| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-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 2024-02-01 | 2-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 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: An exclamation, or an actress who has played a doctor & an MI6 agent on TV Oh |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's Latin for "bone" os |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-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 |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there combustible |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | MERRIAM-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 |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: In the title of a John le Carré novel, these 2 occupations precede "Soldier, Spy" Tinker & Tailor |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: 2 Greek words give us this 10-letter word meaning fear of blood hemophobia |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: This delicate word is stretched out to 3 syllables by Darren McGavin in "A Christmas Story" fragile |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: It follows Ice & Stone Age |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-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 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Wrath or fury packed into 3 letters ire |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: This symbol of Australia ranks as the world's second-tallest bird the emu |
| #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 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: The big one consists of 2 phalanges a toe |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just one letter different, these 2 rhyming words both mean to soak up spilled liquid sop & mop |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $600: The second half of a golf course is called this, 2 4-letter words the back nine |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | SCIENCE WORDS $800: These 2 5-letter words are often paired as terms for the plants & animals of a particular region flora & fauna |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: There are 2 Vs in this word meaning extreme enthusiasm or spirit verve |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: Yes, Dan, there are 2 "P"s in the middle of this word for the snazzily attired dapper |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | DOUBLE-T WORDS $800: The second of the 2 things mentioned earlier in a sentence the latter |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 11-LETTER WORDS $2000: The original line of this separating 2 territories was the one dividing the New World between Spain & Portugal demarcation |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Big bovine ox |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: An aboveground railway el |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: George Takei's 2-word catchphrase oh my |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: "Special" is one type of this short form ed |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: COVID variant names skipped nu & this 14th Greek letter xi |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | 5-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 |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BOSH $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 |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: "Us" is the objective case of this pronoun we |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: A snippet of it: ...288419716... pi |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the third note in the major scale of the sol-fa set of singing syllables mi |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the garment being worn here a gi |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: A moon in our solar system named for a maiden of myth Io |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Vamoose! go |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Hamlet's first choice be |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: Evil King clown tale It |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: 22/7,
approximately pi |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: The farming equivalent of Big Pharma is not Big Farm but big this Ag |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | SILENT-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the "h" in the math formula 1/2 b h height |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | 5-LETTER 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: Quotient is a synonym for this, a proportional relationship between 2 quantities ratio |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1600: The condition of 2 people so different by nature that they are not able to work or live together harmoniously incompatibility |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This abbreviated word is sometimes found before art & after photo op |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: According to the Chinese calendar, 2021 will be the year of this animal the ox |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: It's the name of the game being played here Go |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: In the title of a Eugene O'Neill play, it precedes "Wilderness!" Ah |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Scrabble players know this 2-letter word is a type of 3-toed sloth found in Brazil the ai |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL 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) |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $600: In 1999 this pair of 2-letter words, a "Clueless" movie quote, was kind of a mean choice "As If" |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | PHILOSOPHERS $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 |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | 12-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 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: 2 basic types of college courses are the seminar & this, basically the professor speaking to a large group lecture |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: A type of poker game where A-2-3-4-6 is a winning hand, or to underestimate on purpose lowball |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | DOUBLE "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 2019-10-04 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): These were 2 types of columns in Ancient Greece Doric & Ionic |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This biblical word is often found before "& behold" lo |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2013 meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association included a paper on "The Social Meaning of" this word eh |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: "Clumsy" in language, castrated in fact, it's a type of draft animal ox |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: As an adjective, it denotes huge self-interest, like in describing an entire decade me |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Dutch for "yes" ja |
