| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1600: Lovely day, nothing to do, I'll go apricate in the sun, though I don't know why when this 4-letter synonym will do fine bask |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $1000: This 4-letter suffix goes on words for types of medical exams, or on Beatrix Potter rabbits -opsy |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | RAP WORDS & PHRASES $800: On "Otis", Jay-Z claimed to have "invented" this 4-letter term defined as bold assurance or great self-confidence swag |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WATERLOGGED WORDS $800: Damp means wet, as does this other 4-letter "D" word that the cool kids use to mean "excellent" dank |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: A college football player normally gets 5 years of it, & can compete in 4 seasons eligibility |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on" blah |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Led Zeppelin knows that this word refers to a concluding passage of a musical piece or a ballet a coda |
| #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 |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This rhyming Latin term is used to describe a judgment or decree that is not yet final nisi |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $2000: A word for booze has this 4-letter silver salmon inside of it coho |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $200: A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience a vow |
| #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 |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $600: The Duke of Sussex is familiar with this verb meaning to pester a military foe with repeated attacks harry |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $800: The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it can also mean a very small amount iota |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone hone |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | 4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS $200: Data in the form of words text |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | 4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS $400: The highest part of something, especially one forming a point an apex |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | 4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS $600: To persuade gently & persistently to coax |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | 4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS $800: This feline carnivore is found in the northern climes of Eurasia & North America a lynx |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | 4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS $1000: French word for a mixture of butter & flour used to make sauces a roux |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | DOG-GONE WORDS $300: For a mixed breed dog, some say mongrel & others use this 4-letter equivalent mutt |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | STRONG WORDS $600: This 4-letter word is alliteratively paired with "hearty" to describe someone strong & healthy hale |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | ONLY ONE CONSONANT WORDS $2000: Here's a gaggle of this 4-letter Hawaiian goose a nene |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $1000: This 4-letter word comes before "d'etat" in a governmental overthrow, or before "de grace" in a finishing blow coup |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: In 1949 Joseph Sobek created this soon-popular game played within 4 walls racquetball |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | SCIENCE WORDS $800: Created between two parallel faults, seen here is an example of this type of 4-letter valley in Africa rift |
| #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 |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: This adjective for a defective argument begins with one of the 4 seasons fallacious |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | WORDS FROM ARABIC $1000: This 4-letter stringed instrument was brought into Europe via Spain by the Moors the lute |
| #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 |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | NONSENSE WORDS $400: This 4-letter word refers to a military cot, or a nonsense word bunk |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A live performance of this musical genre that showed its "age" in the 1920s often includes improvisation jazz |
| #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 |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A human-eating giant of folklore, or any terrifying person an ogre |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades a fife |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This monarchical title was relinquished for good in 1917 czar |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | BODY WORDS $1600: This part of the knee begins with a 4-letter word for the top of the head patella |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | WORDS OF WISDOM $400: Ralph Waldo Emerson was nicknamed this 4-letter wise person "of Concord" Sage |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER $1200: From old words for "one & all", today it means disreputable or undesirable people riff-raff |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1200: This 4-letter verb that means show off a muscle is now used to show off anything you're proud of flex |
| #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 $400: Comic Sans MS is a type of one a font |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $800: David Bowie sang that this "makes a man take things over" fame |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1200: It's an unweaned deer a fawn |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1600: Any decree, or an automaker that originated in Turin a fiat |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $2000: In feudal times it was property granted to a vassal a fief |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $800: Raven relative & 4-letter synonym for forehead crow & brow |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The name of this bird is from Maori for the shrill cry of the male bird kiwi |
| #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 |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: 4-letter name for strong black Indian tea combined with milk, sugar & spices chai |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: A synonym for slothful or idle (16 points) lazy |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Similar to a vixen, or attractive (17 points) foxy |
| #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 |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1600: An act of deception (14 points) a hoax |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: This humped variety of ox originated in South Asia (15 points) a zebu |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $200: To seep out in a gradual way ooze |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: Said of a room that's open & well-ventilated airy |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $600: Your invisible glow aura |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: The itty-bitty ninth letter of the Greek alphabet iota |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1000: A blunted dueling sword for competition an epee |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $200: Proverbially, it "is more" less |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $400: You do it as a verb to your eyebrow & have one as a noun as part of your foot arch |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $600: Below the correct pitch, choirboy flat |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $800: Any minor legally placed in the care of a guardian a ward |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $1000: Anything deceitfully false, or a type of cover for a pillow a sham |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $200: A reflection of sound waves back to the listener an echo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $400: Disc of light above a revered figure a halo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $600: A short note sent to someone you work with a memo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $800: This martial art takes its name from the Japanese for "gentle way" judo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $1000: This computer command at Control-Z or Command-Z can save you from awful mistakes undo |
