypothetical American who enjoys a half-dozen beers Joe Six-Pack |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $400: Due to its brevity, the third Arab-Israeli military conflict is known as this the Six-Day War |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $600: The World Series has seen dramatic game 6es, including in 2011 when this team saying goodbye to Albert Pujols beat Texas 10-9 the Cardinals |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $800: Less famous than 66, Route 6 was once the USA's longest--3,652 miles from Long Beach, Calif. to Provincetown in this state Massachusetts |
| #9148, aired 2024-07-17 | 6-POURRI $1000: Soon after WWII the first production V6 engine was spearheaded by this Italian company whose name is Italian for "spear" Lancia |
| #9105, aired 2024-05-17 | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This alchemical potion could supposedly turn base metals into gold elixir |
| #9105, aired 2024-05-17 | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Found in the name of a Washington State dam, it's a deep ravine or valley a coulee |
| #9105, aired 2024-05-17 | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: It can refer to territory governed by another, a set of values in math or a group of linked computers on a network a domain |
| #9105, aired 2024-05-17 | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: "D" is for this crown-like adornment, sometimes a cloth headband affixed with jewels a diadem |
| #9105, aired 2024-05-17 | TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $5,000 (Daily Double): Veal is etymologically related to this word for calfskin used for writing vellum |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | LIKE A "G"6 $200: It's an attic, like a small Parisian one where an artist might stay a garret |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | LIKE A "G"6 $400: Juan Moreira was a famous one around the Rio de la Plata a gaucho |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | LIKE A "G"6 $600: Terry Butler, born in Birmingham, England in 1949, is better known as this Geezer |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | LIKE A "G"6 $800: Meriones unguiculatus, it's a popular childhood pet a gerbil |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | LIKE A "G"6 $1000: This Chinese tree is known to drop all of its leaves on the same day a ginkgo |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: This process of getting back together was achieved & celebrated in Germany in 1990 reunification |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: The PV in HPV; there's a vaccine for that papillomavirus |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: From the Latin for "conversation", it's an informal or regional expression like "bodacious" a colloquialism |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: Meaning "tireless", it was the first British ship sunk at the 1916 Battle of Jutland the HMS Indefatigable |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $3,300 (Daily Double): 19th c. liberation fighter José de San Martín got about as high in the military as possible, named this of the republic of Peru the generalissimo |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1,600 (Daily Double): Not the Cromwells but this family lived in Wolf Hall; when Henry visited in 1535, Margery no doubt pointed out lovely daughter Jane the Seymours |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1600: The mother of Anne of Cleves was Maria of Jülich, a duchy of this thousand-year empire of West & Central Europe the Holy Roman Empire |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $2000: Inspired by the ideas of this doomed lord chancellor, Katherine Parr's mom Maud educated her daughter like her son Sir Thomas More |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $400: Eve Plumb said, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" as this middle daughter on "The Brady Bunch" Jan |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $800: In this 1978 film Eve Arden plays the principal who threatens a cocky T-Bird with "banging erasers after school" Grease |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $1200: Eve is the first name of this character played by Naomie Harris in "Skyfall" Moneypenny |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $1600: Anne Baxter played Evelyn Heath in "Guest in the House" & Eve Harrington in this 1950 film All About Eve |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $2000: In this 1957 film Joanne Woodward had a trio of personalities including Eve White & Eve Black The Three Faces of Eve |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: The name of this type of doctor comes from the Latin for "beast of burden" a veterinarian |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: In this type of complex, one has a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment inferiority |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Common in cases of ADHD & autism, "sensory" this is basically too much input overstimulation |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: Both Betsy Ross & Dolley Madison were disowned by the Quakers for marrying men from this denomination an Episcopalian |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Title for Sir Francis Drake, due to a specific feat he accomplished in 1580 a circumnavigator |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: One who's used as the tool of another, or Moe Howard the stooge |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: In the title of a John le Carré novel, these 2 occupations precede "Soldier, Spy" Tinker & Tailor |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: This wild cat seen here ranges from Argentina to South Texas an ocelot |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Marcel Duchamp famously displayed an autographed one of these bathroom receptacles as an artwork urinal |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): This poetic name for the land of Robert Burns is in the name of a Canadian province Scotia |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $400: The item seen here or a prepaid hard-to-trace cellphone a burner |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $800: Chili con carne is a signature dish of this style of cuisine that's a big hit on both sides of the border Tex-Mex |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $1200: The Hockey Hall of Fame says at this level for little players, Wayne Gretzky had a 378-goal season peewee |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $1600: To associate on friendly terms with someone important is to do this hobnob |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $2000: Adopted by China in 1979, it's the system of Romanized spelling for transliterating their language Pinyin |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $200: There are 3 Es in this verb meaning to come into view or rise from water emerge |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $400: "Cease" has 5 letters; this word that's paired with it in a legal term has 6 desist |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $600: The stock markets love this word that can mean, among other things, spend time on & give power to to invest |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $800: The "P" is not silent at the end of this verb meaning to get back your losses to recoup |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $1000: As a means of making amends, it's sometimes done to "the beef" to squash the beef |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A quick look at something, perhaps the goose of the same name a gander |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Long ago important people wore fake hair, which led to this rhyming term for any person of high standing a bigwig |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: Yes, Dan, there are 2 "P"s in the middle of this word for the snazzily attired dapper |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: Named for a French aristocrat, it refers to pleasure felt from inflicting pain sadism |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: It sounds Scandinavian, but this synonym for slender comes from the Latin for "to pluck" svelte |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: One definition of this misconduct in the military is the refusal to obey someone of a higher rank insubordination |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: In 1520 Martin Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 Theses; he was later hit with this ecclesiastical censure excommunication |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Carl Sagan was a prominent one of these "star life" scientists an astrobiologist |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: A synonym for "reasonable" begins this psychological term, an attempt to justify a failure or other loss rationalization |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: In 1840 critic & author Margaret Fuller became the first editor of the Dial, a journal of this philosophical movement transcendentalism |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $400: Before "response", it describes how your body fends off viruses & bacteria immune |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $800: Add a "B" to the end of an outstanding word & you get this excellent follow-up superb |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $1200: It sounds like an adverb, but it means expensive, or resulting in terrible harm costly |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $1600: Lie down, look up & tell us of this opposite of prone supine |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | 6-LETTER ADJECTIVES $2000: It means expressing a vow or wish, like certain candles votive |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $400: This stimulant found in coffee is the world's most commonly used drug caffeine |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $800: Used to treat everything from acne to the plague, tetracycline is this type of drug that fights