Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (1000 results returned) (search results maxed out)

#9069, aired 2024-03-282-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
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $600: What used to be a "buddy movie" depicting an affectionate relationship between 2 guys is now this blended word a bromance
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $800: With 58.33% of the letters in "introductory", it's a pipe to carry wiring or a person to carry information between 2 others conduit
#9036, aired 2024-02-12RHYMING SYNONYMS $400: 3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship the bow or the prow
#9036, aired 2024-02-12RHYMING SYNONYMS $1200: Gizmo of "Gremlins" fame frightfully screamed these 2 words after seeing a camera flash bright light
#9031, aired 2024-02-05TOOLS $200: Dewalt's 20v Max XR lithium-ion cordless compact 1/2-inch is a lot of words but bottom line, it's a power type of this a drill
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $400: Though it's in the Bovidae family, the musk variety of this is grouped with goats & sheep, not cattle the ox
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $800: An aid to meditation, when spoken as 3 sounds, it can be symbolic of the 3 major Hindu gods om
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $1200: An exclamation, or an actress who has played a doctor & an MI6 agent on TV Oh
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's Latin for "bone" os
#9029, aired 2024-02-012-LETTER WORDS $2000: A major river of the Siberian lowlands, it flows more than 2,200 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean the Ob
#1, aired 2024-01-12WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration
#1, aired 2024-01-12WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1600: Meaning a silly or flighty person, this word with 2 sets of double "B"s was mentioned in "King Lear" as a demon's name flibbertigibbet
#9008, aired 2024-01-0311-LETTER WORDS $1600: Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there combustible
#9000, aired 2023-12-22WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $200: 2-word title of "A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song" Sunny Day
#8999, aired 2023-12-21WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $400: Once used to mean lust, it's now a 2-syllable synonym for indigestion heartburn
#8997, aired 2023-12-19FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: Grammatically, this 2-word phrase refers to a period; California drivers are asked to come to one before a crosswalk a full stop
#8990, aired 2023-12-08WORDS FROM ARABIC $1600: If you don't know that this popular beverage comes from the Arabic qahwah, you get 2 lumps, not one coffee
#8984, aired 2023-11-30Y_O_Y $1200: To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words your alley
#8966, aired 2023-11-06HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $400: To make the pressure between 2 forces the same (26 points) equalize
#8956, aired 2023-10-23SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E)
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $400: I can name this Native American dwelling in 2 letters a tepee (T-P)
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $600: In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running On" these 2 letters Empty (M-T)
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $800: These 2 letters can often be seen growing on the sides of college buildings ivy (I-V)
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $1000: These 2 letters give you an adjective meaning squalid & unkempt seedy (C-D)
#16, aired 2023-10-11MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR $400: In 2015, the word was the suffix "-ism" and 2 years later it was this "-ism" associated with Betty Friedan feminism
#8945, aired 2023-10-062 WORDS IN ONE $200: Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt)
#8945, aired 2023-10-062 WORDS IN ONE $400: To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place beginning (beg + inning)
#8945, aired 2023-10-062 WORDS IN ONE $600: One piece of butter plus public group violence gives us this nation lover patriot (pat + riot)
#8945, aired 2023-10-062 WORDS IN ONE $800: A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter a massacre (mass + acre)
#8945, aired 2023-10-062 WORDS IN ONE $1000: A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion finale (fin + ale)
#8940, aired 2023-09-29WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $1000: An early appearance of this 2-word term describing a macho perspective was in a 1975 essay about film by Laura Mulvey the male gaze
#8925, aired 2023-07-28WORKING WORDS $1000: It's the 2-word Latin phrase meaning a particular way of doing something, work-wise or criminally related modus operandi
#8923, aired 2023-07-26PHYSICS $800: Of these 2 opposite everyday words, one has a limit because you can't take away more energy than is there; the other is in theory infinite cold & heat
#8919, aired 2023-07-20COFFEE, NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards fair trade
#8916, aired 2023-07-176-LETTER WORDS $400: In the title of a John le Carré novel, these 2 occupations precede "Soldier, Spy" Tinker & Tailor
#8913, aired 2023-07-12SLANG $800: Also the title of a song by DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign & Ashanti, these 2 words may sound rude but just mean "I understand" say less
#8908, aired 2023-07-05OPPOSITES $1000: Regarding blood pressure, these 2 words that end with the same 6 letters refer to how the heart muscles relax & contract systolic & diastolic
#8902, aired 2023-06-27WORD ORIGINS $1600: 2 Greek words give us this 10-letter word meaning fear of blood hemophobia
#8901, aired 2023-06-267-LETTER WORDS $800: This delicate word is stretched out to 3 syllables by Darren McGavin in "A Christmas Story" fragile
#8888, aired 2023-06-07PASSION $1000: These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo agony & ecstasy
#8879, aired 2023-05-25NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: It's the basic form most taxpayers use to report income & file their return a 1040
#20, aired 2023-05-24THE 1960s $600: On June 16, 1966 activist Stokely Carmichael rallied a crowd with "we want" these 2 words Black power
#19, aired 2023-05-24SOME HARD WORDS $400: Stoves & stomachs are made of this 2-word alloy formed in a mold cast iron
#16, aired 2023-05-22THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $200: Garbage & to deny refuse (REH-fuse) & refuse (re-FUZE)
#16, aired 2023-05-22THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $400: To rip & a drop of saline fluid tear (TARE) & tear (TIER)
#16, aired 2023-05-22THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $600: A type of fish & instrument mastered by Jaco Pastorius bass (BASS) & bass (BASE)
#16, aired 2023-05-22THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $800: To exhibit or create something & agricultural edibles produce (proh-DOOS) & produce (PROH-doos or PRAH-doos)
#16, aired 2023-05-22THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $1000: To propel a boat & to have a quarrel row (ROE) & row (rOW)
#8875, aired 2023-05-19SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS $600: These 4 words come 2 verses before "Thou shalt not steal" Thou shalt not kill
#8874, aired 2023-05-18REPEATS ITSELF $400: In a Grimm Brothers' tale, an evil queen looks at her wall & says these 2 words, asking, "Who in this land is fairest of all?" Mirror, mirror
#9, aired 2023-05-15SUBTITLED LITERATURE $1600: These 2 words finish the subtitle of "Frankenstein" Modern Prometheus
#8869, aired 2023-05-11QUADRISYLLABIC WORDS $1600: In statistics it's the tendency for 2 values to change in sync; as often said, it's "not causation" correlation
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: It follows Ice & Stone Age
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $400: Perhaps you learned to type with the phrase "Now is the time for all good men to come to the" this "of the party" aid
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Wrath or fury packed into 3 letters ire
#8861, aired 2023-05-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: This symbol of Australia ranks as the world's second-tallest bird the emu
#8858, aired 2023-04-26RIHANNA $1000: Rihanna's girl songs include "Selfish Girl", "A Girl Like Me", & signaling a new edgy image, "Good Girl..." these 2 words "Gone Bad"
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: About the size of France, this ex-French colony is seen here living up to 2 of the 3 words in its name the Central African Republic
#8855, aired 2023-04-21"F"IVE LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): In its simplest form it's a sheet of paper folded in half to make 2 leaves or 4 pages; Shakespeare's had a lot more a folio
#8843, aired 2023-04-053-LETTER WORDS $200: The big one consists of 2 phalanges a toe
#8843, aired 2023-04-053-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just one letter different, these 2 rhyming words both mean to soak up spilled liquid sop & mop
#8837, aired 2023-03-28TOUGH TOUGH-GUY TV $800: Too tough for a first name, Western hero Paladin had a business card that said these 2 words, "will travel" Have gun
#8833, aired 2023-03-224-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $600: The second half of a golf course is called this, 2 4-letter words the back nine
#8831, aired 2023-03-20& EYE $1000: Referring to the device used, these 2 words are the "L-A" in LASIK eye surgery laser-assisted
#8825, aired 2023-03-10HODGEPODGE $400: With no combustion engine, electric cars may have a frunk, a combo of these 2 words a front trunk
#8821, aired 2023-03-06HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): Between 1776 & 1783, Thomas Paine wrote "Crisis" papers, each signed with these 2 words from a familiar early pamphlet Common Sense
#8818, aired 2023-03-01ONOMATOPOEIA $800: These 2 words that differ by one vowel combine to mean a change of heart flip & flop
#8802, aired 2023-02-07WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $400: A diphthong is a sound made by combining 2 vowels, like the "AI" in tail or in this word for the head of a committee chair
#8796, aired 2023-01-30WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $2000: The boundary between 2 air masses & a typeface used in printing like Korinna Bold a front & font
#11, aired 2023-01-192 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $300: A scoundrel who wins his victims' trust & then swindles them a con man
#11, aired 2023-01-192 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $600: Like Fifth & Madison Avenues in New York City, since 1966 one way
#11, aired 2023-01-192 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $900: Someone who cares a lot about their body & spends a lot of time at 24 Hour Fitness is this rodent a gym rat
#11, aired 2023-01-192 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $1500: When the pope makes someone a cardinal, he's said to give them this item to wear a red hat
#11, aired 2023-01-192 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $3,000 (Daily Double): It doesn't sound super-medical, but Queen Elizabeth II's death certificate lists the cause as this, at 96 old age
#8783, aired 2023-01-11SCIENCE WORDS $800: These 2 5-letter words are often paired as terms for the plants & animals of a particular region flora & fauna
#8773, aired 2022-12-28LITERARY CHARACTER NAMES $1600: He's a sensitive member of J.D. Salinger's Glass family; at one point, it's spelled as 2 words like "perceive extra" see more (Seymour Glass)
#8770, aired 2022-12-235-LETTER WORDS $800: There are 2 Vs in this word meaning extreme enthusiasm or spirit verve
#8767, aired 2022-12-20WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $400: It's an artistic representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over Jesus' body & is made up of 2 Greek letters pieta (pi & eta)
#8767, aired 2022-12-20WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $800: 3M, B-52 & 401(k) all have this quality, which begins with 2 Greek letters alphanumeric (alpha & nu)
#8765, aired 2022-12-16INVASIONS $1200: On May 1, 2003, 6 weeks after the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush stood under a banner bearing these 2 words Mission accomplished
#8762, aired 2022-12-132-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: What we did to the words in the video & the most exciting part of a trip or event highlight
#8762, aired 2022-12-132-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: During violent winter storms, penguins gather for protection in a tightly packed group called this, just like in football a huddle
#8762, aired 2022-12-132-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: In biology, it's a thin outer layer of a cell; osmosis is the passage of a fluid through a semipermeable one a membrane
#8762, aired 2022-12-132-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This wedge-shaped piece is at the summit of an arch & holds the rest of the pieces in place a keystone
#8762, aired 2022-12-132-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: An electromagnetic emanation around living things; a red one means you are energetic an aura
#8753, aired 2022-11-30THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS $800: Etymologically related to the word scrimmage is this type of small battle between 2 armies a scrum (a skirmish)
#8751, aired 2022-11-28SLANG $800: A blend of 2 words & first used in the '90s, it means to calm down, take it easy chillax
#8751, aired 2022-11-286-LETTER WORDS $1200: Yes, Dan, there are 2 "P"s in the middle of this word for the snazzily attired dapper
#8749, aired 2022-11-24DOUBLE-T WORDS $800: The second of the 2 things mentioned earlier in a sentence the latter
#8747, aired 2022-11-22RHYMING PHRASES $200: The first 2 words repeat in this 4-word cry of victory that involves poultry winner, winner, chicken dinner
#8734, aired 2022-11-03ADVERBS $1000: 2 rhyming words: One is how "We Roll Along" in a musical title; the other is old-timey for truly & certainly merrily verily
#8729, aired 2022-10-27WORDS & PHRASES: IMMEDIATELY! $800: Give us this double-talk term quickly, as it means quickly & in this case, not to cut using 2 blows chop-chop
#8722, aired 2022-10-18PHRASES OF HELLO & GOODBYE $1200: These 2 words go with a chest thump or 2 & making a "V" with index & middle finger peace out
#8705, aired 2022-09-23TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $200: Among her last confirmed words on July 2, 1937 were "We are on the line 157-337" (Amelia) Earhart
#8696, aired 2022-09-1211-LETTER WORDS $2000: The original line of this separating 2 territories was the one dividing the New World between Spain & Portugal demarcation
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Big bovine ox
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: An aboveground railway el
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: George Takei's 2-word catchphrase oh my
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: "Special" is one type of this short form ed
#8693, aired 2022-07-27ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: COVID variant names skipped nu & this 14th Greek letter xi
#8680, aired 2022-07-08WEATHER WORDS $200: Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come" these 2 opposites rain & shine
#8670, aired 2022-06-24WORDS IN COMPARISON $1000: Specially made 2-word area in a house to retreat to in times of great fear a panic room
#8670, aired 2022-06-245-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: It's the process of verifying yourself in order to use a computer system; some might require "2 factor" authentication
#8661, aired 2022-06-13TEXTING, TEXTING $400: Although it's been said many times, many ways, in Dec. 1992 a 22-year-old software engineer sent these 2 words in the very 1st text Merry Christmas
#8651, aired 2022-05-30PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: Similar to smog, smaze comes from these 2 words smoke & haze
#8651, aired 2022-05-30PORTMANTEAU WORDS $2000: To retcon is to go back & fill in a fictional character's history & comes from these 2 words of 4 & 5 syllables retroactive continuity
#8648, aired 2022-05-255-LETTER "W"s $1000: Roger, I heard your radio message & I'll use this combination of 2 words to indicate I'll do what you asked wilco
#8641, aired 2022-05-16TFW... $800: You're these 2 mellow words that precede "collected" in a proverbial phrase calm & cool
#8637, aired 2022-05-10"G" WHIZ $1600: 2 similar words: one means excessively greedy when it comes to food, & the other, sticky or gummy gluttonous & glutenous
#8631, aired 2022-05-02CONGRESS IN THE 19th CENTURY $2000: Latin for "force of the county", these 2 words titled an 1878 act that prevented the use of the army to enforce law in the South posse comitatus
#8603, aired 2022-03-23TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS $1600: In 2 words, it grinds the beans to make your morning joe a coffee mill
#8595, aired 2022-03-11BOSH $800: We hear a lot about these 2 14-letter words that differ by a letter; one is inadvertent untruths & the other, deliberate ones disinformation & misinformation
#8590, aired 2022-03-04UNUSUAL WORDS $400: Tolkien coined the term eucatastrophe, referring to one of these 2-word results, which he said made a complete fairy-story a happy ending
#8583, aired 2022-02-23COUNTRY NICKNAMES $1200: Canada's nickname has these 2 words before "North" Great White
#8580, aired 2022-02-18END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION $800: Saying you look "like death..." these 2 words is not a compliment to your appearance warmed over
#11, aired 2022-02-16POTPOURRI $2000: 2 words that don't go well together, imperfectly embalmed, applied to this Lord Protector of England in 1658 (Oliver) Cromwell
#8577, aired 2022-02-15IT'S THE ONLY VOWEL $2000: ...in the 2 title words of a Shakespeare comedy where we meet Sir Andrew Aguecheek (2 different vowels) E, I
#7, aired 2022-02-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $200: "When life gives you lemons..." make lemonade
#7, aired 2022-02-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $400: "I came, I saw, ..." I conquered
#7, aired 2022-02-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $600: A legal principle: "Ignorance of the law is..." no excuse
#7, aired 2022-02-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $800: Among AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time: "E.T. ..." phone home
