| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | ROAD SCHOLARLY $800: These 3 letters came before Appia, Aurelia & Popilia in the Latin names of Roman roads V-I-A (Via) |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $1000: Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $800: A synonym for beautician that's 3 letters longer cosmetologist |
| #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 |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $400: Sardonic, or slyly & dryly humorous wry |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $800: Intense anger, & it's not "mad" ire |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $1200: A bog is fed by rainwater; this type of marshy area is fed by groundwater a fen |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $1600: A cog is a fixed part of a gear or wheel; this linking part rotates or slides a cam |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $2000: Measure of work equal to 10-7 joules erg |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $200: Animal you "play" when feigning death
&
a brief & succinct explanation of an event possum & summary |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $400: The way a softball pitch is thrown
&
having both male & female characteristics underhand & androgynous |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $600: United one piece of film with another
&
wood used in a chest to help repel moths spliced & cedar |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $800: Preceder of fasciitis in a foot problem
&
plaid Scottish cloth plantar & tartan |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $1000: 1890s job title of the German seen here
&
8-letter type of parrot seen here a chancellor & lorikeet |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | RHYMING SYNONYMS $400: 3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship the bow or the prow |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $900: Element on the periodic table whose name is 3 letters long: this silvery metal tin |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: In 2001 it merged with Time Warner AOL |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: Yasir Arafat was the head of it from 1969 to 2004 the PLO |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1200: Russia's Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first type of this speedy jet an SST |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $2000: The Honda Fourtrax Recon is this type of transport that can give you a real lift in the desert an ATV |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $3,400 (Daily Double): Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program the CDC |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TOUCH TYPE $600: Italian caro, "dear", is related to this tender touch & starts with the same 3 letters caress |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $1200: This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week Mongolia |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $2000: A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14 cyan |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $400: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $400: April 23 is an annual celebration of a local hero in this Warwickshire town--& by the way, that middle word has 4 letters Stratford-upon-Avon |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $400: In 2003 the board of directors decided to jettison these 3 letters that preceded Time Warner AOL |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Wrath or fury packed into 3 letters ire |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | GO JUMP IN A LAKE $800: You could jump in Lake Tanganyika from the shore of this country that starts with the same first 3 letters Tanzania |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $800: Change the last 3 letters in the word for the inch/ounce system of measure to get this word for proudly domineering imperious |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1200: A word plus 3 letters, this product from OpenAI is eerily good at traditionally human tasks like writing essays ChatGPT |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $3,400 (Daily Double): When it comes to food labeling, the word bioengineered is frequently replacing these 3 letters GMO |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $300: A scoundrel who wins his victims' trust & then swindles them a con man |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $600: Like Fifth & Madison Avenues in New York City, since 1966 one way |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 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 2023-01-19 | 2 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 2023-01-19 | 2 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 |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $400: A glass container, or to shock jar |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $1200: To steal, or the person who might arrest you cop |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $2000: It can be a big barrier, or the female parent equivalent of sire dam |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): A body of water, or a deep, drawn-out howl a bay |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $200: Brew made with a top-fermenting yeast an ale |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $400: Yellowfin in Hawaii ahi |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $600: Toward the stern aft |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $800: "No Exit" has but one act |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $1000: Khan you tell me it was a military commander in Ottoman times aga |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $600: 2 of its 3 letters are vowels, it's a state of misery, & feel free to Bill & Ted up your response woe |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | 1990s VOCAB TEST $2,000 (Daily Double): You can spell this word for a type of business with 6 letters or a period & 3 letters dotcom |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | ANGLES AMONG US $1200: Also 3 letters, this feature is similar to a bow window, but with sharp angles instead of a gentle sweep a bay window |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | MAKING AN ASSONANCE OF YOURSELF $800: Gamers know it's replacing letters with similar-looking numbers, like when using 3 instead of "E" leetspeak |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $1200: In the 18th century the Apache lost dominance to this other people whose name ends with the same 3 letters a Comanche |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | GEOGRAPHY $4,800 (Daily Double): Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, the 2 that begin with the same 2 letters the Nile & the Niger |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: The "R" in RSVP stands for "repondez", while the last 3 letters stand for this, French for "if you please" s'il vous plait |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $200: Making money by doing what some considered foolish? You're doing this "all the way to the bank" laughing |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $400: It's the 2-word family relationship you have with the child of your mom's brother first cousin |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $600: To libel or slander (but it doesn't mean to make less well known) defame |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $800: It's the traditional response to "are too!" am not |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $1000: It's where a river's mouth meets the ocean an estuary |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $400: To request alms of a stranger beg |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $800: A floral necklace a lei |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1600: To cut something down with a broadsword, or build something up with tough effort hew |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $2000: It's used in photography & filmmaking to adjust color a gel |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $400: By the 1930s, its tokens included a battleship, a top hat & a shoe Monopoly |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $800: A failure to pay money on a loan default |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $1,000 (Daily Double): Apparel for a thespian a costume |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $1600: Traditional head covering worn by Muslim women a hijab |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $2000: He led the Greeks against Troy Agamemnon |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Fancy synonym for silent
(9 letters) quiescent |
| #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 |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $1000: 300 million years ago, a giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded this landmass with the same first 3 letters Pangaea |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | BLISSFUL STANZAS $2000: Bliss Carman wrote of the bliss of being this type of wanderer similar to "vagrant" & with the same first 3 letters a vagabond |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | BETWEEN 10 & 20 $400: This number becomes palindromic when written with 3 letters in Roman numerals 19 (XIX) |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | PLUS $200: At the University of Chicago & other schools, the grading system consists of 5 letters, 3 that can have + added & these 2 that can't A & F |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $600: These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter
ΑΙΟ Alpha Iota Omicron |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $400: It's a light greenish-blue aqua |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $800: It's a woodwind instrument with a double reed oboe |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1200: "In" this means instead lieu |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1600: This synonym for boyfriend comes from French beau |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $2000: On a ship, "put the helm" this way means to turn away from the wind alee |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $400: The wall seen here is covered in it ivy |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $800: It can mean the self or conceit ego |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $1200: Physiologically speaking, it's plural for egg cells ova |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $1600: Guy Picciotto & his band Rites of Spring pioneered this subgenre of alternative music emo |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $2000: It's an atom with a negative or positive charge an ion |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 2 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $200: Put rocks in a drink to serve it this way on ice |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 2 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $400: A proverb says getting here "early" will help make you robust, rich & smart to bed |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 2 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $600: This exclamation of enthusiasm or surprise is an interjection followed by a young male Oh, boy! |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 2 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $800: Dictionaries that say it expresses dismay & frustration don't quite capture the spirit of this borrowing from Yiddish oy vey |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 2 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $1000: To Longfellow's Paul Revere, the signal shown here meant this by sea |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE $800: Wyoming adds these 3 letters to get the word for a resident, who now sounds like a mineral Wyomingite |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE $200: A boy
