| #9191, aired 2024-10-28 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE $400: What you sleep in
+
Dwayne Johnson alter ego
=
this foundational material bedrock |
| #9191, aired 2024-10-28 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE $800: Maw
+
a part of something
=
this term for someone who speaks for another mouthpiece |
| #9191, aired 2024-10-28 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE $1200: Paired with "truth" in a contest
+
Beelzebub
=
this thrill-seeker daredevil |
| #9191, aired 2024-10-28 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE $1600: Sultana or Concord
+
a small serving of alcohol
=
this cluster of cannon fire grapeshot |
| #9191, aired 2024-10-28 | COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE $2000: Coarse or rugged
+
skinny part of a guitar
=
this rig-worker a roughneck |
| #9155, aired 2024-07-26 | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR $200: When I ask if you have this kind of pain, I mean is it sharp or sudden, not from an angle of less than 90 degrees acute |
| #9155, aired 2024-07-26 | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR $400: I'm afraid you've broken a brachial bone, brachial meaning a part of this body part your arm |
| #9155, aired 2024-07-26 | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR $600: I've got one of these forecasts for you, from Greek for "prediction" prognosis |
| #9155, aired 2024-07-26 | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR $800: When I say this is "thready", I mean it's barely perceptible & feels kind of like a thin fiber moving under my finger a pulse |
| #9155, aired 2024-07-26 | A WORD FROM YOUR DOCTOR $1000: I need to examine your ear--hold on while I grab this doohickey with a handle & a light that lets me look inside an otoscope |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | A LITTLE WORD MATH $400: The opposite of out
+
to serve drinks at a bar
= this, to have in mind intend (in + tend = intend) |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | A LITTLE WORD MATH $800: An individual edition of a periodical
-
a form to be =
this litigious verb sue (issue - is = sue) |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | A LITTLE WORD MATH $1200: A fixture with a shade +
Spanish for "king"
=
this aquatic sucker lamprey (lamp + rey = lamprey) |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | A LITTLE WORD MATH $1600: A no-fooling state of mind you might be "in"
-
an external organ =
this animal abode nest (earnest - ear = nest) |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | A LITTLE WORD MATH $2000: A religious residence
+
a charged atom =
this big assembly convention (convent + ion = convention) |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $400: In this song Miley Cyrus says, "I can take myself dancing, yeah I can hold my own hand" "Flowers" |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $800: Her No. 1 hits include "Hero", "Emotions" & "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $1200: "This is it, the apocalypse... welcome to the New Age" & this Top 10 hit from Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $1600: It put Cher on top of the charts in 1999 & earned her a Grammy for Best Dance Recording "Believe" |
| #9146, aired 2024-07-15 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $2000: In a Reba McEntire hit, a mother to her daughter: "Here's your one chance", her, "don't let me down" "Fancy" |
| #9138, aired 2024-07-03 | A LONELY WORD $200: A monastery courtyard is in this word meaning "shut in alone" cloistered |
| #9138, aired 2024-07-03 | A LONELY WORD $400: Seclusion, maybe "One Hundred Years of" it solitude |
| #9138, aired 2024-07-03 | A LONELY WORD $600: Delta's program for this type of "minor" offers a trackable wristband for the youngster traveling solo unaccompanied |
| #9138, aired 2024-07-03 | A LONELY WORD $800: This word for a person who lives away from others is in the name of the creature here a hermit |
| #9138, aired 2024-07-03 | A LONELY WORD $1000: Meaning grief or sadness, it precedes "Row" in a song by Bob Dylan & "Angels" in a book by Jack Kerouac Desolation |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | A STATE CAPITAL WORD $200: Celebrating an explorer, a big event of 1893 was the World's this Exposition Columbian |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | A STATE CAPITAL WORD $400: The type of book that tells you where to find a certain word in another book concordance |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | A STATE CAPITAL WORD $600: This Middle Eastern capital city has the Lion of Judah on its city seal Jerusalem |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | A STATE CAPITAL WORD $800: Using up all one's resources is doing this to them, also a word for an experience like a marathon exhausting |
| #35, aired 2024-05-20 | A STATE CAPITAL WORD $1000: The act of yielding control of territory, like of Hong Kong handover |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $400: At the end of this Christopher Nolan film, a shaken Guy Pearce asks, "Now, where was I"? Memento |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $800: Charles Boyer tries to drive Ingrid Bergman crazy in this thriller we're sure you've seen before Gaslight |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1200: Deeming light speed too slow, the villain in this film opts for "ludicrous speed", then things get plaid Spaceballs |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $2000: The title of this Ethan Hawke sci-fi flick is spelled using the letters representing the 4 DNA bases Gattaca |
| #34, aired 2024-05-17 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $7,600 (Daily Double): This Sidney Lumet drama is set at the Union Broadcasting Systems Network |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $400: Amodiaquin (an antimalarial): this protozoan amoeba |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $800: Beidellite (a constituent of some clays): this color beige |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $1200: Leguleian (a pesky attorney): this type of edible veggie legume |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $1600: Rauwolfia (a somewhat poisonous tree): this verb meaning to pillage or plunder ravage |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $2000: Folsomoid (resembling a Folsom spear point): this, to incite a revolution foment |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $200: "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, & we know not where they have laid him" Mary Magdalene |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $400: "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth" Delilah |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $800: "Take this child away, & nurse it for me, & I will give thee thy wages... I drew him out of the water" Pharaoh's daughter |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $1000: "Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, & die" Job's wife |
| #31, aired 2024-05-15 | A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $1,600 (Daily Double): "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts & of thy wisdom" the Queen of Sheba |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | 3-WORD PHRASES $200: If you don't win, perhaps you'll at least go out in one of these luminous conclusions a blaze of glory |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | 3-WORD PHRASES $400: The opposite of dead & buried, this 3-word phrase was the title of a 1985 hit by Simple Minds alive and kicking |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | 3-WORD PHRASES $600: Riders on the London underground are familiar with this equivalent of "watch your step" mind the gap |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | 3-WORD PHRASES $800: From Mercury Control in 1962: "Pilot John Glenn is reporting" this; "He is giving routine reports reading off his instruments" all systems go |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | 3-WORD PHRASES $1000: A 1944 hit song popularized this title meaning to emphasize the good stuff "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This compound word now refers to a woman's purse, but in the 1700s it was a flexible leather folder for keeping papers or bills a pocketbook |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: In Matthew 23 Jesus accuses these people, from the Greek for "actor" or "pretender" hypocrites |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: The chicken is in this sauce, part of Indian cuisine but named from Portuguese for "wine of garlic" vindaloo |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This 4-letter word for antiaircraft fire or criticism is a merciful shortening of the German for "flyer defense cannon" flak |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS $5,000 (Daily Double): A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince" a tycoon |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $200: In the preface to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" we learn that these calming words are on the front of the reference book don't panic |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $400: This catchphrase of Ed McMahon was uttered with creepy efficiency in "The Shining" Here's Johnny |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $600: Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive suit up |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $800: This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn't end with a "-ly" Think Different |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $1000: Written by Sia, this Shakira song from "Zootopia" can be heard in commercials for Disney World "Try Everything" |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $200: 2015 to 2022: Albuquerque attorney's antecedent adventures Better Call Saul |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $400: Ending in 1993:
Boston barflies bond brilliantly Cheers |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $600: 2013 to 2023:
Red Reddington riles rascals The Blacklist |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $800: Debuting in 2003:
Bluth brood's business bungles Arrested Development |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | 4-WORD TV SYNOPSES $1000: 2014 to 2017:
Rapture remnants respond ruefully The Leftovers |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $200: This word can precede cake or suit birthday |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $400: As April 15 approaches, count on seeing the jocular phrase this person "cometh" the taxman |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $600: Chicagoans Marian & Fraser Robinson are seen here in 1964 with son Craig & this daughter Michelle |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $800: A "Glorious" one occurred in England in 1688 when one monarch was replaced with a pair Revolution |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $1000: In winter, the red-winged variety can congregate in flocks of several million blackbird |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $200: Poet Robert stops by the woods on a snowy evening to chomp on a synonym for chomp & develops this chilly condition frostbite |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $200: Colorful in 1877:
"Horse" Black Beauty |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $400: An auto picks up golfer Nicklaus to become this crime carjack |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $600: A Vonnegut novel much about mortality:
"Death" Slaughterhouse-Five |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $600: To bound or leap drinks Macallan to play this kids' playground game hopscotch |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $800: A set of squares like our game board adds a fastener to get nothing done politically gridlock |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $800: Challenging to pre-Civil War Americans:
"Lowly" Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $1000: Evelyn Waugh, re-evaluated... wait, that's not the right word:
"Ryder" Brideshead Revisited |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $1000: A harbor for a ship docks with a loose coat or robe to be this type of word, like spork or mockumentary portmanteau |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | THE KEY WORD IN THE LITERARY SUBTITLE $2,500 (Daily Double): An 1854 series of essays:
"Woods" Walden |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $400: This word can refer to physical nearsightedness or a mental lack of foresight myopia |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $800: This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech the mynah |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $1200: This polyester film from DuPont is useful in making things like survival blankets where heat retention is critical Mylar |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $1600: It's the muscular center layer of your heart wall, & you don't want it infarcted the myocardium |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $2000: According to legend, this prehistoric Greek city was Agamemnon's capital Mycenae |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: Sir Alec Guinness won a Tony for his performance in this play about poet Thomas, not musician Bob Dylan |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $800: In this play named for a Danish city, the spirits of Heisenberg & Niels Bohr come together to discuss a meeting they once had there Copenhagen |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $1200: It ends with Malcolm saying, "So thanks to all at once and to each one, whom we invite to see us crowned at Scone" Macbeth |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $1600: The musical "My Fair Lady" was based on this play by George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $3,000 (Daily Double): This 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner by John Patrick Shanley is set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 Doubt |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $400: The New Testament is full of these stories told to convey a lesson, like the one of the lamp a parable |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $800: Want the perk of being respected for your vocabulary? Then show us you know that "perk" is short for this small privilege perquisite |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $1200: Natation is the act of doing this, & a natatorium is a place to do it swimming |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $1600: Cicatrix is a fancy word for one of these souvenirs of something you may not want to remember a scar |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $6,000 (Daily Double): An armored glove, or a double file of armed men you'd rather not have to "run" a gauntlet |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $300: Dim the lights before asking this "talking board" questions at a sleepover; Hasbro says it's just a game... or is it? Ouija |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $600: The metaphorical divide between political parties; savvy lawmakers learn to reach across it aisle |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $900: Hey Maine-iacs! Should I boil my lobstah or do this to it in a basket, which I've heard gets the meat more tendah steam |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $1200: Emily Dickinson,