#7, aired 2022-02-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $1000: A principle often attributed to Hippocrates & followed by doctors: "First do..." no harm
#4, aired 2022-02-09ASSIGNED READING MATH $1600: 2 hours for this work where Jonathan Swift satirically suggests cooking Irish babies; it's "a modest" 3,400 words, 1,700 an hour A Modest Proposal
#8572, aired 2022-02-082-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: That place where the Flintstones live, or the layer of stone underneath surface soil Bedrock
#8572, aired 2022-02-082-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: This type of canoe was originally made of sealskin stretched over a wood frame kayak
#8572, aired 2022-02-082-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: The shoes seen here are named for this feature on the toe wingtip
#8572, aired 2022-02-082-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This word for a relish that accompanies Indian food comes from the Hindi language chutney
#8572, aired 2022-02-082-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare used this word before "thee to a summer's day" compare
#8572, aired 2022-02-08WHAT ACUTE ACCENT $1200: These 2 words with acute accents towards the end describe an engaged woman & a no-longer-married woman fiancée & divorcée
#8568, aired 2022-02-02IN MY WORDS $400: In "Unbound", activist Tarana Burke tells of the birth of this movement & the power of saying those 2 small words Me Too
#8559, aired 2022-01-20THE ENERGY BIZ $800: The name of this "always prepared" battery company was once 2 words Eveready
#8553, aired 2022-01-12REPTILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: Term for rolling a 2 in craps snake eyes
#8550, aired 2022-01-07WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $1200: An ejection or an eviction an ouster
#8550, aired 2022-01-07WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $1600: This Japanese martial art aims to turn an attacker's strength & momentum against him aikido
#8550, aired 2022-01-07WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $2000: The joker was invented for this card game & the 2 words may be related Euchre
#8549, aired 2022-01-06PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS $800: Submissive & pugnacious are synonyms for the 2 words in this type of behavior; fine. Whatever passive-aggressive
#8543, aired 2021-12-29SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $2000: "Je suis tired" is an example of this, a portmanteau of the French words for Canada's 2 official languages Franglais
#8541, aired 2021-12-27YOU STUBBED YOUR TOE ON LIVE TV $800: 2 words that completed Red Skelton's signoff, "Good night and..." God bless
#8538, aired 2021-12-22'TIS THE SEASON, ERA OR EPOCH $800: In 1817 the Boston Columbian Centinel described the nifty mood with a new man in the White House as the era of these 2 words Good Feelings
#8522, aired 2021-11-30ENDS IN "EX" $3,000 (Daily Double): In math, these 2 words are often used interchangeably for the top point of a figure, like a cone the apex & the vertex
#8509, aired 2021-11-112-LETTER WORDS $200: "Us" is the objective case of this pronoun we
#8509, aired 2021-11-112-LETTER WORDS $400: A snippet of it: ...288419716... pi
#8509, aired 2021-11-112-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the third note in the major scale of the sol-fa set of singing syllables mi
#8509, aired 2021-11-112-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the garment being worn here a gi
#8509, aired 2021-11-112-LETTER WORDS $1000: A moon in our solar system named for a maiden of myth Io
#8501, aired 2021-11-012 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $400: In a hopeful sense, a cloud is said to have one of these metallic features a silver lining
#8501, aired 2021-11-012 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $800: Brits use this "familial" name for the guy who brings presents every December Father Christmas
#8501, aired 2021-11-012 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $1600: High levels of hGC & estrogen might be the cause of this malady that can actually strike pregnant women at any time of day morning sickness
#8501, aired 2021-11-012 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $2000: Home to wits like Dorothy Parker, the Algonquin Round Table had this other shapely name the Vicious Circle
#8501, aired 2021-11-012 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $5,000 (Daily Double): Meaning you're good at talking with others, this alliterative phrase begins with a plural word & ends with its singular form a people person
#8496, aired 2021-10-25FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: This 2-word phrase for a farewell performance is derived from the belief that a certain bird makes music as it dies a swan song
#8490, aired 2021-10-15HISTORIC POTPOURRI $1600: They're the Russian words for Mikhail Gorbachev's 2 policies of openness & restructuring perestroika & glasnost
#8474, aired 2021-09-23MONEY IDIOMS $800: Makes cents! These 2 words begin the idiom that ends "pound foolish" penny wise
#8461, aired 2021-08-09GRAB BAG $400: Found in a 1927 Girl Scout handbook, the first official recipe for this marshmallow campfire treat had it as 2 words s'mores
#8448, aired 2021-07-21EXODUS TELLS US... $1000: "Thou shalt not bear" these 2 words "against thy neighbour" false witness
#8442, aired 2021-07-132-LETTER WORDS $200: Vamoose! go
#8442, aired 2021-07-132-LETTER WORDS $400: Hamlet's first choice be
#8442, aired 2021-07-132-LETTER WORDS $600: Evil King clown tale It
#8442, aired 2021-07-132-LETTER WORDS $800: 22/7, approximately pi
#8442, aired 2021-07-132-LETTER WORDS $1000: The farming equivalent of Big Pharma is not Big Farm but big this Ag
#8441, aired 2021-07-12COLD WORDS $400: It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north the Arctic Circle
#8420, aired 2021-06-11SKILLFUL WORDS & PHRASES $1200: There are 2 consecutive "V"s in the middle of this word that describes your shrewdness savvy
#8419, aired 2021-06-10BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES $1200: O. Henry called the fictional Central American country of Anchuria this 2-word entity, referring to an export a banana republic
#8418, aired 2021-06-09SILENT-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the "h" in the math formula 1/2 b h height
#8413, aired 2021-06-02THE BIBLE $800: The shortest verse in the King James Bible is John 11:35, these 2 words Jesus wept
#8411, aired 2021-05-31THE SHAPE OF YOU $600: These 2 words that both start with the same 3 letters mean curving inward & curving outward convex & concave
#8409, aired 2021-05-27LAW SLAW $3,000 (Daily Double): The first play by lord, novelist, politician & inmate Jeffrey Archer had a legalistic title, "Beyond" these 2 words Beyond Reasonable Doubt
#8408, aired 2021-05-26IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Geometry has cool words like rhombus & this one for a quadrilateral with only 2 parallel sides a trapezoid
#8404, aired 2021-05-205-LETTER 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: Quotient is a synonym for this, a proportional relationship between 2 quantities ratio
#8392, aired 2021-05-04READING MATERIAL $3,800 (Daily Double): Combine 2 words in the New York Times' slogan & get the name of this light, pulpy paper it comes on newsprint
#8387, aired 2021-04-27WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $400: It's a conjunction used to introduce a choice between 2 alternatives either
#8387, aired 2021-04-27WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $800: An oily preparation rubbed on the skin for medical or soothing purposes ointment
#8387, aired 2021-04-27WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $1200: A region of the Earth's outer atmosphere containing a high concentration of free electrons the ionosphere
#8387, aired 2021-04-27WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $1600: Do you question this? One's power to make decisions & tell people what to do? authority
#8387, aired 2021-04-27WORDS THAT START WITH 2 VOWELS $2000: The science & practice of traveling through the air in a plane or other vehicle aeronautics
#8385, aired 2021-04-23WORDS & PHRASES $200: This Franglish phrase refers to something with 2 meanings, one of which is usually naughty a double entendre
#8382, aired 2021-04-20LEADING FEMALE TV $800: These 2 words describe "Xena" in the full title of the show that starred Lucy Lawless Warrior Princess
#8363, aired 2021-03-24WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $400: Something taking a lot of work can require a "herculean" this effort
#8363, aired 2021-03-24WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: This adjective refers to the ability to soak up water or heat absorbent
#8363, aired 2021-03-24WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: The Ilium is the upper part of this big bone the hip bone
#8363, aired 2021-03-24WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: From a Sanskrit word for "to sprinkle", it's a clarified butter used in south Asian cooking ghee
#8363, aired 2021-03-24WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $2000: It's information regarding the characteristics of a particular advertising target audience like age, sex, income, etc. demographics
#8351, aired 2021-03-08TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $200: Mirrorball Trophy Dancing with the Stars
#8351, aired 2021-03-08TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $400: "Outplay", "Outlast" Survivor
#8351, aired 2021-03-08TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $600: Brainiacs, Bazinga! The Big Bang Theory
#8351, aired 2021-03-08TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $800: Piper, prison Orange Is the New Black
#8351, aired 2021-03-08TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $1000: Sweathogs, school Welcome Back, Kotter
#8341, aired 2021-02-22ANIMALS WITHIN WORDS $2000: A set of bejeweled ceramic sheep may include these 2 animals, a female & a male a ewe & a ram (in bejeweled & ceramic)
#8335, aired 2021-02-12GAME THEORY $200: If your stack is short & you need to double up to stay in a game of hold 'em, it might be time to "go" these 2 words all-in
#8324, aired 2021-01-28WORDS & PHRASES $800: Before it meant a type of research institution, this 2-word phrase was slang for the brain think tank
#8324, aired 2021-01-28THE COMICS $1200: In the title of the comic strip, not the musical, these 2 words come before "Annie" Little Orphan
#8304, aired 2020-12-17FIRST WORDS $800: The presidential oath of office begins, "I do" these 2 words solemnly swear
#8301, aired 2020-12-14BLENDED WORDS $1000: When referring to England's 2 oldest universities, use this blended word Oxbridge
#8296, aired 2020-12-07EMPTY WORDS $1000: In Genesis 1:2 "the earth was without form, and" this void
#8294, aired 2020-12-0315-LETTER WORDS $1600: The condition of 2 people so different by nature that they are not able to work or live together harmoniously incompatibility
#8291, aired 2020-11-30YIDDISH $800: The opening to "Laverne & Shirley" used these 2 Yiddish words, one meaning an oaf, the other, an unlucky person schlemiel & schlimazel
#8279, aired 2020-11-12DOUBLE O, DOUBLE E $600: "Be of" these 2 words denoting happy spirits good cheer
#8270, aired 2020-10-30BE HOME NOW $1600: If you want your package delivered when someone is home, these 2 words follow "adult" in a FedEx option signature required
#8265, aired 2020-10-23HELPFUL HINTS $2000: In the mnemonic "God's Excellent Love Never Dies", the first 2 words stand for these 2 Bible books Genesis & Exodus
#8262, aired 2020-10-203-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: For 2, 5 & 11, it is 6 average
#8261, aired 2020-10-19POE "M" $600: In the title of a Poe story, "in the Rue" is in between these 2 words Murders & Morgue
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $200: This abbreviated word is sometimes found before art & after photo op
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $400: According to the Chinese calendar, 2021 will be the year of this animal the ox
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the name of the game being played here Go
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $800: In the title of a Eugene O'Neill play, it precedes "Wilderness!" Ah
#8260, aired 2020-10-162-LETTER WORDS $1000: Scrabble players know this 2-letter word is a type of 3-toed sloth found in Brazil the ai
#8240, aired 2020-09-18WORDS & PHRASES $2,500 (Daily Double): Originally a sci-fi term for a trainee astronaut, this 2-word term now describes someone not in touch with reality a space cadet
#8235, aired 2020-06-12WORDS & PHRASES $1,600 (Daily Double): "He who pays the piper holds the reins" is an example of this, incorrectly fusing 2 symbolic comparisons a mixed metaphor
#8221, aired 2020-05-25USE YOUR WORDS $1200: These 2 adjectives are antonyms of each other & are derived from 2 of the divisions in taxonomy general & specific
#8218, aired 2020-05-20PEACE TALK $400: In Jerusalem, the "City of Peace", you might hear these 2 related Hebrew & Arabic words for peace used as a greeting shalom & salaam
#8217, aired 2020-05-19WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1000: The low point between 2 wave crests & time off for a soldier trough & furlough
#8205, aired 2020-04-17POP CULTURE $1600: Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is one of the attractions at the Disneyland area called Star Wars: these 2 words Galaxy's Edge
#8196, aired 2020-04-06I'M YOUR NEW PERSONAL TRAINER! $1600: An intense circuit-style workout, metcon is short for these 2 words, & we're gonna hit it hard today! metabolic conditioning
#8186, aired 2020-03-23ANAGRAMMED REPTILES $1000: A venomous southwesterner: INTRO GLEAMS (2 words) the Gila monster
#8179, aired 2020-03-12FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): In the King James version, these 2 words complete Luke 11:3, "Give us day by day our..." daily bread
#8175, aired 2020-03-06POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $2000: 2 states on the West Coast bookend North Dakota to form this 6-letter word for frankness candor (California, North Dakota & Oregon)
#8157, aired 2020-02-11CRAYOLA COLORS IN OTHER FORMS $800: This type of light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nanometers (but the crayon splits it into 2 words) ultraviolet
#8147, aired 2020-01-28NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $600: In 1999 this pair of 2-letter words, a "Clueless" movie quote, was kind of a mean choice "As If"
#8138, aired 2020-01-15BACKRONYMS $2000: Named for a child kidnapped in 1996, an Amber Alert is short for "America's Missing: Broadcast" these 2 words Emergency Response
#2, aired 2020-01-07PHILOSOPHERS $800: In the 18th C., Hume opined on morality, "'tis impossible that the distinction betwixt" these 2 4-letter words "can be made by reason" good & evil
#8128, aired 2020-01-01UNCOMMON $600: "Monty Python's Flying Circus" often encouraged us with "And now for something..." these 2 words completely different
#8113, aired 2019-12-11COMING OUT OF YOUR SHELL $1200: These 2 words precede "Shell" in the name of the European parent company of Shell Oil Royal Dutch
#8111, aired 2019-12-09QUOTES OF NOTE $800: These 2 words fill in the quote by jurist William Blackstone: "It is better that 10 ___ persons escape, than that 1 ___ suffer" guilty and innocent
#8104, aired 2019-11-2812-LETTER WORDS $1200: The skin of this aquatic mammal is about 2 inches thick & secretes a pinkish fluid that acts as a sunblock a hippopotamus
#8100, aired 2019-11-227-LETTER WORDS $800: 2 basic types of college courses are the seminar & this, basically the professor speaking to a large group lecture
#8100, aired 2019-11-227-LETTER WORDS $1600: A type of poker game where A-2-3-4-6 is a winning hand, or to underestimate on purpose lowball
#8078, aired 2019-10-23ODD WORDS $400: A tittle is that little dot you place over these 2 lowercase letters I & J
#8072, aired 2019-10-15I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU $200: Tarana Burke actually coined this phrase more than a decade ago as a way to help survivors of sexual abuse me too
#8072, aired 2019-10-15I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU $400: In 2015 Illinois mandated that polling places pass out stickers with these 2 words on Election Day I voted
#8072, aired 2019-10-15I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU $600: Got milk? Maybe you shouldn't if you're this & have trouble digesting the sugar that's found in it lactose intolerant
#8069, aired 2019-10-10DOUBLE "Z" WORDS $400: It can be a low story or balcony between 2 other floors in a building or theater mezzanine
#8069, aired 2019-10-10DOUBLE "Z" WORDS $800: You've got 2 sets of double Z's in this 7-letter word! The exciting quality of an energetic personality pizzazz
#8065, aired 2019-10-045-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): These were 2 types of columns in Ancient Greece Doric & Ionic
#8065, aired 2019-10-04WORDS ABOUT WORDS $6,000 (Daily Double): 2-word term for a common language for speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Moliere lingua franca
#8041, aired 2019-07-22POETIC WORDS $800: A "heroic" one of these is 2 rhyming lines of iambic pentameter couplet
#8038, aired 2019-07-17FASHION DON'TS $600: Never, ever wear jorts, a combo of these 2 words jeans and shorts
#8035, aired 2019-07-12ACRONYMS & ABBREVS. $1600: Seen on pay stubs, FICA is short for these 2 words "Contributions Act" federal insurance
#8034, aired 2019-07-11ON SECOND THOUGHT $1000: These 2 similar words have similar meanings; the one starting "A" can mean to make any change; the "E" is to change the text amend and emend
#8031, aired 2019-07-08A PAST-ICHE $800: For extra quaintness, a London pub opened in 1667 isn't just called Cheshire Cheese but these 2 words "Cheshire Cheese" ye olde
#8025, aired 2019-06-28NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $200: 2-word term meaning to make an unresponsive program set you free; on a Mac it's command-option-escape force quit
#8018, aired 2019-06-195-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: The word embellishment, as of a story, has 2 L's; this synonym has 2 G's exaggeration
#8015, aired 2019-06-142-LETTER WORDS $200: This biblical word is often found before "& behold" lo
#8015, aired 2019-06-142-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2013 meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association included a paper on "The Social Meaning of" this word eh
#8015, aired 2019-06-142-LETTER WORDS $600: "Clumsy" in language, castrated in fact, it's a type of draft animal ox
