| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: A symbol of life in Egypt, it's also known as an ansate cross an ankh |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: This word from Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" means "to communicate sympathetically" to grok |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $400: Before singing "He's my brother", The Hollies noted that "He ain't" this heavy |
| #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 |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | ONLY ONE CONSONANT WORDS $2000: Here's a gaggle of this 4-letter Hawaiian goose a nene |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | WORDS OF COMFORT $400: Brits spell this 4-letter word meaning warm & snug with an "S", Yanks with a "Z" cozy |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | FOSSIL WORDS $800: Once meaning to go, this 4-letter verb now mostly appears before phrases like "one's way" wend |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL WORDS $800: This 4-letter British adjective means affectedly dainty or quaint twee |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It sounds like part of a wheel, but it's a jump in ice skating with one & a half or more turns in the air an axel |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: These 4 words by which Martin Luther King's August 1963 speech is known come more than halfway through it I have a dream |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1200: It's an unweaned deer a fawn |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's really not that unattractive, but it is the name of the hybrid citrus fruit seen here an Ugli |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the theatrical technique of suggesting emotions without words, using only gesture & movement mime |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's someone who sells hot tips at the racetrack, or a verb meaning "to praise highly" a tout |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1200: It's a joke, especially a witty or timely one (15 points) a quip |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: Said of a room that's open & well-ventilated airy |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A magician's conjuring rod a wand |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a fact that this word means a collection of facts & figures to be processed in some way data |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: This waterfowl breeds by lakes in the northern U.S. & Canada loon |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | COMPUTER "D"s $800: A pair of 4-letter words are in this action that moves a file, like putting a photo of an ex into the recycle bin drag and drop |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's the simple bouquet seen here a posy |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Solo for a soprano an aria |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A single sheet of window glass a pane |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Kilauea output lava |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Venison & rabbit are this kind of meat game |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Lignite, for example coal |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To clip an animal's ears, or to trim a photo crop |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a small whirlpool an eddy |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the 4-letter name for the mammal seen here orca |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the bottom of a sleeve a cuff |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The United Kingdom's Wight or Man isle |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the gusto with which all the reindeer shouted, "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history" glee |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $1000: The business center of "The Big Island", it's also the gateway to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hilo |
| #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 |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: French for "handsome", he's a girl's boyfriend a beau |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: To coin a word, it's one of 4 equal parts quarter |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: Ponsonby! My old mate from the regiment! By this 4-letter alternate name of Jupiter, it's good to see you Jove |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: The Earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock & humus, it also means to sully or tarnish soil |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | SOME 4-LETTER WORDS $600: A vulcanized piece of rubber used in a certain sport, it's also what the Brits call a computer mouse a puck |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | SOME 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's a South African word meaning to travel by ox wagon: a "Great" one began in 1835 a trek |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $800: It's the repeating name in a 1963 hit for the Kingsmen--me gotta go Louie Louie |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $1200: It's a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence aioli |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: An area of soggy, muddy ground, it's sometimes paired with muck mire |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | WORDS FOUND BEFORE BEAR $800: 4-letter word of disdain; when doubled, it's a verb meaning to dismiss pooh |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | ODD WORDS $1200: Influenced by "gene", it's a 4-letter word for a unit of cultural information a meme |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: On a tent, it's the equivalent of the door a flap |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Fatty flesh around people's tummies flab |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Often preceding "& kin", it's one's friends & neighbors kith |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Instead of with a "P-H", there's an alternate 4-letter spelling of this Greek pastry dough filo |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1200: Here's a little test--if you're lucky enough to play this as the opening word, you'll score 44 points quiz |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: You'll use up 3 vowels playing this word that means toward the side of a ship that's sheltered from the wind alee |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | NEW WORDS & PHRASES $1000: Breathe easier with this 4-letter acronym for a filter that removes even the tiniest airborne particles HEPA |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This negative verb is found in "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" deny |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: A symbol of life in Egypt, it's also known as an Ansate Cross an ankh |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This