#9182, aired 2024-10-15 | HARD 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This word means you've either been given lodging or received a grisly punishment of yore quartered |
#9182, aired 2024-10-15 | HARD 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Old is new again with this word paired with "will"--it's a will that distributes property testament |
#9182, aired 2024-10-15 | HARD 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: A single letter longer than cavalier is this related Spanish word for a gentleman or horseman a caballero |
#9182, aired 2024-10-15 | HARD 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: Combining words meaning "conceited" & "fame & honor", it refers to excessive boasting over one's achievements vainglory |
#9182, aired 2024-10-15 | HARD 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: The prudent person rule requires this type of person in charge of another's money to act in the interest of the beneficiary fiduciary |
#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Fountains, Roman candles & ground spinners are types of these fireworks |
#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Let's take a pregnant pause for this term of 3 months trimester |
#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: Found in Motrin, it's derived from propionic acid ibuprofen |
#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: You could "transcend blockchain barriers" at 2023's Icon Hyperbuild, this type of event for computer programmers a hackathon |
#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $3,600 (Daily Double): This verb can mean to create through skill, or to construct a lie or forgery fabricate |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $200: It's the number of square feet in a square yard 9 |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $400: A silver wedding anniversary celebrates this many years of marriage 25 |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $600: In 1986 Michigan became the first state to offer a prepaid college tuition plan now called this a 529 plan |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $800: Tradition says Martin Luther posted this many theses to the door of a castle church in 1517 95 |
#8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $1000: A standard 88-key piano has this many white keys 52 |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: One of these "after the fact" helps commit a crime & subsequently may be charged with obstruction of justice accessory |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: There's a "Q" in this word referring to any nickname a sobriquet |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: The Goldilocks Zone refers to planets thought to be this habitable |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: A son of Zeus tormented by fruit beyond his grasp led to this verb meaning "to tease" tantalize |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: The Latin word for French is in this word that means to make something French in attitude or language gallicize |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | 9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS $400: The mathematical operation of deducting a number subtraction |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | 9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS $800: If back in the day IBM made a jumbo machine that was your company's only computer, it was known as this 9-letter type a mainframe |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | 9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: From Latin for "war", as a noun it can mean a nation involved in a war belligerent |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | 9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: A Fellini film gave us this word for a type of photographer a paparazzi |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | 9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS $2000: From German & Yiddish, it's the act of offering unsolicited advice to someone who's playing a game kibbitzing |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $400: A single action of pressing a letter or other button on a computer console keystroke |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $800: It's the instructional item being used here a kickboard |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $1200: This word is from the Greek for "thousand" & "measure" kilometer |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $2,000 (Daily Double): One who uses political influence to put another in power a kingmaker |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | "K" 9 $2000: It's what Russian-American inventor Vladimir Zworykin called his early TV picture tube a kinescope |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $400: This fruit may sometimes appear on a peach tree nectarine |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $800: This word for a new word actually goes back to the 18th century neologism |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $1200: Name shared by the first operational stealth aircraft & a nocturnal bird, their prey never sees either one coming Nighthawk |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $1600: It's a feeling of sentimental yearning for the past nostalgia |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $2000: Seen here is the current version of the new castle that gives this Swiss city its name Neuchâtel |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: B or C, but not A or E a consonant |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Varieties of this citrus fruit include Murcott & Dancy tangerine |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a customary code of proper behavior or formalities in society etiquette |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: To take the water out of something dehydrate |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: This chemical that makes chili peppers hot is used in pepper sprays & topical painkillers capsaicin |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | POSSESSION IS 9/10 $800: There is no Sigourney Weaver, only Zuul, & what a lovely singing voice Zuul must have in this 1984 movie Ghostbusters |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | POSSESSION IS 9/10 $1200: Day-o! Daaaay-o! A dinner party takes a very unexpected musical turn in this! this! this! 1988 Tim Burton film Beetlejuice |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | POSSESSION IS 9/10 $1600: We're "conjuring" a series of films with this demoniacally possessed title girl doll that delved into "Creation" in 2017 Annabelle |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | POSSESSION IS 9/10 $2000: Playing himself in "This is the End", this "Superbad" actor got possessed superquick Jonah Hill |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | "K"-9, -10 & -11 $400: & Here's the pitch! This slow... erratic... maddening... baseball pitch a knuckleball |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | "K"-9, -10 & -11 $800: It supports your motorcycle while you're away a kickstand |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | "K"-9, -10 & -11 $1200: Proverbially, it precedes "drag-out fight" knockdown |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | "K"-9, -10 & -11 $1600: It's the insect-eating bird with a royal-sounding name, seen here a kingfisher |
