| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: In Spanish ¡felicidades! is one way to say this congratulations |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's another name for a movie's director of photography; Conrad Hall was a great one a cinematographer |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Described in 3 of the gospels, it's the term for Jesus' change in appearance to divine form up on a mountain transfiguration |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's the phenomenon exhibited here in waves on the California coast, caused by light-emitting organisms bioluminescence |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: From French & Latin for "nimble finger", it's a fancy name for a sleight of hand magician a prestidigitator |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1200: This 15-letter adjective simply means beautiful pulchritudinous |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Adjective for school activities held outside of class & after regular hours extracurricular |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the act of a country taking state control of what had been a privately owned industry nationalization |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Someone who playfully signals romantic interest has this quality flirtatiousness |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: The condition of 2 people so different by nature that they are not able to work or live together harmoniously incompatibility |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: This adverb means nevertheless or in spite of; it doesn't mean fully seated notwithstanding |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1200: It's a joke, especially a witty or timely one (15 points) a quip |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: This humped variety of ox originated in South Asia (15 points) a zebu |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Don't put off naming this, the postponement of a task procrastination |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: Throwing a punch is this type of bad conduct that'll earn you a 15-yard penalty on a football field unsportsmanlike |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: This quality of small cars makes them easy to handle, particularly in small spaces maneuverability |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: Oxfam is this type of international voluntary organization, NGO for short nongovernmental |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's the propensity for asking a lot of questions, whether out of curiosity or nosiness inquisitiveness |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | 13- TO 17-LETTER WORDS $2000: 15 letters:
One who doesn't eat meat but whose diet includes dairy products a lactovegetarian |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Secrecy, or a type of agreement not to disclose details publicly confidentiality |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: The glow of certain protozoans is the result of this natural ability to produce light bioluminescence |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: The 1935, 1964 & 2018 State of the Union addresses used this word for the poor & needy underprivileged |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: After good service in a restaurant, make it 15-20% of the pretax total a tip |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $400: A disobedient soldier can be busted for this insubordination |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $800: Mr. Vonnegut knew it's another term for abattoir slaughterhouse |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the "EV" in EVA, an outer space jaunt extravehicular |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $1600: This word for a prediction also starts with P & ends with T-I-O-N prognostication |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | 14-, 15- & 16-LETTER WORDS $2000: Poe knows this word for the ringing or sound of bells starts with a bit of double talk tintinnabulation |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | POLITICAL TALK $1200: A "strict" one of these 15-letter words tends to interpret the Constitution literally a constructionist |
| #5570, aired 2008-11-21 | TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1600: This type of "conduct" will cost you 15 yards on a football field unsportsmanlike |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: This type of doctor will see how you see & see you now an ophthalmologist |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the removal of harmful substances such as radioactive material or poisonous gas from an area decontamination |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Though not used technically, it's another term for the upper troposphere substratosphere |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: You can find 3 different words within this word meaning "in spite of" notwithstanding |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: "Ante" up; it's third from the end antepenultimate |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | "OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $600: In this billiards game, players have 15 red balls to shoot as well as 6 balls of other colors snooker |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: The inability to cooperate or coexist, it's grounds for divorce in some states incompatibility |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: This process that makes someone more U.S. citizen-like happens to "Emily" in the title of a William Huie novel Americanization |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: The removal from land or a person of unwanted chemical or radioactive impurities decontamination |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): The emission of light by living organisms like fireflies bioluminescence |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: The process of making 2 or more things work together in unison synchronization |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Film industry position of the person who oversees the camerawork & the lighting cinematographer |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the illegal conduct being identified here unsportsmanlike conduct |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's a refusal to obey orders or submit to authority in the military insubordination |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: Specifically, the person in an organization who enforces Robert's Rules of Order the parliamentarian |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: In the armed forces, it's what the NC stands for in NCO noncommissioned |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | LONG WORDS $400: This 15-letter word describes social activities like football or drama which aren't part of the required program extracurricular |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: I see, oculist is another name for this type of doctor ophthalmologist |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: This powerful drug, also known as speed, was first used in medicine as a nasal decongestant methamphetamine |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: (Sofia is taking a walk through the woods.) A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing outdoorsmanship |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: Before she was a TV star, Candice