Pablo Neruda &
T.S. Eliot,
to name a few poets |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $1500: It's the edible lining of an animal's stomach, or slang for a worthless piece of writing tripe |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The solar system has 8 of these, from Greek for "wanderer" planets |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $400: The word for this liquid derived from crushing fruit like apples comes from Hebrew for "strong drink" cider |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $600: This breakfast fare derives its name from the Roman goddess of agriculture cereal |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This "status" an athlete might want to keep is from Latin for "lover" amateur |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: An Old English word for "sea" gave us this word for the creatures whose singing J. Alfred Prufrock has heard mermaids |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $300: 1994:
Simba defeats Scar The Lion King |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $600: 1997:
Wicked smart janitor Good Will Hunting |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $1200: 1985:
Emilio in detention The Breakfast Club |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $1500: 2001:
John Nash hallucinates A Beautiful Mind |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $3,000 (Daily Double): 1998:
Two Lindsay Lohans The Parent Trap |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $400: Once it meant cunning or ingenuity; now it's a motor engine |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $800: From the 16th to 18th centuries, it went from meaning move suddenly to meaning try playfully to attract someone flirt |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $1200: An adjective meaning gigantic, it came into English in the 1700s to describe huge elephant-like bones found in Siberia mammoth |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $1600: In the mid-1800s it meant a movable board at the back of a wagon; in the mid-1900s it came to describe a type of celebration a tailgate |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $2000: This synonym for jeans comes from the name of a blue cloth that originated in India dungarees |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $200: June 6, 1944 D-Day |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $400: In a 1954 experiment, U.S. Air Force Dr. John Stapp accelerated to 632 miles per hours in five seconds, surviving 46 of these units a g-force |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $600: The most common human blood type (make sure to include whether it's positive or negative) O positive |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $800: A cheap film shown in addition to the main feature a B picture (B movie) |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $1000: Violinist August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the 2nd movement of Bach's "Suite No. 3 in D major" is known as "Air On" this the G String |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE THIRD WORD $200: ...of "The Star-Spangled Banner" can |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE THIRD WORD $400: ...of the Gettysburg Address and (seven) |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE THIRD WORD $600: ...of the hymn "Amazing Grace" how |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE THIRD WORD $800: ...of "A Tale of Two Cities" the |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE THIRD WORD $1000: ...of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution people |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $400: Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company Hershey |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $600: Mr. Jenkins has 3 nickels, 13 dimes & 54 pennies; he can't afford a Phantom from this car company Rolls-Royce |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $800: The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall? Emma Lazarus |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $1000: Bo makes 86 snow-balls in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues? frostbite |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | WORD"LE" $400: In 2019 Volkswagen ended production of this iconic model, at least for now the Beetle |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | WORD"LE" $800: In other words, your collarbone clavicle |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | WORD"LE" $1200: In physics, it's a hypothetical tunnel that could connect different parts of the universe a wormhole |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | WORD"LE" $1600: Texas' state shrub is the crepe this the myrtle |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | WORD"LE" $3,000 (Daily Double): Meaning honorable & worthy of respect or of being revered, it was an epithet applied to Saint Bede venerable |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $400: From the Latin for "middle", it's definitely smaller than large medium |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $800: In 1924 Rogers Hornsby's was .424 (his batting) average |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1200: In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip median |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1600: To intend something, or to be malicious mean |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $2000: If you're as far away from one place as another, you're this 11-letter word equidistant |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $400: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $800: In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $1200: This 2018 film had a wealth of talent that included Awkwafina, Gemma Chan & Lisa Lu Crazy Rich Asians |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $1600: The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.'s family of these includes 50th percentile adult male & 6-year-old weighted child crash test dummy |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $2000: This Elizabeth Gilbert title/set of commands spent 57 weeks as a No. 1 on the N.Y. Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list Eat Pray Love |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $200: A classic toy or a fast food franchise:
JACK jack-in-the-box |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $400: A call to action:
D B1
N B2
A B3
T B4
S B5 stand up and be counted |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $600: A frigid reading:
MBA Phd
273.15 K two degrees above zero |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $800: An extreme weather condition:
King Tiger
Queen Puma
King Chow Chow
Queen Jack Russell reigning cats & dogs |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: Where the ball thrown in my direction conked me:
I COMMUNION I rite between the eyes |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $400: A couple of sounds changed places & the German village of Selters became this fizzy liquid seltzer |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Diplomat Jean Nicot introduced tobacco to France in 1560 & this chemical bears his name nicotine |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: This purplish red color is from the French word for "chestnut" maroon |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: 2 Greek words give us this 10-letter word meaning fear of blood hemophobia |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This synonym for "obsolete" is from Latin for literally "over one year old" superannuated |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $400: French gives us this word for a nativity scene of the baby Jesus in a manger a crèche |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From the French, it's a street urchin; in the feminine form, it can mean a short-haired cutie a gamin |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: This word for a tightrope walker comes from the Latin for "rope walker" funambulist |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This 13-letter adjective meaning keen or clear-sighted comes from Latin for "discerning" perspicacious |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $8,000 (Daily Double): Greek for "forgetting" gives us the name of Hades' river of forgetfulness & this adjective meaning "sluggish" lethargic |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $400: April 23 is an annual celebration of a local hero in this Warwickshire town--& by the way, that middle word has 4 letters Stratford-upon-Avon |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $800: Pétionville is a wealthy suburb of this Caribbean capital Port-au-Prince |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $1600: This spot northwest of Philly got its name from a tavern named for Frederick II King of Prussia |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $2000: This sun-dappled city of southern France is home to famed hot springs & the atelier of Paul Cézanne Aix-en-Provence |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $9,200 (Daily Double): A South American cidade & estado both go by this name Rio de Janeiro |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: "Double, double toil and trouble" is a famous line from this tragedy Macbeth |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $800: This play ends with Salieri saying, "Mediocrities everywhere--now & to come--I absolve you all. Amen!" Amadeus |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $1600: This Pulitzer Prize-winner by Margaret Edson tells of English professor Vivian Bearing, diagnosed with terminal cancer Wit |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $2000: This Moliere comedy about an imposter was first performed for King Louis XIV at Versailles in 1664 Tartuffe |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $2,800 (Daily Double): This August Wilson play about a trash collector & his family was turned into a 2016 film Fences |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $200: A relative by marriage
SI
ST
ER a stepsister |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Workwear with straps
DENIM
_____
ALL ALL denim overalls |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $600: A B-flat woodwind
ECLART a clarinet |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $800: A favorite dinner at my house
GEHRY
CAPRA
GARBANZO
PINTO Franks & beans |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A single serving of a November dessert
☮UMPKIN 3.141592 a piece of pumpkin pie |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $400: Term for a car or a person not requiring a lot of attention & pampering low maintenance |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $800: Myself, as in "You can worry about others if you like; I'm looking out for..." number one |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $1200: An iron mask is the symbol of this oxymoronic band whose albums included "Metal Health" Quiet Riot |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $1600: Dating back to ancient times, these tall mobile constructions were rolled up against wall defenses to launch an attack siege towers |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $2000: Developing gradually in infants, it's the awareness that things still exist even when you can't see them object permanence |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $400: Set in 2009, the federal this is a very meager $7.25 an hour minimum wage |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $1200: Weightlessness in space is sometimes referred to by this numeric term zero gravity |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $1600: Gas & bloating are among the symptoms of this condition, an inability to digest the sugar in dairy products lactose intolerance |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $2000: Appropriately, it's the 2-word Latin name for a type of poem whose theme is living for today carpe diem |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $5,800 (Daily Double): Until the end of the 19th century, this name for a horse racing achievement was only used to describe the papal tiara a Triple Crown |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $200: A Brit place with drinks 'n darts & to put out a newspaper pub & publish |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $400: To provide a ticket free of charge & at least moderately okay at a job comp & competent |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $600: A devotee of a sports franchise & a dream of an unlikely situation that you hope will come true fan & fantasy |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $800: An object used by an actor during a performance & a verb meaning to grow "the species" by breeding prop & propagate |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $1000: Enraged & a kind of vocal piece that was imported to England from Italy mad & madrigal |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $200: Norman Mailer added a suffix to "fact" to get this, now meaning a fact of little importance a factoid |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $400: We didn't have this word for a person who studies the natural & physical world until William Whewell invented it in 1834 a scientist |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $800: Translating a work by Goethe, Thomas Carlyle used this hyphenated term for forgetful, though not to describe a professor absent-minded |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Reviewing a murder mystery in 1930, Donald Gordon coined this inquisitive 3-words-in-one word for a detective story a whodunnit |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $1000: Lewis Carroll coined this word, perhaps as a portmanteau of "chuckle" & "snort" chortle |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: This "porcine" term derived from the way bags were carried on shoulders piggyback |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: Nothing to do with a gospel writer, this word meaning "tepid" comes from Old English lukewarm |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1200: This term for a dashing swordsman comes from his practice of striking his own shield with his sword during combat a swashbuckler |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1600: A cow's cud-chewing ways gave us this word meaning to slowly think something over ruminate |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $2000: The belief that members of the highest social ranks are duty-bound to help the poor is the crux of this 2-word French phrase noblesse oblige |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: For actinium, it's 89 atomic number |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: It's the more common Latin name for the lesser bear constellation Ursa Minor |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1200: This 2-word compound is the main component of both limestone & coral reefs calcium carbonate |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1600: It says that the volume of a gas varies inversely with the pressure on it at constant temperature Boyle's law |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $2000: Copperheads belong to this group of snakes named for the heat-sensitive depressions on each side of the head pit viper |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $200: How about a nice healthy cup of this?