| #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 |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | LEXICON VALLEY $2000: This 8-letter name of an L.A. suburb & a Phoenix suburb is made of 2 different words for "valley" Glendale |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: 2 vowels front this verb meaning "to remove from power" oust |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $600: 2-syllable adjective for a comment that sums things up in a few words pithy |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: "Annual" term for a horse just shy of 2 yearling |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: As a preposition it can express location or time; as a symbol it helps define your email address at |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" ho |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: The unconscious mind, according to Freud the id |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Ancient city where Abraham lived Ur |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: This satellite, seen here on the left, is the most volcanically active body in our solar system Io |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | 11-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 2017-11-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: An acronym for a confusing situation, its first 2 letters stand for "situation normal" snafu |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: "Come live with me and be my love" is an example of this 2-syllable foot an iamb |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: The objective case of I me |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's Down Under slang for Australia itself Oz |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: A wise movie character told us this, or this not; there is no try do |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: 2-piece martial arts garment a gi |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: A woman loved by Zeus turned into a heifer Io |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | NEW WAYS TO SAY CORRECT $600: I'll put together 2 4-letter words & add the English accent for this Austin Powers catchphrase "Yeah, baby" |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It introduces a conditional clause if |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In math it's a synonym for "times" by |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: When I say, "We'll be right back", it's the next thing viewers see an ad |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The archaic plural form of thou ye |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the game seen here Go |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $200: In cards you can't have a blackjack without it ace |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $400: It's what you need to row, row, row your boat oar |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $600: It's a synonym for color, or a shade of color hue |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $800: This is what it sounds like when doves cry softly coo |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS $1000: In sushi speak, it's unagi eel |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Signaling change, Tony Blair ended his first speech as party leader with these 2 words, followed by "New Britain" New Labour |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | MASTER 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 |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Greek for "2 sounds", it's the name of the transition sound like that made by the "O-I" in "boil" diphthong |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $200: This symbol:
@ at |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $400: A TV commercial ad |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $600: One of your 6-pack if you're in shape like me ab |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $800: French term meaning "with the" au |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $1000: Slow-moving Brazilian animal ai |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $400: A shtnd. frm. of a wd. used to rep. the wle. abbreviation |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Cue Julie Andrews: it's the syllable for the sixth tone of the diatonic scale la |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $1200: In the book "Explorers", it precedes "Gama" da |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $1600: Verily, it's the archaic British term that's used nominatively as the plural of thou ye |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: Bats use this process of emitting high-pitched sounds to navigate echolocation |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A practice session between 2 units of the same sports team scrimmage |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exclamation of approval for bullfighters olé |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Containing many frozen water crystals icy |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $600: My Chemical Romance & Panic! at the Disco are this type of touchy-feely pop band emo |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Yes, Maria, it means "farewell" in Latin ave |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Edible sea urchin gonads uni |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | 17-LETTER WORDS $800: It's having a business meeting in 2 or more locations at once, linked by "v"isual technology videoconferencing |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | CNN 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 |
| #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 2014-08-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: It's a singing twosome duo |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $400: A mineral deposit from which metal can be extracted ore |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: Hold your horses & give me this synonym for sadness woe |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: In a fairy tale, a princess can feel it through 20 mattresses pea |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 3-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 |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: A curve joining 2 points in geometry, or anything bow-shaped an arc |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1200: As you have 2 feet, you're one of these a biped |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: This mark of punctuation combines 2 other punctuation marks semicolon |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Take your time; with no vowels, it's a sound made when thinking hm |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Yiddish expression of dismay oy |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: It's slang for a cheesy Italian pie za |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Japanese board game go |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: This "choice" word is also the color gold in heraldry or |
| #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 |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1200: For the 2 pieces of equipment used, it's another name for windsurfing sailboarding |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | WAR OF WORDS $400: This 4-letter word is a weapon in 2 senses: a club with a spiked head & a nonlethal spray mace |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries a border |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A collision between 2 objects; an athlete who helps his team is called that type of "player" impact |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This interjection dates from the 15th century & is used as a greeting in place of "hello" hi |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Title of the Peter Gabriel album with the hits "Big Time" & "Sledgehammer" So |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Familial word before "Bell" in an alternate name for AT&T Ma |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Superman was born into this family on the planet Krypton El |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: This style of art dates from the mid-1960s & uses geometric shapes & brilliant colors Op |
| #6558, aired 2013-03-06 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: The one for the movie "Burlesque" features 8 songs by Christina Aguilera & 2 by Cher a soundtrack |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1600: 13 letters:
Swiss & Portuguese are 2 of these nationalities |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: This "botanical" interchange is where 2 highways meet a cloverleaf |