(3 letters) a lad |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | THE SHAPE OF YOU $600: These 2 words that both start with the same 3 letters mean curving inward & curving outward convex & concave |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | THE PRESIDENT'S AIRPORT $400: The FAA designated these 3 call letters for an airport on Dec. 31, 1963 JFK |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | WORLD CAPITALS $1200: This capital of Belize starts with the same first 3 letters as the country Belmopan |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $200: To calculate this for a circle, multiply pi by the square of the radius the area |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $400: In 2015 this brand went meta with cookies & creme flavored cookies Oreo |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $600: This Hawaiian island is known as "The Gathering Place" Oahu |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $800: It's a unit of output for a brainstorming session idea |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $1000: It's the only Greek letter that fits the category iota |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $1000: Abu Dhabi is the largest of the states that make up the federation commonly known by these 3 letters the UAE |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | SYMBOLS $2000: The first 3 letters of this Eastern symbol are represented by the tiger; the last 4, by the dragon yin-yang |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | S PLUS 3 LETTERS $200: To cook food by slow boiling, perhaps in one's own juice stew |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | S PLUS 3 LETTERS $400: I say potato, you say... spud |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | S PLUS 3 LETTERS $600: Japanese wrestling sumo |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | S PLUS 3 LETTERS $800: To influence someone's opinion, or to move to & fro sway |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | S PLUS 3 LETTERS $1000: Fine sand or soil deposited as sediment silt |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | AGRICULTURE $1600: Starting with the same 3 letters as "agriculture", it's the science of soil management & crop production agronomy |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1954, Russian words meaning "committee for state security" got shortened to these 3 letters for an agency KGB |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | HORROR MOVIES $200: 2017 saw the 8th film in the "Saw" franchise, & 3 additional letters were needed for this, its title Jigsaw |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE 17th CENTURY $1600: Add 3 letters to the title held by Tokugawa Ieyasu to get this type of regime he began in 1603 that would last for over 2 centuries a shogunate |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $1200: Bach's keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) & starting with "G" (not "J") a gigue |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES $200: When it comes to Latin prefixes, 3 letters = this one meaning "one" uni- |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | A PAST-ICHE $1000: Insert 3 letters in "antiques" to get this 1906 act that preserved U.S. archaeological sites from looting antiquities |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | SPELL IT OR SAY IT? $800: These 3 letters can be said as an acronym for a savings account, but are always spelled out for an Irish militia IRA |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | SCIENCE CENTRAL $400: Seismically speaking, put these 3 letters before "center" to get the spot on the surface above the rupture in the crust epi- |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE $1000: Change the first 3 letters in "jumbled" to get this word for a message that's so jumbled its meaning is lost garbled |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS $400: It's the item seen here a die |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS $800: Billiards rod a cue |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS $1200: Using no sheet music, you "play by" it ear |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS $1600: To be unwell ail |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS $2000: It's a new word for "sweetheart" bae |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GEN MED $800: Change 3 letters in "epidemic" to get this term for an epidemic that has spread across a country pandemic |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS $200: Veiled religious sister nun |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS $400: Needle threading point the eye |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS $600: Tiny, in Edinburgh wee |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS $800: To spread seed sow |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS $1000: One gear tooth a cog |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | ON THE MOVE $600: In names of ships these 3 letters came before Beagle & Bounty H.M.S. |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | OPPOSITES $1200: Starting with the same 3 letters, these 2 words describe lenses that curve inward or outward concave and convex |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS $1000: French term for a licentious man; 3 of its 4 letters are vowels a roué |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | MUSICAL GROUP NAMES DEFINED $600: In 3 letters, what your mom gives you when you're sick TLC |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | I AM BIG! $800: Here are some numbers on this flightless bird: 30 mph running speed, 5 feet tall, 3 letters the emu |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $400: Your music is okay, but "don't quit your" this, your main source of income your day job |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $800: Just like a hair dryer, you're full of this kind of empty talk hot air |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $1200: Before getting his car detailed, Mr. Miyagi famous commanded Daniel to do this with his left hand wax off |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Meaning hushed or understated, it sounds just like a Norse god low key |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $2000: The yellow & blue cans of this Maryland seasoning have zested up crabs for decades Old Bay |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BIBLICAL PAIRS $1200: In 2 Kings a chariot of fire appears to these 2 men whose names both start with the same 3 letters Elijah and Elisha |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: These 3 primary types of nuclear radiation are identified by Greek letters alpha, beta and gamma |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | OF CONSCIOUSNESS $1200: To postulate; when you do it, you make the first 3 letters out of the last 3 assume |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | WE SALUTE YOU $2000: Add 3 letters to "America" to get this charity that delivers medical aid & disaster relief Americares |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | "E"ASY DOES IT $1600: This word has the same first 2 & last 3 letters as exculpate & means the same thing exonerate |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | PREPOSITION 5 $600: 2 of the 3 letters are vowels in this word, traveling through a point to get to another destination via |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THAT'S A GREEK LETTER $800: Here's a very small clue--3 of its 4 letters are vowels iota |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | NOTORIOUS $400: One of the 2 types of targets that Ted Kaczynski focused on; they made up the first 3 letters of "Unabomber" universities (or airplanes) |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | "L" ON WHEELS $400: Jerry Seinfeld said these 3 letters on a Ford stood for "limited", as in "how many of these damn things we can sell" LTD |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | MAKE MY CAR $800: The Sportage