bacterial infections antibiotics |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $1200: Common medications for headaches include Advil, which is ibuprofen, & Tylenol, which has this as its primary active ingredient acetaminophen |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $2000: Developed in 1959, this synthetic opioid is up to 100 times more potent than morphine, making it one of the most deadly drugs fentanyl |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | 6 DRUGS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to reduce the formation of clots, Coumadin is a brand of this, also called blood thinner an anticoagulant |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $400: Bacon's hated rival Edward Coke was a mentor to Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island & this capital Providence |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $800: "You have built an ark to save learning from deluge", said Francis to Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian one of these library |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1,000 (Daily Double): Francis' dad was pals with Matthew Parker, who in this job from 1559 to 1575 gave the Anglican Church its distinct identity Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1200: Bacon kissed the hand of King James I of England, who was the son of this queen, though James never saw her after age 1 Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $2000: Francis' uncle, Lord Burleigh, built a home where you can still see the gardens of this 18th century designer known as "Capability" Lancelot "Capability" Brown |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $400: Benjamin Lee Guinness was its Lord Mayor in the 1850s Dublin |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $800: Wenceslas Square is at its heart Prague |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $1600: Known as the "City of Columns", it's one of the oldest in the Caribbean Havana |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $2000: 3 A's are the only vowels in the name of this capital of Eritrea Asmara |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $2,500 (Daily Double): This European city is alphabetically last among world capitals Zagreb |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $200: Coming before "departed", this word begins an alliterative idiom referring to the recently deceased dearly |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $400: Often found on prescriptions, P.O. means a medicine should be taken this way orally |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $600: The Latin adverb semper translates to this other 6-letter adverb always |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $800: Old-timey adverb that can follow "come" & precede "yon" hither |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $1000: This good-natured adverb is repeated in the name of a "Guys and Dolls" character nicely |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $200: It's paired with "forgive" in an idiom meaning you should pretend past wrongs never happened forget |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $400: This word with a double letter pair in the middle can mean to bubble just below boiling or to seethe with inner turmoil simmer |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $800: Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground to exhume |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $1000: To remove a stock from the roster of securities traded on an exchange delist |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 6-LETTER VERBS $1,600 (Daily Double): This word meaning "to interfere" comes from the Latin for "foot" impede |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $200: Introduced in 1920, it consists of 5 interlocked rings of blue, black, red, green & yellow the Olympic flag |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $400: Also called salsa bandera, or "flag", this 3-word condiment is red, white & green, like Mexico's flag pico de gallo |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $600: You can use two flags to communicate in the method seen here semaphore |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $800: Sportswriter Rob Neyer posed the query, "What makes" the race for one of these baseball flags "great?" a pennant |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 6 FLAGS $1000: "Flag above White with Collage" is one of this contemporary artist's paintings Jasper Johns |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This synonym for knowledge is said to be dispensed in pearls wisdom |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the container & specialty sporting good seen here a quiver |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: To light a fire one can enjoy while using the same-named e-reader kindle |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: A Spanish wine cellar, or a corner grocery store bodega |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: Alphabetically, this fertilized egg is darn near last zygote |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | 6-LETTER THE BETTER $400: This synonym for plea can be found after mass, curb & sex appeal |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | 6-LETTER THE BETTER $800: To sell off all shareholdings from your portfolio, as people did to protest apartheid in South Africa divest |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | 6-LETTER THE BETTER $1200: It's the type of bracelet seen here a bangle |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | 6-LETTER THE BETTER $1600: Flotsam's partner, it's thrown off a ship to aid stability jetsam |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | 6-LETTER THE BETTER $2000: This end-of-the-alphabet word is a warm, soft western breeze zephyr |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL $200: Catherine & Isabella Linton Wuthering Heights |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL $400: Percy Jackson, in his first novel The Lightning Thief |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL $600: Miss Lucy Westenra, the first victim in Great Britain Dracula |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL $800: Raskolnikov Crime and Punishment |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL $1000: Bigger Thomas, a Black youth in Chicago Native Son |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | 6-LETTER "S"YNONYMS $200: A child's teeter-totter a seesaw |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | 6-LETTER "S"YNONYMS $400: Slang for a black eye a shiner |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | 6-LETTER "S"YNONYMS $600: Candle bracket a sconce |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | 6-LETTER "S"YNONYMS $800: An ape, or apelike simian |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | 6-LETTER "S"YNONYMS $1000: To envelop or to bandage swathe |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $200: It occupies about half the land mass of the South American continent Brazil |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $400: Martinique is one of its overseas departments France |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $600: The Isthmus of Corinth connects the Peloponnese with the mainland of this country Greece |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: King Abdullah II is the head of state of this country that borders Israel Jordan |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | 6-LETTER COUNTRIES $1000: As seen here it borders another 6-letter country, Zambia Angola |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: As an adjective, it means secluded; as a noun, it helps get your TV going remote |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This term for any basic food item also doubles for something that keeps your papers together staple |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: It sounds kind of trash-y, but it's a governmental excursion on the public's dime junket |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: This word that means to squirm in pain begins with a silent "W" writhe |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word meaning "scheduled" begins with a type of metamorphic rock slated |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: It's the GI in GI tract gastrointestinal |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This fear of open or crowded spaces comes from the Greek for a place where crowds gathered agoraphobia |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: This quality is the "A" in GAO, an agency making sure Congress doesn't waste taxpayer dollars accountability |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: Come up with this synonym of legerdemain & we'll be impressed prestidigitation |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: A break or gap, like the boundary between the earth's crust & mantle called the Mohorovicic this discontinuity |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $400: To move a doorknob to & fro with short, quick jerks jiggle |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $800: To bicker over a price haggle |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $1200: This music style blends Calypso & rhythm & blues, mon reggae |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $1600: Is this a short, swordlike weapon used for stabbing which I see before me? a dagger |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $2000: It's a Scottish pudding, laddie, if ye like yer pudding wi' meat! haggis |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a state of diminished consciousness, especially under hypnosis trance |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The simple habit of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth is a brown tunic tied with a cord, from which this string of beads hangs a rosary |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's a candy-filled party animal a piñata |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: A common character flaw in