| #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 |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A magician's conjuring rod a wand |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A verb for what you do to make porter, or a noun meaning the resulting drink brew |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: In our heavenly neighborhood, Ganymede is the largest moon |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Business owners often keep their money in this, the cash drawer in a store the till |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: In crossword puzzles, this state bird is often called a "Hawaiian goose" a nene |
| #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 |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: "Don't touch that" this, the tuning knob on a radio or television dial |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "Pick up the" this, the rate of speed at which someone walks or runs pace |
| #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 |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Atomic number 30, this bluish white metal is a component of brass zinc |
| #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 |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | ANGRY WORDS $800: "All the" this 4-letter word can mean widely popular rage |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From French, it can replace the word "place" in "in place of" lieu |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A tamale is usually wrapped in a corn one husk |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: 2 vowels front this verb meaning "to remove from power" oust |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: A Washington, D.C. university honors this policy expert "of the year" wonk |
| #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 $400: Darn! None of my numbers came up in this game Keno |
| #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 |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A popular type of protein powder is made from this watery byproduct of cheesemaking whey |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | WORDS WITH ENEMIES $600: Batman has an enemy aptly named this, a 4-letter word for the worst thing "of your existence" Bane |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1600: Depending on the context, this 4-letter word means country or friends when paired with "kin" kith |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $600: urbandictionary.com defines this 4-letter word meaning "in the near future" as "when we feel like it" soon |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Those wacky Brits use this 4-letter word to mean "apartment" flat |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Sherpas gave this 4-letter name to the creature that Tibetans called Metoh Kangmi Yeti |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: 16th & 17th century chamber music often featured this bowed instrument a viol |
| #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 |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This Japanese noodle is thicker than soba & usually made of wheat udon |
| #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" |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the bottom of a sleeve a cuff |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Unemployed Brits are said to be "on" it the dole |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: The sound when a bell or laughter rings out a peal |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: A pillowcase with a tricky flap a sham |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: A magical charm, or skill or flair you don't want to lose your mojo |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORDS OF THE YEAR $1000: Oxford:
Post-truth, edging out this 4-letter adjective meaning alert to injustice woke |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | ONE-"I"d WORDS $1000: This 4-letter word meaning to cheat is what con men are said to do to widows & orphans bilk them |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To cover with a thin layer of gold to gild |
| #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 |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Middle English for "stray animal", it has come to mean a forsaken or orphaned child a waif |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: William Ernest Henley wrote, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my" this soul |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS $400: The 1939 Nazi-Soviet deal is usually called a nonaggression this 4-letter word pact |
| #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 |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $800: 4-letter spelling of the word the OED says is imitative of "the sound made in clearing the throat" A-H-E-M |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | WAR OF THE WORDS $1200: This 4-letter word can mean a boxing match or a period of illness a bout |
| #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 |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS, SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $200: Midday noon |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS, SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: Soothe to sleep lull |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS, SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $600: Elegant or stylish chic |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS, SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $800: To mutilate or wound seriously maim |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS, SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: What a daffodil grows from bulb |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: French for "handsome", he's a girl's boyfriend a beau |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: Arborescens & vera are just two of the hundreds of species in this plant genus aloe |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1200: Shalom in Rome ciao |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Easter Island.) Their lips pursed in silence on Easter Island, the statues that the locals refer to by this four-letter term shed little light on their mysterious origins Moai |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $2000: A 3-pronged tip called a point d'arret was once attached to the tip of its blade to aid in producing touches an épée |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PROVERBIAL 4‑LETTER WORDS $200: Be smart & do this "while you are ahead" quit |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PROVERBIAL 4‑LETTER WORDS $400: Dating from the 1500s when it was spelled with 5 letters, "There is no" this "like an old" this fool |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PROVERBIAL 4‑LETTER WORDS $600: In vino veritas, "There is truth in" this wine |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PROVERBIAL 4‑LETTER WORDS $800: From Shakespeare, one of these "by any other name would smell as sweet" a rose |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PROVERBIAL 4‑LETTER WORDS $1000: A Russian proverb says, "Better a bed of wood than a bier of" this gold |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 11-LETTER WORDS $400: Joseph Sobek created this game played on a 4-walled court racquetball |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: To coin a word, it's one of 4 equal parts quarter |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $200: Height times width area |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: Continental currency a euro |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $600: Pupu platters aplenty at this party a luau |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: Individual invisible emanation sensed by psychics an aura |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1000: An orchestra player blows a 3-octave range on this an oboe |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE SOUND OF WORDS $600: 4-letter term for gossip or the predominant sound in an apiary buzz |