| #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 |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In this language Pe is the first letter of Pesach, meaning Passover Hebrew |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Os is a technical name for one of these in the body a bone |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: French for "from" de |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Spanish for "I" yo |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | TOUGH 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: Ut is a version of the musical note also known by the word do & by this letter C |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | SIMILAR-SOUNDING WORDS $1000: Meaning an indirect mention & something that deceives, these 2 words are only 1 letter different allusion & illusion |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This mystical word used in mantras contains 3 sounds, but in English it's 2 letters om |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It often follows "in" to mean "concerning" re |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: Supernatural elements appear in kiri, a play in this Japanese form no |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: It's Latin for "and" , Y'al. et |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | 2-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 2011-12-22 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: To be fired from a job is "to get" this bladed tool the ax |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: In a game of tag, this player attempts to catch other players it |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Slang for the featured product at Papa John's & Domino's za |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Archaic second-person pronoun found before "gods" in a mild expletive ye |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: The second-largest city in Sierra Leone, or an Indian fig tree under which Buddha once sat bo |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | SCIENCE-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 |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive |
| #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 |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | 10-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 |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | 2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $400: It's both a math term & the 16th Greek letter pi |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | 2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $800: Growing on land; not aquatic terrestrial |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | 2- 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 2010-11-12 | 2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: The plant also called woody nightshade, or an oxymoron for the taste of some chocolate bittersweet |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | 2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $2000: Every 3 years; make it an adverb to fit the category triennially |
| #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 |
| #5933, aired 2010-06-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: 2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance wilco |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In 2010 American Humane celebrates "Be" this "to Animals Week" from May 2 to 8 Kind |
| #5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $200: My 1-2-3 letter is the stone of a fruit & my 4-5-6-7 is a season pitfall |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: It's first on the diatonic scale Do |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Third person singular of "be" is |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Colloquially, a muscle in the torso ab |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1600: Za is a slang word for this treat pizza |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: For men in France, it means "born with the name of" né |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this it |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: To spell this animal, just use a hug & a kiss from the bottom of a letter ox |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: For Freud it was an unconscious, instinctual force the id |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Meaning "to" in Latin, it can precede "hoc" or "infinitum" ad |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show Yo! |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..." go |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool" no |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog Bo |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman fo |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham Ur |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This 2-letter exclamation can mean "look!" & is often paired with "and behold" lo |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This 2-letter word can precede "blood" &, "incident"ally, "bow" ox |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $800: When it's in the wrist, this type of enlargement is called a ganglion a cyst |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 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 2009-01-19 | 2-, 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 2008-12-25 | 10-LETTER WORDS $600: Adjective for one who speaks English & 2 others trilingual |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: A branch of science, or a sympathetic rapport between 2 people chemistry |
| #5485, aired 2008-06-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: The 2 months that fit the category March & April |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on... your definition of" this word "is" |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: An Italian river, or the red Teletubby Po |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-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 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet mu |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye ta |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exist/
unwanted "bonnet" intruder be/bee |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Nominative plural of "I"/
"Willie Winkie" preceder we/wee |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Conjunction/
mineral or/ore |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Gardening tool/
interjection following "Westward" or "Land" hoe/ho |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Next to/
automatic advance to second round without having to play by/bye |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Elizabeth II's was held at Westminster Abbey,
June 2, 1953 a coronation |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | 5-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 2008-02-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Chinese for "Buddha" (it's not fe, fi or fum) fo |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's Superego & his sidekick, Ego, suppressing this Id |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: A prefix meaning "out of", or informally, your former spouse ex |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet, which is very old nu |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: This Italian river begins near Mount Viso Po |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | 13-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 |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS $800: David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words Glengarry Glen Ross |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: On the condition that if |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: You'd write this in capital letters to express great surprise, or to send a letter to Youngstown OH |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Against, as the wind up |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: This hesitation word Americans spell U-H is spelled this way in Britain E-R |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1969 Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Atlantic in this reed boat Ra |