#8129, aired 2020-01-02 | "K"-9, -10 & -11 $2000: A nightmarish bureaucracy may be described by this adjective, from the name of a 20th century author Kafkaesque |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: It means toward the rear & is also a polite word for the part you sit on posterior |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: "S" is for "soft" in the name of this easily carved rock. It's basically talc soapstone |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | "IO"-9 $200: Cat killer, or NASA rover curiosity |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | "IO"-9 $400: To be verklempt is to be considered very this emotional |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | "IO"-9 $600: In sushidom, California rolls often include fish called this type of "crab" imitation |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | "IO"-9 $800: A permit to drive a taxi; one in a big city has sold for as much as $1.3 million a medallion |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | "IO"-9 $1000: Referring to a standard of judgment, this word comes before an important "Collection" of classic movies Criterion |
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $200: Proverbially, one of these "in time saves 9" a stitch |
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $400: When the new year on the Roman calendar was March 1, this was the 9th month--remember your Latin, or use your fingers November |
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $600: 9-volt batteries were introduced to power these radios pressed to 1950s teenagers' ears transistor radios |
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $800: The first recorded sighting of the 9-banded species of this in the U.S. was in Texas in 1849 the armadillo |
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 | 9...9 $1000: This 9-headed serpent of Greek myth was a tough customer; cut off one head & 2 would grow in its place the hydra |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $200: Farrah Fawcett passed away & pilot Sully Sullenberger made a miracle landing on the Hudson 2009 |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $400: The U.S. Constitution went into effect & the new Congress met for the first time 1789 |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $600: Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule 1989 |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $1000: The Second Boer War began & Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published 1899 |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $5,800 (Daily Double): A year before the Pilgrims even landed, a Thanksgiving of sorts was held by newly arrived settlers to Virginia 1619 |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $200: It's a swimming stroke as well as a type of wrestling, skiing & skating freestyle |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $400: In a fairy tale Jack climbs it to a magic castle in the clouds a beanstalk |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $600: Types of this, which is often unleavened, include tortilla, pita & chapati flatbread |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $800: This type of combatant is seen in the painting "Thumbs Down" a gladiator |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | 9 (LETTER WORDS) $1000: In math, it's the set of real numbers; in "Star Trek", the space-time one got messed with quite a bit a continuum |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: It's the old-timey mustache seen here a handlebar |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Got milk? One of Wisconsin's nicknames is "America's" this Dairyland |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A crime similar to kidnapping, or, medically, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body abduction |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the branch of astronomy that studies the origin & structure of the universe cosmology |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: According to Genesis, on the second day God created this, which he called heaven the firmament |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | "K"9 $400: It's equal to about .62 miles a kilometer |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | "K"9 $800: A person who has the power to influence the selection of someone for higher office a kingmaker |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | "K"9 $1200: In this movie Jean-Claude Van Damme learns Thai martial arts to avenge his brother Kickboxer |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | "K"9 $1600: Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than" this (he had a lot of both) knowledge |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | "K"9 $2000: Literally "coiled", this concept envisions latent energy coiled at the base of the spine until activated by yoga Kundalini |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $200: In one version of the story, King Arthur obtains this from the Lady of the Lake Excalibur |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $400: It's an adjective describing the shape seen here hexagonal |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It means to place side by side for comparison juxtapose |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Any limb of the body an extremity |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Put 2 letters before a word for nasty fumes to get this word for nasty behavior obnoxious |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $400: Nine-ball