| #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 |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $800: A pair of 4-letter words meaning to leave out & to send forth omit & emit |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: As the saying goes, "Ashes to ashes", this to this dust |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: If you bought an item very inexpensively, you got it this-cheap dirt |
| #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 |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Investigative reporters of yore like Ida Tarbell were said to be these "rakers" muck |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the middle English for "to smoke", it means to smell strongly & unpleasantly; you totally this, man! reek |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | SOME 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The skirt worn by the sugar plum fairy a tutu |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | SOME 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Another term for the uterus the womb |
| #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 $800: To cheat, hopefully not by using the same-named chess piece a rook |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $400: A line of people in London a queue |
| #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 $1,200 (Daily Double): A chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles is called this an Aerie |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $1200: It's a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence aioli |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $1600: The transmission of sound audio |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PROVERBIAL 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "He who laughs" this way "laughs best" last |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PROVERBIAL 4-LETTER WORDS $800: This "is as good as a mile" miss |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PROVERBIAL 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: This kind of person "is not believed when he speaks the truth" liar |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PROVERBIAL 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: "The nearer" this, "the sweeter the flesh" the bone |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PROVERBIAL 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: In rhyme, "he that has" this, "has strife" wife |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In 1905 Dr. H.A. des Voeux coined this word for the air pollution created by the Industrial Revolution smog |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: An area of soggy, muddy ground, it's sometimes paired with muck mire |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: In 1961 sen. Robert Byrd opined that many novels "seem to be deliberately loaded with" this word for obscene material "smut" |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Chimney sweeps know this word for fine black particles resulting from incomplete combustion soot |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: A trademarked degreasing solvent gave us this word for a thick greasy substance gunk |
| #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 |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: Mission: this 10-letter word meaning hopelessly difficult; the clue will self-destruct in one second impossible |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Term for a baby whale or seal calf |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A large barrel for wine a cask |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Of the 4 Beatles, John was known as "the smart one" & Paul was this one the cute one |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A worn but elegant decorating style combining old & new is popularly referred to as shabby this chic |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | "C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Clamp this small movable bar on the fretboard of a guitar & it will raise the pitch of the strings a capo |
| #6440, aired 2012-09-21 | NOW A FEW WORDS $200: This 4-letter word for a type of jazz singing is also used to shoo cats scat |
| #6430, aired 2012-07-27 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: The soroban, the Japanese type of this adding device, used rods with 1 bead above the partition & 4 beads below abacus |
| #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 |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | BIG WORDS $1200: Some New Yorkers pronounce this big 4-letter word as if the first letter was "Y", not "H" huge |
| #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 $800: A tire that has lost its air a flat |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It can be a custardy tart or a creme caramel a flan |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Fatty flesh around people's tummies flab |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: The unfortunate quality that brings ruin to the hero of a tragedy is called the tragic this flaw |
| #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 $1600: With double Fs you might play this word meaning full of uncertainty iffy |
| #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 $200: A rug with a thick pile, or to chase & catch fly balls shag |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This negative verb is found in "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" deny |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: An eft is the juvenile terrestrial stage of this amphibian a newt |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The name of this central part of a church comes from the Latin for "ship", a reference to its shape nave |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This powerful engine from Dodge gets its name from the half-sphere shape of the combustion chamber a Hemi |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on" blah |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $800: "To run" this way means to run viciously, frenzied for blood; originally the term referred to a crazy malay amok |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: Led Zeppelin knows that this word refers to a concluding passage of a musical piece or a ballet a coda |
| #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 |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: "Wise fool" is an example of this 8-letter figure of speech oxymoron |
| #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 $200: As a verb, it can mean "to give shape to"; as a noun, it can mean "that fuzzy green stuff on the bread" mold |
| #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 $600: This word for factual information is a Latin plural, but most English speakers treat it as singular data |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: French for "flea", this 4-letter color is a dark brownish purple puce |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | TOYS & GAMES $1000: Scrabble this is a card game in which players throw down their cards to change existing 4-letter words Scrabble Slam! |