#8015, aired 2019-06-142-LETTER WORDS $800: As an adjective, it denotes huge self-interest, like in describing an entire decade me
#8015, aired 2019-06-142-LETTER WORDS $1000: Dutch for "yes" ja
#7998, aired 2019-05-22WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This term for a cure-all bears the name of a daughter of Asclepius panacea
#7994, aired 2019-05-16TEXT $200: Sent in December 1992, the first text message was just these 2 seasonally appropriate words merry Christmas
#7988, aired 2019-05-08WORDS IN TEACHER $1000: Jasper & agate are 2 of the many minerals classified as this form of quartz chert
#7986, aired 2019-05-06OCCUPATIONS $600: These 2 words come before "cook" to describe one in a diner making simple, quick meals short order
#7956, aired 2019-03-25SINGLE-CONSONANT WORDS $1600: 2 Freudian parts of the mind the id and the ego
#7941, aired 2019-03-04FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: 2-word French term for a young person who comes from abroad to help out a family with childcare in return for room & board an au pair
#7932, aired 2019-02-19OSCAR RECORDS $1,400 (Daily Double): Winning for "The Miracle Worker", Patty Duke is tied for the shortest Oscar speech: These 2 words thank you
#7916, aired 2019-01-28AWARD ETYMOLOGY $800: The "OB" in the Obie Theater Awards is short for these 2 words off Broadway
#7905, aired 2019-01-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PROVERB $200: "Once bitten..." twice shy
#7905, aired 2019-01-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PROVERB $400: "A chain is no stronger than its..." weakest link
#7905, aired 2019-01-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PROVERB $600: "A watched pot..." never boils
#7905, aired 2019-01-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PROVERB $800: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a..." single step
#7905, aired 2019-01-112 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PROVERB $1000: "Familiarity..." breeds contempt
#7895, aired 2018-12-28ABORIGINAL WORDS $400: It's a curved piece of wood usually 2 to 3 feet long boomerang
#7887, aired 2018-12-18LIKES & RAVERS $1000: Online, "h/t" is short for these 2 words, a way to express gratitude with your homburg or fedora hat tip
#7879, aired 2018-12-06WORD & 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
#7866, aired 2018-11-19"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $800: These 2 5-letter words are used to refer to the plant & animal life of a particular region flora and fauna
#7865, aired 2018-11-16INTERJECTIONS $600: Often used mockingly, it's 2 rhyming words synonymous with turning on the tears boo hoo
#7862, aired 2018-11-13YOU'VE GOT CLASS $2000: Let's muscle in some biology with this muscle in the upper arm; its name comes from Latin words for "2" & "head" a bicep
#7826, aired 2018-09-24WORDS FROM THE COMICS $600: This 2-word name for a rich benefactor comes from a "Little Orphan Annie" character Daddy Warbucks
#7826, aired 2018-09-24RIVER WORDS $800: A tributary is a river that flows into another river; this 2,540-mile one joins the Mississippi River near St. Louis the Missouri
#7825, aired 2018-09-21HELP ME WITH THE TITLE $600: These 2 title words describe Sarah, who travels to the prairie to be a farmer's wife plain and tall
#7818, aired 2018-09-12SIMILAR WORDS $200: With one T, it's the roof of the mouth; with 2, it's a board for mixing paints a palate/palette
#7810, aired 2018-07-20GET ME REWRITE! $200: Thanks to Eisenhower's urging, these 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 under God
#7808, aired 2018-07-18THE OED's RECENT WORDS $400: Financial assistance from your parents is facetiously called a loan from "the bank of" these 2 Mom & Dad
#7805, aired 2018-07-13PARTING WORDS $400: In bowling, a 3-10 or 2-7 is called a baby this a split
#7803, aired 2018-07-11I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $200: Bachelor president James Buchanan
#7803, aired 2018-07-11I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $400: Tibetan Nobelist the Dalai Lama
#7803, aired 2018-07-11I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $600: Escapology king Harry Houdini
#7803, aired 2018-07-11I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $800: Bavarian pope Pope Benedict XVI
#7803, aired 2018-07-11I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $1000: Centenarian senator Strom Thurmond
#7803, aired 2018-07-11LEXICON VALLEY $2000: This 8-letter name of an L.A. suburb & a Phoenix suburb is made of 2 different words for "valley" Glendale
#7793, aired 2018-06-27MATH WORDS $1200: A: 2 angles that share a vertex & a side are this, like neighboring lots adjacent
#7793, aired 2018-06-27MATH WORDS $2000: O.P.: 2 numbers whose position is important, so (X,Y) is different than (Y,X) an ordered pair
#7788, aired 2018-06-203 P's, PPPLEASE $1200: 2-word grammar term for words like fallen or sung past participle
#7786, aired 2018-06-184-LETTER WORDS $1200: 2 vowels front this verb meaning "to remove from power" oust
#7780, aired 2018-06-08PSYCHOLOGY $2,400 (Daily Double): It's genetics or upbringing in this classic debate of 2 words with the same second syllable nature versus nurture
#7778, aired 2018-06-06KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $400: This conjunction begins many a sentence, including verses 2 through 26 of Genesis 1 and
#7769, aired 2018-05-24IN SO MANY WORDS $1600: 2 words: Beneath the Lincoln memorial on the back of a U.S. currency note five dollars
#7768, aired 2018-05-23IN GENERAL $600: These 2 words, respectively, are the "M" in SMU & the "C" in TCU, Texas school that we follow religiously Methodist and Christian
#7768, aired 2018-05-23PLANET OF THE CAPES $1200: Found near Calais, Cap Gris-Nez translates as "Cape" these 2 words, for the color of its rocks gray nose
#7762, aired 2018-05-15MEN ON THE MOON $800: Last man on the moon Eugene Cernan echoed MacArthur, saying "we" these 2 words shall return
#7759, aired 2018-05-10RHETORICAL DEVICES $400: Metaphors & similes both make comparisons, but similes specifically use either of these 2 words to do so like or as
#7758, aired 2018-05-09DON'T GIVE UP THE RELATIONSHIP $400: On their 25th anniv. Michelle told Barack "You're still my" these 2 words (without "forever") best friend
#7739, aired 2018-04-12TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS $1600: These 2 words reveal the entrance to a hidden cave full of riches in "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves" open sesame
#7732, aired 2018-04-03OPPOSITES $1200: Starting with the same 3 letters, these 2 words describe lenses that curve inward or outward concave and convex
#7723, aired 2018-03-215-LETTER WORDS $600: 2-syllable adjective for a comment that sums things up in a few words pithy
#7714, aired 2018-03-08WEIRD WORDS $400: From Old Norse, a gowpen is the hollow that's formed when you put the 2 of these together to form a bowl your hands
#7704, aired 2018-02-223-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Getting along; in music, there are 2-part & 3-part types harmony
#7696, aired 2018-02-128-LETTER WORDS $400: "Annual" term for a horse just shy of 2 yearling
#7686, aired 2018-01-292-LETTER WORDS $400: As a preposition it can express location or time; as a symbol it helps define your email address at
#7686, aired 2018-01-29THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage)
#7686, aired 2018-01-292-LETTER WORDS $800: This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" ho
#7686, aired 2018-01-292-LETTER WORDS $1200: The unconscious mind, according to Freud the id
#7686, aired 2018-01-292-LETTER WORDS $1600: Ancient city where Abraham lived Ur
#7686, aired 2018-01-292-LETTER WORDS $2000: This satellite, seen here on the left, is the most volcanically active body in our solar system Io
#7673, aired 2018-01-10JOBFUSCATION $1600: Your I.T. guy has to figure out if the problem is with the chips or the salsa--these 2 words that end in the same 4 letters the hardware or the software
#7670, aired 2018-01-05PORTMANTEAU WORDS $1200: The Labradoodle was originally a cross between these 2 canines a Labrador and a poodle
#7670, aired 2018-01-05PORTMANTEAU WORDS $2000: Want to swap yuan for yen? You're in the forex market, forex from these 2 words foreign exchange
#7666, aired 2018-01-01YOU SHALL FIND $400: These 2 words precede "and Where to Find Them" in the title of a 2016 movie Fantastic Beasts
#7662, aired 2017-12-26"MORE" THAN A CATEGORY $200: In chapter 2 of a Dickens work, a hungry Oliver Twist says these 6 words "Please, sir, I want some more"
#7637, aired 2017-11-21WORDS FROM THE GREEK $600: A synonym for predicament, it's made up of 2 words that together mean "two propositions" dilemma
#7632, aired 2017-11-1411-LETTER WORDS $600: Adverb meaning once every 2 weeks fortnightly
#7626, aired 2017-11-06"X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Put 2 letters before a word for nasty fumes to get this word for nasty behavior obnoxious
#7624, aired 2017-11-025-LETTER WORDS $800: An acronym for a confusing situation, its first 2 letters stand for "situation normal" snafu
#7622, aired 2017-10-31AFTER WORDS $800: This 2-word Latin phrase translates as "after this" but is generally used to mean "done with hindsight" post hoc
#7620, aired 2017-10-27MODERN LINGO $1000: The portmanteau word stan, like the obsessed guy in the Eminem song, is derived from these 2 other words stalker and fan
#7585, aired 2017-07-28COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: Formerly Upper Volta, still 2 words Burkina Faso
#7585, aired 2017-07-28WORDS OF WISDOM $2000: In math this adjective describes a number expressible as a quotient of 2 integers rational
#7581, aired 2017-07-24DOUBLE "P" WORDS $1000: Meaning the reestablishment of cordial relations between 2 nations, it's from the French for "bring together" rapprochement
#7565, aired 2017-06-30ANAGRAM OF A STATE $2000: In 2 words it's what the Supreme Court said about the presidential race Dec. 12, 2000 no Gore (anagram of Oregon)
#7563, aired 2017-06-28NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $2000: 2 body parts are joined in this expression & gesture meaning "oh no!" facepalming
#7560, aired 2017-06-234-LETTER WORDS $1600: "Come live with me and be my love" is an example of this 2-syllable foot an iamb
#7532, aired 2017-05-16-ISMS & -OLOGIES $5,600 (Daily Double): The 2 similar-sounding words for the study of insects & the study of word origins entomology and etymology
#7522, aired 2017-05-02PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: Slice into a pluot & you'll find it's made up of these 2 words plum and apricot
#7522, aired 2017-05-02PORTMANTEAU WORDS $2000: It's a composite of 2 old, posh British universities Oxbridge
#7510, aired 2017-04-142-LETTER WORDS $200: The objective case of I me
#7510, aired 2017-04-142-LETTER WORDS $400: It's Down Under slang for Australia itself Oz
#7510, aired 2017-04-142-LETTER WORDS $600: A wise movie character told us this, or this not; there is no try do
#7510, aired 2017-04-142-LETTER WORDS $800: 2-piece martial arts garment a gi
#7510, aired 2017-04-142-LETTER WORDS $1000: A woman loved by Zeus turned into a heifer Io
#7501, aired 2017-04-03NEW WAYS TO SAY CORRECT $600: I'll put together 2 4-letter words & add the English accent for this Austin Powers catchphrase "Yeah, baby"
#7496, aired 2017-03-27THE BUSY BUSINESSMAN $200: I just say telco--no time for these 2 words that can refer to Vonage or T-Mobile telecommunications company
#7492, aired 2017-03-21FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $600: This 2-word Arabic salutation means "Peace be with you" assalamu alaikum
#7488, aired 2017-03-15WALK, THIS WAY $800: These 2 walking words rhyme; the first also means to talk aimlessly & the second, to stroll or saunter ramble and amble
#7487, aired 2017-03-142 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $200: "A leopard cannot change..." its spots
#7487, aired 2017-03-142 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $400: "You can catch more flies with honey than..." with vinegar
#7487, aired 2017-03-142 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $600: Long a slogan of the United Negro College Fund or UNCF: "A mind is a terrible thing..." to waste
#7487, aired 2017-03-142 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $800: "The road to hell is paved with..." good intentions
#7487, aired 2017-03-142 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE $1000: "Revenge is a dish best..." served cold
#7470, aired 2017-02-17COLLEGE MAJORS IN OTHER WORDS $200: Mutual attraction or rapport between 2 people chemistry
#7470, aired 2017-02-17SOCIOLOGY $1600: Sociologists now consider America more of a "salad bowl" than these 2 words for many cultures becoming one a melting pot
#7469, aired 2017-02-16FREE SPEECH $800: Combine 2 rhyming words to get this term for a freebie computer program shareware
#7452, aired 2017-01-24THE MIND $400: As 2 words, it's what a light bulb will finally do; as one word, it's extreme stress & emotional fatigue burnout
#7448, aired 2017-01-18FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $600: The 2-word title of this Wayne Newton song is the German equivalent of "thank you very much" "Danke Schoen"
#7448, aired 2017-01-18Y_O_Y $1200: To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words your alley
#7440, aired 2017-01-062-LETTER WORDS $200: It introduces a conditional clause if
#7440, aired 2017-01-062-LETTER WORDS $400: In math it's a synonym for "times" by
#7440, aired 2017-01-062-LETTER WORDS $600: When I say, "We'll be right back", it's the next thing viewers see an ad
#7440, aired 2017-01-062-LETTER WORDS $800: The archaic plural form of thou ye
#7440, aired 2017-01-062-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the game seen here Go
#7433, aired 2016-12-28BLENDED WORDS $200: A close buddyship between 2 guys a bromance
#7433, aired 2016-12-28BLENDED WORDS $600: The names of these 2 baseball pitches combined to make "slurve" a slider and a curveball
#7423, aired 2016-12-14HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS $2000: Concord is agreement; add 2 letters to get this agreement by a state & a pope concordat
#7409, aired 2016-11-241-CONSONANT WORDS $1000: Add 2 vowels to your 1 consonant to get this word, to strive in competition with another vie
#7401, aired 2016-11-14VOCABULARY $1,000 (Daily Double): Don’t confuse these 2 words--one’s a substance that counteracts a poison & the other, a short amusing story antidote & anecdote
#7391, aired 2016-10-31BRIT BITS $2000: These 2 words follow "New" in the name of Oliver Cromwell's force that defeated the Royalists in the English Civil War Model Army
#7387, aired 2016-10-25SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $1000: 2 words: A foppish king of the beasts a dandy lion
#7362, aired 2016-09-20WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $800: A paved backyard area & a quantitative relation between 2 amounts patio and ratio
#7338, aired 2016-07-063-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $200: In cards you can't have a blackjack without it ace
#7338, aired 2016-07-063-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $400: It's what you need to row, row, row your boat oar
#7338, aired 2016-07-063-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $600: It's a synonym for color, or a shade of color hue
#7338, aired 2016-07-063-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $800: This is what it sounds like when doves cry softly coo
#7338, aired 2016-07-063-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $1000: In sushi speak, it's unagi eel
#7319, aired 2016-06-09BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Signaling change, Tony Blair ended his first speech as party leader with these 2 words, followed by "New Britain" New Labour
#7315, aired 2016-06-033 VOWELS IN A ROW $5,000 (Daily Double): These 2 words that fit the category precede "amber waves of grain" in song beautiful & spacious
#7306, aired 2016-05-23WHOOPS $800: 2 words: A Confederate battle cry Rebel Yell
#7298, aired 2016-05-11LATIN CLASS $400: 2 Latin words usually abbreviated in 3 total letters; they mean "and others" et cetera
#7298, aired 2016-05-11LATIN CLASS $800: If you get paid "by the day", it's these 2 words in Latin per diem
#7295, aired 2016-05-06NOT TO BE CONFUSED $400: Careful with these 2 words: one means " unethical"; the other, with a "T", "living forever" immoral & immortal
#7286, aired 2016-04-25I'M INNOCENT $200: If you're on trial, you want to hear these 2 words follow "We the jury find the defendant..." not guilty
#7267, aired 2016-03-29MASTER OF NONE $5,000 (Daily Double): The frequent pairing of these 2 4-letter words to mean "without legal force" is redundant null and void
#7260, aired 2016-03-18BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS $600: In a Patricia MacLachlan title, these 2 words describe Sarah, an American mail order bride of the 19th century plain & tall
#7259, aired 2016-03-17ONE-VOWEL WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Sir Toby Belch is a character in this Shakespeare comedy with a 2-word, 2-vowel title Twelfth Night
#7258, aired 2016-03-169-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Greek for "2 sounds", it's the name of the transition sound like that made by the "O-I" in "boil" diphthong
#7252, aired 2016-03-08OF "THY" I SING $400: In the words of Benjamin Franklin, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man" these 2 things "and wise" healthy and wealthy
#7223, aired 2016-01-27"Z" WORDS $400: This 2-word term for the start time of a military operation zero hour
#7215, aired 2016-01-152 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $400: Beef, for example; or, fiery words to galvanize a politician's base red meat
#7215, aired 2016-01-152 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $800: A 15-year-old guy on centre court in the Wimbledon final a ball boy
#7215, aired 2016-01-152 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $1200: American Airlines says that for Caribbean travel, the fall is this cheaper travel season off peak
#7215, aired 2016-01-152 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $1600: Some who graduate high school in 2016 will start college in 2017 & take this time off school in between a gap year
#7215, aired 2016-01-152 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $2000: Meaning "you are very correct!", it's the title of songs by Marvin Gaye & The Roots "Right On"
#7214, aired 2016-01-14DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Emerging from eggs the size of footballs, newly hatched young of this largest living fish are 2 feet long the whale shark