(Hint: SUV is 3 letters, too) Kia |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | OF COURSE $800: Adding these 3 letters to the beginning of "course" creates something that can be walked upon C-O-N |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: This synonym for "everywhere" has 10 letters, 3 of them "U" ubiquitous |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | LATIN CLASS $400: 2 Latin words usually abbreviated in 3 total letters; they mean "and others" et cetera |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | GRAND OLD PARTY $400: Take 3 letters off the end of one of Snow White's dwarfs & you get this kind of lively celebration bash |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | FASHIONABLE BRIEFS & SHORTS $200: Add 3 letters to retailer TJX & you get this clothing store whose sister stores include Marshalls T.J.Maxx |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | TECH COMPANY NAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): It got its name by removing the first 3 letters from the name of the horse that Bellerophon tried to fly to heaven Asus |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | KINDLE $400: This word meaning "to kindle" starts with the same first 3 letters as a basic type of rock ignite |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | DOMAIN EXTENSIONS $400: Soldier, remember to type these 3 letters after www.army. mil |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | TO LIFE! $800: These 3 letters from "life" front "-de-France" in a French region I-L-E |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | STONES $400: The Stone Age is divided into 3 periods whose names each end with these 6 letters -lithic |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | MAPS & GLOBES $1200: In 1700 Guillaume Delisle created 2 globes: one terrestrial, the other this type that ends with the same 3 letters celestial |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $200: Bodybuilder hangout a gym |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $400: Musashimurayama moolah yen |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $600: Body of water larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf a bay |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $800: To pursue steadily, like a trade ply |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 3 LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH IS Y $1000: This climbing vine is in a league of its own ivy |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | GETTING LUCKY WORDS $1600: Hmm... "propitious"--let's swap the first 3 letters for new ones, replace the "T" with a "C" &, lucky for us, get this synonym auspicious |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1000: The first 3 letters in this study of animals is a place you'd find a lot of 'em zoology |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | THE INCREDIBLES $200: If the '80s song "Valley Girl" came out today, it would use these 3 letters in place of its expression of incredibleness OMG |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | THE "EX" FACTOR $2000: Meaning not extinct, it starts with the same 3 letters as "extinct" extant |
| #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 |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRY FUN $2000: Its name ends with the same 3 letters that begin the name of a huge neighbor Belarus |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRY FUN $3,000 (Daily Double): This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week Mongolia |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | PARTS OF SPEECH $1200: "An eagle and a leopard saw the goat" has 3 of these, totaling 6 letters articles |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | THE 5 W's $2000: What:
With the same last 3 letters as "pizzeria", this type of simple restaurant gets its name from Italian for "host" trattoria |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | DON'T SAY UM $200: At 3 letters, it has the shortest element name tin |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: 7 letters, 3 syllables: the power to endure fatigue--show some! stamina |
| #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 |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ODD WORDS $2000: Put these 3 letters, meaning "mouth", in front of "-smacked" & you get a word meaning "flabbergasted" gob |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | TERMS WITH GREEK LETTERS $800: The Mayo Clinic says these fatty acids from fish oil reduce blood triglyceride levels omega-3 acids |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $1000: Jonathan Schwartz spins standards for the Big Apple station "W" these 3 letters NYC |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: One of the 3 Ms in the name of the company that makes Scotch tape Minnesota (Mining & Manufacturing) |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | ODD ENDS $400: Put 3 letters before "trial" to get this, a trial ended by the judge with no verdict a mistrial |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | ACADEMIC ANAGRAMS $800: Earn one of these & get 3 letters after your name:
OCTET ROAD doctorate |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | A LOTTA MOTTO $200: "Ars Gratia Artis" (art for art's sake) is the motto of this film company usually known by 3 letters MGM |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | TRANS "PO" TATION $400: On April 3, 1860 a ride carrying 49 letters & 5 telegrams got this service started the Pony Express |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | GRAMMAR $2,000 (Daily Double): In English exactly 3 words, with a total of 6 letters, represent this part of speech the articles |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | EDUCATION ABBREVIATION $600: 36 is a perfect score on the college entrance test known by these 3 letters, kind of the opposite of "SAT" ACT |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Friday the 21st is our national recognition day for those still classed as P.O.W.s or these 3 letters that sadly follow M.I.A. |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | MECHANICALLY INCLINED $1200: Put these 3 letters before "wheel" to get a wheel that regulates a machine's speed & uniformity of motion fly |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Take a word for cloth or material, add 3 letters & you get this word meaning to make up a story fabricate |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING $1000: In this market condition with the same last 5 letters as "Monopoly", there's more than one supplier firm, maybe just 3 or 4 an oligopoly |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $400: This 3-letter credential equal to a high school diploma, dating back to the 1940s G.E.D. |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $800: OBE, short for Officer of this order of knighthood Order of the British Empire |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | ASTRONOMY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 shortest-named constellations each have 3 letters: Ara & this one in the zodiac Leo |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $1200: CFE, qualified to sniff out this foul financial "F" fraud |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $1600: DSM, which stands for this highest non-valorous U.S. military decoration Distinguished Service Medal |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $2000: ACE, helping shape movies in the society of American Cinema these Editors |
| #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 |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | FORM LETTERS $1000: These 3 letters refer to a Cabinet department & precede 30106 in a sample move in/move out inspection form H.U.D. |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | TAKING SPECIAL MEASURES $1000: 1 of the 2 units, each 3 letters long & starting with "R", that measure radiation exposure from X-rays rads (or rem) |
| #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 |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $1600: In 1987 the drug known by these 3 letters became the first approved for treating AIDS AZT |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | FUN WITH STATE NAMES $200: Keep up! They are the 2 states with 3 sets of double letters Mississippi & Tennessee |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | ALL A DREAM $400: Add 3 letters to reve, French for "dream", & you'll have this word for a daydream reverie |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | 4 LETTERS IN LENGTH $200: In medieval England it equaled the length of 3 grains of barley an inch |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | ENDS WITH THE SAME 2 LETTERS $400: This word describing the numbers 3 & 15 can also mean "eccentric" odd |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $800: Before, in olden days, it meant before
(3 letters) E-R-E |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | FINAL FRONTIERS $800: It's a 4-letter term for a summit; the first 3 letters mean a type of simian apex |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $800: A metallic element:
26-9-14-3 zinc |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $2000: A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14 cyan |
| #6057, aired 2011-01-04 | 3 AGAINST 1 $400: As a baby's chest cover for meals, it doesn't have enough letters; as a type of lettuce, it does Bibb |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | MUSIC ALIASES $1200: The rapper born Bobby Ray Simmons goes by these 3 letters B.o.B. |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Its name ends in the same 3 letters as its country, Iran Tehran |
| #6011, aired 2010-11-01 | MAKES SENSE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a board displaying numbers and letters.) In a simple substitution code, each number stands for its corresponding letter; for example, 3 15 23 spells COW, while 26 5 2 18 1 spells the name of this animal a zebra |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | SYNONYMS $600: Take a synonym for "trash", drop 3 letters & you have this synonym for "clothes" garb |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | GREEK LETTERS $800: It's not the 3.14th letter in the Greek alphabet--it's the 16th pi |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | 3-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): These homophones are both 3 letters long; one refers to a grain, while the other means "bitterly amusing" rye/wry |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | MIDDLE INITIAL V. $800: Senator William V. Roth Jr. is remembered for these 3 letters that follow "Roth" in financial matters IRA |
| #5811, aired 2009-12-14 | LONG ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: (8 letters)
2-3-4-5-6 (different suits) in poker straight |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | YES $400: In this language, yes is still a 3-letter word, but all the letters are vowels French |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: The 3 Ms in the original name of 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | WORLD OF DANCE $1,600 (Daily Double): A beverage for which Cuba is famous makes up the first 3 letters of this dance with subtle hip movements the rumba |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | LET'S LEARN SOME SEMAPHORE $400: If you need to semaphore for help, these 3 letters here will do just fine SOS |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: In 2001 it merged with Time Warner AOL |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: Yasir Arafat was the head of it from 1969 to 2004 the PLO |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1200: Russia's Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first type of this speedy jet an SST |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $2000: In the desert, you can get a real lift from the transport seen here an ATV |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $3,500 (Daily Double): Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | A WORD ODDITY $6,000 (Daily Double): This Asian city is the only world capital whose name in English has 3 dotted letters in succession Beijing |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | REMORSE CODE $1200: This synonym for remorseful adds 3 letters to "trite" & comes from the same Latin word contrite |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | CHEWY $1600: We want to hear from you all 3 syllables & 7 letters of this chewy sweet's name, also a tannish color caramel |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | SPACED OUT $2000: Alpha Centauri is a star; this, 3 letters shorter, is the term for Aldebaran as the brightest star in its constellation Alpha Tauri |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | 3-LETTER ABBREV. $400: Elwood Edwards says, "You've got mail!" for the company known by these 3 letters AOL |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE $4,000 (Daily Double): In October 1797, the U.S. met with agents of France known by these 3 code letters X, Y & Z |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $200: The initials of this organization disbanded in 1991 were from Russian words meaning "Committee for State Security" the KGB |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: First on radio, then on TV, 3 chimed notes were a longtime trademark of this network NBC |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $600: A high school equivalency diploma is referred to by these 3 letters G.E.D. |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: With more than 6,200 stores across the U.S., it's the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain CVS |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1000: This global express shipping co. began as a service to deliver documents between the West Coast & Hawaii DHL |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: It was founded in 1911 as CTR, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.; today it's known by these 3 letters IBM |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | LET'S LEARN HEBREW $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a Hebrew word on a monitor.) Hebrew is based on 3-letter roots; the equivalent of "S", "D", "R" gives us "sidrah", a Torah reading, "siddur", a prayer book, & this word for a special meal seder |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: Sometimes caused by tooth grinding, the disorder known by these 3 letters can lead to a clicking jaw TMJ |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: All 5 elements of the salt-producing halogen group end in these 3 letters (one element purifies drinking water) -I-N-E |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $200: A campaign slogan in 1964 said, "All the way with" these 3 letters LBJ |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $200: Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits ATMs |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's bald eagles DDT |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $600: "Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners NPR |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush the CIA |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1000: A TV cable network, or an explosive for bombs TNT |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $200: Past tense of "is" Washington |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $400: Rock containing a sought-after metal Oregon |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $600: Grifters are this kind of "men" Connecticut |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $800: Jeremy Piven's agent role Arizona |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): It's a number Tennessee |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | SLAW & ORDER $2000: If you're having gravlax, the last 3 letters should tell you that you're eating this 6-letter fish salmon |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | NEW DEAL PROGRAMS $1200: 3 letters in the New Deal's "alphabet soup", it oversaw the federal art, theatre & writers' projects the WPA |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | PRONOUNS $400: The pronoun that is formed by the last 3 letters of New York's capital any (from Albany) |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | PRONOUNS $800: The pronoun that is formed by the first 3 letters of the island where you'll find Haiti his (from Hispaniola) |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | PRONOUNS $1200: The pronoun that is formed by the first 3 letters of the current monetary unit of Israel she (from Shekel) |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | WORD'S WORTH $800: 3 letters,
score 15:
Wilmer Valderrama knows it "tops" some Moroccans fez |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PLEAD THE FIFTH $1,000 (Daily Double): They're the 3 letters above the number 5 on a standard telephone button J-K-L |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1200: Beethoven wrote but never sent 3 letters addressed to a woman this way, also the title of a Beethoven biopic the immortal beloved |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | MONEY MATTERS $600: If a stock symbol has more than 3 letters, like MSFT, this company, it's probably on the NASDAQ, not the NYSE Microsoft |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | PHILOSOPHY $1600: Plotinus, who taught of eternal realities, thought himself a Platonist; we add 3 letters & call him this a Neo-Platonist |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | 7-LETTER EDIBLES $600: In the same family as the peach, it has been grown in China for over 3,000 years the apricot |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | WE GET LETTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): They're the 3 silent letters in Galahad's job title K, G & H |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | BRAIN TEASE $1200: Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short E.E.G. |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | LEGAL BRIEFS $7,000 (Daily Double): These 3 letters refer to a company's liability, or an old Ford LTD |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | A WORLD OF POTPOURRI $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew stands with a mariachi band in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) Add 3 letters to "guitar" to get the name of this bass guitar used in Mexican music guitarron |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | @$&! $1600: The name of this company, whose symbol is seen here, consists of 3-letters plus an & AT&T |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | DOUBLE LETTERS $600: 3 years older than his brother Moses, he was Israel's first high priest Aaron |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | DOUBLE LETTERS $800: It was the last name of the 3 billy goats who crossed over the "troll" bridge