| #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 $400: In 2010 American Humane celebrates "Be" this "to Animals Week" from May 2 to 8 Kind |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The Constitution grants the president a "pocket" this a veto |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: From the Greek for "breath of air", it's an invisible emanation an aura |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This measurement comes for the Latin for "twelfth part" inch |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Etymologically related to "duress" is this word meaning glum dour |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "All You Need Is" this; it "Makes The World Go 'Round" love |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It precedes "conduct medal", "samaritan" & "-for-nothing" good |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: In "Silent Night", the holy infant is said to be "tender and" this mild |
| #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 |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: It means delicate in texture, or consisting of minute particles, like a puree fine |
| #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 |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $200: A young deer, or Ms. Hall a fawn |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $400: The small, bloodsucking wingless insect lives in a dog-eat-dog world a flea |
| #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 |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $800: A flexible, 4-sided weapon having a blunt point a foil |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1000: Securely fixed in place, or a law business firm |
| #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 $400: With no trans fats & less saturated fat than butter, tubs of this rendered pig fat are making a comeback lard |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the steering wheel of a ship helm |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It means to bite or chew, or to wear away with the teeth gnaw |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Before you shoot an arrow, you do this to it, which sounds like something cars do on low octane nock |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $5,000 (Daily Double): An accent over the last letter turns a word meaning disabled into this fabric with metallic threads lamé |
| #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 $400: When this cools quickly after an eruption, it can form a type of glass called obsidian lava |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This soft underlayer of feathers from a duck or goose is used to stuff pillows down |
| #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 $200: You'd find this in the bowl section of the dry Midwest of the 1930s dust |
| #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 $600: A great perk of being a presenter at an awards program like the Oscars is getting this assortment of free gifts swag |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Trojan warrior who was the son of Telamon, or the powdered cleanser named after him Ajax |
| #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 |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | POETIC WORDS $800: "L'allegro" by Milton uses this 4-letter word for a deep shade of black, a shortening of the name of a wood ebon |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant flax |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | THE LOSING TICKET $800: In 1976 Ford & this man were a pair of 4-letter words to voters (Bob) Dole |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The group empowered to make findings of fact in a court procedure a jury |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This term for the Japanese parliament sounds like a restrictive nutrition program the diet |
| #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 |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Even the Turkish ordu, this, travels on its mide, "stomach" army |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: The name of a bird probably was shortened to this 4-letter term for an eccentric person a kook |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $200: An oblong unit of bread, or to idle away time loaf |
| #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 |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The line about which a rotating body, such as the world, turns an axis |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: This chess piece can go across the entire board in one move, but only in a straight line a rook |
| #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 $400: A female horse, of course a mare |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's slang for a potato a spud |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Peaceful percher pictured here a dove |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Fashion accessory in red seen here a sash |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The handle of a sword, you can play this term to the ... a hilt |
| #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 |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: In 1916 this movement was founded by a group of artists & poets in Zurich; come to ... Dada |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Formally surrender your territory & give us this word from the Latin for "yield" cede |
| #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 |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: A child who shares his date of birth with 4 of his siblings a quintuplet |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In "Paper Lion," George Plimpton tries to play pass defense & gets "beat like a" this a drum |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: This type of grade in a hierarchy "has its privileges" rank |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Usual term for a row of elevator cars bank |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This old pronoun is sung as the last word of the English version of "O Canada" thee |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2,800 (Daily Double): The female of the speces Equus caballus mare |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can be cheap, like this type of trail bike dirt |
| #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 |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: Chimney sweeps can show you this carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion soot |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Campers & military personnel need this type of kit to eat in the hall with the same name mess |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Upton Sinclair could have told you how to be this type of raker; he was often described as one muck |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1600: A polygon with 4 sides quadrilateral |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | 16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS $2000: An extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa 1 to 4 million years ago Australopithecus |
| #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 $400: Living high on the hog you can afford your own tub of this hog fat lard |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: James Beard described it as "our common ground, a universal experience" food |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Arial or Bauhaus, for example font |
| #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 |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The rise & fall of the ocean water, or a detergent that has cleaned clothes for more than 50 years Tide |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty Dial |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: This type of "goose chase" is fruitless wild |
| #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 $600: The core of your tooth; we hope the school bully doesn't beat you to a bloody one pulp |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The upper floor of a warehouse converted to residential or studio use loft |