SOUI⊃ split pea soup |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $400: A legendary outlaw
HOROBOD Robin Hood |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Take a hike & take along some of this snack
RIALT trail mix |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $800: New drivers may find it challenging
G
N
I
K
C
A
B backing up |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: It was a hit for Stevie Wonder
M1Y L1I1F1E "For Once In My Life" |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $200: This word suitably introduces us to the fictional Mrs. Maisel & the very real boxing legend Marvin Hagler marvelous |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $400: A spreadsheet program that launched in 1985, or a verb meaning "to surpass" Excel |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $600: The Latin for "price" gives us this word that is perfectly fine in front of "gems" & "metals" precious |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $1000: Whether describing silver or the British pound, this 8-letter word really is great sterling |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PUT IN A GOOD WORD $2,600 (Daily Double): It's a good name for a 350-mile-long lake or the head of a convent Superior |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $400: Makes sense--it once meant the piece of wood behind others in a fireplace; now it's a bunch of unfilled orders a backlog |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $800: Its obsolete meanings include meek & obedient; its solete meaning is bosomy buxom |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $1200: Originally liquid poured out as a sacrifice to a deity, now it's just a fancy word for an alcoholic drink libation |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $1600: It sounds odd now that in "Dracula" the count says, "You will need, after your journey, to refresh yourself by making your" this toilet |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $2000: From Greek for "people" & "leader", historically it meant any popular leader as well as one who misleads the people demagogue |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of this Margaret Wise Brown classic about putting a bunny to bed Goodnight Moon |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1200: Songs in the musical based on this Bret Easton Ellis novel include "Killing Time", "Killing Spree" & Huey Lewis' "Hip To Be Square" American Psycho |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1600: William Makepeace Thackeray not only wrote this novel but illustrated it when it was serialized in the 1840s Vanity Fair |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $2000: Alliterative title of Richard Wright's book about racism & intellectual awakening in the segregated South Black Boy |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $5,600 (Daily Double): Pitcher Jim Bouton issued 50 walks in the 1969 season, so 50 times he heard this title of his season diary Ball Four |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $200: It's something that portends a future event, as in the title of a 1976 horror film omen (The Omen) |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $400: On road signs this 5-letter word is inside a white inverted triangle inside a red inverted triangle yield |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $600: A yellow card in soccer & a yellow flag in auto racing indicate this warning to be careful caution |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $800: In a famous poem, Paul Revere was "ready to ride and spread" this "through every Middlesex village and farm" the alarm |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | A WORD OF WARNING $1000: This 6-syllable word is a reason for a drug or treatment not to be used, like aspirin for patients with bleeding disorders a contraindication |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $200: It's worth 6 points touchdown |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Do something particularly mean hit below the belt |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $600: A best-selling novel & popular film Gone Girl |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Traditionally, it's laid first the cornerstone |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: Something the Brits enjoy afternoon tea |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $400: Steep angles characterize this style of house whose design is good in snow & wind A-frame |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $800: Written as a fraction, it's a measurement of the aperture of a camera lens an f-stop |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $1200: Fortnite & League of Legends are popular games in this; there are tournaments & spectators too esports |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $1600: An alternative to a convertible car was one with this type of rigid roof that could adapt to let in some sun a T-top |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $2000: It's the area where a company's top executives all have their offices the C-suite |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $200: Here is a pair of wireless these with a friendly name ear buds |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $400: It's the friendly term for a straight supporter of LGBTQ+ people & issues an ally |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $600: This rap trio got its name in part by shortening a Spanish word for "friends" Migos |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $800: Walt Whitman sounded like a Communist writing of "The Institution of the Dear Love of" these friends Comrades |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | A FRIENDLY WORD $1000: Friends who get political appointments as favors are called these, a word that goes back to 17th c. college slang cronies |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $200: Enjoyment for an ardent sports follower fun & fan (fan fun) |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $400: A jacket for a young male horse coat & colt (a colt coat) |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $600: Misplaced plunder lost loot |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $800: A distant paddle far & oar (a far oar) |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $1000: A structure to store grain covered in fabric made by larvae silo & silk (silk silo) |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This word for a political aspirant comes from Latin for "white", the color of their togas in ancient Rome candidate |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This formal jacket is named for a New York country club where it was popularized in the 1880s a tuxedo |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $1,200 (Daily Double): This dog breed gets its name from the German for "nose" or "muzzle" Schnauzer |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Before it meant a record player, it referred to a symbol representing a sound a phonograph |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Now a way to get out of something, it was originally a window in a castle wall for archers to shoot through loophole |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $400: Experiments show this 10-letter word is from Latin for "workplace" laboratory |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $800: A marine one of these equals 3 nautical miles a league |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $1200: To mix with a modifying substance, or to produce fermentation in dough leaven |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $1600: It means to slice or tear jaggedly lacerate |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $2000: A region of Sparta gives us this word meaning extremely concise in speech laconic |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $400: "Shape", about the hidden meaning of this branch of math, is dedicated in part to "AB"--presumably a person, not a line geometry |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $800: "Duty" is the memoir of Robert Gates, who held this job from 2006 to 2011 Secretary of Defense |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $1600: In "Eat, Pray, Love" Elizabeth Gilbert meets a guy from Brazil; soon she's ready to be this, her follow-up book all about marriage Committed |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $2,000 (Daily Double): This word for all kinds of distractions from clear thinking is the title of a book subtitled "A Flaw in Human Judgment" noise |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ONE-WORD NONFICTION TITLES $2000: She's the author of the female empowerment bestseller "Untamed" & the wife of Abby Wambach Glennon Doyle |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The wearer of this wouldn't likely know that its name goes back to a Scottish scholar & his followers after he fell out of favor a dunce cap |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $600: Derived from a Russian word, it can mean immense, or a prehistoric elephantine beast mammoth |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From Greek for "grace", it's a certain magnetism or charm shown by leaders or movie stars, for example charisma |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning "bad air"; it's caused by parasites malaria |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: As it was often used for upper-story bedrooms, the name of this 6-letter window style that projects out is from Latin for "to sleep" dormer |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WORD PUZZLES $200: In recent years, their popularity has dimmed neon lights |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Why you were almost late today I overslept |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Showing little enthusiasm half-hearted |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WORD PUZZLES $800: An Emmy winner for casting and makeup Six Feet Under |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A song opening, it all has to do with gravity "What goes up, must come down" |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $200: Baedeker became a generic word for this kind of book; publisher Karl was one of the first to use stars in his a (travel) guide |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $400: British printer John Baskerville gave his last name to a popular one of these that uses serifs fonts |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $600: This "Thousand and One Nights" character gave his name to a type of paraffin lamp Aladdin |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $800: If a character in a British novel says, "I've dropped my Biro", she means one of these, after its inventor a ballpoint pen |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | IT'S A WORD! IT'S A NAME! $1000: A 17th century British hangman lent his name first to a gallows & then to this oil well structure used to hoist pipes Derrick |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $200: The government says you can't get that info because it has this 10-letter designation, like a newspaper ad section classified |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $400: An article of clothing & a pointy weapon form this intrigue-laden idiom cloak-and-dagger |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $600: This double-talk term can be a command for silence, but more often refers to a matter of utmost secrecy hush-hush |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $800: "P" is for this word that refers to communication that's protected from compelled disclosure in a court of law privileged |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $1000: Secret agents have been known to travel this way, from Latin for "unknown" incognito |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $400: In idioms of freedom, this word follows "on the" or "turn me" loose |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $800: August 1944 brought this happy event for Paris; the French use the same word liberation |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $1200: Bob Dylan wrote, "I see my light come shining from the west unto the east. Any day now... I shall be" this released |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $1600: Unfettered means free & so does this word that uses a synonym for a fetter unshackled |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $2000: LTAD, from the Google spinoff Waymo, stands for "let's talk" this kind of "driving", also a word meaning free or independent autonomous |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | 2-WORD ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $200: An easy target, or what we have here a sitting duck |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | 2-WORD ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $400: We won't string you along; it's this game Cat's Cradle |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | 2-WORD ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $600: It means stocks are on the rise & investors are rushing to buy a bull market |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | 2-WORD ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $800: It's a fishy phrase for something that is deliberately misleading or distracts attention a red herring |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | 2-WORD ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $1000: It's a possession that's too expensive to maintain, or a rummage sale, often for a worthy cause a white elephant |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $200: It's the "I" in Britain's MI6 intelligence |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $400: An herb, or a profound philosopher a sage |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $600: The idiom "too" this smart synonym "by half" means you're wise, but in a way that causes problems clever |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $800: It's the highest rating in military rifle marksmanship an expert |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $1000: Add -nt to the end of a word for one overly sensitive to decorum & you'll get this synonym for wisely cautious prudent |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $200: "'Oh no, he isn't grown up', Wendy assured her confidently, 'and he is just my size"'; "he" is also the title of the book Peter Pan |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: Like the autobiographical hero of this novel, just after WWII William Styron was a young southerner living in Brooklyn Sophie's Choice |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $600: In this William Goldman novel, a graduate student must flee a Nazi & his henchmen Marathon Man |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: Something is happening here in the barn in this 1945 anti-utopian satire but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones? Animal Farm |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1000: Balnibarbi is a continent & Glumdalclitch, a person, in this 18th century work Gulliver's Travels |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ALSO A SCHOOL WORD $200: It comes between phylum & order class |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $400: In 2020 she added to her family's Grammy collection, winning for "Becoming"; her husband has several Michelle Obama |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ALSO A SCHOOL WORD $400: As a verb, this white stuff means "to ascribe to" when followed by "up" chalk up |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ALSO A SCHOOL WORD $600: As an adjective, it means "highest in importance" principal |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $800: "Always Looking Up", this actor & 2009 winner is the incurable optimist seen here Michael J. Fox |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ALSO A SCHOOL WORD $800: Like furniture from IKEA, some toys may require this assembly |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | ALSO A SCHOOL WORD $1000: It's a synonym for an alcove a recess |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $1200: In 1993 this Laker legend added to his trophy case for "What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS" Magic Johnson |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $2000: Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren were among the winners for a spoken word album for children on this Prokofiev work Peter and the Wolf |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $3,000 (Daily Double): 2001 honored "Q--The Autobiography of" this music legend who has 28 Grammys Quincy Jones |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $400: Joaquin Phoenix was troubled comedian Arthur Fleck Joker |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $800: Emma Stone, in a live-action prequel to "101 Dalmatians" Cruella |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1200: Jordan Peele film in which a family is terrorized by its doppelgangers Us |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1600: The impoverished Kims put one over on the wealthy Parks Parasite |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $2000: James McAvoy struggles with 23 personalities Split |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD $400: This period of time is a homophone for a word meaning lacking strength week |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD $800: Pronounced one way, it's a unit of time; another, a very small amount minute |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD $1200: In parliamentary procedure, to endorse a nomination another person has just made to second |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD $1600: It's not a special pet accessory, it's naval duty from 4 to 6 or 6 to 8 dogwatch |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IT'S TIME FOR A WORD $2000: "Back in a" this 5-letter word! here's a flash--it's how long light takes to go 1 femtometer, a millionth of a millionth of a mm a jiffy |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $200: A proverb says, "A nod is as good as" one of these "to a blind horse" a wink |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $400: The presidential oath of office: "preserve, protect and" this verb "the Constitution of the United States" defend |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $600: This word follows "legal" on the obverse of a dollar bill tender |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $800: Henry Traute of the Diamond Match Co. came up with this 4-word phrase that begins with "close cover", printed billions of times before striking |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WORD SERIES $1000: Hamlet ponders taking up "arms against a sea of" these troubles |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $400: A Ken Kesey chronicle
FLEW
CUCKOO'S NEST One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $800: This musical about Huck & Jim made safe passage to Broadway
RIVER Big River |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $1200: Vanish, or a 1970s movie comedy
SMUPOKE Up in Smoke |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $1600: A V.C. Andrews novel or a Schubert work
SYM an Unfinished Symphony |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $2000: A disaster film that could have been called "The Big Chill"