ancient Greek tragedy was this, meaning excessive pride hubris |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to indicate whether a substance is acidic or basic, this compound is obtained from lichens litmus |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Yum-yum; here's this eggy dish that's a specialty of France quiche |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The Latin for "of whom" gives us this word for the number of members of a group needed to legally transact business a quorum |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: To rot, or the uncle on "The Addams Family" fester |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Oddly, this word, land overgrown with tropical vegetation, is from Sanskrit for dry ground or desert a jungle |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word borrowed from French for "shade of color" means a small difference in many things, including colors a nuance |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $800: King Arthur's wizardly adviser Merlin |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $1200: Mimic mindlessly like a certain bird parrot |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $1600: The ancients could count on it an abacus |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $2000: Silver in heraldry argent |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $200: My sleep routine was way off due to this after I flew from Australia to Los Angeles jetlag |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $400: Having rough notches, like Alanis Morissette's "Little Pill" jagged |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $600: A chapter on used cars in "The Grapes of Wrath" uses this word for a rundown auto a jalopy |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $800: Pertaining to Jupiter jovian |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | "J"-6 $1000: An info-gathering Congressional excursion paid with public funds junket |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $400: A narrative folk poem, or a simple, romantic song ballad |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $800: A government reward, perhaps put "on your head" bounty |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $1200: It's the printed name of the author of an accompanying news story byline |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $1600: It's the crime of having 2 wives at once bigamy |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | A "B"6 SHOT $2000: Job title of a college treasurer bursar |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Proverbially, you do this to one's feathers to provoke anger ruffle |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the provider of nourishment seen here carhop |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: The return of a tennis ball before it hits the court surface a volley |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: One who is absent from school without permission truant |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: A visible spirit, starting with a visible but silent W a wraith |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | 6 PENS $400: Salute this man for holding two pens used for signing the German surrender at Reims in 1945 Eisenhower |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | 6 PENS $800: Here's a Candide painting of this pensive Frenchman Voltaire |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | 6 PENS $1200: The pen shares this name with geologic feature on the left Montblanc |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | 6 PENS $1600: Left wing feathers were the best of this type of pen for right-handed users, as the feathers curved away from the user a quill |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | 6 PENS $2000: The U.K.'s Malicious Communications Act of 1988 covers letters written with this figurative "pen" a poison pen |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: The mouth of a gun, or the mouth & nose of a dog muzzle |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the Italian word for a city square, like St. Mark's piazza |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Profession of George Woolf, sadly killed in a fall at Santa Anita a jockey |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The vicuña is closely related to this South American animal, prized for its fleece an alpaca |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: In humans, this tailbone is made up of 3-5 successively smaller vertebrae the coccyx |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 6 PLAYS $200: Before using 7, Mickey Mantle briefly wore No. 6 for this team the New York Yankees |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 6 PLAYS $600: Jake Muzzin wore No. 6 for this "regal" team of 2014 Stanley Cup champs the LA Kings |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 6 PLAYS $800: Ozzie Alonso escaped Cuba to play midfield wearing No. 6 for the Sounders of this MLS West Coast city Seattle |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 6 PLAYS $1000: Jay Cutler sports No. 6 for this venerable NFL team the Chicago Bears |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Airships also find shelter in this type of building; the one seen here is at Wingfoot Lake in Ohio a hangar |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a meeting of political party leaders prior to a general election; Iowa held one February 1, 2016 a caucus |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This part of speech tells place, time, manner & degree an adverb |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: This 6-letter verb means to persuade a customer to buy something more expensive upsell |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: A syrup of this Brazilian plant has been used since ancient times to induce vomiting ipecac |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: The story of your life as written by you autobiography |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Many beauty pageants have a Miss this title, meaning the woman was quite friendly & sociable with the other women Congeniality |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Almost but not quite; this student ranks second in the class academically salutatorian |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: From the Greek for "human being", it's the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects anthropomorphism |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: In "The Bells" Poe used this long word meaning the ringing of bells tintinnabulation |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $200: It's a flat, padded stretcher with legs & wheels for transporting patients a gurney |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $400: An evil, greedy type of creature in folklore, he also appears in "Dungeons & Dragons" a goblin |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $600: A diver can perform a full or half this a gainer |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $800: To move in a circle, or around a fixed point gyrate |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | LIKE A G-6 $1000: Crudely showy or tastelessly colorful garish |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $400: Boo Radley To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $800: Augustus Gloop & Veruca Salt Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $1600: Baseball player Roy Hobbs The Natural |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $2000: Arthur Dent (his first novel appearance) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $3,800 (Daily Double): Young Civil War soldier Henry Fleming The Red Badge of Courage |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $200: To utter in a loud, deep voice, or the last name of writer Saul bellow |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A carpenter's tool, it's also a term for a xylophone mallet hammer |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $600: A form of lottery in which you win a prize if your ticket is picked raffle |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's from the Latin for "to bristle with fear"; the this... the this horror |
| #7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A flubber in the fairway, a bungler in the bunker duffer |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Take stock--it's slang for both a watch & your heart a ticker |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A pit of slate, or game hunted with hounds quarry |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Canine term for a loudspeaker designed for low-frequency sounds a woofer |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: From the French for "to see", it sounds much classier than its synonym Peeping Tom voyeur |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Lying on the back, face or front upward supine |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $400: To this first name belong the spoils Victor |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $800: Croatia's capital Zagreb |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $1200: Where to harbor your yacht marina |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $2,000 (Daily Double): Tom Canty, at the start of a Twain novel pauper |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $2000: Destiny, Turkish style kismet |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $200: This ex-Cowboy quarterback is the taller half of Fox Sports' No. 1 NFL announcing team Troy Aikman |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $400: "Clueless Gamer" is a feature on this 6'4" man's late night show Conan O'Brien |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $600: When he goes home to this country of his birth, Goran Visnjic of "ER" & "Extant" is 1.93 meters Croatia |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $800: 2013-14 NBA News: Nets start 10-21, but this coach & ex-star guard stays in the picture & makes the playoffs Jason Kidd |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $1000: This tall, Hawaii-born actor has played characters named Ronon Dex & Khal Drogo Jason Momoa |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $200: Ronald McDonald! Bozo! Krusty! What a bunch of... clowns |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $400: To carve a bust of marble sculpt |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with some planes at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ.) The F-15 Eagle was revolutionary when it was introduced in the 1970s; its twin engines provided 1.2 pounds of this force for every pound of weight, making it the first airplane able to accelerate straight up thrust |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $800: The measured extent of an object; it's used as a unit of distance in horse racing a length |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | 6 LETTERS, ONLY 1 VOWEL $1000: It's a separation from a church over a doctrinal difference a schism |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean to rise into the air like an airplane or to take the throne ascend |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Can I be this with you?