| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $400: Libel & slander can be this "of character" defamation |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: Diligent, especially in the arena of learning studious |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: The Achille Lauro was infamously beset by a group of these criminals hijackers |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: Cactus leaves cut to the point in this Mexican dish nopales |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $2000: Funafuti is the capital of this nation Tuvalu |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $2000: It's the 14-letter term for the arrangement of sedimentary rocks in distinct layers, as seen here stratification |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS $1000: French term for a licentious man; 3 of its 4 letters are vowels a roué |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $400: Exploded, like a balloon burst |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: To delay--induction into the military, for example defer |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: Can't be treated surgically, like some tumors inoperable |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: 13-letter word for someone who's the object of hilarity & humiliation a laughingstock |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $2000: It can mean a traditional dress code for Muslim women or the head scarf that's part of it hijab |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $400: Numero uno, ordinally first |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: Measuring yourself on a scale weighing |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: The lord "maketh me to lie down in green" these pastures |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: An '80s arcade space game, or a football player such as a linebacker or safety a Defender |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $2000: Tranquility calmness |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $400: The returned portion of a movie ticket the stub |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $800: A protective frock worn by a scientist a labcoat |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: To change allegiance from one country to another; the figure skating Protopopovs did it in 1979 defect |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1600: Marja in this country was in the news in 2010 Afghanistan |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $2000: Boisterous merrymaking involving pranks; don't go low! hijinks |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | POTPOURRI $300: Man's name formed by the first letters of 3 consecutive colors in the rainbow Roy |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | AIRLINE LOGOS $400: A crown sitting atop 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) |