TOMORROW DAY The Day After Tomorrow |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This term for a vast collection of stars, gas & dust is from the Greek for "milk" galaxy |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This synonym for agreement comes from Latin for "together" & "heart" concord |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $600: The name of this head covering for Muslim women comes from the Arabic for "to cover" hijab |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $800: The name of this popular pet comes from the Germans, who add "rad", meaning wheel, to describe a tedious routine a hamster |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: From the French, where it means "origin", it's the chain of ownership of an artwork provenance |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORD PAIRS $200: This pair in a fruit & dairy dessert also describes a pale-skinned, pink-cheeked complexion peaches & cream |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORD PAIRS $400: Pair of building materials used to describe a physical store as opposed to an online retailer brick & mortar |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORD PAIRS $600: A preposition & an adjective of size, together they're a synonym for "in general" by & large |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORD PAIRS $800: A blues classic says, "Nobody knows you when you're" this destitute pair down & out |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | WORD PAIRS $1000: A wild speech & a wild party (maybe with glow sticks) combine in this alliterative pair meaning to express anger rant & rave |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $200: Successful actor Vincent Chase navigates the Hollywood life with the help of a close circle of pals Entourage |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $400: 3 baskets of ingredients per episode must be used by contestants in the kitchen Chopped |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $600: 2 brothers run a one-plane airline on the island of Nantucket Wings |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $800: 2 women, a Vegas legend & a snarky young writer, work together to make comedy Hacks |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $1000: Ordinary people begin to develop superpowers & must unite against the evil Sylar to prevent a global catastrophe Heroes |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORD OF MOUTH $400: The exposed part of your teeth meets your flesh at this "line" the gumline |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORD OF MOUTH $800: A "cleft" this is a split in the hard roof of the mouth the palate |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORD OF MOUTH $1200: These pointy teeth are also known as the cuspids the canines |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORD OF MOUTH $2000: It's that little fleshy cone that hangs down at the back of your mouth, & it's fun to say the uvula |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | WORD OF MOUTH $6,000 (Daily Double): This common childhood infection is an inflammation of lymphatic tissue at the back of the mouth tonsillitis |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: This 1850 book was pure magic & Dickens' "favourite child" David Copperfield |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: This 1936 novel was pure Faulkner, Faulkner! Absalom, Absalom! |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1200: This Thackeray book arrived in 1848; the first version of what is now the same-named magazine, 11 years later Vanity Fair |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1600: Published in the U.S. in 1962, this William S. Burroughs "meal" was not easily digested by some Naked Lunch |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $2000: V-2 rockets play a crucial role in this "colorful", award-winning Pynchon novel Gravity's Rainbow |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Malay gives us the name of this bird, known for its distinctive crest a cockatoo |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Dutch gives us the name of this small cucumber used for pickling gherkin |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: A variety of foods are served in this box with a name from Japanese bento |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This word for a domed Native American dwelling is a borrowing from the Navajo language hogan |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORD ORIGINS $13,800 (Daily Double): This poison gets its name partly from the Greek for "dark blue" cyanide |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 2-WORD PALINDROMES $400: Intelligent streetcars smart trams |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 2-WORD PALINDROMES $800: A guanaco relative's shopping complex llama mall |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 2-WORD PALINDROMES $1200: An eager female opera star an avid diva |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 2-WORD PALINDROMES $1600: A sleepy scimitar drowsy sword |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 2-WORD PALINDROMES $2000: A Papeete porkpie a Tahiti hat |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $200: Begins many a story Once upon a time |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $400: A comfortable position for kids criss-cross applesauce |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Something done continuously, all day & all night around the clock |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $800: REENIGNE Figure out how something was made reverse engineer |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: Bette Davis said, "Fasten your seat belts; it's gonna be" this a bumpy night |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $400: From Latin for "further", it means deliberately hidden, like some motives ulterior |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $800: The Declaration of Independence says we all have certain these rights unalienable right |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $1200: This adjective comes from Latin for "navel" umbilical |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $1600: It's what you call those dots over a German vowel umlaut |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $2,000 (Daily Double): This Japanese word for a type of flavor entered English in the early 1960s umami |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $200: "Blood Type" & "The Cullens" are chapters in this book, the first in a series Twilight |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: Jane Austen described the title character of this novel as "handsome, clever, and rich... with very little to distress or vex her" Emma |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $600: In this book, the title girl is sent to live in an Alpine hut with her grandfather Heidi |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: Stephen King said a dream gave him the idea for this novel about a woman who holds a writer prisoner Misery |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $1000: Katniss & Peeta end up together in this avian-titled book Mockingjay |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $200: A Spanish idiom for "Don't worry about it", literally "nothing happens", is no pasa this word nada |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $400: Lionel Richie sang of celebrations in many languages: "We're going to party, karamu," this Spanish word fiesta |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $600: This fish in the tuna family is also a masculine adjective for "pretty" in Spanish bonito |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $800: Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy armada |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $1000: In Spanish it's not someone taking the law into his own hands, it's just a watchman, like a night watchman vigilante |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $200: Venture capital is aka this capital; others have an "aversion" to the 4-letter word risk |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $400: It can come before "mass" in physics, or "care" in the hospital if your condition is serious critical |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $600: This very unsafe word that can mean "traitorous" also starts with "tr" treacherous |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $800: It can refer to one who is fearful & lacking self-confidence, or a password that can be easily hacked insecure (or weak) |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $1000: 2 ships about to hit each other are said to be on this alliterative path, so get the life jackets ready a collision course |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $400: "The Wizard of Oz" home |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $800: "Gone with the Wind" day |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1200: "Casablanca" friendship |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1600: "King Kong", from 1933 beast |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $2000: "Apocalypse Now" Horror |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $200: Henry Fonda & a jury decide a fate
(1957) "Angry" |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $400: O'shea Jackson Jr. plays Ice Cube (his dad)
(2015) "Outta" |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $600: Robin Williams tells his students to seize the day (1989) "Poets" |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $800: Hilary Swank hits like a girl--a really, really powerful girl
(2004) "Dollar" |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $1000: Adam Sandler takes out Drew Barrymore over & over
(2004) "First" |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE $400: A quadragintireme was an ancient ship powered by 40 rows of these implements oars |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE $800: An archiloquy was the initial part of one of these speech |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE $1200: Betimes meant this, as in "I must get up betimes or verily, I shall miss the bearbaiting" early |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE $1600: Like gin blossoms, grog blossoms refer to this part of the face the nose |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE $2000: A nepheliad was a cloud one; you've probably heard of the dryad, a wood one a nymph |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $400: It's on the eastern part of Hispaniola the Dominican Republic |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $800: The official title of its king is "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Residents of this West African country are known as Burkinabe Burkina Faso |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: It's the southernmost 2-named country in Central America Costa Rica |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $3,600 (Daily Double): Population 52 million, it has twice the people but 20 times the per capita GDP of its neighbor to the north South Korea |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This term for the loan agreement to purchase a dwelling comes from Old French for "dead wage" mortgage |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Cowboy vocabulary from Spanish includes stockade & this other word for an enclosure for horses or cattle a corral |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Transparent is from the Latin for "appear through"; this word meaning almost the same is from the Latin for "shine through" translucent |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: Italian for "stalk" or "stump", it's the trunk of the human body torso |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Persian for perfume gave us this word for a fragrant essential oil "of roses" attar |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | A WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR... $400: For "small" & "sound": a singer uses one on stage a microphone |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | A WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR... $800: For "spider" & "fear": a common anxiety arachnophobia |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | A WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR... $1200: For "over" & "carry": a common figure of speech a metaphor |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | A WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR... $1600: For "hidden" & "writing": the art & study of secure communication cryptology (or cryptography) |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | A WORD FROM THE GREEK FOR... $2000: For "first" & "form": the living part of a cell including the nucleus the protoplasm |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ANNOYING WORD! $200: A proverbial "pet" one can be about people who are always late to meetings a peeve |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ANNOYING WORD! $400: It precedes "feathers" when you upset someone ruffle |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ANNOYING WORD! $600: To make one listless through monotony; you can also go "full-" this when employing maximum effort bore |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ANNOYING WORD! $800: To bug, intrude or pester, or as Winnie the Pooh's catchphrase goes, "Oh", this bother |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ANNOYING WORD! $1000: Though the word ends with a smile, much to my this, it means distress caused by failure chagrin |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $200: It makes sense to NBA fans that the museum dedicated to the 45th infantry, "The Thunderbirds", is in this city Oklahoma City |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $400: The corporate headquarters of 3M are in Maplewood, a suburb of this Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $600: In 1939 San Antonio broke ground on this promenade, now one of its biggest attractions the River Walk |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $800: The U.S. Air Force Academy is just north of this city at the edge of the Rocky Mountains Colorado Springs |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $1000: This Indiana city is named for the stronghold built in 1794 by the general who won the Battle of Fallen Timbers Fort Wayne |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | WORD "OR"IGINS $400: It's from the Latin for "public speaker" & that's what it means orator |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | WORD "OR"IGINS $800: This astronomical word circled into English in 1649 an orbit |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | WORD "OR"IGINS $1200: When it first showed up in English, it was defined as "the stalls or sitting places, where many may sit"--no mention of violins & cellos the orchestra |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | WORD "OR"IGINS $1600: This verb meaning to induct someone into the ministry debuted in a medieval biography of Thomas Becket ordain |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | WORD "OR"IGINS $2000: A branch of study, it first appeared in an 18th century work by a British bird lover ornithology |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $200: "Without further" this... it means hubbub! ado |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $400: A promenade by the beach, or a fancy Monopoly property a boardwalk |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $600: Keats' "To Autumn" is one an ode |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $800: Exodus mentions "the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in" this, meaning captivity bondage |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | D MIDDLE OF THE WORD $1000: It's a French dialect of Louisiana, ma chere Acadian |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: This Huxley novel is set in the year 632 AF (after Ford) Brave New World |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: In this novella, Marlow describes ivory trader Mr. Kurtz as "impressively bald" as "an ivory ball" Heart of Darkness |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $1200: Don't be a birdbrain! Take wing with this fable by Richard Bach that has a bird in its title Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $1600: John Harmon is the title acquaintance in common in this Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $2000: Faulkner used "Dark House" as a working title for this novel whose title went in the opposite direction Light in August |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $200: Legal doublets, as the possibly redundant phrases are called, often come in alliterative form, like "part &" this parcel |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $400: The phrase "peace and" this has a legal meaning, as you'll find out if you disturb those around you with rowdy behavior quiet |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $600: After the Norman Conquest, lawyers made sure they were clear with "last will (an Anglo-Saxon word) &" this French-derived term testament |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $800: Legally, this known associate of "entering" means going in without permission, so the phrase is a bit repetitive breaking |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $1000: The U.S. Constitution makes one state respect the laws of another in the clause called "Full Faith and" this Credit |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FISHING FOR THE RIGHT WORD $200: A bird may stand on one--not the fish but something elevated like a branch a perch |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FISHING FOR THE RIGHT WORD $400: This fishy color is seen here salmon |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FISHING FOR THE RIGHT WORD $600: This 4-letter fish also means to complain carp |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FISHING FOR THE RIGHT WORD $800: This fish is also a past tense word meaning you took a whiff of something a smelt |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | FISHING FOR THE RIGHT WORD $1000: This fish common in North America is also a word for a type of spear pike (dart) |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $400: Able to use both hands with equal ease ambidextrous |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1200: Of dubious authenticity, specifically like non-canonical Bible books apocryphal |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1,500 (Daily Double): Someone who takes blame for others, from an ancient Jewish ceremony a scapegoat |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1600: A new term for a suddenly old version of something, like "film camera" a retronym |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $2000: The study of flags vexillology |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This fish & rice dish is derived from a Japanese word for sour sushi |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Before it was used for a musical work, this 4-letter word meaning "work" was used by the Romans to designate construction opus |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $600: As Bill & Ted probably wouldn't know, one story says this 5-letter word originally described a device to create counterfeit coins bogus |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This building material was once made with coal refuse & ash; hence its name a cinder block |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: Now meaning "behaving badly", this adjective comes from a word meaning "nothing" naughty |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $200: To transfer information from your computer to another upload |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD ORIGINS $400: The name of this largest living bird species comes from the Greek for "sparrow" ostrich |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $400: It's the general cost of maintaining a home in decent condition upkeep |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $600: Nice! You got this free bump into first class for your flight! Enjoy the free drinks! upgrade |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Now referring to sexism, this -ism comes from possibly fictitious, sternly traditional French soldier Nicholas chauvinism |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $800: This theater direction can mean to take the focus from another actor & put it on your own performance upstage |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD "UP" $1000: To censure or criticize someone, not start pigtails from the bottom upbraid |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Although this footwear's name is French, it goes back to a Spanish fiber used to make the soles as well as rope espadrilles |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This original longer name for a certain musical instrument comes from Italian words for "soft" & "loud" pianoforte |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: The name of this old shotgunlike firearm with a short barrel comes from the Dutch for "thunder gun" blunderbuss |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK $200: Nestle once held a trademark on this 5-letter word for coffee such as Sanka that won't keep you up Decaf |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK $400: Now describing anything that kills plants, this word was a brand name for a weed killer that was probably sodium arsenite Herbicide |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK $600: It's the alliterative 2-word name for the playground equipment seen here a Jungle Gym |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK $800: It's the trademarked name for epinephrine that now just means "excitement"- -what a rush! Adrenaline |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK $1000: Black Flag still makes this brand of insect trap that has now come to mean a seedy place to spend the night a Roach Motel |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LITERATURE TITLES BY LAST WORD $400: A 2005 bestseller: "Tattoo" The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LITERATURE TITLES BY LAST WORD $800: An 1820 story: "Hollow" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LITERATURE TITLES BY LAST WORD $1200: A 1969 memoir: "Sings" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LITERATURE TITLES BY LAST WORD $1600: A 1989 immigrant story: "Club" The Joy Luck Club |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | LITERATURE TITLES BY LAST WORD $2000: A 1939 Hollywood tale: "Locust" The Day of the Locust |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $400: It's the steak cut from the short loin that fits the category a T-bone |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $800: The letter on the name of these pre-packaged meals for WWII soldiers honors the last name of the Doctor who designed them K-rations |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $1200: Looking for a spouse of a certain faith? This website calls itself a "modern shidduch" JDate |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $1600: Kellogg at Northwestern is one of these specialized academic institutions a B-school |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | A LETTER, THEN A WORD $2000: The failure of these little rubber seals seems to be what doomed the Space Shuttle Challenger O-rings |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $200: This No. 1 hit by Rihanna includes the apt lyric "let it rain" "Umbrella" |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $400: Lorde topped the charts with this song, her first single "Royals" |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $600: Elaborate hand gestures are part of the dance that Madonna brought to the mainstream with this 1990 No. 1 hit "Vogue" |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $800: A song by Sia says, "I'm gonna swing from the" this, the song's title "Chandelier" |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Though quoted, the songwriters of "Eye Of The Tiger" didn't get credit on this No. 1 hit by Katy Perry "Roar" |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $200: Found in almost every living cell, DNA stands for this deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: Famous ones of these include the Perseids in July or August & the Leonids in November meteor showers |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $600: Coal & natural gas are types of this alliterative stuff formed in the earth from plant or animal remains, & used as a source of energy fossil fuels |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: It's about 5 feet long & includes the cecum & the colon the large intestine |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1000: It's equal to -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit absolute zero |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $200: Understand what is really being said read between the lines |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Hold on and take a spin on this merry-go-round |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $600: A style of house split level |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Fruit of the Loom makes them thermal underwear |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A classic TV show or its remake Lost in Space |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $200: It starred Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham, lord of the title dwelling Downton Abbey |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $400: It co-starred RJ Mitte as Walter Jr. Breaking Bad |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $600: Long before Tom Cruise was Ethan Hunt on the big screen, Peter Graves was Mr. Phelps on this TV show Mission: Impossible |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $800: In this 2020 reboot, Matthew Rhys as the title character starts out as a private eye, then becomes a defense lawyer Perry Mason |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | 2-WORD TV TITLES $1000: Nadia Vulvokov is caught in a time loop in this acclaimed Netflix series Russian Doll |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Surdus, a word for "deaf", gave us this word that means "illogical" absurd |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This adjective for mocking laughter comes from a word describing something from Sardinia sardonic |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $600: This 9-letter word for "assistant" meant someone who dealt with confidential material secretary |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $800: A voluntary action done by monarchs, this word originally meant to disinherit a child abdicate |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: This word for ill feelings between people originally referred to a bitter taste acrimony |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | WORD DERIVATIONS $200: Roulette derives its name from French for "little" this, though it's really not that little a wheel |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | WORD DERIVATIONS $400: Today meaning a fruit juice mix, its name is from the Hindi for "five", referring to a quintet of ingredients punch |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | WORD DERIVATIONS $600: The name of this tusked marine mammal is probably from the Dutch & is also the name of the Netherlands' top class of submarine a walrus |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | WORD DERIVATIONS $800: In Spanish, the language it's from, this word for a show of daring ends with "t-a" instead of "d-o" bravata |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | WORD DERIVATIONS $1000: Greek for "ice" gives us this word for quartz & other minerals of similar structure crystal |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $200: When you lavishly entertain a prospective client, you do this rhyming phrase, perhaps with Merlot & steak wine and dine |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $400: When you have 2 unpleasant options, someone might tell you to do this, which sounds like one could be strychnine pick your poison |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $600: An Obama rallying cry for Spanish-speaking potential voters was "Si, Se Puede", this in English Yes, We Can |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $800: When Picard wanted something to happen quickly on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" he often said this Make it so |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | 3-WORD PHRASES $3,400 (Daily Double): If you do this you're either literally handing a dollar bill to someone, or shifting responsibility pass the buck |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | WORD WORDS $200: Add "Y" to the kind of clock with hands & numbers to get this type of comparison analogy |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | WORD WORDS $400: An idioticon is a dictionary of this "D" word, a form of a language spoken in a particular region a dialect |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | WORD WORDS $600: To talk without preparation is to ad-lib or to speak this "sleeve-oriented" way off the cuff |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | WORD WORDS $800: It's a dramatic monologue or speech made to oneself a soliloquy |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | WORD WORDS $1000: Lapsus linguae is literally Latin for this kind of mistake a slip of the tongue |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | 1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS $400: It can mean to create something, or it can refer to the current style of dress fashion |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | 1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS $800: A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line angle |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | 1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS $1200: It can mean to hinder, or a place for your dirty clothes a hamper |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | 1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's a large waterfall, or an eye abnormality a cataract |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | 1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS $2000: It's a 3-letter word for a water sprite of German folklore, or it can mean to put the kibosh on nix |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER $400: A form of Dolores, this name is now associated with "nymphet" thanks to Nabokov Lolita |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER $800: This adjective based on a Cervantes character includes a hard "X" sound, unlike his name quixotic |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER $1200: This character played by Anne Bancroft is now a term for an older woman dating a younger man Mrs. Robinson |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER $1600: This alliterative "SNL" character is a term for a habitually negative person Debbie Downer |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER $2000: This Woody Allen character became a word for a chameleon-like person who turns up everywhere Zelig |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $200: This drama was about the survivors of the crash of Oceanic flight 815 Lost |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $400: Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson solved crimes in modern-day New York City on this CBS procedural Elementary |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $600: A San Francisco detective solved crimes on this show despite his obsessive-compulsive disorder sometimes getting in the way Monk |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $800: Hayden Panettiere starred on this show about rising & fading country music stars Nashville |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $1000: After their mom's death, 3 young women discover they have magic powers on this CW drama Charmed |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS $400: A place to grind grain
+
the king of beasts =
this amount million |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS $800: An explosive
+
a large body of water = this old name for a city of India Bombay |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS $1200: A ring around the sun
+
a country =
this royal ceremony a coronation |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS $1600: To total up numbers
+
a chemise =
this domicile address |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS $2000: An antler
+
a snare =
this stinging creature a hornet |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | THE WORD IS LOVE $200: In slang, if you're suffering from unrequited love, you're said to be carrying this bright object a torch |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | THE WORD IS LOVE $400: Meghan Markle & Prince Harry's vows included "to love and to" do this, treasure & treat lovingly cherish |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | THE WORD IS LOVE $600: This French word meaning "love" can also refer to a secret love affair amour |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | THE WORD IS LOVE $800: Otis Redding urged listeners to "Try a little" of it tenderness |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | THE WORD IS LOVE $1000: Joyful ecstasy, or the ascent of believers to meet Jesus rapture |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $200: It can be a trainee working short-term without pay, or a recent medical school grad working in a hospital prior to a residency an internship |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $400: From the Latin for "understand", it's someone learning a trade from a skilled employer an apprentice |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $600: In a learning sense it's not a tax accountant, but a student who attends a class informally without working towards a grade an auditor |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $800: A Protestant group promoting Christian unity is called these "of Christ", D.O.C. for short Disciples |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | STUDENT WORD LIST $1000: 5 letters in English, it's an Arabic word for "student", or one member of an extremist group in Afghanistan talib |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | "INCH" WORD, "INCH" WORD... $200: This kitchen measurement should come out to about 1/16 of a teaspoon a pinch |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | "INCH" WORD, "INCH" WORD... $400: It follows "lead-pipe" in an idiom for something that is a certainty a cinch |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | "INCH" WORD, "INCH" WORD... $600: Boris Karloff voiced this animated character in 1966 the Grinch |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | "INCH" WORD, "INCH" WORD... $800: The thick fur of this rodent helps it survive the cold temperatures that occur way up high in the Andes the chinchilla |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | "INCH" WORD, "INCH" WORD... $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The wheel of a chariot was secured by this ancient item, which in modern usage can refer to any integral part used to hold something together a linchpin |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | 3-WORD CITIES $200: Before it was renamed in 1804, this Haitian capital city was known as Port-Republicain Port-au-Prince |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | 3-WORD CITIES $400: It's the full name of the English town nicknamed "The Home of the Bard" Stratford-upon-Avon |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | 3-WORD CITIES $600: This city was named in 1565 by the Portuguese, who mistook its bay for the entrance to a river Rio de Janeiro |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | 3-WORD CITIES $800: Once the capital of a Sinhalese kingdom, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is today the legislative capital of this island country Sri Lanka |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | 3-WORD CITIES $1000: In Arabic the name of this major port city & seat of Tanzania's government means "abode of peace" Dar es Salaam |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES BY MIDDLE WORD $200: Elizabeth Gilbert:
"Pray" Eat Pray Love |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES BY MIDDLE WORD $400: Truman Capote:
"Cold" In Cold Blood |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES BY MIDDLE WORD $600: Jojo Moyes:
"Before" Me Before You |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES BY MIDDLE WORD $800: Dr. Seuss:
"in" Fox in Socks |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES BY MIDDLE WORD $1000: W. Somerset Maugham:
"Human" Of Human Bondage |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $400: A person or thing that brings bad luck a hex (jinx) |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $800: A social gathering for people to get to know each other a mixer |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $1200: An ability score in Dungeons & Dragons, it refers to skill with the hands or body dexterity |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $1600: From the Latin for "leap up", it means to feel triumphant jubilation exult |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | X MARKS THE WORD $2000: A relative of the elephant, this herbivorous mammal is also called a rock rabbit a hyrax |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Greek for "sacred" & "carving" gives us this word for a writing system hieroglyphics |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This word for any pose in hatha yoga is from the Sanskrit āsana |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: This sled drawn by 3 horses has a Russian name a troika |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This fancy word for a scar is actually just Latin for "scar" cicatrix |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | WORD ORIGINS $3,400 (Daily Double): This condition was thought to arise from an excess of black bile, the origin of its name melancholia |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $200: This word for an ax comes from Algonquian, though it's associated with the Florida State Seminoles a tomahawk |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $400: This word for a little animal that may go through your trash comes from a word for "he scratches with hands" a raccoon |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $600: A famous "Farms" started selling meats & cheeses in Ohio in the '50s, but this tree in its name is a Virginia Algonquian word Hickory |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $800: This 5-letter word for a very large deer comes from words meaning "he strips off" (bark to eat, that is) moose |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | THE ALGONQUIAN WORD TABLE $1000: Maize dishes (& their names) from Algonquian include hominy & this boiled corn & beans combo succotash |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Latin for "salt" gives us this word for how much you get paid each week salary |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Its name is from a word for "little fly"; a 2019 book says it may have killed half the humans who ever lived mosquito |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: French échelle, "ladder", gave us this word for a ranking; try to be in the upper one echelon |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This word from the German for a child prodigy was first used for musicians wunderkind |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This 13-letter synonym for infantile paralysis comes from words meaning "gray marrow" & "inflammation" poliomyelitis |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE NEXT WORD AFTER $400: After Uto-Aztecan: an ideal place utopia |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE NEXT WORD AFTER $800: After quatorze: a very short poem with a fixed amount of lines a quatrain |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE NEXT WORD AFTER $1200: After kowliang: to show extreme submission kowtow |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE NEXT WORD AFTER $1600: After picas: petty, or a former Louisiana currency picayune |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE NEXT WORD AFTER $2000: After Schachtism: deriving happiness at the expense of another's woes schadenfreude |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $400: Zywiec, a town in this Central European nation, is home to the Komorowski Castle Poland |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $800: Car and Driver test drove one of these rink machines & said it had "the vague steering" of a '70s Cadillac a Zamboni |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $1200: Zymosis is a type of this process that produces alcohol by the conversion of sugar fermentation |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $1600: It's the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | WORD WAR Z $2000: Feeding on flies, zyzzyx is a sand type of this stinging insect a wasp |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $200: In Manhattan: Lexington or Madison Avenue |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $400: In L.A.: Glendale, Sunset or Wilshire Boulevard |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $600: In Chicago: North Lake Shore or South Wacker Drive |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $800: In London: Drury or Leather this little road Lane |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $1000: In Rome: Dei Condotti or Giuseppe di Vittorio Via |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | WORD-POURRI $400: Quebracho, one of the hardest woods, is from Spanish for "breaker" of this tool an ax |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | WORD-POURRI $800: Traditionally, Brits have used this 4-letter term for any grain; as a result, they use the term maize for the yellow vegetable corn |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | WORD-POURRI $1200: This word for a sycophant comes from medicine shows where assistants would pretend to eat amphibians & then be cured a toady |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | WORD-POURRI $1600: This word found in the name of a "Grand" dam refers to a deep ravine Coulee |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | WORD-POURRI $2000: The word "fink" used for strikebreakers might come from this detective agency often used in that capacity Pinkerton |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $200: In a proverb they "flock together" birds of a feather |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $400: In 2010 Congress passed a law ending the ban on openly gay soldiers serving in the military, repealing this 4-word policy Dont ask, don't tell |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $600: This 4-word phrase is the ordinal equivalent of "The early bird gets the worm" First come, first serve |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $800: At the end of this Shakespeare play, Orlando & Rosalind tie the knot As You Like It |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $1000: 4-word phrase that's the title of a 2002 book about Ronco & Popeil products like the Veg-O-matic but wait, there's more |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $400: The cost of a plane ticket airfare |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $800: Direct deposit time of the week payday |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $1200: Magical or personal power; I've got mine working mojo |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $1600: Write one & you might get an award from the James Beard Foundation a cookbook |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $2000: To show off, especially in the main seating area of a sports venue grandstand |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $400: To seize a plane by force, perhaps while greeting Mr. Nicholson hijack |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $800: Singing that's done sans band or any instruments a cappella |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $1200: This 8-letter money-holder is thin, flat & bendable a billfold |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $1600: A longshoreman or a dockworker could tell you this word for the job of one who loads a ship a stevedore |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | A NAME LIES WITHIN THE WORD $2000: Opaque & grayish, this substance from whale guts has long been used in perfumery ambergris |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Canter was shortened from this city--it was the pace pilgrims used to visit the shrine of Thomas à Becket Canterbury |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This therapeutic process involving back & joint manipulation is partly from the Greek for "hand" chiropractic |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Leather chaps are named for this thorny southwest brush they are designed to protect you from chaparral |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Partly from the Latin for "stones", this adjective for a building that is falling apart means it is missing stones dilapidated |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | WORD ORIGINS $3,000 (Daily Double): Partly from the Greek for "eating", this type of coffin was made of stone ancients thought was able to eat bodies sarcophagus |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $200: Elation + a broken-off part of a tree = this video game control lever joystick |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $400: A circular piece of jewelry + an informal term for a dish like French fries = this first-row area for boxing fans ringside |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $600: Murray or Hader + a cut piece of wood = this outdoor ad space where you'd see Murray's & Hader's names billboard |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $800: To inspect the safety of something + a friend or pal = this chess term checkmate |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $1000: A car essential + a synonym for domicile = this, a batter's preferred area to hit the ball, right in his... wheelhouse |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $200: To have this guffaw is to gain satisfaction & final vindication last laugh |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $400: This fish can pack quite a punch, stunning its prey with up to 600 volts electric eel |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $600: It's something that personally annoys you, not Fluffy or Fido pet peeve |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $800: Powerful influence from your equals to act in a way acceptable to them peer pressure |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $1000: Alliterative phrase for a situation that seems okay but is "inclined" to gradually lead to a bad outcome slippery slope |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: This book by Malcolm Gladwell subtitled "The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" is a real eye-opener Blink |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel Beloved |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $1200: 2 psychics have a pyrokinetic child in this Stephen King work Firestarter |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $2000: In this 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk classic, a data thief matches wits with a powerful artificial intelligence Neuromancer |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $4,133 (Daily Double): This 1974 James Michener novel covers centuries, not just 1 significant year, in the history of Colorado Centennial |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD $800: The person who presides over a debate, or over an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church a moderator |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD $1200: One who makes calls on taxable value assessor |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD $1600: AKA justice of the peace; I present the gift of the... magistrate |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD $2000: Someone who knows what's good & bad is this "of taste"; author Petronius was declared to be one in Nero's court arbiter |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $400: A young female horse a filly |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $800: In scientific classification, it's between order & genus family |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $1200: 2 independent countries lie within the borders of this nation Italy |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $1600: 5-letter piece of ornamental lace or embroidery found on a table doily |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $2000: Hospital attendant job with nonmedical duties orderly |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $200: In this novel by Jack Kerouac, Sal Paradise says he'd "often dreamed of going west to see the country" On the Road |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $400: A student murders a St. Petersburg pawnbroker in this masterpiece by Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $600: Estragon suggests that he & Vladimir hang themselves in this absurdist play Waiting for Godot |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $800: Isak Dinesen mentions that the Masai are her neighbors in this memoir Out of Africa |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $1000: Young Cedric charms his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, in this novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES $400: A sandpaperlike nail file, or a group of trustees at an Atlanta university an emery board/Emory board |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES $800: Melted resin used to close envelopes, or a way to tell the people upstairs they are too loud sealing wax/ceiling whacks |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES $1200: These two groups of things seen here have soundalike names if you run the words together four candles & fork handles |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES $1600: An illegal tackle in football pulling at the jersey neck, or someone with laryngitis dialing the phone horse collar and hoarse caller |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | A GEM OF A WORD $200: Proverbially, a nice person without a lot of social grace is one of these "in the rough" a diamond |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | A GEM OF A WORD $400: A pale yellow, like certain "waves of grain" amber |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | A GEM OF A WORD $600: The "New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" says Ireland has this nickname because of its "lush, green countryside" the Emerald Isle |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | A GEM OF A WORD $800: It's the longest title you'll never forget--"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by" her Sapphire |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | A GEM OF A WORD $1000: Janis Joplin's nickname Pearl |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $400: This state capital is south of Ogden & north of Provo Salt Lake City |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $1200: In English this California university town would be Saint Louis Bishop San Luis Obispo |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $1600: There's a 4-letter preposition & a river in the name of this historic northern England coal center Newcastle upon Tyne |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $2000: 2 towns named this stare at each other across the rapids of the St. Marys River between Michigan & Ontario Sault Ste. Marie |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $6,000 (Daily Double): The full name of this South American city begins with Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $400: Masticate:
This 4-letter action chew |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $800: Cudgel:
A short, heavy one of these a club |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $1200: Nubilous:
Literally, this cloudy |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $2000: Parturition:
This 10-letter word childbirth |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $3,000 (Daily Double): Ectothermic cold-blooded |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $200: The most basic elements or essentials, or what's in the photograph bare bones |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $400: Whether placed in hosiery or not, it's a small & often inexpensive Christmas gift stocking stuffer |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $600: Bartenders can really stir things up with these mixing rods swizzle sticks |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $800: Theodore Roosevelt led them up Kettle Hill the Rough Riders |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | 2-WORD ALLITERATION $1000: In 2018 Louise Brown, the first this type of baby, turned 40 test tube |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $200: Adjective for the chance of being struck by a meteor remote |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $400: It's time to be quiet & do this & not be so verbose observe |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $600: I will not shed this for the beast we just killed--after all, he was a predator a teardrop |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $800: Who'd have imagined I'd catch one of these at the seaside? a disease |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $1000: You consider me this adjective, I presume supreme |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $400: Starts with 3 consonants:
Ask Atlas--this type of motion conveys indifference shrug |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $800: Retronyms:
Before the electric guitar, we had what's now known as this 8-letter kind acoustic |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $1200: Portmanteaus:
To air a program at the same time on TV & radio led to this portmanteau simulcast |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $1600: Same first & last letter:
This type of "arrest" means your body's main pump isn't working cardiac |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SMORGAS-WORD $2000: Almost BEFORE & AFTER:
"Ne m'oubliez pas" flowers bloom as a "Dallas" TV spinoff forget-me-Knots Landing |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD $200: Proverbially, you get it if you're fired; then you have one to grind! an axe |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD $400: When you're honest & sincere, you're "on the" this a level |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD $600: This drink with but 2 ingredients goes into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes a screwdriver |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD $800: A fast swimmer can do this "sharply" through the water knife |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | A VERY VERSATILE TOOL WORD $1000: 6-letter verb meaning to cheat or swindle someone out of something chisel |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WORD HISTORY $200: Gaelic for "water of life" gave us this word for a drink you might have with a little water whiskey |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WORD HISTORY $400: You can thank Ottoman imports for the name of this bird that was once confused with the guinea fowl turkey |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WORD HISTORY $600: It was originally a string, perhaps to help find your way in a labyrinth; then it was a piece of evidence that helps solve a crime a clue |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WORD HISTORY $800: The word "companion" refers to anyone with whom you'd eat this food item, literally bread |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WORD HISTORY $1000: A borrowing from the French gave us this -ism, the concern for the welfare of others, as opposed to egoism altruism |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $200: Kind of ticket you get if all seats are sold out standing room only |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $400: It has a median in the middle a divided highway |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $600: It's a way some teachers rate their students grading on a curve |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Said of some economically vital businesses too big to fail |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: Preoccupied while pondering lost in thought |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: This 3-letter verb meaning to ask for alms dates back to a medieval religious order beg |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: New crew members on a ship needed to quickly figure these out--knowing them now means to understand how to do something the ropes |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1200: This psych term means a persistent idea--it once meant control by demons outside you, the opposite of possession obsession |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1600: In 1915 the British military deceptively called a prototype a "water carrier", leading to this name tank |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $2000: One theory is that this ordinal term for harsh police questioning was a pun based on the name of an Officer Byrnes the third degree |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $200: A gathering of bison a herd |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $400: Postponed until a later date deferred |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $600: Just seeing the mountain variety of this creature brings me happiness a bluebird |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $800: Likely speech pattern for one extremely inebriated slurred |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | WORD RHYMES $1000: One from the Taurus Mountains of the Middle East a Kurd |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $200: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): William Jennings Bryan won the Democratic nomination in 1896 with his defense of free silver: "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of" this metal gold |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): In a 1939 radio broadcast, Churchill expressed his uncertainty over how Russia might react to the war, calling it "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $600: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): "Some Like It Hot" has one of the great last lines in film: when Jack Lemmon reveals he's a man, Joe E. Brown replies, "Well, nobody's" this perfect |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $800: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): Gloria Steinem has credited Irina Dunn with the feminist slogan "A woman needs a man like a fish needs" this transport a bicycle |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $1000: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): After negotiations to end