--very honest & straightforward candid |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A mathematician's 9-year-old nephew came up with this word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros googol |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's the proper 6-letter name for the offspring seen here cygnet |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): By definition, this verb form operates as a noun & ends in -ing gerund |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $400: She was born in the Citadel city of Alcala de Henares Catherine of Aragon |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $1200: She secretly married the King on January 25, 1533 Anne Boleyn |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $1600: The last 2, both Catherines; one was executed, one survived Henry Catherine Parr & Catherine Howard |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $2000: This wife known as "The Flanders Mare" wasn't around long Anne of Cleves |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII $5,000 (Daily Double): She died 12 days after childbirth & is buried next to Henry Jane Seymour |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $200: Poems that praise God Psalms |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $400: Ibzan of Bethlehem & Tola the son of Puah were 2 of these just leaders Judges |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $800: Yeshayahu is the Hebrew name of this prophet Isaiah |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): This epistle says, "a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law" Romans |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | 6-LETTER BIBLE BOOKS $1000: Purim celebrates her rescue of her people from a massacre Esther |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | BACK IN THE 6-"T"s $400: A stool; a nursery rhyme miss sat on one a tuffet |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | BACK IN THE 6-"T"s $800: Surface seen here a tarmac |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | BACK IN THE 6-"T"s $1200: Fishing gear tackle |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | BACK IN THE 6-"T"s $1600: From the Greek for "wound", it's a shock to the body trauma |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | BACK IN THE 6-"T"s $2000: As a noun, it's the reeds or palm fronds that cover a roof; as a verb, it's the act of covering the roof thatch |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: The name of this type of doctor comes from the Latin for "beast of burden" veterinarian |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: In this type of complex, one has a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment inferiority |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: An adjective describing the space between Mars & Jupiter, for example interplanetary |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Common in cases of ADHD & autism, "sensory" this is basically too much input overstimulation |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: Both Betsy Ross & Dolley Madison were disowned by the Quakers for marrying men from this denomination Episcopalian |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 6-LETTER ANAGRAMS $200: Mick Jagger, & what he becomes when he gives an autograph singer & signer |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 6-LETTER ANAGRAMS $400: A maiden of noble birth, perhaps "in distress" & the flat, metal commemorative items you get if you rescue her damsel & medals |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 6-LETTER ANAGRAMS $600: A 3-D piece of art, perhaps in marble, & the cunning or shrewd word you are when you respond statue & astute |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 6-LETTER ANAGRAMS $800: A country or territory, & to make sacred by applying oil anoint & nation |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 6-LETTER ANAGRAMS $1000: A choice, & a magical elixir potion & option |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | 6-LETTER ELEMENTS $200: Because it is less dense than air, when we breathe this 2nd-lightest element, it comes out faster & at a higher frequency Helium |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | 6-LETTER ELEMENTS $400: Vital for life, it forms more compounds than all the other elements combined carbon |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | 6-LETTER ELEMENTS $600: In solution, this element that can be extracted from seaweed is used as an antiseptic on cuts & scratches iodine |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | 6-LETTER ELEMENTS $1000: Its 35 known isotopes are all radioactive radium |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | 6-LETTER ELEMENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): It's used to vulcanize rubber & to make gunpowder sulfur |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries a border |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A classic syllogism concludes "Socrates is" this absolute, proved true in 399 B.C. mortal |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A collision between 2 objects; an athlete who helps his team is called that type of "player" impact |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: An electrician on the set of a TV show a gaffer |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: The name of this cold region is from the Greek for "of the bear" Arctic |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $200: The largest in area of the 6 Maine |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $400: It features great skiing at Stratton & Stowe Vermont |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $800: The submarine USS Portsmouth was commissioned there in 1983 New Hampshire |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 whose names come from Native American words Massachusetts and Connecticut |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1000: Jack Reed is one of its senators Rhode Island |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew uses a nutcracker to open a walnut.) It may not look like it, but a nutcracker is actually a type of this simple machine, with the arms connected to a fulcrum, helping to amplify physical force a lever |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $800: This machine that cuts down on your heave & increases your ho is part of a block & tackle arrangement a pulley |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a zipper on the monitor.) The moving part of a zipper is actually this type of simple machine that pushes the teeth apart as it moves down a wedge |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $1600: A Mason jar lid & a spiral staircase are examples of this kind of simple machine a screw |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew operates a doorknob.) It's hard turning just the post of a doorknob, but put the knob on, & it's now the simple machine known as the wheel & this axle |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Mrs., in Madrid señora |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It can refer to a group of "Extraordinary Gentlemen" or be a measurement of distance a league |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Proverbially, "You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your" this family |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A college applicant whose mom or dad graduated from that same school, possibly giving junior a "leg" up a legacy |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Philip Marlowe is called a private dick, gumshoe, sleuth &, in "The Big Sleep", this slang synonym a shamus |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Idiomatically pigs do it "in the mud" & people do it "in luxury" wallow |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A bank employee who accepts your deposit a teller |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the aerosol foam used to control & style hair mousse |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The soroban, the Japanese type of this adding device, used rods with 1 bead above the partition & 4 beads below abacus |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Originally referring to one who fled the French Revolution, it now means any political refugee émigré |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $200: During Prohibition this Budweiser maker brewed non-alcoholic beer & also made Bevo, a non-alcoholic cereal beverage Anheuser-Busch |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $400: The light beer from this brand is known as "The Silver Bullet" Coors |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $600: "La Cerveza Mas Fina" is written on this Mexican brand's "Extra" bottles Corona |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $800: In 1784 this Irish brewery was granted water rights to its nearby channel for 8,975 years; is that a record? Guinness |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | I'VE GOT A 6-PACK $1000: "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer" this brand Dos Equis |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $400: Twiggy remembers that in the '60s this city was "swinging" London |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $800: St. Basil's Cathedral is there Moscow |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $1200: Keanu Reeves was born in this Lebanese capital Beirut |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Adjective for school activities that aren't class extracurricular |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: It's a noun meaning anything that can't happen impossibility |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Heidegger espoused this philosophy that stresses individual choice existentialism |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: To have an insufficient amount of startup cash for a business enterprise undercapitalize |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: When a man sees a woman only as a thing serving his needs, not as a person, that's this process objectification |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $400: Magic has been banned by Uther Pendragon in the Syfy series about this title youthful wizard Merlin |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $800: This Fox show transitions between our universe & one in which the World Trade Center still stands Fringe |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $1200: One episode in the last season of this show was titled "The Bar Manager, the Shrink, His Wife & Her Lover" Cheers |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $1600: The sanguine opening to this Showtime series shows the title character killing a mosquito Dexter |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 6-LETTER TV SHOWS $2000: The title character from this animated FX show works for the International Secret Intelligence Service Archer |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $400: D'Artagnan Dumas |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $800: Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit" (John) Updike |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $1200: Esmeralda & Claude Frollo (Victor) Hugo |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $1600: Catherine Earnshaw Emily Brontë |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $2,000 (Daily Double): Paul Baumer, a young German soldier Erich Maria Remarque |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $400: "An unenclosed wood"; see it for the trees forest |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $800: "Pertaining to oxen or cows" bovine |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $1200: "To ward off", like a champion boxer does to his title defend |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $400: This musical instrument usually has 6 strings a guitar |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $800: It's a feeling of resentment; you may "hold one" against someone who wronged you a grudge |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $1200: A South American cowboy of the pampas, usually of mixed Spanish & Indian ancestry a gaucho |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $2000: This root is seen here ginger |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | LIKE A "G"6 $4,500 (Daily Double): The Greek word for milk gives us this word for a large feature of the skies galaxy |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the top, or a meeting of heads of state a summit |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew bangs on his bongos.) Bongos are generally tuned this 8-toned diatonic interval apart an octave |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This French word for "truth" is often found after "cinema" verite |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It can mean both narrow-minded & also nearsighted myopic |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: The "truth" is it was the Communist Party's newspaper in the USSR Pravda |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Grolier is an online one an encyclopedia |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Legerdemain or sleight of hand prestidigitation |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: From the Latin for "cannot grasp" comes this word meaning "impossible to understand" incomprehensible |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: In 2006 the U.S. Army & the Marine Corps released a new field manual for this word, dealing with rebellion counterinsurgency |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "before the flood", this word refers to something or someone very old antediluvian |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $200: In a classic of American fiction, these 2 boys get a $6,000 reward each after finding money that Injun Joe hid in a cave Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $400: In Julius Caesar's time, this standard Roman military unit comprised about 6,000 men a legion |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $600: In 1815 he sold his collection of more than 6,000 books to the Library of Congress for $23,950 Thomas Jefferson |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $800: In 1991 a 6,000-pound segment of this was put on display at the Reagan Library the Berlin Wall |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $1000: In the 1930s the Chinese Communist First Front Army staged the 6,000-mile retreat known as this the Long March |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A coward is said to have a yellow one down his back streak |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Officially, Prince Albert of Monaco is this "tranquil" kind of highness serene |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This synonym for frugality often precedes "shop" in the names of secondhand stores thrift |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: Meaning "of brass", this brassy adjective describes many a shameless hussy brazen |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: This tiny type of Yorkshire terrier is so small… it might fit in the object of the same name teacup |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 6-WORD BEST PICTURE PLOTS $400: Philly fighter fed by fierce fisticuffs Rocky |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 6-WORD BEST PICTURE PLOTS $800: Acrimony accompanies aberrant Austrian amateur's ascent Amadeus |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 6-WORD BEST PICTURE PLOTS $1200: Suicidal soldier sees Sioux, sights stampede Dances with Wolves |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 6-WORD BEST PICTURE PLOTS $1600: Taking trip, Tom transports toothpick tallier Rain Man |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | 6-WORD BEST PICTURE PLOTS $2000: Card-cheating con men create Chicago chaos The Sting |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This Italian word for the concluding part of a performance is often "grand" finale |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: This synonym for "split" most often describes certain hooves cloven |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A grain or seed of an ear of corn a kernel |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: If that "spring lamb" you bought was really a 3-year-old animal, it should have been labeled this mutton |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: This flowery shade of reddish blue was one of the original Crayola colors violet |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: This adjective that can mean hot & damp or hot & passionate is an alteration of "sweltery" sultry |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a hairpiece.) The name of this long hairpiece is a homonym for a device that turns electric current on & off a switch |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Harry Potter knows that this synonym for sorcerer is also a British slang term meaning "excellent" a wizard |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew wears a thick nylon stocking over one hand.) Because it does not allow light to pass through it, thick nylon, which is not transparent, is described as this, from the Latin for "shaded" opaque |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Any member of the Industrial Workers of the World, even if he's not unsteady wobbly |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Thou knowest, in baseball, swing & miss this many times & thou art out thrice |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It can mean zero, or a coded message cipher |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's a spicy nickname for a redhead ginger |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to an angle depicted on a board.) In the angle ABC the line segments that form the sides of the angle have a common end point, B, called this vertex |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: Relating to the visual organ ocular |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: William Congreve wrote, "Heaven has no rage, like love to" this opposite "turned" hatred |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A piece of harness, or what the horse may do when it's put on bridle |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: A jail's temporary detention area where suspects are fingerprinted the lockup |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Screwball comedies are either zany or this word that includes an old synonym for "head" madcap |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A craven poltroon a coward |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | 6 FEET, UNDER $400: Louisiana's legal code is based on a code developed by this 5'6" European, also known as "The Corsican" Napoleon |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | 6 FEET, UNDER $800: By the age of 10, this 2'1" young man had already visited President Polk & the queen of Spain Tom Thumb |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | 6 FEET, UNDER $1200: At 5'4" tall, he's the shortest president James Madison |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | 6 FEET, UNDER $1600: This "Rape of the Lock" poet was struck with a childhood illness that never allowed him to grow over 4'6" Pope |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | 6 FEET, UNDER $2000: This king of the Franks with a diminutive title was the son of Charles Martel Pepin the Short |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Your Uncle Marty can't believe you bought that sweater this way when he owns 3 garment factories retail |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The earlier-in-the-sentence counterpart of latter former |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: "Admire" has the same Latin root as this, a household item commonly used for admiration mirror |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's an alternate name for a high school yearbook an annual |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates the proper way to hang Old Glory.) When hanging a flag in a window, this rectangular corner section should be to the left of the viewer the canton |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: From the Arabic for "journey", it's an overland journey in Eastern Africa for hunting or exploring safari |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: In "My Darling Clementine", the two places where the miner forty-niner excavated for a mine a canyon & a cavern |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: From the Latin mansio, "house", this adjective describes degrading work, perhaps done by a servant menial |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: Later versions of this light, sharp-pointed sword are used only for thrusting & have no cutting edges rapier |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: The two main types of this fungus that attacks plants are powdery & downy mildew |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Fishy name for light pink with a yellowish tinge salmon |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: In Esperanto this day of the week is Vendredo Friday |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: It's discrimination against & stereotyping of older people ageism |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Used on citrus fruits, it's the item seen here zester |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): In slang, they're the 5-0 or the Po-Po's police |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: This ancient device performs mathematical processes by beads moving along parallel rods an abacus |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This word describes an anchor that is free of the bottom so that a ship can sail aweigh |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: To speak evasively, or a light crisp battercake baked in a specific appliance waffle |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Salesmen have long known that you "don't sell the steak", you "sell" this the sizzle |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A sulking, petulant child, or a long-legged pigeon a pouter |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A record from years ago that's still worth listening to is an oldie but this Goodie |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A nervous laugh: 3 of its 6 letters are "G"s Giggle |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: Wooden box where a vampire "saws logs" Coffin |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: From the Latin for "lake", it's a shallow body of water near the sea; Brooke Shields lived by a blue one Lagoon |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: You'll find caramel & this sweet filling inside a Milky Way candy bar Nougat |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | THE "6"th SENSE $100: In the old saw, it precedes "Half a dozen of the other" 6 of 1 |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | THE "6"th SENSE $200: Tod Stiles & Buzz Murdock cruised America in a 1960 Corvette in this TV series Route 66 |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | THE "6"th SENSE $300: Ah, yes, I remember it well, this year of the original "Woodstock Music & Art Fair" 1969 |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | THE "6"th SENSE $400: According to Tennyson, the number of men in the Light Brigade during its fateful charge The 600 |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | THE "6"th SENSE $500: In both an Iron Maiden hit song & the apocalypse of St. John, it's the number of the beast 666 |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: "I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot" this assistant to him the deputy |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: From Persian for "market", it's the type of marketplace seen here bazaar |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: It can be a caption, an explanation of symbols on a map, or a myth legend |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Knock someone off the throne, or testify under oath depose |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Place your troops in battle positions deploy |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $200: Meg Ryan was in "I.Q." with Walter Matthau, who was in this Oliver Stone initial film with Kevin JFK |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $400: F. Murray Abraham was in "Amadeus" with Tom Hulce, who did this National Lampoon movie with Kevin Animal House |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $600: Boris Karloff did "The Raven" with Jack Nicholson, who was in this Navy courtroom drama with Kevin A Few Good Men |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $800: Cindy Crawford was in "Fair Game" with William Baldwin, who did this medical school thriller with Kevin Flatliners |
| #3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $1000: Alex Trebek was in "Short Cuts" with Fred Ward, who acted in this underground peril film with Kevin Tremors |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Popular for knickknacks, it's the shelf above a fireplace Mantle |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: It can be a chest of drawers or a federal agency Bureau |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It means composed of many different or clashing elements, like musician Tommy Lee's Crue Motley |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Japanese for "tray planting", it's the art of growing dwarfed trees & shrubs Bonsai |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: Caused by oxidation, it's the greenish film that forms on copper or old bronze Patina |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $200: In 1941 this dictator replaced Vyacheslav M. Molotov as Soviet premier Josef Stalin |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $400: Yale architecture student Maya Yang Lin won a 1981 competition to design this memorial the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $600: This leader of the Silver Bullet Band was born on May 6, 1945 in Michigan Bob Seger |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1957 this senator received a Pulitzer Prize for his book about decisive moments of famous Americans John F. Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $1000: In 1960 Princess Margaret married this photographer in Westminster Abbey; they were divorced in 1978 Lord Snowden (Antony Armstrong-Jones) |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: To be or not to be, it's a very small village hamlet |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A football maneuver, or a common term for fishing gear tackle |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: A male goose, or a glance gander |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: In medicine, it's the opposite of malignant benign |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It can be a case for a sword, or a close-fitting dress sheath |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the implement needed to play tennis or badminton a racket |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: It can refer to a pack of dogs, or a place to board them a kennel |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: Type of person Nicholas Murray Butler described as "one who knows more and more about less and less" an expert |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: From the Latin for "worm", it's the term for destructive, disease-carrying critters such as lice or rats vermin |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It gives a teacher permanent status tenure |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $100: If you run something up the flagpole, you've used this simple machine of a rope over a wheel the pulley |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $200: The gentler the slope on it, the easier it is to push a load up this simple machine an inclined plane |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $300: Driven by blows from a hammer, it's used to split logs or to raise a heavy load a wedge |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $400: A winch, like one that raises a bucket in a well, is an example of a wheel & this an axle |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | THE 6 SIMPLE MACHINES $500: The distance between the threads on this simple machine is called the pitch a screw |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A man's hairpiece a toupée |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: To get one's bearings, or another term for the Far East orient |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: To move about hurriedly, or a framework formerly worn by women to puff out their skirts bustle |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the club-shaped tool used to pound substances in a mortar pestle |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin word for "bear", it's an adjective meaning bearlike ursine |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the type of "pie" that