| #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 $400: If your birthday is on September 24, you’re on this of the sign of Libra the cusp |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: 4-letter Italian term for the boss of a crime syndicate a capo |
| #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 |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: The dying cowboy in “Streets of Laredo” wants 6 pretty girls to bear this his pall |
| #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 $600: The flow of prices that appear on the boards of brokerage firms can be the "ticker" or this, or both together the tape |
| #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 $400: By any means possible is "by" this "or by crook" hook |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: In "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" I do this, this, this "for the home team" root |
| #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 $2000: 1/10 of a dollar is a dime; 1/10 of a cent is this a mill |
| #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 $200: To escape, a chicken might "fly" it the coop |
| #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 |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: An Oklahoma fort, or a traditional place to cool a pie a sill |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Buss is a synonym for this kiss |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: 4-letter term for a horse with a reddish coat sprinkled with white roan |
| #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 |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | 4-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $800: The way out the exit |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | 4-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $1200: In terms of the batting order for baseball, the guy on deck is this next |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | 4-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): They really get the yoke oxen |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | 4-LETTER X-RATED WORDS $1600: A pair of wheels rotate on this shaft the axle |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | NUMERICAL PHRASES $400: Though "heck" & "darn" are examples of these, the phrase usually refers to saltier language 4-letter words |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To hit hard, or a snail cousin slug |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Now used for a bright but socially inept person, this term was popularized by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" nerd |
| #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 |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: "Eye" this Greek goddess of the rainbow Iris |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1000: A pyramid is an example of this type of solid in which all 4 sides are the same size tetrahedron |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | 4-LETTER VERBS $600: (I'm NFL defensive end Kevin Carter) One of my favorite words, it means to tackle a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage sack |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To deal with a problem head on is "to take" it "by the horns" the bull |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: For a phrase that means "spotless", it pairs with "spick" span |
| #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 $400: This joint is formed by the articulation of the femur & the tibia a knee |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: This protein rich food is coagulated from an extract of soybeans & used in salads & cooked foods tofu |
| #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 |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: 11-letter term for a tight situation, like a dilemma, that you'd like to extricate yourself from a predicament |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: In August 1999 a 7.4 one of these struck Turkey along the North Anatolian fault an earthquake |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Dial & Zest are 4-letter brands of this soap |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Everything "will come out in" this the wash |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $300: To polish or shine a floor or shoe buff |
| #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 |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | CLEAN 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It means "orderly & clean" & is also used to order drinks without ice or water added neat |
| #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 |
| #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 $300: "I'm gonna live forever...light up the sky like a flame...baby remember my name" & also this tune Fame |
| #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 |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | LONG GERMAN WORDS $200: The Reinheitsgebot is the law of 1516 governing the purity of this 4-letter drink beer |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: In 1888 John Dunlop put his new pneumatic type of this on a bicycle a tire (or tube) |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A perpetual one was tended to by the Vestal Virgins a fire |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Middle name of cowboy star Orvon Autry Gene |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Deep-bodied with flat sides & a small head, a bream is a type of this a fish |
| #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 |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Spanish for "few" or the '70s group that sang "Crazy Love" Poco |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Miss Te Kanawa should know this means "left" in Java Kiri |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Dash it, it's German for "dog" Hund |
| #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 |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This founder of analytical psychology will never get old Carl Jung |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | WORDS YOU CAN SAY ON TELEVISION $500: This 4-letter word is derived from the phrase "od rot" or "God rot" Drat |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1000: This square dance of French origin is composed of 5 formations & danced by 4 couples Quadrille |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $100 (Daily Double): "Good authors too, who once knew better words now only use" these, "writing prose, anything goes" 4-letter words |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Ad lib & you speak "off" this part of your shirt Cuff |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: On the Beaufort scale, this comes 11 numbers before the storm Calm |
| #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 $400: The Anti-Grigori Efimovich Society believes in this type of Earth Flat |
| #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 $300: An adjective for a vile smell, or a noun that pairs with file rank |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This term for a sticky, greasy substance came from the brand name of a cleaning solvent gunk |
| #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 $100: Dr. Spock wrote, you don't have to teach a child to do this at 12-15 months; "you won't be able to stop him" walk |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It means food, especially a "mein" course Chow |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A spot of light on a radar screen, perhaps denoting an incoming plane Blip |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 $200: Send off a missile or an employee fire |
| #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 |