word from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" means "to communicate sympathetically" grok |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $200: At 6'8" & 740 lbs. Emanuel Yarbrough was one of the heaviest men in the amateur division of this sport sumo |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $400: Meaning "half", it's a combining form borrowed from Latin semi- |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $600: A man "goes" this animal term when attending a social event unaccompanied by a woman stag |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $800: This French word means "without" sans |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 4-LETTER "S" WORDS $1000: Dude, this term for a vassal serving on a lord's land is totally up! a serf |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: 9-letter adjective literally applying to one in the womb; it's used of a project just getting started embryonic |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the comfortable-sounding name for the fuzzy item seen here on the teapot a cozy |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A small boat with a flat bottom: when it follows "John", it's a kind of fish a dory |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | WORDS FROM RELIGION $2,000 (Daily Double): 4-letter title for the caliph or successor to Muhammad; it's now used of several Islamic leaders imam |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: From the Greek for "breath of air", it's an invisible emanation an aura |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: An adjective meaning cherished, it's often found in the salutation of a letter dear |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $600: Stick this point where a river divides into branches in him, he's done a fork |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $400: Give me a man who's this brave 4-letter word, like the last few words of the clue bold |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the steering wheel of a ship helm |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Once you turn 18 it's your "duty" as a U.S. citizen to serve on one of these groups in court when called jury |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a song, frequently sung in church, in praise of God hymn |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, it's also the lower front part of your leg shin |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To the Chinese, it's a boat; on Wall Street, it's a bond with a low rating junk |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This was the first inhabited territory of the U.S. that was seized by enemy forces in WWII Guam |
| #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 $2000: Former "SNL" co-star Julia Sweeney's memoir of family tragedy & cancer is called "God Said," this Ha |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver pâté or pate |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew blows out a match and sticks it in a bottle.) The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it smog |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings a quad |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock a crag |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It can mean a landing pier for a ship, or to deduct from one's pay as a penalty dock |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the male of a rabbit, sheep or deer, it's also a dollar a buck |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A measured quantity of medicine, it's also a homophone of a Spanish numeral a dose |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's slang for a potato a spud |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the highest point or peak, or the notoriously unreliable company of choice for Wile E. Coyote acme |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: Often accompanied by a drum, it's the instrument heard here a fife |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Mr. Aiken could sing the praises of this earthy material that's used in bricks & pottery clay |
| #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" |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's another name for the killer whale an orca |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The bird that found land for Noah, or the soap that's 1/4 moisturizing lotion Dove |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The first appearance of daylight, or the dishwashing detergent that's tough on grease Dawn |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $600: How you feel when you're happy, or the joy of putting trash in this product's garbage bags, the first plastic ones sold Glad |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a deep, involuntary intake of breath through a wide-open mouth when you're sleepy yawn |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Sir Francis Drake's ship that circumnavigated the world was the "Golden" this Hind |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It’s in dictionaries as the sound a small object makes dropping into water, sometimes without a splash plop |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: This problem that sounds like what a coyote does at night could threaten a golfer’s career the yips |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | 4-LETTER STOCK MARKET WORDS $200: A stock that's a low risk investment is a blue this a chip |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | 4-LETTER STOCK MARKET WORDS $400: You can get mauled when it's this market that features a lengthy period of price drops the bear |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | 4-LETTER STOCK MARKET WORDS $800: It's an option that lets you purchase a certain stock for a set price until a certain date a call |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | 4-LETTER STOCK MARKET WORDS $1000: Being in this "position" indicates an expectation of rising share prices; it's also a hedge in futures long |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Sarah admires art at the Bishop's House in Sitka, Alaska.) St. Innocent of Irkutsk is represented here in this type of image, traditional in the Eastern Church an icon |