the American Revolution, Ben Franklin said, "There never was a good war, or a bad" this peace |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $200: James Cromwell has made about 50 movies; we believe this is the only one in which he sings to a pig Babe |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $400: The Beatles reteamed with director Richard Lester after "A Hard Day's Night" to make this movie Help! |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $600: The famous dinner scene in this film between Robert De Niro & Al Pacino was largely improvised Heat |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $800: Brie Larson won an Oscar for this one-word film in which she played "Ma" Room |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1000: The aliens Amy Adams meets in this sci-fi film are named Abbott & Costello Arrival |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $200: (Kelly shows an animation of the solar system on the monitor.) The name of this type of heavenly body comes from the Greek for "wanderer", because all eight wander during the year against the background of fixed stars planet |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This word for a type of contest began in mock battles as groups rotated in unison to attack the opposition tournament |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $600: This term for a fool or jokester is from the Italian for "to puff" a buffoon |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $800: With its characters made up of wedges, this ancient writing system's name means "wedge-shaped" cuneiform |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: This word, from French words for "carry" & "cloak", is itself a compound rather than one of the things it describes portmanteau |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $400: To cast a ballot to vote |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $800: A president's official "Uh uh, no way!" to a bill a veto |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $1200: A classified ad is also known as this kind of ad a want ad |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $1600: The King James Bible says "The Lord set" this distinguishing sign "upon Cain" the mark |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | A CHOICE 4-LETTER WORD $2000: Proverbially, to remove select creatures from a group is to do this to "the herd" to thin (or cull) |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $200: These identifiers worn by soldiers may have gotten their name from their resemblance to metal labels on pet collars dog tags |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $400: Stomach comes from the Greek "stoma", meaning this other body part that grants access to the stomach mouth |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $800: Meaning full of self-pity or sentimentality, it's derived from the Mary who wept at Jesus' empty tomb maudlin |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1738 Jonathan Swift first wrote down a familiar phrase as "the sight of you is good for" these 2 words sore eyes |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORD & PHRASE HISTORIES $1000: Irish writer Brendan Behan added to the line "there's no such thing as" this: "except your own obituary" bad publicity |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS $200: From French words meaning "defense against a fall", it slows your fall when you jump from a plane a parachute |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS $400: It may be Greek to you, but this type of organization for female college students gets is name from the Latin for "sister" a sorority |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS $800: With large reflective eyes that seem to glow in the dark, this primate has a name meaning "ghost" or "specter" a lemur |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): From the name of a Germanic people, it's criminally destroying or damaging someone's property vandalism |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: Jeans, blue or otherwise, owe their name to this Italian city Genoa |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $400: A friendly hint, or 20% for good service a tip |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $800: Advice on where to go; you might get it from the same type of high school counselor guidance |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $1200: Leave this 10-letter advice in the box; maybe we'll take it suggestion |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $1600: Beginning & ending with "M", it's a wise saying or rule of conduct a maxim |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $2000: I'm going to give you my this, also an access point on a computer or the info that goes through it input |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This word for a horse that needs busting is Spanish for "rough" bronco |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This 4-letter word for a place of confinement originally referred to a monk's quarters a cell |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: From Sanskrit for "weighty" comes this word for a Hindu spiritual guide or any recognized leader in a field guru |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: This word is for the Greek for "molded" & was first used in reference to a synthetic product in 1909 plastic |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This old-time word for a pantry comes from its origin as a place to store bacon a larder |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $400: It's half of the globe, or half of the cerebrum a hemisphere |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $800: In Hindu myth, it's the incarnation of a god; on the internet, it's a graphic image that represents you an avatar |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $1200: Diglot means the same as this adjective bilingual |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $1600: From an Old English word for "tenth", it's the act of giving one-tenth of your income to a church tithing |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $2000: One of the last entries in the dictionary is this enzyme in yeast that promotes fermentation zymase |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $200: San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963 Costa Rica |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $400: With a name meaning "new flower", this city replaced Entoto as the capital of Ethiopia in 1887 Addis Ababa |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $600: This Malaysian capital lies in the country's tin & rubber belt; I used to wear one of those, but it chafed Kuala Lumpur |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Developed by King Norodom, this capital city lies at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac & Tonle Sap Rivers Phnom Penh |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $1000: U.S. Students at a medical school in this Caribbean nation's capital St. George's were rescued during a 1983 invasion Grenada |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORD PUZZLES $200: A legal doctrine over turned in the 1950s separate but equal |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORD PUZZLES $400: I've got a few in the closet pullover sweaters |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Game of stones dominos |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORD PUZZLES $800: What a celebrity might say to the paparazzi quit following me |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: This familiar phrase originates from Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" cannon to the left of them, cannon to the right of them |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $200: If Mo can eat 25 Twinkies in 30 minutes, how concerned was Mo when this maker of Twinkies went bankrupt in 2012? Hostess |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $400: If Becky has 13 half-dollars & 46 pennies, she's way short of the 2018-19 tuition of $49,330 at this N.J. Ivy League school Princeton |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $600: Sal hits .382 & Mal hits .392, so both lose the 1994 batting title to Tony Gwynn, who hit .394 for this western team the (San Diego) Padres |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $800: George II died at 76 in 1760, so maybe medicine improved by the time this great-great-granddaughter lived to be 81 Victoria |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MATH-FREE WORD PROBLEMS $1000: If Carl's car exits Carlsbad Caverns at 60 MPH & Lou's leaves Louisville at 80, the 2 can meet in this Wyoming capital Cheyenne |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $200: 1986 was in the pink with this movie "in Pink" pretty |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $400: Ashton Kutcher co-created reality TV's this "and the Geek" beauty |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $600: When George Clooney & Michelle Pfeiffer get together, it's "One" this "Day" fine |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $800: Billy Crystal's Fernando knows this word for Amazon's Mrs. Maisel marvelous |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $1000: On TV's "GLOW", Alison Brie is one of these "Ladies of Wrestling" gorgeous |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: This play opens with "the barely distinguishable word assassin!" & whispers of "Salieri!... Salieri!" Amadeus |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES $800: Pack a basket for this William Inge play about a group of lonely women whose lives are disrupted by a drifter Picnic |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES $1200: Talking giant lizards show up in this "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" author's play "Seascape" Edward Albee |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES $1600: "Gin was mother's milk to her", says Eliza Doolittle of her aunt in this Shaw play Pygmalion |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES $2000: In this "colorful" play, abstract expressionist Mark Rothko struggles with art & fame Red |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | A WORD IN YOUR EAR $400: It's a 4-letter word for the soft part of the external ear lobe |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | A WORD IN YOUR EAR $800: Let's hear you nail this other word for the malleus a hammer |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | A WORD IN YOUR EAR $1200: It precedes "membrane" to designate the eardrum the tympanic |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | A WORD IN YOUR EAR $1600: The curved fold of the external ear is called this spiral shape--just single, not double a helix |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | A WORD IN YOUR EAR $2000: I predict you will know this 7-letter word for the visible part of the outer ear the auricle |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $400: This word for a bad dream once also meant a monster that makes you feel suffocated while you sleep a nightmare |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $800: It can contain billions of stars & takes its name from the Greek for "milk" galaxy |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $1200: They say you'll never see a U-Haul behind this coffin-bearing vehicle, from Old French for a frame to carry candles a hearse |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $1600: Those listening to this squeezable instrument may be surprised to know the word is from the French for "harmony" accordion |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | WORD HISTORY $2000: A statistical term or a synonym for ordinary, this adjective may have come from Arabic for "damaged goods" average |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Turn your life around & be one of these, a new member of a religious group, from the Latin for "turn around" a convert |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This type of decorative work gets its name from the Greek for "a place of the Muses" mosaic |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: "Get off my heath" wouldn't have sounded as good for Clint as using this word from Old French for "heath" lawn |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: If you are wacky, you might be this end-of-alphabet adjective too, from the name of a character in commedia dell'arte zany |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Arabic for "forbidden" gave us his word that meant an off-limits section of a house as well as the wives living there harem |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | WORD PUZZLES $200: Said of someone not paying attention:
cumulus
pate
cirrus their head is in the clouds |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | WORD PUZZLES $400: From the weatherman, a low low:
Ph.D.
B.A.
zilch two degrees above zero |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | WORD PUZZLES $600: To reach a logical conclusion:
totoo put two and two together |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | WORD PUZZLES $800: A miraculous ability:
ambulation
H2O walking on water |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A 2-word college major:
oncle
hermana
Mutter
fratello international relations |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION $200: Phenomenon
(9 letters) phenomena |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION $400: Nucleus
(6 letters) nuclei |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION $600: Brother
(8 letters & don't say, "brothers") brethren |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION $800: Passerby
(9 letters) passersby |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION $1000: Seraph
(8 letters) seraphim |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL, ONE WORD $200: A zebra on the gridiron a referee |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL, ONE WORD $400: Cajun rice dish with shrimp, chicken & veggies jambalaya |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL, ONE WORD $600: A boat with twin hulls in parallel a catamaran |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL, ONE WORD $800: "The Silver Palate" one, first published in 1982, is still influential today a cookbook |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL, ONE WORD $1000: Seen here, the lemur calls this large island home Madagascar |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Don't zigzag; make this to your destination a beeline |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Sitcom star start stand-up comedy |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | WORD PUZZLES $1200: Overseas overtures foreign policy |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | WORD PUZZLES $1600: This time, it really matters high stakes |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | WORD PUZZLES $2000: Tuna fisherman's catch a skipjack |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Literally meaning "dead pledge", it's the loan you take out to buy a home a mortgage |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $800: The name of this chess piece comes from the Latin for "foot soldier" a pawn |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: A synonym for catastrophe, its origins go back to when the ancients blamed calamities on star & planet alignment a disaster |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This scientific name for a female kangaroo's pouch comes from the Latin for "pouch" or "purse" marsupium |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $3,000 (Daily Double): Referring to the bright blue of the sky, this color comes from the Persian name for lapis lazuli azure |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $400: In a 2016 No. 1 Justin Bieber told an ex to go & do this "Love Yourself" |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $800: It was Sixpence None the Richer's request "beneath the milky twilight" "Kiss Me" |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $1200: It's the title & shout-along chorus of a 2012 hit by The Lumineers "Ho Hey" |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $1600: In 2013 Katy Perry was "coming atcha like a" this, perhaps James K. Polk "Dark Horse" |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | 2-WORD SONG TITLES $2000: This Earth, Wind & Fire hit reminds you "what your life can truly be" "Shining Star" |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $200: James Joyce's 15 stories about the metropolitan Irish around 1900 Dubliners |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: The ex-Mrs. Butler rekindles her romance with Rhett Scarlett |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $800: In 18th century Scotland, David Balfour seeks the return of his stolen inheritance Kidnapped |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $1000: 1516 Thomas More work about a place governed by reason Utopia |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Astrophysicists build a machine to talk back to aliens from Vega that have reached out to Earthlings Contact |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $400: Regular: slang for nothing; acronym: postal locator code ZIP |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $800: Regular: an athlete who cost his team a win; acronym: an athlete who will be forever honored GOAT |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $1200: Regular: a waterproof protector sheet; acronym: a subprime fiasco protector program TARP |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $1600: Regular: a thing you might put in a dress you're altering; acronym: a thing you use at an ATM PIN |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $2000: Regular: an obnoxious person; acronym: hired Nixon's "plumbers" CREEP |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WEBBY AWARDS 5-WORD ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES $400: This "X-Files" star, 2017 Best Actress:
"I would like to thank..." Gillian Anderson |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WEBBY AWARDS 5-WORD ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES $800: This Athens-born political blog runner: "Goldman Sachs shorted my speech" (Arianna) Huffington |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WEBBY AWARDS 5-WORD ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES $1200: This comic & "Baskets" clown:
"How am I on time?" Zach Galifianakis |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WEBBY AWARDS 5-WORD ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES $1600: Accepting on behalf of the photo-sharing website Flickr:
these "or it didn't happen" pics |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WEBBY AWARDS 5-WORD ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES $2000: Achoo by Kleenex, winning for Advertising & Media:
"It's nothing to ____ ____" sneeze at |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $200: From the arrangement of a certain group of letters, it's obvious how this type of keyboard got its name QWERTY |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $400: One of the 2 body parts also called simply the minimus your little finger or your baby toe |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $600: In the simple lever seen here, it's the 7-letter term for the red triangle the fulcrum |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $800: Architecturally speaking, something that's fenestrated has these windows |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1000: Resembling a shepherd's crook, it's the pastoral staff carried by a bishop the crosier |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WORD TO THE Y_Ys $400: Happening once in one trip around the sun yearly |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WORD TO THE Y_Ys $800: Leslie Patricelli teaches kids about opposites with the board book "Yummy" this adjective yucky |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WORD TO THE Y_Ys $1200: It's memorably used by "cowboy" Bruce Willis in "Die Hard" yippee-ki-yay |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WORD TO THE Y_Ys $1600: Undesirable "off-flavors" in brewing beer include grassy, skunky, & this adjective yeasty |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WORD TO THE Y_Ys $2000: This word is in the title of Garson Kanin's play about Billie Dawn, the seemingly dumb blonde mistress of a junk tycoon yesterday |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | ALSO A BASEBALL WORD $200: A bargain so amazing it's almost like you're paying nothing a steal |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | ALSO A BASEBALL WORD $400: You pour it to make pancakes batter |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | ALSO A BASEBALL WORD $600: In 1894 the federal government used an injunction to break up a railway one of these a strike |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | ALSO A BASEBALL WORD $800: A result of tar distillation, or a sales spiel directed your way pitch |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $400: WASP, the social group Protestants |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $800: YOLO once |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $1200: EPCOT, a word that also has its own "land" tomorrow |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $1600: NORAD defense |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $2000: SWAT (team): these tactics |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $200: Before it referred to 2 baseball games played on the same day, it was a train pulled by 2 locomotives a double-header |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: "Keeping up with" this family dates back to a 1913 comic strip the Joneses |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $600: This word comes from the Latin for "little book"; when a Roman wanted to defame another, he issued a book of his foe's misdeeds libel |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: One of the 2 blacksmith tools used in an expression that means to fight with all one's resources hammer or tongs |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1000: This word for a gin cocktail comes from a tool used for boring holes a gimlet |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Cheers to you if you know that this potent potable derives its name from the Russian word for "water" vodka |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From the Middle Dutch word for "ship" comes this term for the captain of a small ship or boat skipper |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $600: The name of this spirit is from the German for "rattle" & "ghost" a poltergeist |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From the Arabic for "to make known", it's a tax imposed by a government on imported or exported goods tariff |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: Bacteria comes from a Greek word meaning "small stick"; this related word goes back to the Greek for "small" & "life" microbe |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $200: This abbreviation for a method of child delivery earns a middling mark C-section |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $400: June 6 just squeaks by as the anniversary of this D-Day |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $600: You had to flip "Purple Rain" to hear "God", one of these better-than-average tunes a B-side |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $800: This type of building with triangular front & back walls & a long sloping roof gets top marks an A-frame |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | GRADE THAT WORD $1000: This setting that controls a camera lens aperture doesn't get a pass an F-stop |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $200: This late night TV host won in 2013 for "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't" Stephen Colbert |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $400: Garrison Keillor earned a Grammy for telling tales about the "Days" of this spot Lake Wobegon |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $600: "The Words of Gandhi" won an 1984 Grammy for this actor who spoke them Ben Kingsley |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $800: Beau Bridges was one or the actors who won for reading this warming warning by Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS $1000: In 1997 Hillary Clinton won for reading this book of hers about how we raise children It Takes a Village |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | CATCH THE QUECHUA WORD $200: The Quechua people of Peru used this word meaning "ruler" to refer to themselves Inca |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | CATCH THE QUECHUA WORD $400: This 4-letter alternate name for the mountain lion comes from the Quechua puma |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | CATCH THE QUECHUA WORD $600: The Quechua word for "bark" gives us the name of this malaria medicine obtained from the bark of a tree quinine |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | CATCH THE QUECHUA WORD $800: Quechua for "dried flesh", it's meat cut into strips & cured jerky |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | CATCH THE QUECHUA WORD $1000: Louisiana French for a bonus given to a customer for making a purchase, it's from the Quechua for 'to give more" lagniappe |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | MICROSOFT WORD $400: It's like a fog but less dense mist |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | MICROSOFT WORD $800: To get the coarser parts out of your flour sift |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | MICROSOFT WORD $2000: Adjective for the doughnut shape seen here, & of the cut off part used for contact lenses that correct astigmatism toric |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $200: When preceding "money", it denotes equal odds in a bet even |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $400: This type of crew cut is also an informal term for an aircraft carrier a flat-top |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $600: This word meaning level is associated with bathrooms & also means well supplied, particularly with money flush |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $800: This breakfast food, a symbol of flatness, also means a football block that puts a defender on his back a pancake |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $1000: "O" yes, this 6-letter word means flattened at the poles oblate |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Hand me the hamburger condiment that you know better by this word from Chinese for "fish brine" ketchup |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $800: You can see the grainy quality that gave this type of stone its name granite |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Taking its Greek origin literally, it's an outbreak of disease that can affect every single person pandemic |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: From the French for "flat", it's a flat or banal remark uttered as if it were profound a platitude |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | WORD ORIGINS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to describe a wealthy or powerful person, it was originally a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan tycoon |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $400: Nestle knows this word for a beloved sweet substance comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water" chocolate |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $800: We bet Ken Jennings celebrates Jan. 4, the national day for this, from the Latin for "the place where 3 roads meet" trivia |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Take to the river in this, from Eskimo meaning "boat of skins" a kayak |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: "Cobra" comes from the Portuguese cobra de capello, meaning "snake with" one of these coverings a hood |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $3,800 (Daily Double): For sore muscles use a whirlpool bath to get some relief through this, from the Greek for "water" & "healing" hydrotherapy |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS $400: "She sells seashells by the sea shore" is a classic one of these a tongue twister |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS $800: No need to cry over this tree a weeping willow |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS $1200: It's the bovine term for a business or product that generates a steady flow of income a cash cow |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS $1600: They're the classic footwear seen here saddle shoes |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS $2000: Alliterative synonym for a shaman a medicine man |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $400: 1895:
Crane.
"Colorful".
War The Red Badge of Courage |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $1,000 (Daily Double): 1878:
Vronsky.
Train.
Oops Anna Karenina |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $1200: 1962:
Alex.
Droogs.
Nasty A Clockwork Orange |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $1600: 1925:
Driving.
Non-Miss.
Daisy The Great Gatsby |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | 3-WORD BOOK SUMMARY $2000: 1970:
Canoeing--
no,
survival Deliverance |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LETTER-WORD $200: These cotton swabs were invented in 1923 Q-Tips |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LETTER-WORD $400: Walther Schwieger was the captain of this type of vessel that torpedoed the Lusitania a U-boat |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LETTER-WORD $600: It's the opening in the violin seen here an F-hole |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LETTER-WORD $800: It's a type of ruler used in mechanical drawing to create right angles a T-square |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | LETTER-WORD $1000: The movie "Awakenings" depicts the use of this drug, usually for Parkinson's, on catatonic patients L-dopa |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $400: That joker in home room who makes everybody laugh all the time class clown |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $800: Laid back dude who's always hanging out at or near the seashore a beach bum |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $1200: A friend in a distant land to whom you write letters a pen pal |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $1600: A very large person who seems quite passive & mild a gentle giant |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS $2000: Adjective for a mission just for scoping things out & gathering information fact finding |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | CAN I HAVE A WORD? $400: To rubricate is to highlight with this color, such as Jesus' words in the New Testament red |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | CAN I HAVE A WORD? $800: Skirl is a shrill wailing sound; as a verb, it means to play this Highland instrument the bagpipes |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | CAN I HAVE A WORD? $1200: If something is hippocrepian, it's shaped like one of these metal objects a horseshoe |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | CAN I HAVE A WORD? $1600: From the Latin for "to wash away", it can mean a heavy downpour, perhaps even a flood a deluge |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | CAN I HAVE A WORD? $2000: The Latin for "tear" gives us this 10-letter adjective that means mournful or easily shedding tears lachrymose |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This term for a personal driver originally meant someone who stoked a steam engine a chauffeur |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Originally it was a place where rain fell from a roof; now it means to listen unseen to a conversation to eavesdrop |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: The name of this small magnifying glass used by jewelers is from a French term for a flawed gem a loupe |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: From the German, it's pleasure at someone's misfortune, combining words meaning "harm" & "joy" Schadenfreude |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: The name of this Greek goddess of vengeance is now used to mean an unbeatable rival Nemesis |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $400: This bovine term means to bully, & we can wait 'til it comes home for you to respond cow |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $400: One of this country's major exports is known as K-pop, like the hit "Gangnam Style" South Korea |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $800: Preceding "upon", it means to look disapprovingly; now turn that smile upside down! frown |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $1200: To dull one's spirits, or to moisten a cloth dampen |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1200: Independence for this country seen here was unfortunately followed by civil war South Sudan |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $1600: Change the prefix in persuade & you get this 8-letter opposite dissuade |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $1600: They are the 2 2-word nations in Central America Costa Rica & El Salvador |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $2000: Negative altitude in astronomy, or a period of economic woe depression |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $2000: The name of this West African country may refer to the shape of nearby hills resembling a certain beast Sierra Leone |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | 2-WORD COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): It occupies most of the world's largest peninsula Saudi Arabia |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $200: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film Cars |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $400: One of Al Pacino's lines from this 1983 film that's safe for us to quote is "Say hello to my little friend" Scarface |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $800: Richard Harris played Marcus Aurelius in this Russell Crowe film Gladiator |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Ice Cube gave rise to a catchphrase with the dismissive "Bye, Felicia" in this 1995 comedy Friday |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $1000: Audrey Tautou is a waitress at a Paris bistro in this charming film Amélie |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $200: Before signing a contract, you'd better read this
PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT the fine print |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Anyone up for this? a round of golf |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $600: Just let it go--it's time to do this
GIVE GET
GIVE GET
GIVE GET
GIVE GET forgive & forget |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $800: Toss out a life preserver--we have this situation
MAN
BOARD man overboard |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: I'm sorry you're this; hopefully something will come along
JOBS IN JOBS in between jobs |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Today meaning a buyer or seller of stocks, it may have come from one who opened casks of wine a broker |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): The word for this part of speech is from the Latin for "word" verb |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $1200: Now meaning "really great", this adjective is from the Latin for "frightening" terrific |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: Person comes from "persona", one of these donned by a Roman actor to play a different character a mask |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: French for "raw", it's the 4-letter name of a light grayish-yellowish-brown ecru |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD $400: Non-magical "Harry Potter" folk illegally import an "S" to make this word smuggle |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD $800: A word following "ready, willing &" becomes this weasel-like animal a sable |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD $1200: To choose by vote; with an "S" in front, you get this related word meaning to choose in preference to another select |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD $1600: A European viper, front-loaded with an "S", gets a little more depressed as this word sadder |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD $2000: A word meaning to analyze a sentence in terms of grammar becomes this word meaning meager or scant sparse |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $200: A cetaceous mammal a dolphin |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $400: Benny Goodman & Miles Davis had this job a bandleader |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $600: Showing good manners polite |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $800: It's the right way to go starboard |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $1000: A renter a tenant |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $400: A candy bar, or when checks are received at work Payday |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $800: Title time when Snow White's "Prince Will Come" "Someday" |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $1600: Anthony Hopkins played the loyal butler in this 1993 movie based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Rhyming period of one's greatest strength, youth or vigor heyday |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $2000: 2-word phrase for what a horrifying sight might scare "out of you" the living daylights |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | 2-WORD RESPONSES $400: George Washington is entombed on the grounds of this mansion Mount Vernon |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | 2-WORD RESPONSES $800: This geyser was named for its predictability in 1870 Old Faithful |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | 2-WORD RESPONSES $1200: Description of high-end liquor or perhaps its harder-to-reach placement top-shelf |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | 2-WORD RESPONSES $1600: In 1938 Seabiscuit had a match race against this Triple Crown winner with a military name War Admiral |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | 2-WORD RESPONSES $2000: This Italian cruise ship was hijacked on October 7, 1985 the Achille Lauro |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This place where alcoholic drinks are sold is derived from a slightly shorter, "fashionable" French word saloon |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From Latin for "cleanse", it's the place where one's soul is cleansed before entering heaven purgatory |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $600: Often eaten with eggs at breakfast, it comes from Latin for "dry" or "parch" toast |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From a word for "apple", it's a bag of aromatic substances placed in a dresser drawer pomander |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: In Dutch it meant "household effects"; its meaning as goods taken by force during a war dates to the 1640s plunder |