apologetic people are said to eat humble |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: It can be a protective covering above a walkway, or an ornamental covering above a bed canopy |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a horse's natural gait between a trot & a gallop a canter |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A brief period of heavy trading on the stock market, or a brief snowfall a flurry |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It's a sacred word or formula that's repeated in prayer or meditation a mantra |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A Louisianan of French descent, or his dialect Creole |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A railroad locomotive, or any machine that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy an engine |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: Edere is Latin for "to eat" & this is English for "fit to eat" edible |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin for "storehouse", this word can refer to the bottom of the standings in an athletic league the cellar |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): From a nickname for Margaret, it's a member of the crow family known for its chattering call a magpie |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: From old French meaning "to dine", it's the chief meal of the day Dinner |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A threat, like Dennis Mitchell Menace |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a shrill cry, made by a chicken after laying an egg Cackle |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This metal pot with a lid can be used to make stew or brew tea Kettle |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: This disease caused by a lack of vitamin C is characterized by bleeding gums & extreme weakness Scurvy |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $100: Seraphim have 6 of them: 2 to cover their faces, 2 to cover their feet & 2 to fly with wings |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $200: It broke out June 5, 1967 the Six-Day War |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $300: The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet, it corresponds to our 26th zeta |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $400: Among the 6 counties that make up this country are Londonderry & Down Northern Ireland |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 6 $500: This holiday is the 6th Sunday in Lent Palm Sunday |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: In a cheer it follows "Hip, hip" hooray |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: This sauce served with fish is usually made with mayonnaise, pickles, onions, olives & capers tartar sauce |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: 1 of 6 openings at the sides & corners of a pool table pocket |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The name of this highly spiced sausage comes from the Latin word for "salt" salami |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: From an old form of "to maim", it's random or wilful damage mayhem |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: From a Greek word for desolate, it's a crab or a person who's withdrawn from society Hermit |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: This adjective refers to anything oxlike or cowlike Bovine |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: The enclosure over a plane's cockpit or the layer of the tallest treetops in a forest Canopy |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This frothy dessert is made of sweetened & flavored whipped cream & is frozen without stirring Mousse |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: U.S. Navy petty officer who performs clerical duties, or Janice Rand's rank on "Star Trek" Yeoman |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: The title of a 1982 book said "Real Men Don't Eat" this pastry shell filled with custard quiche |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It can be a pointed post, a worker on strike or a sentinel a picket |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: To consult with someone or to bestow an honor confer |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The East, or cause to face toward the east the Orient |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Now a tyrant or dictator, it was once an honorary title applied to the Byzantine emperor a despot |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $200: This "clock" bird's scientific name is Cuculus canorus cuckoo |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $400: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest parrot |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $600: Eagles & hawks can also be used in the sport named for this bird falcon |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $800: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant grouse |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $1000: This diving bird of the auk family is distinguished by its colorful, triangular beak puffin |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A geisha's garb a kimono |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Nonsense talk, or the technical language of a trade jargon |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Type of book in which debits, credits & money transactions are recorded a ledger |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: While equine pertains to a horse, this pertains to a bear ursine |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A papal ambassador or representative a nuncio (a legate) |
| #1396, aired 1990-10-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Imitate without meaning, like a talking bird parrot |
| #1396, aired 1990-10-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A greeting that means "peace" in Arabic, or the bow that can accompany it salaam |
| #1396, aired 1990-10-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: Pigs do it in their pens & people do it in luxury or self-pity wallow |
| #1396, aired 1990-10-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A small decorative hole in fabric, or a small hole for shoelaces eyelet |
| #1396, aired 1990-10-01 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: The "Great" one ended when Martin V was elected Pope in 1417 Schism |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A champagne bottle holding about 2/5ths of a gallon a magnum |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A person who chooses to die for his religious beliefs a martyr |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: Any of numerous plaid patterns worn by Scottish clans a tartan |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A footman's uniform or a stable where horses & carriages are hired out a livery |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the implement carried by the grim reaper a scythe |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: An East African hunting expedition a safari |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A commemorative tablet or a thin film of bacteria-laden mucus on a tooth plaque |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It describes a mixture of incongruous elements or a rock & roll crew motley |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This word meaning a noisy uproar is a corruption of Bethlem, a British madhouse bedlam |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It usually refers to goods that are tossed overboard to lighten a ship jetsam |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: The second book of the Old Testament & the event described there Exodus |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Marilyn Quayle's profession, although she hasn't practiced in years lawyer |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: To exhale, or to stop breathing entirely expire |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: In "Clementine", the 2 places where the miner, 49er, was excavating for a mine in a canyon, in a cavern |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A bodice for women that ties behind the neck, or a device made of leather to restrain a horse a halter |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A type of bed, apartment or marital status single |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: According to the old kids' riddle, 1 of the 3 people present when you're alone in a room myself |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Strip of wood used to secure a hatch or keep a sail flat batten |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: 1st applied to the people who fled the French Revolution, it now refers to any refugee émigré |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Matthew 5:29 says, "If thy right eye" does this to "thee, pluck it out" offend |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: You might hear someone yell this word in the forest just before a loud crash timber |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Word that can precede lancer or tiger Bengal |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Americans say it when they want you to hurry; Italians say it when they answer the telephone pronto |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A bank employee, or Penn's partner in prestidigitation a teller |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: "Sitting" this way you not only look good, you're in a good position pretty |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: It's Latin for 1 ring, not 3 circus |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: The height of a person's popularity; for Willie Mays it was, say... as a giant heyday |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It can precede house, harvest, & access tuning random |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: Word describing someone born under the influence of Jupiter, the planet of happiness jovial |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: It'll