| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Lyon is on this river, 1 letter different from the one Bonn is on the Rhône |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | ETYMOLOGY $1600: A ghost
sighting was originally what made people this, 1 letter different from the first line of the clue aghast |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $800: You dilute a solution by watering it down; you do this to your pupils, 1 letter different, by making them expand dilate |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $200: An indolent woman a lazy lady |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $400: An egg-shaped iridescent gem an oval opal |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $600: A .357 dude a gun guy (or magnum magnus acceptable) |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $800: Out-of-date fashion sense stale style |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | 1 LETTER DIFFERENT $1000: I'm ignoring the X-rays! My teeth are fine! dental denial |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | SIMILAR-SOUNDING WORDS $1000: Meaning an indirect mention & something that deceives, these 2 words are only 1 letter different allusion & illusion |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | MAKING A "LIST" $800: Mario Vargas Llosa is both a Nobelist & this, 1 letter different novelist |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | NEW WORDS & PHRASES $600: Merriam-Webster gives 1988 as the date this masculine word evolved from "bimbo", 1 letter different himbo |
| #5697, aired 2009-05-19 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $1200: NYC area adjoining & 1 letter different from SoHo NoHo |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | PEOPLE IN THE ARTS $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this innovative theater & opera director is just 1 letter different from a late British comic actor Peter Sellars |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | TOGO A GO-GO $1200: World Book says people in South Togo wear this loose garment only 1 letter different from the nation's name a toga |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | SOUNDS LIKE AN OBSCURE ROCK BAND $400: 1 letter different from a subatomic particle, they're peculiarities or idiosyncrasies quirks |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | 10-DIFFERENT-LETTER WORDS $500: 1 less than a cinquefoil Quadrefoil |
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