Gruff |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | CHEMISTRY $800: If toluene reacts with nitric acid, things get explosive with the compound known by these 3 letters TNT |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $200: Titanic wireless operator Jack Phillips sent out two 3-letter distress calls, CQD & this new one SOS |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $400: If the word "alias" had an alias, it would be these 3 letters AKA (also known as) |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $600: This port lets you plug in a whole host of peripheral devices a USB port |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $800: Between April & October, the hour of the day in Maine may be followed by these 3 letters E.D.T. |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $1000: Boost the sound in your car with this brand of speakers from Harman International JBL |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | PRESS YOUR LUKE $400: He mentions Luke 3 times in his letters & was the one who dubbed Luke "the beloved physician" Paul |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | GUINNESS RECORDS $800: Though its name is only 3 letters long, it's the biggest retail fashion chain Gap |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | THAT GOOD OLD '60s ROCK & ROLL $1200: 3-letter nickname of Gladys Knight's cousin James Woods; it later inspired the name of her back-up group Pip |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | TALLEST, LONGEST, WIDEST, DEEPEST $800: One of the 3 states with 13 letters in their names (1 of 3) Massachusetts, North Carolina or South Carolina |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Type of machine you can use to send & receive letters or photos over the telephone line a fax |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | COSMETOLOGY $1000: Dermabrasion is done by a doctor, this cosmetology procedure, 3 letters longer, removes only the surface skin layer epidermabrasion |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $800: The dodo in the book represents Lewis Carroll, whose real last name was this, starting with the same 3 letters (Charles Lutwidge) Dodgson |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | LOUSY SCRABBLE WORDS $200: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points lie |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | LOUSY SCRABBLE WORDS $400: This conjunction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points nor |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | LOUSY SCRABBLE WORDS $600: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points ton |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | LOUSY SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Fall into one of these furrows made by wagon wheels & it's 3 letters, 3 points rut |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | 3 LETTERS IN 2 STATE NAMES $400: The 2 states with "iss" Mississippi & Missouri |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | 3 LETTERS IN 2 STATE NAMES $800: The 2 states with "ask" Alaska & Nebraska |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | 3 LETTERS IN 2 STATE NAMES $1200: The 2 states with "ans" Kansas & Arkansas |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | 3 LETTERS IN 2 STATE NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2 states with "ida" *Idaho & **Florida |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | 3 LETTERS IN 2 STATE NAMES $2000: The 2 states with "ont" Vermont & Montana |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $600: 3 of these letters make up the stock symbol for the company that makes scotch tape M's |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | U.S. CITIES $100: The names of the 2nd, 3rd & 4th most populous cities in California begin with these 3 letters San (San Jose, San Diego & San Francisco) |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | TO THE REPUBLIC $200: The name of this Pacific island republic is 4 letters long & 3 of them are dotted Fiji |
| #3520, aired 1999-12-17 | BEING PUNCTUAL $100: In abbreviations of 3 or more capital letters, like NCAA, these marks are often omitted Periods |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE KOREAN WAR $400: These 3 letters define the buffer zone between North & South Korea established along the final battle line DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | FROM A TO B $600: Only 3 letters long, it's a long white robe worn by priests an alb |
| #3358, aired 1999-03-24 | STOCK SYMBOLS $600: Add "YBOY" to this 3-letter symbol to get the full name of a big media company PLA |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | TROUBLE $500: In 1797 3 French agents later known by these 3 letters asked U.S. trade representatives for a bribe "X", "Y" & "Z" |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: A nervous laugh: 3 of its 6 letters are "G"s Giggle |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | COMMUNICATION $1000: Add 3 letters to "oration" to get this word for the conclusion of a speech Per (Peroration) |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $400: Iowa has 2 of the 3 letters of this, its state tree, in its name oak |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | BACK TO LISBON $500: We'll return in style aboard the Portuguese national airline known by these 3 letters TAP |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SHORT-TITLED FILMS $800: The title of this 1968 film about a brutal boarding school consists of 2 letters & 3 dots if... |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $700 (Daily Double): The title of this John Dos Passos trilogy has only 3 letters "U.S.A." |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | COLLEGE WORDS $400: Add 3 letters to a synonym for "ailing" to get this word for a small campus hospital Infirmary |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | COMPUTERESE $200: A length of hair added to your own, or 3 letters, such as EXE, added to a filename Extension |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | STUFF $600: One of the 3 Greek letters whose names don't end in a vowel Epsilon, Omicron or Upsilon |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | SCIENTISTS $600: These 3 letters brought together Francis Crick & James Watson, 2 scientists at the Cavendish laboratory DNA |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | FINANCE $300: Put these 3 letters, the date, the amount & the debtor's signature on paper & it's a legal debt IOU |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | ALPHABET SOUP $200: The 2 letters that designated a 33 1/3 RPM record LP |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: On a telephone, the letters GHI go with this number 4 |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $800: The yew, the ash & this tree, also 3 letters, were held sacred by Irish druids the oak |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | MATH $500: These 3 letters are used to designate the 3 axes in the Cartesian coordinate system X, Y & Z |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | VOCABULARY $300: A synonym for vagabond, it starts with the same 3 letters vagrant |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | HODGEPODGE $500: The 2 planets in our solar system that rotate clockwise; their names end with the same 3 letters Uranus & Venus |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | WORLD FACTS $1,500 (Daily Double): These 3 letters follow the word "Guam" on Guam's license plates U.S.A. |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | ODDS & ENDS $100: Grammatically speaking, a gerund ends in these 3 letters I-N-G |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" $100: Blackjack's one or eleven
(3) ace |
| #2186, aired 1994-02-21 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $200: It's the last word spoken in "A Christmas Carol"; it has only 3 letters one |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | LETTERS $400: The major blood types are represented by these 3 letters A, B & O |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | GRANDCHILD CARE $1000: Usually first given at 2 months, triple vaccine is also known by these 3 letters DPT |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | MONEY $600: Subtract 3 letters from this country's name and you'll get a unit of its currency, the Mongo Mongolia |
| #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) |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | RIVERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, these 2 start with the same 2 letters the Niger & the Nile |
| #1681, aired 1991-12-16 | THE AGE OF CHIVALRY $500: Add 3 letters to the French word for "horse" to get this French word for a knight chevalier |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | DANCE $600: The name of this horizontal handrail found in a ballet studio can be spelled with 5 letters or 3 the barre (or bar) |
| #1608, aired 1991-09-04 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): 3 French agents who demanded a bribe from U.S. envoys in 1797 are remembered in history by these 3 letters X, Y & Z |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | LEFTOVERS $1000: On the street sign for "Sesame Street", the 3 letters in the little space on top CTW (Children's Television Workshop) |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | FOOD & DRINK $100: Add these 3 letters to lemon or lime & you have a drink made with their juice, water & sugar ade |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | THE 3 R's $400: The symbol "y" was once used in place of these 2 letters; hence the word "ye" as in "ye olde pub" TH |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | POTPOURRI $300: Man's name formed by the first letters of 3 consecutive colors in the rainbow Roy |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | STATE FLOWERS $400: The tall, slender Columbine shares the same 1st 3 letters with this state it represents Colorado |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | LETTER PERFECT $500: These 3 letters when said in sequence mean “perfect” A O K |
| #1016, aired 1989-01-23 | ALPHABET SOUP $300: Despite what the 3 letters stand for, this Ford model has been around for over 20 years LTD |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | NEW TESTAMENT $300: It's said Paul wrote 13 of these, John 3, George & Ringo--none letters (or epistles) |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | DID YOU NOTICE? $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 American League teams with a mascot but no letters on its caps (1 of) the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays or Baltimore Orioles |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | DOUBLE LETTERS $400: While it's 1 of the 3 primary colors of light, it's not 1 of the 3 primary colors of paint green |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | THE TELEPHONE $300: On a standard 12-button touchtone phone, number of buttons that have no letters on them 3 |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | GAMES $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 5 letters which only appear on 1 Scrabble letter tile apiece (3 of) Q, X, Z (J or K) |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | U.S. STATES $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states that have only 4 letters in their name (2 of) Ohio, Utah & Iowa |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | THE CONSTITUTION $800: These 85 letters urging ratification are attributed to 3 men who signed most of them "Publius" The Federalist Papers |
| #660, aired 1987-06-19 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $200: Identified by the first 3 Greek letters, they are the 3 types of radiation or radioactive decay alpha, beta & gamma |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $600: Alphabetically the 1st vice president, 3 letters & 180 years ahead of Agnew John Adams |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | LETTER PERFECT $400: The 1st of the 3 letters on button #3 of a touch-tone phone D |
| #547, aired 1987-01-13 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: What any of the 3 letters stand for in the French airline, UTA Union de Transports Aeriens |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $800: People marked by eccentric behavior or thinking, or the 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. on a pool table oddballs |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: The 1st ordinal number with 5 letters first |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | LATIN $800: 2 of 3 letters of our English alphabet which, in classical times, Latin lacked the J, the U, & the W |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | HOW TO... $500: In 3 x 3 grid, alternate inserting 24th & 15th letters of alphabet until alignment occurs play tic-tac-toe |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | AIRLINE LOGOS $400: A crown sitting atop 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) |