Bergen was this, meaning she took poignant pictures that told a story a photojournalist |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Madeleine Albright or Martina Navratilova, by birth a Czechoslovakian |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: A film's director of photography often goes by this title cinematographer |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: In 1964 James Garner & Julie Andrews starred in "The" this "of Emily" Americanization |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: From Greek & Latin for "life light", it's the production of light by certain living organisms, like fireflies bioluminescence |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's the biblical event depicted in the painting seen here The Transfiguration |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: Myopia nearsightedness |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: This formal ecclesiastical censure deprives a person of membership in a church excommunication |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: A magician who shows his manual dexterity by performing legerdemain or slight of hand prestidigitator |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: One who travels completely around the world circumnavigator |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1000: From German myth, it means "Twilight of the gods" Gotterdammerung |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Dr. Spock wrote, you don't have to teach a child to do this at 12-15 months; "you won't be able to stop him" walk |
| #3273, aired 1998-11-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Just 15% of an iceberg left in a restaurant Tip |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: The order of a pope who kicks you out of the flock Excommunication |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: The attorney-client relationship has this quality, meaning what you tell him will stay a secret Confidentiality |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: From the Greek for "foretelling", it's a forecast of things to come Prognostication |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: An expert in Robert's Rules of Order Parliamentarian |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1000: Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods" Gotterdammerung |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | 10-LETTER WORDS $500: In this ancient board game, each player has 2 dice, a dice cup & 15 counters backgammon |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: It's putting off until tomorrow what you could have done three weeks ago Procrastination |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: A William Bradford Huie novel & a Julie Andrews movie told about "The" this "of Emily" Americanization |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: A magician with nimble fingers Prestidigitator |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's any drug that makes veins or arteries narrow Vasoconstrictor |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1000: From German myth, it means "Twilight of the Gods" Gotterdammerung |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | OVER 15-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the direction in which the hands of a watch move backward counterclockwise |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | OVER 15-LETTER WORDS $200: A being not of this earth extraterrestrial |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | OVER 15-LETTER WORDS $300: A quarrel, or a failure to comprehend correctly misunderstanding |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | OVER 15-LETTER WORDS $400: This type of doctor specializes in the study of the organs of digestion gastroenterologist |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | OVER 15-LETTER WORDS $500: 28 letters long, it's opposition to taking away state support from an established church antidisestablishmentarianism |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: At a restaurant 15% of the bill is standard for this a tip |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | 15-LETTER WORDS $100: This personality conflict between husbands & wives is grounds for divorce in some states incompatibility |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: It's the process of removing radioactive material from a body decontaminating |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | 15-LETTER WORDS $300: This adjective describes conduct not appropriate for a good ballplayer unsportsmanlike |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: This type of rumor lacks a basis in fact unsubstantiated |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | 15-LETTER WORDS $500: It's concern for the welfare of others, frequently shown through philanthropy humanitarianism |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $400: 15 players per side are used when amateurs play this English ancestor of American football rugby |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: He'll spin your straw into gold, but will take your firstborn unless you guess his name Rumpelstiltskin |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: An expert in the rules & procedures used by a legislative body parliamentarian |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: What you're charged with if you mouth off to your military superior or won't follow directions insubordination |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): The performance of tests in a lab to prove a theory experimentation |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1000: Those less fortunate than or not having the same advantages as you underprivileged |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: Having no consequences inconsequential |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: This insolent behavior toward your military superiors can get you a bad conduct discharge insubordination |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: Quality a person has if she's totally without pity, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah" hardheartedness |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): What people are apt to say to you if you win this game congratulations |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1000: From Latin "to snatch away secretly", it's how kids in the '50s read "Peyton Place" surreptitiously |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: A person from Prague a Czechoslovakian |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: One who tells the news by pictures, a Life magazine reporter, for example a photojournalist |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: The redrawing of political district boundary lines reapportionment |
| #296, aired 1985-10-28 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: If a plane can fly, it's referred to as being "sound" in this way aerodynamically |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: What you'd be practicing if you put off questioning this answer until tomorrow procrastination |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: In the role of Emily, Julie Andrews went through this process in '64 Americanization |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | 15-LETTER WORDS $600: John McEnroe was recently fined & grounded for this kind of unprofessional conduct unsportsmanlike |
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