#7198, aired 2015-12-23TECH COMPANY NAMES $200: Groupon cofounder Andrew Mason explained, "It's short for" these 2 words group & coupon
#7178, aired 2015-11-252 WORDS $400: 2-word equivalent of the German word danke thank you
#7178, aired 2015-11-25"TOO" WORDS $400: Originally this 2-word bird term meant a decoy; it came to mean an informer, ya lousy mug stool pigeon
#7178, aired 2015-11-252 WORDS $800: Per the OED this 2-word term for websites & apps that allow users to network dates back only to 2004 social media
#7178, aired 2015-11-252 WORDS $1200: The 2012 celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 60 years as queen diamond jubilee
#7178, aired 2015-11-252 WORDS $1600: It sounds like a quick jog without breaking a sweat, but it means a practice exercise dry run
#7178, aired 2015-11-252 WORDS $2000: The dexterous capuchin monkey is traditionally used to collect money for this type of street musician organ grinder
#7148, aired 2015-10-142-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $200: This symbol: @ at
#7148, aired 2015-10-142-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $400: A TV commercial ad
#7148, aired 2015-10-142-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $600: One of your 6-pack if you're in shape like me ab
#7148, aired 2015-10-142-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $800: French term meaning "with the" au
#7148, aired 2015-10-142-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $1000: Slow-moving Brazilian animal ai
#7140, aired 2015-10-02"HIP" WORDS $800: A 2-person cutting tool, or to cause rapid & confusing back-&-forth changes a whipsaw
#7137, aired 2015-09-29"MM" BOP $2000: In the original Dr. Spock title, these 2 words preceded "Book of Baby and Child Care" Common Sense
#7115, aired 2015-07-17IT'S A PALINDROME $1600: In 2 words, the place where I work out my gym
#7110, aired 2015-07-102- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $400: A shtnd. frm. of a wd. used to rep. the wle. abbreviation
#7110, aired 2015-07-102- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Cue Julie Andrews: it's the syllable for the sixth tone of the diatonic scale la
#7110, aired 2015-07-102- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $1200: In the book "Explorers", it precedes "Gama" da
#7110, aired 2015-07-102- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $1600: Verily, it's the archaic British term that's used nominatively as the plural of thou ye
#7110, aired 2015-07-102- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: Bats use this process of emitting high-pitched sounds to navigate echolocation
#7100, aired 2015-06-26WORDS CONTAINING Q $400: The court of this wicket good lawn game has a 1 1/2-inch diameter wooden stake in the center croquet
#7085, aired 2015-06-05ABBREV. $400: When referring to ships, the "H" in H.M.S. can be either of these 2 words his & her
#7084, aired 2015-06-04IN SO MANY WORDS $1600: 2 words: "Silent Cal" Coolidge's reply to a woman who'd bet she could get him to say at least 3 words "You lose"
#7068, aired 2015-05-13QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE $2000: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" contains the line "The course of" these 2 words "never did run smooth" true love
#7063, aired 2015-05-069-LETTER WORDS $800: A practice session between 2 units of the same sports team scrimmage
#7047, aired 2015-04-142-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exclamation of approval for bullfighters olé
#7047, aired 2015-04-142-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Containing many frozen water crystals icy
#7047, aired 2015-04-142-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $600: My Chemical Romance & Panic! at the Disco are this type of touchy-feely pop band emo
#7047, aired 2015-04-142-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Yes, Maria, it means "farewell" in Latin ave
#7047, aired 2015-04-142-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Edible sea urchin gonads uni
#7033, aired 2015-03-25THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM $400: These 2 words precede "machine" in a hypothetical device that can continuously produce work with no energy input perpetual motion
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS TO "DI" FOR $2000: It's the division into 2 mutually exclusive or contradictory ideas a dichotomy
#7011, aired 2015-02-2317-LETTER WORDS $800: It's having a business meeting in 2 or more locations at once, linked by "v"isual technology videoconferencing
#7003, aired 2015-02-11FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: This 2-word Greek phrase means the common people, but it has been improperly used to mean the upper crust of society hoi polloi
#6999, aired 2015-02-05OTHER BIBLE BOOKS $600: In titles these 2 words precede "The Bible" as well as "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Zen and
#6997, aired 2015-02-03THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION $400: In Mark 15:34 Jesus cries, "My God, my God, why hast thou" these 2 words forsaken me
#6991, aired 2015-01-26CNN WORLD LANGUAGES $2000: (Jim Bittermann delivers the clue.) Here in Paris this simple phrase, 2 rhyming 2-letter words, is very useful for saying "How's it going?", "I'm good", "Does that work for you?" & more ça va
#6962, aired 2014-12-16GETTING LUCKY WORDS $2000: It's one syllable when meaning divinely favored, 2 when meaning sanctified blessed
#6960, aired 2014-12-12QUOTES FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ $800: These 2 words follow "Lions and tigers and bears..." Oh, my
#6960, aired 2014-12-12STATE MOTTOES $1200: 2 states have the words "liberty" & "independence" in their mottoes: Pennsylvania & this "First State" Delaware
#6931, aired 2014-11-03WHAT A WONDERFUL "WORLD" $1000: The 2 words that follow "BBC" in the name of a global radio network World Service
#6927, aired 2014-10-28ANTISOCIAL SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1939 Edwin Sutherland put these 2 words before "crime" to describe bad things done by high-status people white collar
#6912, aired 2014-10-07MEN OF FEW WORDS $800: In a sci-fi film these 2 men (well, a man & a 1/2 man) combine to say "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" Kirk and Spock
#6909, aired 2014-10-022-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Our 5-day this, a prediction of the future? You'll be sad for 5 days if you don't ring in now forecast
#6909, aired 2014-10-022-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Eye see it's another term for student pupil
#6909, aired 2014-10-022-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: The Constitution says treason means giving our enemies "aid and" this comfort
#6909, aired 2014-10-022-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: Visible exhalations like steam, or an olden medically imprecise depressed condition vapors
#6909, aired 2014-10-022-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: They're "nuts" in China-- & in the U.S., where we grow the Brewster variety lychees
#6898, aired 2014-09-17"NINE" LETTER WORDS $400: Each adult jaw has 2 of these canine teeth
#6898, aired 2014-09-17"NINE" LETTER WORDS $800: Proverbially, you're on this 2-word place if you're perfectly happy cloud nine
#6895, aired 2014-08-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: It's a singing twosome duo
#6895, aired 2014-08-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $400: A mineral deposit from which metal can be extracted ore
#6895, aired 2014-08-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: Hold your horses & give me this synonym for sadness woe
#6895, aired 2014-08-01INTERNET JARGON $600: Someone who types "sup" to you is contracting these 2 words what's up
#6895, aired 2014-08-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: In a fairy tale, a princess can feel it through 20 mattresses pea
#6895, aired 2014-08-013-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: The last class of the day seems to last this long, the longest division of geologic time an eon
#6884, aired 2014-07-17PORTMANTEAU WORDS $800: It's a close platonic friendship between 2 dudes. as seen in the movie "I Love You, Man" bromance
#6871, aired 2014-06-303-LETTER WORDS $600: A curve joining 2 points in geometry, or anything bow-shaped an arc
#6868, aired 2014-06-255-LETTER WORDS $1200: As you have 2 feet, you're one of these a biped
#6866, aired 2014-06-23YOUR IDIOMS CONFUSE ME $2000: If you catch a criminal in the act, you have him "dead..." these 2 words to rights
#6862, aired 2014-06-17AS SEEN ON TV $600: Add 2 words to the title "Once Upon a Time" & you get this show, its spin-off in Wonderland
#6845, aired 2014-05-239-LETTER WORDS $400: This mark of punctuation combines 2 other punctuation marks semicolon
#6826, aired 2014-04-282-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Take your time; with no vowels, it's a sound made when thinking hm
#6826, aired 2014-04-282-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Yiddish expression of dismay oy
#6826, aired 2014-04-282-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: It's slang for a cheesy Italian pie za
#6826, aired 2014-04-282-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Japanese board game go
#6826, aired 2014-04-282-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: This "choice" word is also the color gold in heraldry or
#6824, aired 2014-04-24LEGAL MATTERS $1600: 2 French words make up this procedure in which prospective jurors are questioned by the judge & lawyers voir dire
#6817, aired 2014-04-15ORGANIZATIONS $1600: Oxfam, a group that aims to relieve poverty & suffering, gets its name from these 2 words Oxford and famine
#6800, aired 2014-03-21"WORD" WORDS $1600: If I said "insane", & you replied "spouse", we'd be doing this 2-"word" test, & your marriage might be in trouble word association
#6785, aired 2014-02-28SAME VOWEL WORDS $400: 2 U's: A mentor or teacher; Mike Myers played "The Love" one a guru
#6775, aired 2014-02-14"GR"AD SCHOOL $800: Differing by a letter, the 2 words that mean a mixture of small stones & pebbles, & to cower or act in a servile manner gravel and grovel
#6769, aired 2014-02-06IN THE COURTROOM $400: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow dealt with an atheist's objection to these 2 Pledge of Allegiance words under God
#6752, aired 2014-01-14DOUBLE "T" WORDS $800: Washed 2 dishes, answered 1 e-mail, watered a plant, basically I just did this around the house all morning frittered (or puttered)
#6749, aired 2014-01-09FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $600: In Portuguese these 2 antonyms are cedo & tarde early & late
#6741, aired 2013-12-30HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $400: To make the pressure between 2 forces the same (26 points) equalize
#6736, aired 2013-12-23LATIN WORDS & PHRASES $800: A 1988 body-switching movie comedy, or a 2-word Latin term meaning "conversely" vice versa
#6733, aired 2013-12-1812-LETTER WORDS $1200: For the 2 pieces of equipment used, it's another name for windsurfing sailboarding
#6718, aired 2013-11-27I'M HOLDING A PAIR $1000: In 1877 these 2 moons of Mars got their names from words denoting fear & terror Phobos & Deimos
#6717, aired 2013-11-264-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: The games or series of games that get 4 competitors down to the last 2 semifinals
#6717, aired 2013-11-264-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Term coined in the early '60s for a 2-piece bathing suit with the top piece missing monokini
#6703, aired 2013-11-06BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $400: This alliterative 2-word term means a haughty attitude; to become less arrogant, you've got to get off it high horse
#6699, aired 2013-10-31PARTING WORDS $2000: In geometry, it's any line that cuts an angle into 2 equal parts bisector
#6695, aired 2013-10-25CEREMONIES $400: As 2 words, it's an important religious ceremony for Plains Indians; as 1 word, it's Robert Redford's Utah film festival sun dance (Sundance)
#6674, aired 2013-09-26YOU SPEAK FOREIGN? $1600: Italian: in the open air (2 words) al fresco
#6671, aired 2013-09-23I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $1600: Utterly unyielding in opinion, or (in 2 words) the guy who sang "Goody Two Shoes" adamant (Adam Ant)
#6664, aired 2013-08-01ANIMATION APPRECIATION $2000: These 2 title words preceded "Action", "World Tour" & of course "Island" in an animated "Survivor" spoof Total Drama
#6662, aired 2013-07-30NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Hyphenated word that describes the 2-level buses of London double-decker
#6654, aired 2013-07-182 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $400: Any prince whose succession to the crown appears certain heir apparent
#6654, aired 2013-07-182 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $800: A hospital volunteer job, with accompanying uniform, for teenagers candy striper
#6654, aired 2013-07-182 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $1200: A region officially determined to be eligible, under law, for emergency governmental relief (your kid's room, perhaps?) disaster area
#6654, aired 2013-07-182 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $1600: A squadron of airplanes operating together, whether they're into Monty Python or not flying circus
#6654, aired 2013-07-182 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $2000: The first trip of a boat after its acceptance by the owners from the builders maiden voyage
#6649, aired 2013-07-11POKER WORDS $800: 2-word term for why Joseph & Mary were refused lodging full house
#6646, aired 2013-07-08RANDOM HOUSE DEFINES IT AS... $1000: (2 words) "a deep...color" or "woolen cloth of this color, used esp. for U.S. Army uniforms" olive drab
#6646, aired 2013-07-08RANDOM HOUSE DEFINES IT AS... $2,000 (Daily Double): (2 words) "Goal achieved at too great a cost" Pyrrhic victory
#6642, aired 2013-07-02"Z" END $400: In the Alka-Seltzer jingle, these 2 words follow "plop plop" "fizz fizz"
#6630, aired 2013-06-14WEIRD HISTORY $200: A 1954 act of Congress added these 2 words to the Pledge of Allegiance under God
#6629, aired 2013-06-13WAR OF WORDS $400: This 4-letter word is a weapon in 2 senses: a club with a spiked head & a nonlethal spray mace
#6617, aired 2013-05-28YOU PAID FOR THIS AD $400: The 2 words that conclude the U.S. Department of Transportation slogan "Friends don't let friends..." drive drunk
#6607, aired 2013-05-146-LETTER WORDS $400: An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries a border
#6607, aired 2013-05-146-LETTER WORDS $1200: A collision between 2 objects; an athlete who helps his team is called that type of "player" impact
#6606, aired 2013-05-13SAME VOWEL WORDS $200: (2 U's) The pivot around which a lever moves the fulcrum
#6592, aired 2013-04-232-LETTER WORDS $400: This interjection dates from the 15th century & is used as a greeting in place of "hello" hi
#6592, aired 2013-04-23STUPID ANSWERS $600: A top 10 hit by Wang Chung says, "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody" these 2 words "tonight" wang chung
#6592, aired 2013-04-232-LETTER WORDS $800: Title of the Peter Gabriel album with the hits "Big Time" & "Sledgehammer" So
#6592, aired 2013-04-232-LETTER WORDS $1200: Familial word before "Bell" in an alternate name for AT&T Ma
#6592, aired 2013-04-232-LETTER WORDS $1600: Superman was born into this family on the planet Krypton El
#6592, aired 2013-04-232-LETTER WORDS $2000: This style of art dates from the mid-1960s & uses geometric shapes & brilliant colors Op
#6566, aired 2013-03-18COMPOUND WORDS $200: The clavichord & the harpsichord are 2 early examples of this type of musical instrument a keyboard
#6561, aired 2013-03-11& FINALLY $400: The C&D in a C&D order stand for these 2 words, though either one would make the point cease & desist
#6559, aired 2013-03-07LETTERS & WORDS $400: At 10 points apiece, these 2 letters have the highest value in Scrabble Q and Z
#6559, aired 2013-03-07LETTERS & WORDS $800: The 2 lowercase letters of the English alphabet that have a tittle I & J
#6558, aired 2013-03-0610-LETTER WORDS $800: The one for the movie "Burlesque" features 8 songs by Christina Aguilera & 2 by Cher a soundtrack
#6548, aired 2013-02-20WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $1200: Lincoln joins 2 synonyms in the phrase "fitting and" this proper
#6542, aired 2013-02-12TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1600: 13 letters: Swiss & Portuguese are 2 of these nationalities
#6538, aired 2013-02-06VOCABULARY $400: The term "smog" is a blending of these 2 words smoke & fog
#6532, aired 2013-01-29RECENT BOOKS $800: In 2012 these 2 words preceded "Darker" & "Freed" on The New York Times bestseller list Fifty Shades
#6517, aired 2013-01-08THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 whose names come from Native American words Massachusetts and Connecticut
#6515, aired 2013-01-04AFRICAN CITIES $400 (Daily Double): The name of this largest Moroccan city combines 2 Spanish words Casablanca
#6515, aired 2013-01-0410-LETTER WORDS $1200: This "botanical" interchange is where 2 highways meet a cloverleaf
#6505, aired 2012-12-21WORDS WITHIN WORDS $1600: An irrational number can't be expressed as one of these between 2 integers ratio
#6492, aired 2012-12-04"FOUR" LETTER WORDS $800: 2-word theater term for the imaginary item that separates the actors from the audience the fourth wall
#6488, aired 2012-11-28MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: A Phrygian king is the source for this 2-word phrase for the talent for making wealth out of any business endeavor the Midas touch
#6480, aired 2012-11-16REALITY TV $200: On "Celebrity Apprentice", stars leave the boardroom for good after hearing these 2 dreaded words "you're fired"
#6474, aired 2012-11-08TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In this language Pe is the first letter of Pesach, meaning Passover Hebrew
#6474, aired 2012-11-08TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Os is a technical name for one of these in the body a bone
#6474, aired 2012-11-08TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: French for "from" de
#6474, aired 2012-11-08TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Spanish for "I" yo
#6474, aired 2012-11-08TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: Ut is a version of the musical note also known by the word do & by this letter C
#6466, aired 2012-10-29FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 2-word French term for an incorrigible child sounds a lot worse than it is enfant terrible