is a standard pro variant of pocket these billiards |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $800: Ether, time, space, soul & mind team up with these better-known 4 as the 9 substances of the universe in Hinduism earth, wind (or air), water and fire |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $1200: This Californian was long seen as the swing vote of the nine on the U.S. Supreme Court Kennedy |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $1600: These mythological warrior women served as the 9 handmaidens of Odin the Valkyrie |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 9 $2000: The ninth of his name, this French king led the seventh crusade, but was captured in 1250 & had to be ransomed Louis |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Don't be this type of person who sounds like a type of pest and is a litterbug |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Impossible to erase or wash away, such as certain inks indelible |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: While eating barbecued ribs, it helps to have this small piece of cloth that often follows "moist" a towelette |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Teddy Roosevelt took this term from "Pilgrim's Progress" to refer to one who digs up scandal about famous people muckraker |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: A herbicide is used to kill weeds & this similar-sounding pesticide is specifically used to kill worms vermicide |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Sodom was destroyed by fire & it brimstone |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Fiefs were part of this social system that was a big hit in the Middle Ages feudalism |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: A city in Iowa, or a type of sofa a davenport |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: For normal depth perception, the eyes work together in this type of vision binocular |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: This type of belt worn by gunmen has little slots to hold extra ammunition a bandolier |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This canvas or polyethylene item is used to cover athletic fields as protection from the rain tarpaulin |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: To render beautiful or add fictitious details to a story embellish |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: In 2015 Denis Mikhaylov set a world record by running 80.53 miles in 12 hours on this treadmill |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Greek for "2 sounds", it's the name of the transition sound like that made by the "O-I" in "boil" diphthong |
#7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: A punny riddle conundrum |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A practice session between 2 units of the same sports team scrimmage |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: This peace officer has less authority than a sheriff & is empowered to serve warrants & make arrests constable |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers fledgling |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a colonnade surrounding an open area peristyle |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: It's the cord you were born to lose umbilical |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: If I had a wooden hammer, I'd play this instrument here a xylophone |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Dear contestants, it means earnestly or honestly.
This adverb,
Alex Trebek sincerely |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Random House describes it as "a greenish blue or bluish green" & ooo, sorry... aquamarine has 10 letters turquoise |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: "V" know this adjective means lively or animated vivacious |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This mark of punctuation combines 2 other punctuation marks semicolon |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This fuse or percussion cap is used to set off an explosive charge detonator |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: The derivation & history of a word etymology |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: In computer lingo, it's the reduced "digital" image of a graphic used so that multiple images can be viewed on a page thumbnail |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the Latin for "rise up", it's one who rebels against an established government; today it's often used to mean "terrorist" insurgent |
#6477, aired 2012-11-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: This clue has 10 of these segments of speech syllables |
#6477, aired 2012-11-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: In consumer-speak it's the opposite of retail wholesale |
#6477, aired 2012-11-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: To stuff & cover a sofa upholster |
#6477, aired 2012-11-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): A standard of measurement, especially one 3 feet long a yardstick |
#6477, aired 2012-11-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: End-of-the-alphabet black vinifera grape used in making wine Zinfandel |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $200: Daniel Okrent:
"Nine ____: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game" Innings |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $400: John Buchan, filmed by Hitchcock:
"The Thirty-Nine ____" Steps |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $600: Elizabeth McNeill:
"Nine and a Half ____" Weeks |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $800: Jeffrey Toobin:
"The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the ____ ____" Supreme Court |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | TITLE 9 $1000: J.D. Salinger:
"Nine ____" Stories |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | SO VERY JANUARY 9 $200: 1570:
Suspecting a revolt in the city of Novgorod, this man captured the city & executed many there Ivan the Terrible |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | SO VERY JANUARY 9 $400: 2007:
Ending years of intense speculation, Apple introduced this product the iPhone |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | SO VERY JANUARY 9 $600: 1987:
This country's forces launched a major offensive against the Iraqi city of Basra Iran |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | SO VERY JANUARY 9 $800: 1861:
This state seceded, prompting Jefferson Davis to leave the U.S. Senate Mississippi |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | SO VERY JANUARY 9 $1000: 1960:
Construction began on the high dam at this Egyptian location Aswan |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: To pump, fade or hang ten, you'll need this piece of equipment a surfboard |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Chemical weedkiller an herbicide |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: This removable footway connects a ship with a pier a gangplank |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: This type of computer program is available for free on a trial basis; then a fee is paid for continued usage shareware |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew rubs her finger on a glass.) Rubbing your finger on the rim causes the glass to vibrate; the sound's pitch is due to this 9-letter term, the number of vibrations per second frequency |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A stone marker on a grave, or an Old West Arizona town a tombstone |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: The non-returning type of this Australian weapon is used for hunting a boomerang |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: You hear this term meaning a term of 3 months a lot regarding pregnancy a trimester |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: Seen here are the remnants of one of these star imploding & exploding transformations a supernova |
#6189, aired 2011-07-07 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a plot of land on which many different trees are grown for study or display an arboretum |
#5647, aired 2009-03-10 | 9-LETTER POTPOURRI $400: You won't see Edyta Sliwinska performing this, done by Southwest Indians in August to bring precipitation a rain dance |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: This cold-induced condition can progress dangerously from tingling to gangrene frostbite |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Hirsute arachnid of the Theraphosidae family a tarantula |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: A synonym for "ludicrous parody", it's also the bawdy type of entertainment seen here burlesque |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A branch of science, or a sympathetic rapport between 2 people chemistry |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Starry navigational instrument seen here an astrolabe |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Impossible to read because of poor handwriting illegible |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the instrument heard here an accordion |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: Cattle, sheep & other useful animals raised on a farm livestock |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: A person in a savage, primitive state, like Conan (no, not O'Brien, the other one) a barbarian |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: 270 is the magic number for this "college" of U.S. politics the Electoral College |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: This enclosed glass container is used to keep plants & small animals such as turtles & lizards terrarium |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: When its wind speed hits 74 MPH, a tropical storm is then designated one of these hurricane |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: In this dive, you bend in midair to touch the toes while keeping the legs straight, then straighten the body jackknife |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This identifying design pressed into some paper products dates back to late 13th century Italy watermark |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Some believe this substance emanates from a medium during a seance ectoplasm |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $200: Number of Snow White's height-challenged housemates 7 |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $400: The one that starts with 2 vowels 8 |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $600: In the famous Christmas poem, Santa's sleigh is pulled by this many tiny reindeer 8 |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $800: Number of classic "Ancient Wonders" that included the Colossus of Rhodes 7 |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 7, 8 OR 9 $1000: Some people compare happiness to being on this number cloud 9 |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Forms of this atmospheric phenomenon include forked, streak & ball lightning |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This noun can precede chair, terrier or pudding Yorkshire |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: From the Latin for "make similar", it's an exact duplicate facsimile |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: From the French for "to relate", it's one who tells stories & anecdotes with wit & skill raconteur |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Italian poet who won 1959 Nobel Prize, or a Victor Hugo character Quasimodo |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A children's game, it can also serve as a verb meaning to move around making irregular jumps hopscotch |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This British dependency is one of the southernmost points on the Iberian Peninsula Gibraltar |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's from a Latin word meaning "sword"; Russell Crowe played one in an Oscar-winning movie gladiator |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: A flesh-eater a carnivore |