hold down a boat or a newscast anchor |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a synonym for to follow or a pseudonym for Lamont Cranston shadow |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: The large hairpieces worn by British judges gave rise to this slang term for "important person" big wig |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This unit of the Roman army consisted of 3,000-6,000 infantry & up to 200 cavalry men the legion |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: The medical term for nearsightedness myopia |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A niche in the wall, or a pause between classes at grade school recess |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A sand trap for Edith or Archie bunker |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: 3 miles, or a group of bowling teams league |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: This word often preceding "aforethought" can mean ill will or a desire to inflict harm on another malice |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the oldest alloy known to humans bronze |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: You can blow one with a mixture of soap & water or with some types of gum a bubble |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: The only Beatle with a 6-letter last name Lennon |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: This spout at the end of a gas hose is a diminutive form of nose nozzle |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Coarsely woven cloth made from jute or hemp fibers, it's used in potato sacks burlap |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 states that fit this category Oregon & Hawaii (Kansas, Nevada, Alaska) |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A male feline, even if his name isn't Thomas a tomcat |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Some people enjoy dashing through the snow in this if it's open & has 1 horse a sleigh |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It means "little corn seed", not little army officer a kernel |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The upper corner of a flag, or one of the Swiss states a canton |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: This fancy name for a meal sounds like you've gone by it again a repast |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: On "Sesame Street", the Muppet Oscar is described as one of these a grouch |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Annapolis's goat, or the Army mule, for example a mascot |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: In lunch counter slang, "axle grease" means this butter |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A receptacle, often funnel shaped, used in delivering grain hopper |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: A word meaning "to harass" comes from the practice of baiting this animal the badger |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Around the house it could refer to a caster, a curler or the cylinder on which a shade is wound roller |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Asset easily convertible to cash are described as this liquid |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: From the Latin for "body", it's a dead one corpse |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A painful experience that tests character, trial by it is tough ordeal |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: Polonius said of Hamlet, "Though this be madness, yet there is" this "in't" method |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100 (Daily Double): A common tool or the last name of the composer of the following: [Instrumental music plays] hammer |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A strong desire for affection or food hunger |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: Despite its name, it's a friendly inn for youthful travelers hostel |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: A young cow, often one who hasn't yet given birth heifer |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: From Latin for "the ground", it means marked by meekness or modesty humble |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: What you do to your opponents to get a contract in bridge, or an antique at an auction outbid |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: A 3-beat gait slower than a gallop canter |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $700 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 dwarfs in Disney's "Snow White..." who fit this category Sneezy & Grumpy (and Sleepy) |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: It's from an old French word which originally meant to be out of one's cape escape |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS $100: After being wounded in Revolutionary War battle of Trenton, he probably needed some doctrine James Monroe |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS $200: The Iranians held the U.S. embassy hostages until he left office Jimmy Carter |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS $300: Like Coolidge before him, he was sworn in by former president Taft Herbert Hoover |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS $400: His administration created the National Security Council, which was in the news a lot in 1987 Harry Truman |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS $500: Among the White House renovations he made was cleaning out Garfield's cabinet Chester Arthur |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Originally from the Greek word for "city", "honesty is the best" one policy |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: The name of this popular vegetable is from the word "batata" in Taino, a West Indies language the potato |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: As your grammar teacher taught you, it's what you call the noun that receives the action of the verb object |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: To relax, or to loosen the mainspring unwind |
| #707, aired 1987-10-06 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: An apparatus that keeps your toes toasty, or '30s gangster slang for a pistol a heater |
| #707, aired 1987-10-06 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: Put a loony in the bin, perpetrate a murder, or place something in your memory commit |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A shelter for dogs, it's from the Latin "canis" meaning "dog" kennel |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A hard or chewy candy made of brown sugar & butter toffee |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: On July 25, 1986, Los Angeles saw it at 7:59 p.m. PDT sunset |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: In Matthew, chapters 5-7, Jesus delivered one "on the mount" sermon |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: This lighter-than-air element only rose to #2 on the periodic chart helium |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Walk like a duck waddle |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 suits you can bid in bridge that fit the category spades and hearts |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): As a TV title, it stood alone, came after "The Smith", & before "Affair" Family |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: To amass, which is what he did in "The Wheeler Dealers" garner |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Drive away, get rid of, or scatter; you do it to fears, rumors, & myths dispel |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A new nun novice |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A Dan that races at Indianapolis, or a stretcher that races into the E/R Gurney |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: A large Indian crocodile, or a large Central Park thing mugger |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Type of pigeon that doesn't need AAA maps a homing pigeon |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: To cut something off, like a magazine subscription to cancel |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: From Latin "robur" meaning "oak", we get this word for possessing great strength robust |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: To scoop the mud from the bottom of a channel or harbor; police do it to find the body to dredge |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: Petty officer in the U.S. Navy who performs clerical duties, or Janice Rand on "Star Trek" yeoman |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: 3 miles, or the one for women voters league |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Celtic for “from the red marsh”, it was glamorous Marilyn's surname Monroe |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: Direction taken by Christian soldiers when marching as to war onward |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Most cats will do this "upon" most mice pounce |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: An Easton, or a Queen of the Jungle Sheena |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: French for "again" encore |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It can be found in a mixing bowl or a baseball box batter |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): 6-letter word in the title of the following: "Every single day / Every word you say / Every game you play / Every night you stay / I'll be watching you / Oh, can't you see / You belong to me?..." breath |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: A niche in the wall, or a pause in the class recess |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: Describes the age in Europe between 500 & 1450 A.D. middle |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It "barks" out Bach in your stereo a woofer |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | 6-LETTER WORDS $600: A trite or hackneyed expression, in Mad magazine it can be "horrifying" a cliché |
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