#6464, aired 2012-10-25EURO COINS $1200: This 3-word motto of the French Republic is on France's 1- & 2-euro coins liberté, égalité & fraternité
#6461, aired 2012-10-22HERE'S 2 "U"! $1000: It's a riddle involving a play on words, like "What's black & white & read all over?" a conundrum
#6460, aired 2012-10-19GONE BABY GONE $1000: In August of 1590 2 words carved on trees--Croatoan & Cro--were the last traces of the 100 colonists on this island Roanoke
#6457, aired 2012-10-16STUBBORN WORDS $1600: Stubborn "O" words include obdurate & this, with the same first 2 & last 2 letters obstinate
#6457, aired 2012-10-16YOU CAN FIND ME ONLINE $2000: The first 2 English words you see at dalailama.com are this honorific His Holiness
#6440, aired 2012-09-21NOW A FEW WORDS $400: The use of these 2 letters joined together, as in alternate spellings of words like encyclopedia, is called an ash A & E
#6440, aired 2012-09-21NOW A FEW WORDS $600: According to Merriam-Webster, "take" followed by either of these 2 numbers means to take a break five & ten
#6428, aired 2012-07-25WORDS FROM ARABIC $800: If you don't know that this popular beverage comes from the Arabic qahwah, you get 2 lumps, not one coffee
#6375, aired 2012-05-11ALSO A MUSICAL TERM $400: These 2 words denote the bigger & smaller of the 2 Ursa constellations minor & major
#6352, aired 2012-04-10SHAPELY WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Civilizations in the Middle East & the Mediterranean basin began in the agricultural region with this 2-word nickname the Fertile Crescent
#6328, aired 2012-03-07POET-TREE $1200: "Paradise Lost" begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that..." these 2 words forbidden tree
#6324, aired 2012-03-01SIMILAR-SOUNDING WORDS $1000: Meaning an indirect mention & something that deceives, these 2 words are only 1 letter different allusion & illusion
#6307, aired 2012-02-07ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES $2000: There are 2 body parts in the name of this steak from between the short loin & the chuck a ribeye
#6298, aired 2012-01-2520th CENTURY WORDS & PHRASES $400: This 2-word term for the idea that a computer could think like a human was coined in the 1950s artificial intelligence
#6298, aired 2012-01-25PLANT SCIENCE $2000: This term refers to plants that have flowers; it comes from 2 Greek words for "receptacle" & "seed" angiosperm
#6296, aired 2012-01-232-LETTER WORDS $200: This mystical word used in mantras contains 3 sounds, but in English it's 2 letters om
#6296, aired 2012-01-232-LETTER WORDS $400: It often follows "in" to mean "concerning" re
#6296, aired 2012-01-232-LETTER WORDS $600: Supernatural elements appear in kiri, a play in this Japanese form no
#6296, aired 2012-01-232-LETTER WORDS $800: It's Latin for "and" , Y'al. et
#6296, aired 2012-01-232-LETTER WORDS $1000: "To say or utter" is one of the American Heritage Dictionary's many definitions for this word--ask any teen go
#6274, aired 2011-12-222-LETTER WORDS $400: To be fired from a job is "to get" this bladed tool the ax
#6274, aired 2011-12-22"CUS" WORDS $600: You're "on" this if your birthday separates 2 signs of the zodiac the cusp
#6274, aired 2011-12-222-LETTER WORDS $800: In a game of tag, this player attempts to catch other players it
#6274, aired 2011-12-222-LETTER WORDS $1200: Slang for the featured product at Papa John's & Domino's za
#6274, aired 2011-12-222-LETTER WORDS $1600: Archaic second-person pronoun found before "gods" in a mild expletive ye
#6274, aired 2011-12-222-LETTER WORDS $2000: The second-largest city in Sierra Leone, or an Indian fig tree under which Buddha once sat bo
#6253, aired 2011-11-23SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom an eon & an ion
#6250, aired 2011-11-18FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: This 2-word term was first used for a French & Italian pidgin developed by crusaders & traders lingua franca
#6247, aired 2011-11-1517-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive
#6238, aired 2011-11-022011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Round 2 included this French-derived word for the supporting frame of a car the chassis
#6206, aired 2011-09-19FROM "B" TO "Y" $1000: A tongue twister mentions rubber bumpers on this 2-word conveyance (both words fit the category) baby buggy
#6173, aired 2011-06-15LITTLE-USED WORDS $1600: An amtrac isn't a train, but a troop-landing vehicle that combines these 2 words amphibious & tractor
#6133, aired 2011-04-20YOU COULD "WIN" $1200: As 1 word, it means charming in a childlike way; as 2 words, it's part of a saying meaning life has ups & downs winsome
#6109, aired 2011-03-17"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $1600: The plants & animals of a given region are known by these 2 5-letter words flora & fauna
#6108, aired 2011-03-16C3 $1600: It describes a person showing marked ability; as 2 words, it's a favored snack at a baseball game crackerjack
#6066, aired 2011-01-17FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $800: 2 basic foods are joined together in this adjective for a type of pickle or for a basic need bread & butter
#6044, aired 2010-12-16CURSE WORDS $1600: It sounds like Mr. Peckinpah's little mountain, but this 2-word phrase is actually a euphemism for hell sam hill
#6031, aired 2010-11-2910-LETTER WORDS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the science lab.) Pyrolytic graphite repels either pole of a magnet, so when you suspend a magnet between 2 plates of the graphite, the magnet does what a magician would call this 10-letter trick levitation
#6024, aired 2010-11-18MATH SYMBOLS $800: The symbol here says "A" is this with respect to "B"; more than 2 words less than or equal to
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $400: It's both a math term & the 16th Greek letter pi
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $800: Growing on land; not aquatic terrestrial
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: Used chiefly in law, it means "in the matter of"; it's seen a lot in e-mails, too re
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: The plant also called woody nightshade, or an oxymoron for the taste of some chocolate bittersweet
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $2000: Every 3 years; make it an adverb to fit the category triennially
#6014, aired 2010-11-04SAY THE MAGIC WORDS $1000: The first part of this 2-word term used to make something transform comes from Italian for "soon" presto chango
#6014, aired 2010-11-04SAY THE MAGIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This 2-word term originated in an old tale as a way to get into a locked cave open sesame
#5985, aired 2010-09-24"L"EGALESE $400: These 2 4-letter words often precede "and testament" in the name of a legal document last will
#5982, aired 2010-09-21WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS $2000: This 2-word Native American tribe lived in the Pacific Northwest the Nez Percé
#5969, aired 2010-07-22THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $400: From the Old High German for "contention", it's a protracted hostility between 2 families over time a feud
#5969, aired 2010-07-22THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $1000: This 2-word term sounds like a fight between kings, but it's really a large, usually intense conflict a battle royal
#5933, aired 2010-06-025-LETTER WORDS $2000: 2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance wilco
#5929, aired 2010-05-272 WORDS IN ONE $200: Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt)
#5929, aired 2010-05-272 WORDS IN ONE $400: To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place beginning (beg + inning)
#5929, aired 2010-05-272 WORDS IN ONE $600: One piece of butter plus public group violence gives us this nation lover patriot (pat + riot)
#5929, aired 2010-05-272 WORDS IN ONE $800: A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter massacre (mass + acre)
#5929, aired 2010-05-272 WORDS IN ONE $1000: A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion finale (fin + ale)
#5891, aired 2010-04-05OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In 2010 American Humane celebrates "Be" this "to Animals Week" from May 2 to 8 Kind
#5887, aired 2010-03-30WE NEED AN ANSWER $400: 2-word reply by Calvin Coolidge to a woman who said she'd made a bet she could get more that 2 words out of him "You lose."
#5887, aired 2010-03-30ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH? $2000: This laugh, a combination of 2 words, was coined by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass" chortle
#5881, aired 2010-03-22CHARACTERS WHO BECAME WORDS $800: Someone exhibiting attributes of these 2 related characters from an 1886 mystery might have a split personality Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
#5877, aired 2010-03-16BROKE-DOWN WORDS $200: My 1-2-3 letter is the stone of a fruit & my 4-5-6-7 is a season pitfall
#5877, aired 2010-03-16BROKE-DOWN WORDS $400: My 1-2-3 is a basenji or borzoi and my 4-5-6-7-8-9-10 was Mike Piazza's position dogcatcher
#5877, aired 2010-03-16BROKE-DOWN WORDS $600: My 1-2-3-4-5 was British host David & my 6-7-8-9 means "to wound with the teeth" frostbite
#5877, aired 2010-03-16BROKE-DOWN WORDS $800: My 1-2-3-4 is what a bad golfer yells & my 5-6-7-8-9-10 follows him on a sunny day foreshadow
#5877, aired 2010-03-16BROKE-DOWN WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): My 1-2-3 is active hostility between nations & my 4-5-6-7 is a gated chamber in a canal or dam warlock
#5863, aired 2010-02-24"L.L.", SEE $1000: The 2 "L"s in the corporate abbreviation LLC stand for these 2 words limited & liability
#5861, aired 2010-02-22INSTRUMENTAL WORDS $600: 2-word term for one who gives a kidney or lung an organ donor
#5855, aired 2010-02-12MICROBIOLOGY MILESTONES $400: The government's "Centers for" these 2 words "& Prevention" dates back to 1946 Disease Control
#5843, aired 2010-01-27LET'S PUNCTUATE $600: Sesquipedalian words on 2 lines of text are divided by this a hyphen
#5840, aired 2010-01-22OVERLAPPING WORDS $800: Balloon-filling element No. 2 rain protector a heliumbrella
#5811, aired 2009-12-14LONG ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: (8 letters) 2-3-4-5-6 (different suits) in poker straight
#5791, aired 2009-11-16ECCLESIASTES $400: The Book of Ecclesiastes was written in this language but included 2 words from Persian Hebrew
#5790, aired 2009-11-13DOUBLE "E" WORDS $800: In the 1990s the U.S. Army began adding about 2,000 pounds of armor to this, its most commonly deployed tactical vehicle the Humvee
#5785, aired 2009-11-06THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $200: A beverage of more than 2 fruit juices, or Judy's puppet partner punch
#5785, aired 2009-11-062-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: It's first on the diatonic scale Do
#5785, aired 2009-11-062-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Third person singular of "be" is
#5785, aired 2009-11-062-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Colloquially, a muscle in the torso ab
#5785, aired 2009-11-062-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1600: Za is a slang word for this treat pizza
#5785, aired 2009-11-062-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: For men in France, it means "born with the name of"
#5749, aired 2009-09-172-LETTER WORDS $200: Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this it
#5749, aired 2009-09-172-LETTER WORDS $400: To spell this animal, just use a hug & a kiss from the bottom of a letter ox
#5749, aired 2009-09-172-LETTER WORDS $600: For Freud it was an unconscious, instinctual force the id
#5749, aired 2009-09-172-LETTER WORDS $800: Meaning "to" in Latin, it can precede "hoc" or "infinitum" ad
#5749, aired 2009-09-172-LETTER WORDS $1000: It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show Yo!
#5738, aired 2009-07-15YOU GOT 2 As & 1B $600 (Daily Double): The stock of words used by a particular people; let's see how extensive yours is vocabulary
#5701, aired 2009-05-25TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008 $400: No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words": This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy") Oy
#5694, aired 2009-05-142-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..." go
#5694, aired 2009-05-142-LETTER WORDS $800: In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool" no
#5694, aired 2009-05-142-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog Bo
#5694, aired 2009-05-142-LETTER WORDS $1600: Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman fo
#5694, aired 2009-05-142-LETTER WORDS $2000: The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham Ur
#5692, aired 2009-05-12WORLD COINS $600: A 2008 Cook Islands 5-dollar coin issued in this shape depicts Cupid, 2 roses & the words "my everlasting love" heart
#5675, aired 2009-04-17JOE THE PLUMBER $800: Joe knows how to "assemble" 2 words into this 1-word toilet part by combining comedienne Lucille & a male chicken a ballcock
#5659, aired 2009-03-26STARTS WITH "SCH" $600: 2 words: "fool" & "unlucky person" (as mentioned in the "Laverne & Shirley" intro) schlemiel and schlimazel
#5659, aired 2009-03-26WHAT SIGN ARE YOU? $600: You're a white X (or "crossbuck"); your arms say these 2 words railroad crossing
#5659, aired 2009-03-26WHAT SIGN ARE YOU? $800: You're a horizontal black rectangle containing a white arrow; all you have to say is these 2 words one way
#5647, aired 2009-03-10BEER $1000: The 2 words that precede "Less Filling" in slogans for Miller lite "Tastes Great" ("Great Taste" accepted)
#5619, aired 2009-01-29EXODUS $1000: Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version "Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal"
#5611, aired 2009-01-192-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This 2-letter exclamation can mean "look!" & is often paired with "and behold" lo
#5611, aired 2009-01-192-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This 2-letter word can precede "blood" &, "incident"ally, "bow" ox
#5611, aired 2009-01-192-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $800: When it's in the wrist, this type of enlargement is called a ganglion a cyst
#5611, aired 2009-01-192-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: This axlike tool is a 3- or a 4-letter word, depending on whether you spell it with that final "E" adz(e)
#5611, aired 2009-01-192-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Former "SNL" co-star Julia Sweeney's memoir of family tragedy & cancer is called "God Said," this Ha
#5594, aired 2008-12-2510-LETTER WORDS $600: Adjective for one who speaks English & 2 others trilingual
#5585, aired 2008-12-122008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X
#5582, aired 2008-12-09NEW WORDS IN THE OED $600: It's the sarcastic, 2-syllable version of a common polite word of request puh-leeze
#5577, aired 2008-12-029-LETTER WORDS $800: A branch of science, or a sympathetic rapport between 2 people chemistry
#5547, aired 2008-10-21HITCHCOCK FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $2000: Chemically, it's Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 & it looks like yellow quartz Topaz
#5531, aired 2008-09-29SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights
#5522, aired 2008-09-16NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1200: If you're really smart you won't confuse these 2 words, meaning a really smart guy & a classification above species genius & genus
#5512, aired 2008-07-22WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1200: Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words ebony & phonics
#5494, aired 2008-06-26ON WORDS $400: Not as popular as brunch, "lupper" comes from these 2 words lunch & supper
#5485, aired 2008-06-135-LETTER WORDS $200: The 2 months that fit the category March & April
#5476, aired 2008-06-022-LETTER WORDS $200: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on... your definition of" this word "is"
#5476, aired 2008-06-022-LETTER WORDS $600: An Italian river, or the red Teletubby Po
#5476, aired 2008-06-022-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): "Ut" used to be used for the first or key note of the musical scale; this has replaced it do
#5476, aired 2008-06-022-LETTER WORDS $800: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet mu
#5476, aired 2008-06-022-LETTER WORDS $1000: In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye ta
#5476, aired 2008-06-02COMPUTER TERMS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system" input & output
#5456, aired 2008-05-052- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exist/ unwanted "bonnet" intruder be/bee
#5456, aired 2008-05-052- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Nominative plural of "I"/ "Willie Winkie" preceder we/wee
#5456, aired 2008-05-052- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Conjunction/ mineral or/ore
#5456, aired 2008-05-052- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Gardening tool/ interjection following "Westward" or "Land" hoe/ho
#5456, aired 2008-05-052- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Next to/ automatic advance to second round without having to play by/bye
#5434, aired 2008-04-0310-LETTER WORDS $400: Elizabeth II's was held at Westminster Abbey, June 2, 1953 a coronation
#5433, aired 2008-04-02WORDS WITH 5 VOWELS $800: A mathematical expression like 4 + 2 = 6 an equation
#5431, aired 2008-03-31FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: 2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story McBoing-Boing
#5428, aired 2008-03-26WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: "Muppet" comes from these 2 handy words marionette & puppet
#5410, aired 2008-02-295-LETTER WORDS $1200: It was a geek tragedy when you were 2 hours late to the festival of this Japanese type of animation anime (manga accepted)
#5408, aired 2008-02-272-LETTER WORDS $200: Chinese for "Buddha" (it's not fe, fi or fum) fo
#5408, aired 2008-02-272-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superego & his sidekick, Ego, suppressing this Id
#5408, aired 2008-02-272-LETTER WORDS $600: A prefix meaning "out of", or informally, your former spouse ex
#5408, aired 2008-02-272-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet, which is very old nu
#5408, aired 2008-02-272-LETTER WORDS $1000: This Italian river begins near Mount Viso Po
#5393, aired 2008-02-06CLASSIC ROCK OPENING LINES $400: Pink Floyd (Part 2): "We don't need no education..." (5 words) "Another Brick In The Wall"