#4581, aired 2004-07-05 | 9-LETTER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): A descendant of 17th century Dutch settlers in South Africa Afrikaner |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Greek for "treasury", it's a treasury of synonyms & antonyms Thesaurus |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This explosive substance originally consisted of saltpeter, charcoal & sulfur Gunpowder |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: This term for a broad, tree-lined street comes from the Dutch for "bulwark" Boulevard |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Worn as a symbol of penitence, this garment is made of camel or goat hair Sackcloth |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: This square dance of French origin is composed of 5 formations & danced by 4 couples Quadrille |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: This type of coniferous tree can be broad-leafed or needle-leafed & includes pines, firs & cedars Evergreen |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: From a Latin word for "earth", it's a transparent container in which small animals & plants are kept Terrarium |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: This popular pie filling is a mixture of finely chopped apples, spices, suet & sometimes beef Mincemeat |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A gem that is set alone, or one of several card games played by one person Solitaire |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: Cry or screech like a feline in heat Caterwaul |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200 (Daily Double): This brilliant shade of red derives its name from a Latin word for "little worm" Vermilion |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: It's any of the first known inhabitants of a region, especially one from Australia an aborigine |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A collection of stories, or a collection of Beatles songs Anthology |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It's another name for the femur the thighbone |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: It describes a 2-House legislature Bicameral |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: A vortex or a jacuzzi Whirlpool |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a place such as a tank or artificial lake where water is stored a reservoir |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Trees that shed their leaves annually are described by this adjective Deciduous |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Named for a scientist, it means to coat metal with zinc Galvanize |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the derivation of a word, or the study of it Etymology |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: On February 14 this person is singled out as one's sweetheart a valentine |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: This means of transportation often found in a mall is usually angled at 30º from the horizontal an escalator |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: This waterproof canvas covers an athletic field to protect it from the elements a tarpaulin |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: One of these Catholic books of questions & answers was prepared at the Council of Trent in 1566 a catechism |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: This measure of a star's brightness can be apparent or absolute magnitude |
#2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Medically speaking, the flu is short for this influenza |
#2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a public declaration of one's views & motives; Marx & Engels wrote a "communist" one a manifesto |
#2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It describes a person who is able to speak 2 languages fluently bilingual |
#2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A malestrom, or a line of appliances a whirlpool |
#2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: It can be a briefcase for manuscripts or an investor's holdings a portfolio |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: A prominent human nose, or a long, flexible snout a proboscis |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This official at a college keeps records of the enrollment & grades a registrar |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: This system of the Middle Ages was basically an arrangement between lords & vassals feudalism |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Some believe that this luminous substance emanates from a spiritualistic medium ectoplasm |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: This term refers to the art of carving on whalebone or walrus tusk, among other things scrimshaw |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $100: He had a round table that could seat more than 150 King Arthur |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $200: When he sacked Thebes in 336 B.C., he was only about 20 Alexander the Great |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $300: Among his Paladins were Rinaldo & Roland Charlemagne |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $400: Hector was a chieftan of this ancient city around whose walls his body was dragged Troy |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 9 WORTHIES $500: His book is considered the sequel to Deuteronomy Joshua |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken the drumstick |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: This broad tree-lined city street is named from a Middle Dutch word for "bulwark" boulevard |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: Commonly known as weed killer, it's any chemical used to destroy plant life an herbicide |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This collection of literary pieces such as short stories or poems usually has a theme an anthology |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: It's a rolled tortilla stuffed with meat or cheese & served with a chili sauce an enchilada |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: On "The Lawrence Welk Show", Lawrence Welk & Myron Floren both squeezed this instrument the accordion |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Although this state's name may mean "wild rice country", it's better known for cheese Wisconsin |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: Eye shadows, eyeliners & eyebrow pencils, for example cosmetics |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This Finno-Ugric language is also known as Magyar Hungarian |