| #5070, aired 2006-09-29 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the molded shell on which lugers ride; riding double, you are nestled like 2 peas in it a pod |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This & behold: it means "see" & is frequently used in Biblical expressions lo |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: You can call your pop this, used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin da |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the first-person singular present indicative of be am |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, it's also a math term pi |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: A small hawk, or a moon of Jupiter Io |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | 15-LETTER WORDS $2000: The process of making 2 or more things work together in unison synchronization |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A." "Born" |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | VOCABULARY $800: Differing by a letter, the 2 words meaning an electrically charged atom & a very long time eon & ion |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: This watery term turns up in the names of 2 NFL teams Bay |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a key linking word in many similes as |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: According to lyrics in "West Side Story", it's whom "There's a place for" us |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: When it's a noun, it can mean a party, or the new haircut you get for it do |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's used to attract attention to something sighted on a ship, like land or a sail ho |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: A special connection; you may have one with a powerful person in |
| #4637, aired 2004-11-03 | 8-LETTER WORDS $2000: The military term for weapons & ammunition, it can also describe the tools used to make them ordnance |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: This phrase meaning “a witty remark” is made up of 2 3-letter French words bon mot |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: These 2
3-letter words form the name of a synonym for rap music hip hop |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | 4-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 2004-05-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: A person, like Brigham Young, with 2 or more wives at the same time a polygamist |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It's what you do when you put 2 + 2 together, or 1 + 1 for that matter add |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | 4-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $400: Get in a yellow one in New York City & it'll cost you $2 not including tip a taxi |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In the children's game of tag, what the pursuer is It |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Follow the yellow brick road & give us this 2-letter nickname for Australia Oz |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Eye-opening art movement of the 1960s op |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: In the title of a classic beginner book by PD Eastman, it comes before & after "Dog" Go |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $2000: The home of Abraham, this Sumerian city was rediscovered in the 1850s Ur |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | FOREIGN 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 2003-06-12 | FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The Latin word for "and", it often precedes al., short for "alia" et |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | FOREIGN 2-LETTER WORDS $1200: In German it's the informal "you" used for friends, family & all children du |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | FOREIGN 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 2003-06-12 | FOREIGN 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 |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: A person who has a selfish reason for doing something has this tool "to grind" ax |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Oh, deer! It's the first tone of the diatonic musical scale do |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: In hyphenated terms, it comes before -go, -show & -brainer no |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: It can mean awake, cheerful, or at bat up |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: In an expression from Matthew 6:30, it's the word that immediately precedes "of little faith" Ye |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | THAT '70s SONG $1000: This 1971 hit from Bread would fit in a 2-letter words category "If" |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a combination of 2 metals; brass is one, combining copper & zinc alloy |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Middle name of American architect Frank Wright, born in 1867 Lloyd |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 bucks to win on Dances-A-Lot in the 7th, for example bet |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: It's used to express dismay or pain, especially in Yiddish oy |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Sacred syllable uttered as a mantra during meditation om |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: A part of the psyche id |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Someone's sweetheart (or the first name of the tomboyish heroine of "Little Women") Jo |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-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 |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: "Ut" used to be used for the first or keynote of the musical scale; this has replaced it Do |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In TV show titles this name has stood alone & followed "Mister" Ed |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-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 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: The Random House Dictionary gives one definition of it as "at bat" up |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Creature of the bovine ilk that the Chinese use to symbolize a year an ox |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a tie score in tennis, or a playing card with 2 spots a deuce |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | BRIEFLY $800: To a doctor a heart attack is an M.I., which stands for these 2 10-letter words myocardial infarction |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: In song it's "A name I call myself" mi |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes -hold, -keep & -heaval up |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: Julia Sweeney's experiences with cancer inspired her one-woman show, "God Said" this! Ha! |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: An Italian river, or the red Teletubby Po |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Last name of 2 presidents, or a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant Bush |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Besides the rook, the 2 other chess pieces that fit the category the king & the pawn |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: Yes, for a senor or senorita sí |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: In the name of the children's card game, it precedes "fish" Go |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: Bunyan's Babe was a blue one Ox |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's what you "get" when you lose your job or your head Ax |