#5380, aired 2008-01-1813-LETTER WORDS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew plop, plops 2 tablets in a glass; they fizz, fizz.) When you drop Alka-Seltzer in water, a series of reactions, including the release of carbon dioxide, creates this bubbly effect, from the Latin for "begin to boil" effervescence
#5379, aired 2008-01-17COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $800: In 1982 these 2 organizations merged to become America's largest single provider of managed health-care coverage Blue Cross Blue Shield
#5371, aired 2008-01-07FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew ties one on.) It's the 2-word spicy name for this type of knot that lets you join a rope to something else, like a rail or a post a clove hitch
#5345, aired 2007-11-30HOSPITALS $400: Of U.S. News & Word Report's 5 top U.S. hospitals in pediatrics, 4 include these 2 words in their names Children's Hospital
#5309, aired 2007-10-11WORD ORIGINS $1600: The name of this type of aircraft is from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral wing" a helicopter
#5241, aired 2007-05-28WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: 1947: A 2-word transport for aliens a flying saucer
#5238, aired 2007-05-23AMERICAN POLITICAL IDOL $1200: That March 4, 1841 inaugural address in cold drizzle took about 2 hours; mark my words, it'll be the death of him William Henry Harrison
#5224, aired 2007-05-03DICT. ABBREV. $2000: conj. (2 words: a part of speech & the inflection of a verb) conjunction & conjugation
#5206, aired 2007-04-09STUPID ANSWERS $800: The gorilla is a member of the ape superfamily & is this genus & species--2 words Gorilla gorilla
#5189, aired 2007-03-15BIRTHSTONES $400: The name of this March birthstone is made up of 2 water-related words aquamarine
#5188, aired 2007-03-14EL "CID" $1200: You happened to study "cid" words like this, defined as 2 events occuring at once by chance; that's a funny... a coincidence
#5183, aired 2007-03-07STATES FREAK $2000: The name of this Rocky Mountain state comes from 2 Indian words meaning "at the big plains" Wyoming
#5175, aired 2007-02-23IT'S COMPLICATED $2000: These 2 words, one "R" different, may be confused; 1 means twisting or complicated, 1 means causing pain tortuous & torturous
#5155, aired 2007-01-26POTPOURRI $800: These 2 words preceded "England Inne" in the name of a romantic getaway in Stowe, Vermont Ye Olde
#5155, aired 2007-01-26POTPOURRI $1200: First 2 words of Variety's headline about rural audiences rejecting rural movies, preceding "Hick Pix" Sticks Nix
#5153, aired 2007-01-24PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS $800: David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words Glengarry Glen Ross
#5151, aired 2007-01-22IT'S CAPITALIZED $400: These 2 paired words when they're used as part of a name, like before artist Moses & musician Jones grandma and grandpa
#5133, aired 2006-12-27MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S NEW WORDS FOR 2006 $400: New in medical terms is this 2-word surgical procedure sometimes called stomach stapling a gastric bypass
#5122, aired 2006-12-12WORDS IN SCIENCE $1200: Hydrogen molecules are formed by this type of bond in which 2 atoms share a pair of electrons covalent
#5097, aired 2006-11-072-LETTER WORDS $400: On the condition that if
#5097, aired 2006-11-072-LETTER WORDS $800: You'd write this in capital letters to express great surprise, or to send a letter to Youngstown OH
#5097, aired 2006-11-072-LETTER WORDS $1200: Against, as the wind up
#5097, aired 2006-11-072-LETTER WORDS $1600: This hesitation word Americans spell U-H is spelled this way in Britain E-R
#5097, aired 2006-11-072-LETTER WORDS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1969 Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Atlantic in this reed boat Ra
#5093, aired 2006-11-01"SUPER" WORDS $800: A character written above & immediately to the side of another; the "2" in x2, for example a superscript
#5083, aired 2006-10-182 WORDS IN ONE $200: "Smog" is produced from these 2 words smoke & fog
#5083, aired 2006-10-182 WORDS IN ONE $400: "Chunnel", formed from these 2 words, was originally dug up in the 1920s channel & tunnel
#5083, aired 2006-10-182 WORDS IN ONE $600: Parts of these 2 words can be seen in "camcorder" camera & recorder
#5083, aired 2006-10-182 WORDS IN ONE $800: "Avionics" flies from these words aviation & electronics
#5083, aired 2006-10-182 WORDS IN ONE $1000: A cross between a Labrador retriever & another breed, the non-allergenic dog seen here is called this a Labradoodle
#5082, aired 2006-10-17SIGMUND FREUD $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is in the library of the Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria.) I'm holding a first edition of Freud's 1923 classic work, "Das Ich und das Es", translated in 1927 as these 2 words id & ego
#5070, aired 2006-09-293-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the molded shell on which lugers ride; riding double, you are nestled like 2 peas in it a pod
#5049, aired 2006-07-20ABBREVIATED U.S. STATES $1,200 (Daily Double): The 2 states whose abbreviations are informal words for father & mother Pennsylvania, PA & Massachusetts, MA
#5043, aired 2006-07-12I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT! $2000: A 1969 case said the phrase "with all" these 2 words from Brown v. Board of Education wasn’t being followed deliberate speed
#5038, aired 2006-07-05LOOKING FOR A LATIN LOVER $200: Meaning "nourishing mother", these 2 Latin words are used when referring to your college alma mater
#5035, aired 2006-06-30PALINDROMIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): An important article of religious faith a tenet
#5014, aired 2006-06-01A VARIETY OF WORDS $800: A short metal fastener often used to join 2 sheets of metal together rivet
#4993, aired 2006-05-032-LETTER WORDS $400: This & behold: it means "see" & is frequently used in Biblical expressions lo
#4993, aired 2006-05-032-LETTER WORDS $800: You can call your pop this, used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin da
#4993, aired 2006-05-032-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the first-person singular present indicative of be am
#4993, aired 2006-05-032-LETTER WORDS $1600: The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, it's also a math term pi
#4993, aired 2006-05-032-LETTER WORDS $2000: A small hawk, or a moon of Jupiter Io
#4991, aired 2006-05-01CALENDAR LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this anti-war memoir refers to author Ron Kovic's birthday Born on the Fourth of July
#4978, aired 2006-04-12FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $600: In Greek this 2-word phrase means "the many"; it refers to the common people hoi polloi
#4974, aired 2006-04-06IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew measures what looks to be a small pipe or shell in the Jeopardy! science lab.) These 2 words, 1 derived from the other, refer to the instrument I'm using & the measurement I'm taking calipers & caliber (calipers & calibration accepted)
#4969, aired 2006-03-3015-LETTER WORDS $2000: The process of making 2 or more things work together in unison synchronization
#4962, aired 2006-03-21MOVIE "&" TV $1200: They're the 2 words directly separated by an ampersand in the title of the feature-length "South Park" film Longer & Uncut
#4958, aired 2006-03-15BLENDED WORDS $800: Blending 2 languages, it was also the title of a 2004 Adam Sandler flick Spanglish (from Spanish & English)
#4958, aired 2006-03-15BLENDED WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1960 Manfred Clynes combined these 2 words to create cyborg cybernetic & organism
#4928, aired 2006-02-01IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $800: This elevated Athens area appropriately comes from 2 Greek words meaning "highest city" the Acropolis
#4924, aired 2006-01-265-SYLLABLE WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Having many sides, like diplomatic talks among more than 2 parties multilateral
#4885, aired 2005-12-02BIG WORDS $800: In 1985 it was found in 2 sections about 400 miles SE of Newfoundland, at a depth of about 12,500 feet the Titanic
#4861, aired 2005-10-31FUN WITH WORDS $1200: This 2-word term for a rundown area of town originally referred to a logging road paved with logs skid row
#4850, aired 2005-10-14VOCABULARY TEST $1,600 (Daily Double): The name of this branch of math comes from 2 Greek words meaning "earth measure" geometry
#4806, aired 2005-06-27ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: Slang term for an indoor television antenna with 2 adjustable aerials rabbit ears
#4787, aired 2005-05-31SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS $1600: This word in "Henry VI Part 2" meant blase & world-weary, not having to do with nephrite jaded
#4777, aired 2005-05-17IN THE "GN"OW $800: The 2 related words that mean to grind your teeth or to chew with them gnash & gnaw
#4758, aired 2005-04-20WEATHER WORDS & PHRASES $200: Covering 2% of the Earth's surface, they're disappearing at the rate of several acres a minute rainforests
#4741, aired 2005-03-28ADJECTIVES $3,000 (Daily Double): They're the 2 common English words ending in ‑gry; despite what you may see online, there is no third one angry & hungry
#4739, aired 2005-03-24WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1000: "A well-boiled icicle" & "a scoop of boy trouts" are 2 of these transpositions spoonerisms
#4728, aired 2005-03-094-LETTER WORDS $200: In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A." "Born"
#4703, aired 2005-02-02VOCABULARY $800: Differing by a letter, the 2 words meaning an electrically charged atom & a very long time eon & ion
#4700, aired 2005-01-28THE 50 STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people" Oklahoma
#4698, aired 2005-01-26WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: "Mum's the word" dates back to his "Henry IV, Part 2": "Seal up your lips and give no words, but--mum" Shakespeare
#4695, aired 2005-01-212-PART WORDS $400: If you win the lottery, expect long-lost friends & relatives to "come out of" this the woodwork
#4695, aired 2005-01-212-PART WORDS $800: It's the name of the small hole in the sink, often just below the faucet, or what it may prevent the overflow
#4695, aired 2005-01-212-PART WORDS $1600: The movie "JFK" includes talk about catching someone in a triangulated one a crossfire
#4695, aired 2005-01-212-PART WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): One example of a "daffynition" is defining this synonym for a beggar as "a fry cook" a panhandler
#4695, aired 2005-01-212-PART WORDS $2000: Like the title "Angel" in a Jimmy Stewart film, it means faded or soiled, as by prolonged store exposure shopworn
#4692, aired 2005-01-183-LETTER WORDS $600: This watery term turns up in the names of 2 NFL teams Bay
#4661, aired 2004-12-062-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a key linking word in many similes as
#4661, aired 2004-12-062-LETTER WORDS $800: According to lyrics in "West Side Story", it's whom "There's a place for" us
#4661, aired 2004-12-062-LETTER WORDS $1200: When it's a noun, it can mean a party, or the new haircut you get for it do
#4661, aired 2004-12-062-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's used to attract attention to something sighted on a ship, like land or a sail ho
#4661, aired 2004-12-062-LETTER WORDS $2000: A special connection; you may have one with a powerful person in
#4637, aired 2004-11-038-LETTER WORDS $2000: The military term for weapons & ammunition, it can also describe the tools used to make them ordnance
#4636, aired 2004-11-013-LETTER WORDS $1000: This phrase meaning “a witty remark” is made up of 2 3-letter French words bon mot
#4635, aired 2004-10-29"PH"UN WORDS $1200: Named for a god, it can simply be any touring car, or a light, 4-wheeled open carriage drawn by 2 horses a phaeton
#4610, aired 2004-09-24FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: This 2-word French phrase is used of a monomaniacal obsession idée fixe
#4608, aired 2004-09-22WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration
#4608, aired 2004-09-22WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1600: Meaning a silly or flighty person, this word with 2 sets of double "B"s was a demon's name & mentioned in "King Lear" flibbertigibbet
#4605, aired 2004-09-17SPAM $400: Created in 1937, Spam is a combination of these 2 words spiced ham
#4601, aired 2004-09-13ON THE "PHONE" $800: 2 words that sound alike but are spelled differently homophones
#4600, aired 2004-09-10RADIO $2000: The 2 words that followed “Lux” in a program beginning in 1936 that re-created plays & movies Radio Theater
#4599, aired 2004-09-09CHARADES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew.) 1980s TV show, 2 words: Dance Fever
#4598, aired 2004-09-08MICRONESIA $600: The name Micronesia comes from 2 Greek words, micro & nesos, which mean this small island
#4575, aired 2004-06-25WOMEN AUTHORS $800: Sandra Brown titled a recent bestseller this, also the first 2 words of "The Sounds Of Silence" Hello, Darkness
#4567, aired 2004-06-153-LETTER WORDS $600: These 2 3-letter words form the name of a synonym for rap music hip hop
#4562, aired 2004-06-084-LETTER WORDS $8,500 (Daily Double): From the Latin words for "no one" & "empty" come these 2 words that cancel a contract null & void
#4543, aired 2004-05-1210-LETTER WORDS $1600: A person, like Brigham Young, with 2 or more wives at the same time a polygamist
#4537, aired 2004-05-043-LETTER WORDS $400: It's what you do when you put 2 + 2 together, or 1 + 1 for that matter add
#4524, aired 2004-04-15FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1000: An artist or writer's greatest work is often referred to by this 2-word Latin phrase magnum opus
#4523, aired 2004-04-142-DRINK MINIMUM $1600: Rhyming words for German dark beer & German white wine bock & Hach
#4482, aired 2004-02-174-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $400: Get in a yellow one in New York City & it'll cost you $2 not including tip a taxi
#4471, aired 2004-02-02FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: This 2-word Latin phrase means "by the fact itself" ipso facto
#4469, aired 2004-01-29A DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN WORDS $2000: A group of citizens assembled to aid law enforcement, this 2-word term means "force of the county" in Latin posse comitatus
#4422, aired 2003-11-252-LETTER WORDS $400: In the children's game of tag, what the pursuer is It
#4422, aired 2003-11-252-LETTER WORDS $800: Follow the yellow brick road & give us this 2-letter nickname for Australia Oz
#4422, aired 2003-11-252-LETTER WORDS $1200: Eye-opening art movement of the 1960s op
#4422, aired 2003-11-252-LETTER WORDS $1600: In the title of a classic beginner book by PD Eastman, it comes before & after "Dog" Go
#4422, aired 2003-11-252-LETTER WORDS $2000: The home of Abraham, this Sumerian city was rediscovered in the 1850s Ur
#4412, aired 2003-11-11THE MATRIX $800: These 2 words, Keanu Reeves' character & the powerful figure he's supposed to be, are anagrams Neo & One
#4339, aired 2003-06-12FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $400: A Spanish senorita's lips may say, "No No No", but her eyes say this this this Si Si Si
#4339, aired 2003-06-12FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The Latin word for "and", it often precedes al., short for "alia" et
#4339, aired 2003-06-12FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: In German it's the informal "you" used for friends, family & all children du
#4339, aired 2003-06-12FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's Provencal for garlic; in the name of a sauce, it's combined with oli, "oil" ai (as in aioli)
#4339, aired 2003-06-12FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $2,400 (Daily Double): The titles of 2 Verdi operas of 1853 begin with these 2 Italian forms of the word "the" il & la
#4333, aired 2003-06-04ANTONYMS $200: In Article 11 of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, the 2 words on either side of "until proved" innocent & guilty
#4333, aired 2003-06-04ANTONYMS $400: In "Night of the Hunter" Robert Mitchum has these 2 words on his hands love & hate
#4333, aired 2003-06-04ANTONYMS $600: Instead of just "Yes" & "No", "Star Trek" personnel usually use these 2 longer words affirmative & negative
#4327, aired 2003-05-27STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $400: A simile is defined as a comparison usually containing either of these 2 words as or like
#4305, aired 2003-04-25YOU O ME $1600: An extra O differentiates these 2 words, both pictured here dragon & dragoon
#4305, aired 2003-04-25YOU O ME $2000: These 2 words, one O different, combine to form the name of a plant disease root & rot (rootrot)
#4290, aired 2003-04-04YOU EITHER KNOW IT OR YOU DON'T $600: 2 words that commonly follow "knit one" purl two
#4283, aired 2003-03-26VOCABULARY $2000: A clergyman who is also a landowner is a "squarson", a combination of these 2 words squire & parson
#4282, aired 2003-03-252-LETTER WORDS $200: A person who has a selfish reason for doing something has this tool "to grind" ax
#4282, aired 2003-03-252-LETTER WORDS $400: Oh, deer! It's the first tone of the diatonic musical scale do
#4282, aired 2003-03-252-LETTER WORDS $600: In hyphenated terms, it comes before -go, -show & -brainer no
#4282, aired 2003-03-252-LETTER WORDS $800: It can mean awake, cheerful, or at bat up
#4282, aired 2003-03-252-LETTER WORDS $1000: In an expression from Matthew 6:30, it's the word that immediately precedes "of little faith" Ye
#4274, aired 2003-03-13AFRICAN MAMMALS $5,600 (Daily Double): (Alex in Africa) The name of the animal behind me (rhinoceros) comes from 2 Greek words which mean these 2 body parts nose & horn
#4244, aired 2003-01-30THAT '70s SONG $1000: This 1971 hit from Bread would fit in a 2-letter words category "If"
#4235, aired 2003-01-17WORDS ABOUT WORDS $2000: These 2 words meaning "a line of objects" & "an argument", are homographs, spelled alike but said differently row & row
#4230, aired 2003-01-10DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a combination of 2 metals; brass is one, combining copper & zinc alloy
#4230, aired 2003-01-10DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Middle name of American architect Frank Wright, born in 1867 Lloyd
#4228, aired 2003-01-08THAT'S A LOAD OF GARBAGE $800: The 2 words that complete the modern saying "garbage in..." "garbage out"
#4221, aired 2002-12-30WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win M-E/Emmy
#4221, aired 2002-12-30WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $400: I can name this Native American dwelling in 2 letters T-P/tepee