#1929, aired 1993-01-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: This word for a vivid shade of red comes from the Latin for "little worm" vermilion |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ENDS IN "9" $100: The penultimate year of the 20th century 1999 |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ENDS IN "9" $200: On August 2, 1943 a Japanese destroyer sank this PT boat west of New Georgia Island PT-109 |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ENDS IN "9" $300: Atomic number of einsteinium or role of Barbara Feldon 99 |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ENDS IN "9" $400: This all-purpose spray cleaner is made by Clorox 409 |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | ENDS IN "9" $500: This proverb says do it now or you'll have more to do later a stitch in time saves 9 |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: From the Latin for "sword", this person was trained for combat in the ancient Roman arena gladiator |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a young woman making her entrance into society debutante |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: To ornament with needlework embroider |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: To introduce the virus of a disease into the body in order to cure, immunize or experiment inoculate (or vaccinate) |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: A French raspberry brandy framboise |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: It can mean to ponder on a subject or to purchase with the expectation of profit speculate |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A public officer who keeps the peace, or a British policeman of the lowest order constable |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Semantics is the study of a word's meaning, this is the study of a word's history etymology |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: The name of this children's game can serve as a verb meaning “to leap from place to place” hopscotch |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: In ancient Greece, a politician who championed the masses; now it's one who plays on people's emotions demagogue |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: A kind of pig, pudding & terrier are all named for this district in England Yorkshire |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Type of crime committed when making a "shakedown" blackmail |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Term for a type of tree that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season deciduous |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This Christian observance held on the 7th Sunday after Easter is also called Whitsunday Pentecost |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Christmas falls under this sign of the zodiac Capricorn |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Metaphorically it can refer to paperwork, but it usually means a heavy, rapid snow slide an avalanche |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It describes a potent potable or someone who overindulges in them alcoholic |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This word describes a tool having strong adjustable-toothed jaws like its animal namesake alligator |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: As a teenager, the future Alexander the Great was tutored by this philosopher Aristotle |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: To car buffs, a "mag" was originally a lightweight wheel made of this metal magnesium |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: The name for this popular sausage comes from the Italian word for "(hot) chilis" pepperoni |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: Term for capital letters, from printers' practice of keeping larger type in bins above smaller type uppercase |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: A moveable bridge between ship & shore a gangplank |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: The period during which the collection is taken in church the offertory |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: What you often do if your alarm fails to go off or your spouse doesn't wake you oversleep |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This class of dog is almost always fetching--that's how it got its name a retriever |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: When 2 lines on a graph meet & cross they are said to do this intersect |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): A two-way split, usually into contradictory parts or opinions dichotomy |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: It's 2 or more cars parked obliquely across a street with B. Crawford standing behind them a roadblock |
#830, aired 1988-03-25 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Traditionally, hay fever sufferers have blamed this for their misery, but ragweed is the real culprit goldenrod |
#830, aired 1988-03-25 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): 9-letter word found in the title of the following:
"Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone /
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone /
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang..." jailhouse ("Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley) |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: What an optometrist might make of himself by wearing a lampshade at a party a spectacle |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: An official place to live, or an official period of training for a medical specialist a residence |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: A type of dramatic monologue soliloquy |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: From Latin "to check", it's a formal censure a reprimand |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: A northern grouse with feathered feet; the 1st letter, a "P", is silent a ptarmigan |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: It can be used for a diploma or a car seat cover sheepskin |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Digestive malady you might get from eating too much pizza, popcorn & pickles heartburn, dyspepsia or gastritis |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $300: They do this to stamps so you can separate them easily perforate |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Type of shop specifically dealing in merchandise such as Arpege perfumery |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $500: From Latin for "slippery", it's what Mac down at the garage uses grease to do lubricate |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | 9-LETTER WORDS $200: Imprint loved on fine paper, but hated on a silk dress a watermark |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: Without it, a Shirley Temple just wouldn't be a Shirley Temple grenadine |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: Oedipus unwittingly committed this when he killed his father patricide |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): & an ampersand |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: French for "petticoat", Southern belles wore them to this kind of dance a cotillion |