| #3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet Mu |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-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 |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | 14-LETTER WORDS $200: It's how the letters in the sequence "E, F, G, H, I, J" are arranged alphabetically |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on... your definition of" this word is |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: In the "Little House" books, it's what Laura Ingalls calls her father Pa |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: In tennis it's "In" when the server has game point, "Out" when the receiver does Ad |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This Yiddishism means "So?" or "Well?" nu |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: 20th century style of art represented here Op art |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: This unit of measure is equal to 2 pints quart |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: I can't tell either of these 2 3-letter words; I only tell the truth fib & lie |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: In Freud's way of thinking, it's the only part of the personality that exists at birth Id |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This 1986 Stephen King bestseller features a demonic clown named Pennywise It |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: It's approximately equal to 3.14 pi |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Yes, it's the oldest form of Japanese drama still performed No |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Holy Cow! Zeus turned her into a heifer Io |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | 5-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 2000-06-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $300: The 2 5-letter words for the appliance being repaired here: range & stove |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: The 2 of journalism's 5 Ws that fit the category Who & Why |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | YOU-PHEMISMS $100: 2-letter word that means "you" in Julius Caesar's dying words Tu |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In Major League Baseball, you're out if you do this with 2 strikes & the ball goes foul Bunt |
| #3464, aired 1999-09-30 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: 1 of the 2 13-letter words for a plain figure with 4 sides & 4 angles quadrilateral (or parallelogram) |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $600: This basketball ploy, when a player sets a screen & then receives a pass, includes 2 4-letter words pick & roll |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: People with a hidden agenda often have this "to grind" Ax |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: "Collect $200" if you can name this Japanese game played with black & white counters on a checkered board Go |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: As a prefix, it can mean "not including"; by itself, it means "former", like a former spouse Ex |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Yes, it's Russian for yes Da |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: It's used to mean very, or what's your point? So |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: It describes a 2-House legislature Bicameral |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a nickname for Australia, or a land somewhere over the rainbow Oz |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It precedes hill, roar, state & -to-date Up |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: It's what Chicagoans call their above-the-street railroad El |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the first word of the Golden Rule Do |
| #2972, aired 1997-07-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: It's Jupiter's third-largest moon Io |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa) |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This flightless bird of South America has 3 toes on its feet; an ostrich has 2 a rhea |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | 10-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 1996-09-27 | 10-LETTER WORDS $500: In this ancient board game, each player has 2 dice, a dice cup & 15 counters backgammon |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $300: Alphabetically, it's the first of the 2-letter words for notes of the scale do |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: Pass this in Monopoly & collect $200 GO |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: According to Freud, this part of the mind is motivated by the pleasure principle the id |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: It can refer to a bovine draft animal or to a dumb, clumsy fellow an ox |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's often approximated as 22/7 pi |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: This Sanskrit syllable intoned as part of a mantra means "yes, so be it" om |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: 1 of the 2 options for a light switch on |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Spanish equivalent of the German ja sí |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: It commonly follows "land" & "heave" ho |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the second 2-letter word in the U.S. Constitution's preamble; "We" is first of |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: Pronounced one way, it's a musical tone; pronounced another way, it means to accomplish do |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | 2-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 1994-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This pronoun is the objective case of "I" me |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: This conjunction is used to indicate an alternative or |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" ho |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: It follows mu in the Greek alphabet nu |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: This pronoun is an archaic form of you ye |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This word can mean "not later than", "according to" or "next to" by |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: This 405-mile-long river empties into the Adriatic Sea the Po |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: The board for this game is ruled with 19 horizontal & 19 vertical lines Go |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: This, the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean moons, always keeps the same face toward the planet Io |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: It describes a person who is able to speak 2 languages fluently bilingual |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | VOCABULARY $500: These 2 words which differ by 1 letter refer to places where birds & bees are kept aviary & apiary |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | WORDS $100: In the title of a Eugene O'Neill play, this 2-letter word precedes "Wilderness" Ah |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $500: The metal mouthpiece on a bridle, or 12 1/2 cents a bit |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: In Monopoly, a player collects $200 on passing this Go |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: A letter of the alphabet, or one's former spouse ex |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: Freud described it as the instinctive part of the personality id |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In Egyptian mythology, he was the sun god Ra |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the title of a hit song by Bread, or a poem by Rudyard Kipling "If" |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: This word can precede "fly a kite", "for broke" & "to pieces" go |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: The manufacturing cities of Turin, Milan & Brescia lie in this Italian river's valley Po |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: This interjection is used as an expression of surprise when it precedes "and behold" lo |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic in a papyrus boat named for this Egyptian sun god Ra |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: 3 of the 4 Greek letters that are 2-letter words (3 of) xi, nu & pi (or mu) |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | 2—LETTER WORDS $100: Emerald City is the capital of this fictional land Oz |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | 2—LETTER WORDS $200: 3.14159265... pi |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | 2—LETTER WORDS $300: It's the objective case of "I" me |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | 2—LETTER WORDS $400: Abrupt removal from employment, or a sharp tool used in cutting wood ax |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | 2—LETTER WORDS $500: The temple of the moon god Nanna was the largest building in this ancient Sumerian city Ur |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): These 2 4-letter words for sticky, slimy mud are both from Old Norse & both begin with "M" muck & mire |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: 2 "ens" in printing or Dorothy's Auntie em |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This word combines with "Art" to mean the abstract style of creating optical illusions op |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: "Eeny, meeny, miny mo" are the words children use to choose who will be this "It" |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This river begins near Monte Viso in the Cottian Alps & flows to the Adriatic Sea the Po |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: In 1978 Barnard Hughes won a Tony as this title patriarch Da |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: You're free as a bird if you fly this & we don't mean a 2-door automobile a coop |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | 6-LETTER WORDS $100: A champagne bottle holding about 2/5ths of a gallon a magnum |