#4221, aired 2002-12-30WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $600: In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running on" these 2 letters M-T/empty
#4221, aired 2002-12-30WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $800: These 2 letters can often be seen growing on the sides of college buildings I-V/ivy
#4221, aired 2002-12-30WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $1000: These 2 letters give you an adjective meaning sordid & unkempt C-D/seedy
#4218, aired 2002-12-253-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 bucks to win on Dances-A-Lot in the 7th, for example bet
#4216, aired 2002-12-23WORDS WITHIN WORDS $5,800 (Daily Double): 2 things they love in Europe are the flugelhorn & this winter sport luge (f(luge)lhorn)
#4190, aired 2002-11-15ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $1200: They're the 2 mammals used to describe a declining or rising stock market bear & bull
#4184, aired 2002-11-07EARLY MAN $2000: In a common scientific classification of Neanderthal man, Neanderthalensis follows these 2 words Homo sapiens
#4178, aired 2002-10-30ALICE IN WONDERLAND $400: Alice is delighted to find a bottle that is not marked "Poison" but instead is labeled with these 2 words "Drink Me"
#4177, aired 2002-10-29EDUCATION JARGON $2000: These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title At Risk
#4175, aired 2002-10-25"BI" WORDS $400: A premolar, from the Latin for "2 points" bicuspid
#4162, aired 2002-10-08FULL SERVICE $400: They're the first 2 words in the Book of Common Prayer (1549 ed.) wedding service Dearly beloved
#4155, aired 2002-09-272-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: It's used to express dismay or pain, especially in Yiddish oy
#4155, aired 2002-09-272-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Sacred syllable uttered as a mantra during meditation om
#4155, aired 2002-09-272-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: A part of the psyche id
#4155, aired 2002-09-272-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Someone's sweetheart (or the first name of the tomboyish heroine of "Little Women") Jo
#4155, aired 2002-09-272-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: Even without playing it on a special square, this Greek letter will get you 9 points xi
#4143, aired 2002-09-11"U" SEND ME $400 (Daily Double): Differing by only a letter, the 2 words meaning to make waves & any hoofed mammal Undulate & ungulate
#4137, aired 2002-09-03WHAT A CLICHE $800: Careful craftsmen know these 2 words precede "Cut once" "Measure twice"
#4130, aired 2002-07-12NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1000: A combination of 2 other words, it describes a place or product for kids that's both informative & fun edutainment
#4125, aired 2002-07-05WORDS IN COMBINATION $400: The phenomenon seen here is a combination of these 2 words smoke & fog
#4125, aired 2002-07-05WORDS IN COMBINATION $800: An extended type of spot seen on late-night TV, as for Tae-Bo, combines these 2 words information commercial
#4125, aired 2002-07-05WORDS IN COMBINATION $1200: "Chortle", a distinctive laugh, comes from these 2 words chuckle & snort
#4125, aired 2002-07-05WORDS IN COMBINATION $1,800 (Daily Double): From 2 beasts it resembled, this African animal was once known as the cameleopard the giraffe
#4125, aired 2002-07-05WORDS IN COMBINATION $2000: "Glitz" is believed to come from these 2 words, one a Paris hotel glamour & Ritz
#4124, aired 2002-07-04CHICKEN À LA KING SHOPPING LIST $200: You may want chicken described with these 2 words, meaning the bird lived relatively unconfined free range
#4118, aired 2002-06-26Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $400: The National Air and Space Museum was originally called this which is 2 words shorter than its current name The National Air Museum
#4109, aired 2002-06-13THE COLD WAR YEARS $600: These 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by an act of Congress under God
#4107, aired 2002-06-11SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? $1200: In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin" "Go Bragh"
#4103, aired 2002-06-052-LETTER WORDS $200: "Ut" used to be used for the first or keynote of the musical scale; this has replaced it Do
#4103, aired 2002-06-052-LETTER WORDS $400: In TV show titles this name has stood alone & followed "Mister" Ed
#4103, aired 2002-06-052-LETTER WORDS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a board game with Sarah.) I'm trouncing Sarah in this classic Japanese game Go
#4103, aired 2002-06-052-LETTER WORDS $800: The Random House Dictionary gives one definition of it as "at bat" up
#4103, aired 2002-06-052-LETTER WORDS $1000: Creature of the bovine ilk that the Chinese use to symbolize a year an ox
#4098, aired 2002-05-29LOUSY SCRABBLE WORDS $600: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points ton
#4068, aired 2002-04-17-OLOGIES $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 similar words are for the study of insects & the study of words entomology & etymology
#4063, aired 2002-04-105-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a tie score in tennis, or a playing card with 2 spots a deuce
#4051, aired 2002-03-25COMBINATION PLATE $1,200 (Daily Double): These 2 words combine to form a positron positive & electron
#4034, aired 2002-02-28COMPUTER SPEAK $1200: In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system" input & output
#4015, aired 2002-02-01BRIEFLY $800: To a doctor a heart attack is an M.I., which stands for these 2 10-letter words myocardial infarction
#3985, aired 2001-12-21A FAREWELL $2000: Col. Kurtz' last words in "Apocalypse Now" are these 2 words, repeated the horror
#3974, aired 2001-12-06"PARK"ER $400: A news database search got 609 hits over 2 years with the words "hurricane" & this type of camp that provides utilities trailer park
#3966, aired 2001-11-26PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: Lewis Carroll coined the term "portmanteau word", explaining how "slithy" combines these 2 words "slimy" & "lithe"
#3949, aired 2001-11-01FEMINISM $100: The 1848 feminist "Declaration of Sentiments" adds these 2 words to 1776's "All men are created equal" "and women"
#3945, aired 2001-10-26"BEL"LISSIMO! $300: As 1 word, it's a poisonous plant also called deadly nightshade; as 2 words, it's a Stevie Nicks album belladonna/"Bella Donna"
#3943, aired 2001-10-242-LETTER WORDS $100: In song it's "A name I call myself" mi
#3943, aired 2001-10-242-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes -hold, -keep & -heaval up
#3943, aired 2001-10-242-LETTER WORDS $300: Julia Sweeney's experiences with cancer inspired her one-woman show, "God Said" this! Ha!
#3943, aired 2001-10-242-LETTER WORDS $400: An Italian river, or the red Teletubby Po
#3934, aired 2001-10-11NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $200: (Sarah, with the rest of the Clue Crew, reports while driving a bumper car) It's a 2-word alliterative term for the aggressive behavior displayed by angry drivers road rage
#3932, aired 2001-10-09SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Last name of 2 presidents, or a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant Bush
#3904, aired 2001-07-194-LETTER WORDS $500: Besides the rook, the 2 other chess pieces that fit the category the king & the pawn
#3875, aired 2001-06-08PHONETICS $1000: In the words "fricative" & "spirant", the 2 fricative or spirant letters F & S
#3874, aired 2001-06-07THE FIRST PERSON $300: Bob Dole became known for the quirk of using these 2 words instead of saying "I" Bob Dole
#3861, aired 2001-05-212-LETTER WORDS $100: Yes, for a senor or senorita
#3861, aired 2001-05-212-LETTER WORDS $200: In the name of the children's card game, it precedes "fish" Go
#3861, aired 2001-05-212-LETTER WORDS $300: Bunyan's Babe was a blue one Ox
#3861, aired 2001-05-212-LETTER WORDS $400: It's what you "get" when you lose your job or your head Ax
#3861, aired 2001-05-212-LETTER WORDS $500: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet Mu
#3860, aired 2001-05-18KIDS $500: These 2 Latin words following "in" mean someone acting "in place of parents", not "crazy parents" In loco parentis
#3811, aired 2001-03-121980s MUSIC $800: These 3 words, 2 English & 1 Russian, were the theme of an anti-drug concert in Moscow Just Say Nyet
#3791, aired 2001-02-124-LETTER WORDS $400: Consisting of 2 4-letter words, this French phrase on a menu means there is a set cost for a meal Prix fixe
#3778, aired 2001-01-24FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: The Finnish greeting "hyvaa paivaa" is literally "good" this, which is 2 months long in northern Finland in summer good day
#3757, aired 2000-12-2614-LETTER WORDS $200: It's how the letters in the sequence "E, F, G, H, I, J" are arranged alphabetically
#3746, aired 2000-12-11KNOT $400: As 2 words, it's part of a ram's or ewe's leg; as 1 word, it's a knot for shortening rope Sheepshank
#3714, aired 2000-10-262-LETTER WORDS $100: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on... your definition of" this word is
#3714, aired 2000-10-262-LETTER WORDS $200: In the "Little House" books, it's what Laura Ingalls calls her father Pa
#3714, aired 2000-10-262-LETTER WORDS $300: In tennis it's "In" when the server has game point, "Out" when the receiver does Ad
#3714, aired 2000-10-262-LETTER WORDS $400: This Yiddishism means "So?" or "Well?" nu
#3714, aired 2000-10-262-LETTER WORDS $500: 20th century style of art represented here Op art
#3709, aired 2000-10-19IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $100: The relatives come from all over the country to celebrate this ceremony of a Jewish boy becoming a man a bar mitzvah
#3709, aired 2000-10-19IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $200: It's the common name for a generational chart of ancestry a family tree
#3709, aired 2000-10-19IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $300: In modern times a woman may keep using hers, or link it with a man's by a hyphen her maiden name
#3709, aired 2000-10-19IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $400: It's the term for the payments made after a divorce for the upkeep of the kids child support
#3709, aired 2000-10-19IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $500: A domicile in which parents raise kids not their own; Stephen's was an old Kentucky one a foster home
#3697, aired 2000-10-03QUOTATIONS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank
#3696, aired 2000-10-025-LETTER WORDS $100: This unit of measure is equal to 2 pints quart
#3677, aired 2000-09-05I WANNA "NO" $200: 2 words that precede "No Glory" in a popular saying "No Guts"
#3674, aired 2000-07-203-LETTER WORDS $400: I can't tell either of these 2 3-letter words; I only tell the truth fib & lie
#3670, aired 2000-07-14FOREIGN WORDS $200: This French word for "goodbye" comes from 2 words literally meaning "to God" adieu
#3666, aired 2000-07-10CALVIN-ISM $400: It's said that when told of a bet to get more than 2 words out of him, he said, "You Lose" Calvin Coolidge
#3657, aired 2000-06-272-LETTER WORDS $200: In Freud's way of thinking, it's the only part of the personality that exists at birth Id
#3657, aired 2000-06-272-LETTER WORDS $400: This 1986 Stephen King bestseller features a demonic clown named Pennywise It
#3657, aired 2000-06-272-LETTER WORDS $600: It's approximately equal to 3.14 pi
#3657, aired 2000-06-272-LETTER WORDS $800: Yes, it's the oldest form of Japanese drama still performed No
#3657, aired 2000-06-272-LETTER WORDS $1000: Holy Cow! Zeus turned her into a heifer Io
#3651, aired 2000-06-19"EX" WORDS $800: "Extrude" means to thrust out; drop 2 letters & you get this similar word meaning to ooze forth Exude
#3646, aired 2000-06-125-LETTER WORDS $200: MTV's 1997 award for Best New Artist in a Video went to this "Sleep to Dream" singer with 2 5-letter names Fiona Apple
#3646, aired 2000-06-125-LETTER WORDS $300: The 2 5-letter words for the appliance being repaired here: range & stove
#3645, aired 2000-06-093-LETTER WORDS $100: The 2 of journalism's 5 Ws that fit the category Who & Why
#3626, aired 2000-05-15YOU-PHEMISMS $100: 2-letter word that means "you" in Julius Caesar's dying words Tu
#3610, aired 2000-04-21THE U.S. MINT $300: Perhaps the young woman seen here is looking to these 2 expedition leaders for their next words to translate: Lewis & Clark
#3574, aired 2000-03-02IN 2 WORDS $100: Meaning of the sign seen here: ["P" with line drawn through it] no parking
#3574, aired 2000-03-02IN 2 WORDS $200: IV, meaning 4, for example a Roman numeral
#3574, aired 2000-03-02IN 2 WORDS $300: Uh-oh! The sentence "I don't have no money." features one a double negative
#3574, aired 2000-03-02IN 2 WORDS $400: If you're given full discretionary power, you've been given this, French for "blank document" carte blanche
#3574, aired 2000-03-02IN 2 WORDS $500: Abbreviated C.O., it's a person who refuses to bear arms due to moral or religious principles a conscientious objector
#3552, aired 2000-02-0120th CENTURY WORDS $800: In a 1991 article Al Gore used this 2-word phrase for a new "driving" force, high-speed fiber-optic networks "Information Superhighway"
#3538, aired 2000-01-12BIG WORDS $1000: From the same Latin root as "immeasurable", it's a 2-syllable equivalent Immense
#3537, aired 2000-01-11CANADIAN CAPITALS $400: This Manitoba capital's name is derived from 2 Cree Indian words meaning "murky water" Winnipeg
#3527, aired 1999-12-28HIPPOS $500: The word hippopotamus comes from 2 Greek words meaning this river horse
#3505, aired 1999-11-26FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $300: An off-the-cuff speech is made this way, from a 2-word Latin phrase that literally means "out of the time" extemporaneously
#3489, aired 1999-11-04PARTS OF SPEECH $200: 2 of these kinds of words often combine to form a compound one, like "teapot" or "farmyard" Nouns
#3477, aired 1999-10-19SPAM THE WONDER MEAT $400: It is believed Spam is an acronym of "Shoulder of pork and ham" or a contraction of these 2 words Spice & ham
#3465, aired 1999-10-014-LETTER WORDS $400: In Major League Baseball, you're out if you do this with 2 strikes & the ball goes foul Bunt
#3464, aired 1999-09-3013-LETTER WORDS $1000: 1 of the 2 13-letter words for a plain figure with 4 sides & 4 angles quadrilateral (or parallelogram)
#3438, aired 1999-07-14BIRD WORDS & PHRASES $500: It's a "homicidal" phrase for achieving 2 goals with a single effort Killing two birds with one stone
#3429, aired 1999-07-014-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $600: This basketball ploy, when a player sets a screen & then receives a pass, includes 2 4-letter words pick & roll
#3403, aired 1999-05-26WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1000: 2 Greek words for "long life" give us this word which refers to a diet or lifestyle said to prolong life macrobiotic
#3396, aired 1999-05-17LOOK OUT "BELL"OW $1000: As one word, it's a plant also called deadly nightshade; as 2 words, a Stevie Nicks album belladonna/"Bella Donna"
#3385, aired 1999-04-30COMMUNISM $500: Shortened from 2 Russian words, it was the supreme policy-making body in the USSR Politburo
#3345, aired 1999-03-05"CHAR"MED WORDS & PHRASES $800: This largest city in the 2 Carolinas is one of the nation's leading textile production centers Charlotte
#3335, aired 1999-02-19AUTHOR'S DICTIONARY $200: It's defined as the combination of 2 seemingly contradictory words, like "deafening silence" oxymoron
#3330, aired 1999-02-12WORDS FOR TWO $100: It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments Duet
#3330, aired 1999-02-12WORDS FOR TWO $200: Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game Pair
#3330, aired 1999-02-12WORDS FOR TWO $400: In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder" "Like two peas in a pod"
#3330, aired 1999-02-12WORDS FOR TWO $500: On a riverboat, it's how you would "Mark" water that's 2 fathoms deep Twain
#3303, aired 1999-01-06THE "A" "B" "C"s $600: They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward concave & convex
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MEDICINE $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2-word name of this disorder comes from Greek & Latin words meaning "without appetite" & "nervous" Anorexia Nervosa
#3244, aired 1998-10-15"ERE"Y WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): French physicist who first showed that current in 2 parallel wires causes magnetic forces between the wires Andre-Marie Ampere
#3237, aired 1998-10-06ODD WORDS $1000: A dupion is a double one of these created by 2 silkworms working together Cocoon
#3224, aired 1998-09-17SCIENCE CLASS $200: The name of this science comes from 2 Greek words meaning "Earth discussion" Geology
#3224, aired 1998-09-17WORD ORIGINS $400: This "attractive" word is from 2 Greek words for "stone of magnesia" a magnet
#3197, aired 1998-06-23WORD WORDS $400: These terms are, you know, the 2 examples of embololalia in this clue that, like, stall for time You know & like
#3192, aired 1998-06-162-LETTER WORDS $100: People with a hidden agenda often have this "to grind" Ax
#3192, aired 1998-06-162-LETTER WORDS $200: "Collect $200" if you can name this Japanese game played with black & white counters on a checkered board Go
#3192, aired 1998-06-162-LETTER WORDS $300: As a prefix, it can mean "not including"; by itself, it means "former", like a former spouse Ex
#3192, aired 1998-06-162-LETTER WORDS $400: Yes, it's Russian for yes Da
#3192, aired 1998-06-162-LETTER WORDS $500: It's used to mean very, or what's your point? So
#3175, aired 1998-05-22DRUNK ON WORDS $200: This 2-word expression is often followed by "like a Christmas tree" lit up
#3139, aired 1998-04-02"ICK"Y WORDS $400: Many of these human-powered 2-wheeled carts once widely used in Asia were built in the U.S. rickshaws
#3077, aired 1998-01-06COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $200: This 2-word phrase means you're taking your lunch to work Brown bagging
#3048, aired 1997-11-269-LETTER WORDS $1000: It describes a 2-House legislature Bicameral
#3025, aired 1997-10-24WORDS OF THE '60s $100: These 2 birds represented conciliatory & aggressive attitudes toward war Doves & hawks
#3020, aired 1997-10-17OXYMORONS $200: The word "oxymoron" comes from 2 Greek words meaning "sharp" & this Dull
#3009, aired 1997-10-02STUPID ANSWERS $300: The first 2 words of the French version of the Canadian national anthem "O, Canada"
#2990, aired 1997-09-05THE QUOTABLE COOLIDGE $800: His reply to a woman who said she'd made a bet she could get more than 2 words out of him You lose.