| #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 |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In the comic strip "The Wizard of Id", it's what the Lone Haranguer calls the king of Id fink |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: An essay by Virginia Woolf is called "A" this "of One's Own" Room |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a raised platform for a lectern dais |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's sounded just before the lights go out in your barracks "Taps" |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: The four 4-letter words in the title of the Beatles' first U.S. No. 1 hit want hold your hand |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: The burden's on you to come up with this Latin term for "burden" onus |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Another term for a conductor's baton, or what a magician waves to perform tricks a wand |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A homophone of Santa's mode of transportation, it means to kill violently slay |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the French "alier", meaning "to bind", it's a country that binds with another for a common purpose an ally |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Meaning free from dirt or taint, it's used in describing food & drug laws pure |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The little sister of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Tony Orlando's backup singers Dawn |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a still, deep place in a stream; I lost $5 in our office one for the Super Bowl pool |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Old English for "to stuff", it's what you might have done late last night before your appearance here cram |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Dash it, it's German for "dog" Hund |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: By its name, it's what your title has to be to have a job in this "House": Lord |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: An ancient Egyptian woman's eye makeup Kohl |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the filmy covering soap may leave scum |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $200: On iron, it's mainly hydrated ferric oxide rust |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $500: An anagram of whey's partner is this term for a crusty deposit crud |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A promise in God's name, or an expression that takes God's name in vain Oath |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: According to the riddle, when is one of these not one of these? When it's ajar door |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: As a verb, it's the past tense form of the title of a Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves film sped (Speed) |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A small, secluded valley that's home to a famous derry-o operator dell |
| #3310, aired 1999-01-15 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: In Roget's, this 4-letter word is in the same category as designation sign (in designation) |
| #3310, aired 1999-01-15 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $500: In Roget's, this 4-letter insect isn't in the same category as designation gnat (in designation) |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a song of praise, like "Rock Of Ages" Hymn |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It's the edge of a hat, or the topmost edge of a cup or bowl Brim |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's a polluted haze found over a city smog |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A woolly growth produced by a fungus; don't eat the Jell-O if there's some on it mold |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: He's the merciless foe of Flash Gordon Ming |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Zest, or the sound of the strings of Judy Garland's heart Zing |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the only fencing sword with a rigid blade an epée |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the "hair apparent" on a lion's or horse's neck Mane |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a spot on a radar screen Blip |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: In mythology it's one of a class of deities with the body of a man & the horns, ears, tail & legs of a goat a faun |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa) |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a slang term for a potato spud |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's pretty "apparent" this is the beneficiary of a will Heir |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | "B" WORDS $200: It's a 4-letter synonym for boast Brag |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: From a middle English word for lost or unclaimed, it's a homeless child waif |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean to gratify one's appetite or to fill to excess sate |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's another term for the head, especially the top portion pate |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a feudal estate a fief |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: All of the other reindeer shouted out Rudolph's name with this glee |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: As a verb it means to scrape; as a noun, it's a coarse file rasp |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It contains water under the bridge, a castle's drawbridge moat |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: To create or compel, or what a womanizer's on the make |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Man's name that's slang for OK; it sometimes follows "Everything is" Jake |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Hilton's Horizon or
Stein's Generation lost |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the first 4-letter noun in the rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle" Moon |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's Scottish for a church kirk |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It's the sound made by rippling water, or a type of knitting stitch a purl |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A whit or a jot, an owl may not give one, but then again it may a hoot |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A witch's concoction, whether or not it contains coffee, tea or beer Brew |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: This word can stand alone or follow gun; either way, it's a gangster's girlfriend Moll |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness coma |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake plum |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: As a verb, it means to throw things repeatedly, as a noun, it's an animal skin pelt |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A color, something you do to you nails or, possibly, a bison's nickname buff |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "Integument" is a fancy word for this part of an animal when it's separated from the body skin |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The first word of Clement Moore's "A visit from St. Nicholas" twas |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It's how a male deer who couldn't get a date would go to the big dance stag |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Said 3 times, this sea bird's name sounds like a hit song sung by The Byrds tern |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Slang word that means "to talk or chatter", it's a part of the face that moves when you talk chin |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: As a verb it means "to hold on to"; as a noun it's the central tower of a castle the keep |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: From Old English for "step", it's what a man might do when he's waiting to become a dad pace |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From the Latin for "hair", it's the loops of yarn that form the surface of a carpet pile |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Meaning "to get the lay of the land", it's what a crook does to a joint before robbing it case |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Already gone, it's not right left |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A shaver's accident, or the shortened name of a cable channel for "little shavers" Nick |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A boy who bears a bride's train, or a bellboy calling out a name page |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin for "crude", it's a light grayish yellowish brown ecru |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A piece of work that's part of your assigned job, if you don't do it you might be "taken to" it task |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Say it once & it's a puppet; say it 3 times & it's a bad Cary Grant imitation Judy |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Meaning "backtalk", this 4-letter word has 3 "S"s sass |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Believed a cure for colic, this stone's name is from Spanish "piedra de ijada", stone of the colic jade |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To the British, when followed by "up", it's a verb meaning "to make a phone call" ring |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: From Latin for "shortened", it's being short with someone curt |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From Arabic for "the wood", it's a pear-shaped, wooden musical instrument a lute |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Found on your face, it sounds like it's flicked in flagellation lash |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A trick intended to ensnare or deceive; it's often thought of as feminine a wyle |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From Greek "to shine", it's the fixture in which a light bulb shines a lamp |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: According to Webster's, a fancy word for it that also starts with "P" is pinnacle peak |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a sheet of ice for ice-skating, especially one artificially prepared rink |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's worn on a boot & used in conjunction with "giddy up" spur |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Latin "par" meaning equal, it's your equal on a jury peer |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To dig up by the roots, it's slang for food grub |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Meaning "fasten up", it's the skirt highlanders fasten around their waists kilt |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 branches of the U.S. armed forces that fit the category Army & Navy |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Original a nickname for Richard, now it's a term for a country bumpkin hick |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To speak wildly, or the type of review a critic gives when he's wild about a play rave |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Another name for earth, it's what gossip columnists try to dig up dirt |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A man's mate a wife |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A boat's body a hull |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the tone you get when you pick up the phone a dial tone |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Latin for "he goes out", it's a stage direction for characters to go out exit |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's put before a legislature or goes before a duck a bill |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A heavy blow, a mollusk that's slow, or fake metal dough a slug |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: "Man of red earth" in Hebrew, since it's said God used red clay for the 1st man Adam |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: In literature, it's described both a "duckling" & an "American" ugly |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The measure of a hand, a, life, or an airplane's wings a span |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: State of Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard or Joan Collins in "Playboy" bare |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | 12-LETTER WORDS $300: What the U.S. celebrated for the 1st time July 4, 1976 bicentennial |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The 9th letter in the Greek alphabet, it's come to mean "a small amount" iota |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Spelled forward it's how you feel, backwards it spells disaster mood |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,600 (Daily Double): 1st four-letter word in the Lord's Prayer name |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: In Spanish, it's "cara", in Yiddish, "punim", in French, "visage" face |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To thwart Reynolds wrap foil |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the last 4-letter month of the year July |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A list of names to call or what's done to a bowling ball roll |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Where Sulu sits in "Star Trek", or Dean Martin's detective "Matt" the helm |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To prepare for action, one can do this to one's loins gird |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A small shrub or Reagan's V.P. a bush |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Foie gras in France or chopped liver at Aunt Esther's pâté |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): Bacall's last word on how to whistle blow |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It’s wrong to put it before the horse the cart |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): The Declaration’s 1st inalienable right life |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Pronounced one way it's a fish, the other a deep male voice bass |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Hamlet's thing to catch the conscience of the king a play |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Miss Ohio's reads "Miss Ohio"; Miss Idaho's reads "Miss Idaho" a sash |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Pulled the trigger or what's in a jigger a shot |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Basketball defense or Serling's twilight area a zone |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the first 4-letter word in "The Star Spangled Banner" what |