| #1385, aired 1990-09-14 | 7-LETTER WORDS $400: 1 of 2 months of the year that fit the category (1 of) October (or January) |
| #1385, aired 1990-09-14 | 7-LETTER WORDS $500: The name of the Greek letter psi is found within the name of these 2 Greek letters epsilon & upsilon |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: In "Clementine", the 2 places where the miner, 49er, was excavating for a mine in a canyon, in a cavern |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | 3-LETTER WORDS $500: The 2 horses bet on in "Camptown Races" the nag & the bay |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: Stereophonic times 2 quadraphonic |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a prefix meaning "former" but it's also used alone to describe a former spouse Ex |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It is I, royally speaking We |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: Freudian component of personality that seeks immediate gratification Id |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Originating in China c. 2300 B.C., it's still the most popular board game in Japan Go |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: A girlfriend of Zeus, or a moon of Jupiter Io |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | 5-LETTER WORDS $100: 1 of the 2 words beginning with "P" that describe a horse with irregular spots 1 of (pinto & paint) |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 states that fit this category Oregon & Hawaii (Kansas, Nevada, Alaska) |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The 2 four-letter weapons you can fence with epee & foil |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | ABBREVIATIONS $300: In a letter sent to Nanook, Esq., Esk., the abbreviations stand for these 2 words esquire & Eskimo |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 U.S. states which fit this category (2 of) Maine, Idaho & Texas |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | WORD PLAY $1000: 2 common English 5-letter words that end in "ymph" nymph & lymph |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $600: When 2 lines on a graph meet & cross they are said to do this intersect |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: It's 2 or more cars parked obliquely across a street with B. Crawford standing behind them a roadblock |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $700 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 dwarfs in Disney's "Snow White..." who fit this category Sneezy & Grumpy (and Sleepy) |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: It completes the quote from "Animal Farm", "4 legs good, 2 legs..." this bad |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Term for the joint where 2 separate pieces of cloth are sewn together seam |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 1 of 2 past tense forms of "go" that fit the category gone or went |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | DOUBLE LETTERS $2,400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 double letter words found in the titles of 1987's "Best Picture" Oscar nominees platoon, Hannah, lesser, room and/or mission |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: 1 of the 2 4-letter words beginning with "H" that mean the handle of a sword hilt (or haft) |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 branches of the U.S. armed forces that fit the category Army & Navy |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Put into effect January 1, 1863, its name consisted of 2 12-letter words the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Direction in which you'd have to look right now to see a catwalk up |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Printer's measure, or Dorothy's Auntie Em |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: Proper title of the "Sound of Music" song which begins "Do a deer", it's 3 2-letter words "Do-Re-Mi" |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Spelled out, it's a blood type; pronounced, it's a month of the Jewish calendar AB |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 Greek letters that are 2-letter words (2 of) pi, mu, nu & xi |
| #632, aired 1987-05-12 | CLASSIC CINEMA $1,000 (Daily Double): In "Night of the Hunter", Robert Mitchum has these 2 4-letter words tattooed on his fingers love & hate |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | WORLD WAR II $600: These 2 commonly heard words were German & Italian for "leader" Führer and duce |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500: This lighter-than-air element only rose to #2 on the periodic chart helium |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It's "ground" to express a grievance or swung to split wood an ax |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: In the 1960s, for the left, it followed right on |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: Kate's is Max; Allie's is Charles ex |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Circumference divided by diameter pi |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Adjective used interjectionally with various body parts to express doubt or disapproval my |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 suits you can bid in bridge that fit the category spades and hearts |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: Most parents' answer to "I found this snake; can I keep it?" no |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It's paired with "behold" to mean "look & see" lo |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: Interjection used by sailors about to haul on a rope, or Rocky trying to get Adrian's attention Yo! |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: How a Scot might address his "little woman", or one of Alcott's "Little Women" Jo |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: An ancient Oriental game, or an NBC game show that got old fast Go |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | 11-LETTER WORDS $500: Along with igneous, the other 2 rock classifications sedimentary & metamorphic |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It comes before "...the Academy", "...the Creek", & "...the Sandbox" Up |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: Diddley, for example Bo |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: Spelled forward, it tells you things aren't off; spelled backwards, it tells you things are off on |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $900 (Daily Double): The 2 two letter words that can refer to you & me we & us |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: Moon of Jupiter or ⅔ of a debtor's notice Io |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $100: Wynn, Asner or Sullivan, for example Ed |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: Precedes "for broke" & "man, go" go |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $300: In the Bible, often teamed with "behold" lo |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: A printer's space one-half the width of an em en |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: Term for an Irish father that titled a '78 Tony-winning play Da |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | 10-LETTER WORDS $600: What 2 opposite magnetic poles might feel for one another attraction |