#2972, aired 1997-07-012-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a nickname for Australia, or a land somewhere over the rainbow Oz
#2972, aired 1997-07-012-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes hill, roar, state & -to-date Up
#2972, aired 1997-07-012-LETTER WORDS $300: It's what Chicagoans call their above-the-street railroad El
#2972, aired 1997-07-012-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the first word of the Golden Rule Do
#2972, aired 1997-07-012-LETTER WORDS $500: It's Jupiter's third-largest moon Io
#2968, aired 1997-06-25FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $300: In Portuguese these 2 antonyms are cedo & tarde Early & late
#2959, aired 1997-06-12ENDS IN "LL" $500: The 2 words that fit the category for the slow, solemn ring of a bell knell & toll
#2915, aired 1997-04-11FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: This 2-word French phrase is commonly used to wish someone a healthy, hearty meal Bon Appetit
#2914, aired 1997-04-10"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $100: In titles of films, these 2 words precede "Madam", "Mister" & "Bwana" "Call Me"
#2901, aired 1997-03-24AVIATION $200: The name of this craft comes from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral" & "wing" the helicopter
#2898, aired 1997-03-19SONGS $400: 2 words following "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky..." stormy weather
#2888, aired 1997-03-05FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $500: This 2-word phrase refers to the "high" art of fine cooking haute cuisine
#2878, aired 1997-02-19WORDS $300: Add 2 letters to megapolis to get this word that means the same thing megalopolis
#2869, aired 1997-02-06ETYMOLOGY $400: "Blackboard" & "loudspeaker" are examples of this type of word formed by combining 2 words Compound word
#2864, aired 1997-01-30'80s WORDS & PHRASES $500: In 1986 Americans learned 2 Russian words: glasnost, meaning "openness", & this, meaning "restructuring" perestroika
#2864, aired 1997-01-30'80s WORDS & PHRASES $700 (Daily Double): It's the 2-word "clear barrier" keeping women from promotion into upper management glass ceiling
#2838, aired 1996-12-25FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $500: 2-word phrase for a young foreigner who performs housework in exchange for room & board Au Pair
#2802, aired 1996-11-054-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa)
#2802, aired 1996-11-054-LETTER WORDS $500: This flightless bird of South America has 3 toes on its feet; an ostrich has 2 a rhea
#2775, aired 1996-09-2710-LETTER WORDS $400: Using this delaying tactic, Sen. Wayne Morse spoke for 22 1/2 hours against the Tidelands Bill in 1953 filibuster
#2775, aired 1996-09-2710-LETTER WORDS $500: In this ancient board game, each player has 2 dice, a dice cup & 15 counters backgammon
#2750, aired 1996-07-12ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $300: Alphabetically, it's the first of the 2-letter words for notes of the scale do
#2679, aired 1996-04-04BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES $400: Robert Heinlein used this phrase from Exodus 2:22 as the title of one of his novels "Stranger In A Strange Land"
#2658, aired 1996-03-062-LETTER WORDS $100: Pass this in Monopoly & collect $200 GO
#2658, aired 1996-03-062-LETTER WORDS $200: According to Freud, this part of the mind is motivated by the pleasure principle the id
#2658, aired 1996-03-062-LETTER WORDS $300: It can refer to a bovine draft animal or to a dumb, clumsy fellow an ox
#2658, aired 1996-03-062-LETTER WORDS $400: It's often approximated as 22/7 pi
#2658, aired 1996-03-062-LETTER WORDS $500: This Sanskrit syllable intoned as part of a mantra means "yes, so be it" om
#2648, aired 1996-02-21ANIMALS $200: Part of the scientific name for this marsupial is from 2 Greek words for "pouch" & "bear" koala bear
#2645, aired 1996-02-16VOCABULARY $400: Easily accessible to drivers, "motel" derives its name from these 2 words motor & hotel
#2639, aired 1996-02-08LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: In "Through the Looking Glass", Alice meets these 2 little fat men whose words seem nonsensical Tweedledee & Tweedledum
#2614, aired 1996-01-04FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $100: In German these 2 relatives are der bruder & die schwester your brother & your sister
#2559, aired 1995-10-192-LETTER WORDS $100: 1 of the 2 options for a light switch on
#2559, aired 1995-10-192-LETTER WORDS $200: Spanish equivalent of the German ja
#2559, aired 1995-10-192-LETTER WORDS $300: It commonly follows "land" & "heave" ho
#2559, aired 1995-10-192-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the second 2-letter word in the U.S. Constitution's preamble; "We" is first of
#2559, aired 1995-10-192-LETTER WORDS $500: Pronounced one way, it's a musical tone; pronounced another way, it means to accomplish do
#2479, aired 1995-05-18WORD ORIGINS $500 (Daily Double): It's the profession derived from 2 Greek words meaning "star sailor" an astronaut
#2419, aired 1995-02-23FAMOUS LAST WORDS $200: This abolitionist's last words on Dec. 2, 1859 were "I am ready at any time. Do not keep me waiting." John Brown
#2414, aired 1995-02-16MAMMALS $200: The name of this huge mammal is from 2 Greek words meaning "nose-horned" a rhinoceros
#2408, aired 1995-02-08ENGLISH GRAMMAR $500: In & on are 2 of the most common of these words used at the beginnings of phrases prepositions
#2394, aired 1995-01-19VOCABULARY $600: Together or alone, these 2 words refer to a car that carries passengers for a fare a taxi cab
#2362, aired 1994-12-062-LETTER WORDS $100: To call attention to your product or service, you might want to place one of these in the newspaper an ad
#2362, aired 1994-12-062-LETTER WORDS $200: This pronoun is the objective case of "I" me
#2362, aired 1994-12-062-LETTER WORDS $300: This conjunction is used to indicate an alternative or
#2362, aired 1994-12-062-LETTER WORDS $400: This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" ho
#2362, aired 1994-12-062-LETTER WORDS $500: It follows mu in the Greek alphabet nu
#2319, aired 1994-10-06THE NEW TESTAMENT $600: In the King James Bible, the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-11 all begin with these 2 words Blessed are
#2280, aired 1994-07-01THE FLAG $200: These 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s under God
#2240, aired 1994-05-06DOUBLE Z WORDS $500: An instrumental piece in the middle of an opera, or a brief entertainment between 2 acts of a play an intermezzo
#2236, aired 1994-05-02VOCABULARY $500: Cyborg, describing something that's part human & part robot, is a combination of these 2 words cybernetic & organism
#2234, aired 1994-04-28FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $100: In Dutch these 2 antonyms are ja & nee yes & no
#2205, aired 1994-03-182-LETTER WORDS $100: This pronoun is an archaic form of you ye
#2205, aired 1994-03-182-LETTER WORDS $200: This word can mean "not later than", "according to" or "next to" by
#2205, aired 1994-03-182-LETTER WORDS $300: This 405-mile-long river empties into the Adriatic Sea the Po
#2205, aired 1994-03-182-LETTER WORDS $400: The board for this game is ruled with 19 horizontal & 19 vertical lines Go
#2205, aired 1994-03-182-LETTER WORDS $500: This, the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean moons, always keeps the same face toward the planet Io
#2182, aired 1994-02-15CRAFTS $800: The name of this craft comes from 2 Japanese words meaning "to fold paper" origami
#2157, aired 1994-01-119-LETTER WORDS $600: It describes a person who is able to speak 2 languages fluently bilingual
#2143, aired 1993-12-22QUOTATIONS $600: These 2 words complete the Charles Colton line "When you have nothing to say...." "Say nothing"
#2131, aired 1993-12-06ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $300: Alitalia's frequent fliers know these 2 airport antonyms are "arrivo" & "partenza" arriving & departing (or arrival & departure)
#2123, aired 1993-11-24THE NEW TESTAMENT $500: In chapter 22 of Revelation, Jesus spoke a little Greek, mentioning these 2 words Alpha & Omega
#2096, aired 1993-10-18VOCABULARY $500: These 2 words which differ by 1 letter refer to places where birds & bees are kept aviary & apiary
#2077, aired 1993-09-21COMPOUND WORDS $500: As a compound word, it describes a previously-owned garment; as 2 words, it's part of your watch secondhand
#2076, aired 1993-09-20WORDS $100: In the title of a Eugene O'Neill play, this 2-letter word precedes "Wilderness" Ah
#2058, aired 1993-07-14TRANSPORTATION $400: Meaning a bicycle with a small engine, the name moped was coined by combining these 2 words motor and pedal
#2036, aired 1993-06-14THE TEN COMMANDMENTS $300: In the King James Version, 1 of 2 commandments consisting of just 4 words Thou shalt not kill (or Thou shalt not steal)
#2026, aired 1993-05-31BLUE $300: A blue point, 2 words, is a cat; a bluepoint, 1 word, is one of these an oyster
#1986, aired 1993-04-05"BI" WORDS $200: Benjamin Franklin developed these by mounting 2 different eyeglass lenses in one frame bifocals
#1986, aired 1993-04-05"BI" WORDS $300: Except for Nebraska, all U.S. states have this form of legislature made up of 2 houses bicameral
#1986, aired 1993-04-05"BI" WORDS $500: In math, it's an expression consisting of 2 terms connected by a plus or minus sign a binomial
#1956, aired 1993-02-22AQUATIC ANIMALS $100: The name of this animal is from 2 Greek words meaning "eight feet" octopus
#1907, aired 1992-12-153-LETTER WORDS $500: The metal mouthpiece on a bridle, or 12 1/2 cents a bit
#1895, aired 1992-11-27"FOR" WORDS $200: It's a period equal to 2 weeks a fortnight
#1878, aired 1992-11-04FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: In an 1862 speech, Bismarck spoke of "Eisen und Blut", which are these 2 things blood & iron
#1856, aired 1992-10-052-LETTER WORDS $100: In Monopoly, a player collects $200 on passing this Go
#1856, aired 1992-10-052-LETTER WORDS $200: A letter of the alphabet, or one's former spouse ex
#1856, aired 1992-10-052-LETTER WORDS $300: Freud described it as the instinctive part of the personality id
#1856, aired 1992-10-052-LETTER WORDS $400: In Egyptian mythology, he was the sun god Ra
#1856, aired 1992-10-052-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the title of a hit song by Bread, or a poem by Rudyard Kipling "If"
#1843, aired 1992-09-16VOCABULARY $800: The name of this muse of dancing comes from 2 Greek words for "delight" & "dance" Terpsichore
#1835, aired 1992-07-17MOVIE SEQUELS $400: The sequels to "The Paleface" & "King Kong" share these 2 words in their titles Son of
#1806, aired 1992-06-08MAMMALS $200: The name of this large mammal comes from 2 Greek words meaning "nose-horned" rhinoceros
#1781, aired 1992-05-042-LETTER WORDS $100: This word can precede "fly a kite", "for broke" & "to pieces" go
#1781, aired 1992-05-042-LETTER WORDS $200: The manufacturing cities of Turin, Milan & Brescia lie in this Italian river's valley Po
#1781, aired 1992-05-042-LETTER WORDS $300: This interjection is used as an expression of surprise when it precedes "and behold" lo
#1781, aired 1992-05-042-LETTER WORDS $400: In 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic in a papyrus boat named for this Egyptian sun god Ra
#1781, aired 1992-05-042-LETTER WORDS $500: 3 of the 4 Greek letters that are 2-letter words (3 of) xi, nu & pi (or mu)

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#8877, aired 2023-05-23SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS: Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed" Beatrice & Benedick
#8178, aired 2020-03-11BOOK WORDS: A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for "artistically serious" comic books & endorsed it over "illustories" & "picto-fiction" graphic novels
#8049, aired 2019-09-12AMERICAN MUSEUMS: President Johnson signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.'s most popular the Air & Space Museum
#7988, aired 2019-05-08WORDS FROM THE COMICS: Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz security blanket
#7592, aired 2017-09-19POTENT & NONPOTENT POTABLES: Reverse the 2 words in the name of this Canadian whisky brand & you get the name of a cola Crown Royal or Royal Crown
#7405, aired 2016-11-18SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY: These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point vertex & vortex
#7236, aired 2016-02-15FAMOUS PHRASES: In one version of a 19th century quote, "There is room and health... away from the crowds" so you're urged to do these 2 words Go West
#7048, aired 2015-04-15THE GREEK ALPHABET: When spelled out as words in English, 2 of the 3 longest Greek letters (2 of) epsilon, upsilon & omicron
#6772, aired 2014-02-11SOCIAL MEDIA: The most retweeted tweet of all time happened on November 6, 2012 & started with "four" & ended with these 2 words more years
#6553, aired 2013-02-27SPEECHWRITERS: To the question "Did you write the best-known line in JFK's inaugural?", Ted Sorensen would smile & say these 2 words Ask not
#6505, aired 2012-12-21WORLD CAPITALS: One of the 3 national capitals made up of 2 words that begin with the same letter (1 of) Addis Ababa, San Salvador, or Phnom Penh
#5987, aired 2010-09-28BIBLICAL BEASTS: It's the total number of legs on the 2 non-human animals whose words are quoted in the Old Testament 4
#5936, aired 2010-06-07METEOROLOGY: Low- & high-pressure systems & tropical moisture set the stage for a 1991 nor'easter nicknamed these 2 words "Perfect Storm"
#5917, aired 2010-05-11WORDS IN THE BIBLE: In Genesis 2:24 these 2 words are what a man shall do to his parents & then to his wife; add a letter to 1 to get the other leave & cleave
#5298, aired 2007-09-26THE 5 W's: The names of the president & premier of the world's most populous nation are homophones of these 2 words who & when
#4837, aired 2005-09-2715-LETTER ANAGRAMS: Someone chatting about preserving natural resources is these 2 similar words, anagrams of each other conversationist & conservationist
#4797, aired 2005-06-14EUROPEAN CAPITALS: In an August 1989 protest, a 2-million-person human chain stretched from Tallinn to Riga to this city Vilnius
#4778, aired 2005-05-18WORDS FROM LATIN: Some of the periods of time called this occurred in 304 A.D. (4 years), 1314 (2 years), 1958 (19 days), 1963 & 2005 interregnum
#4756, aired 2005-04-18INVENTED WORDS: In works by Lewis Carroll, this word means "four in the afternoon; the time when you begin broiling things for dinner" brillig
#4677, aired 2004-12-288-LETTER WORDS: Differing by one letter, the 2 words that mean job & time away from the job vocation & vacation
#4654, aired 2004-11-25POLITICAL WORDS & PHRASES: Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff" (my) hat is in the ring
#4561, aired 2004-06-07WORDS & PHRASES: Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution a think tank
#4427, aired 2003-12-02GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: These 2 words are anagrams of each other & for our location now one is about 34, the other about 74 latitude & altitude
#3948, aired 2001-10-31WORDS IN POETRY: The 2 "oo" 4-letter words in the poem inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty poor & door
#3916, aired 2001-09-17FAMOUS PHRASES: This expression comes from a 1956 novel about Frank Skeffington's final run for mayor "the last hurrah"
#3572, aired 2000-02-29THE 13 COLONIES: 1 of the 2 original colonies whose names came from American Indian words (1 of) Connecticut or Massachusetts
#3506, aired 1999-11-29U.S. STATES: It's the only state whose name & capital city both consist of 2 words New Mexico (Santa Fe)
#3227, aired 1998-09-2220th CENTURY WORDS: In 1973, TIME Magazine blended 2 words to coin this term they gave to Rex Humbard as a job title televangelist
#3121, aired 1998-03-09WORD ORIGINS: These 2 words, for a political plan of attack & a drink used to celebrate a win, come from the same root Campaign & champagne
#1236, aired 1990-01-08ANAGRAMS: 2 words having to do with parenthood that are anagrams of "parental" paternal & prenatal
#1054, aired 1989-03-16FOOD & DRINK: The letters in "made" can be made into these 2 different words, one a food & one a drink Edam & mead
#311, aired 1985-11-18THE 50 STATES: Aside from the Dakotas & Carolinas, # of states with 2 words in their names as commonly used 6

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