| #3388, aired 1999-05-05 | HOBBYISTS $200: 4-letter word for a plant like quack grass or dandelion, which make gardeners use other 4-letter words Weed |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: A passionate preacher who holds public services, or any one of the 4 Gospel writers Evangelist |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: We're not going out on one to say daredevils risk "life and" this Limb |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Push this button on the TV remote & your sou Mute |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Type of chart seen here flow |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: From the Dutch for "slippery", if you're this, you're a smooth talker Glib |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Merriam-Webster says glob may be a blend of globe & this word Blob |
| #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) |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Practitioners of karate & judo refer to their training school by this 4-letter Japanese name Dojo |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Bee home a hive |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Simply stated these are the facts, this is what a bald man lacks hair |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: A computer ready to receive information over a modem is "on" this line |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: On TV Richard Dawson had a "Family" one Feud |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: An endorsement allowing entry into a country, or a card used to charge a bundle while you're there Visa |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A summoning gesture, this 4-letter word precedes "and call" Beck |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean a streetcar or a cable car Tram |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The 15th day of May, July or October, as well as March Ides |
| #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 $200: Take off the top, or milk from which the cream has been removed Skim |
| #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 |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: An arm or leg Limb |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Gloomy & forbidding, like a certain "reaper" Grim |
| #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 $200: Material that makes up an unwanted "bunny" under your bed dust |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Army dining hall before or after the meal mess |
| #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 |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Writer Upton Sinclair was a famous "raker" of it muck |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: This sound can be emitted by an auto horn or by a wild goose honk |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Latin for "kitchen", you literally cook ceramics in one of these kiln |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: During the American Revolution, this term referred to an American who favored the British side Tory |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" this reap |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To incline, or to thrust a lance, perhaps at a windmill tilt |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A B.B., a Billie Jean or a Boleslaw I King |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: One may be found around a boxer or a bathtub Ring |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Type of hardware nut, an extension on a building, or a part of a grackle Wing |
| #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 $100: Partially opened; a door, for example ajar |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: On a computer screen this small picture represents a specific program an icon |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The abominable snowman the yeti |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the only fencing sword with a rigid blade an epée |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Italian for "tail", this passage brings a musical piece to a formal close the coda |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the "hair apparent" on a lion's or horse's neck Mane |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To walk in shallow water Wade |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It precedes tough, loose & glider Hang |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Buss is a synonym for this 4-letter word that also ends in "ss" Kiss |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To tightly roll up a flag or a sail Furl |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: In "God Bless America" "The oceans" are "white with" it Foam |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To kick a football Punt |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It means to drive an airplane on the ground Taxi |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a spot on a radar screen Blip |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To cover with clothing Garb/Clad |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: This bugle call played at a military camp is an order to turn out the lights "Taps" |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A cutting remark, or a sharp point projecting backward from the point of a fishhook a barb |
| #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) |
| #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 |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A synonym for a small island; Ireland is an emerald one isle |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a slang term for a potato spud |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: This device is used to soften the tone of an instrument such as a trumpet mute |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This heaviest fencing sword has a bowl-shaped guard & a long, narrow blade with no cutting edge epee |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A noisy outburst, or a steady wind of 32-63 MPH Gale |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's pretty "apparent" this is the beneficiary of a will Heir |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Groucho said he wouldn't belong to one that would accept him as a member Club |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The crop of a bird; something may get stuck in yours Craw |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A long story chronicling the history of a family like the Forsytes Saga |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Thomas Hobbes' last words were "I am about to take my last voyage, a great" one of these "in the dark" Leap |
| #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 $100: A cur or a mongrel mutt |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A ship runs from this "to stern" stem |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It means to put your money away or to hit a billiard ball off a cushion bank |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can precede bike or cheap & Ajax is stronger than it dirt |
| #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 $100: It can mean tardy or deceased late |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It follows ship, soul & play mate |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Kismet or destiny fate |
| #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 $100: Before an Oscar winner is announced, this is broken on the envelope containing the name a seal |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Cut into cube-shaped pieces dice |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a feudal estate a fief |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The name of this fruit also means something very desirable a plum |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It can precede row, road or doo skid |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: One may be of duty, of credit or of scrimmage a line |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Change one letter in milk & you're gone from just taking advantage to this word meaning cheat bilk |
| #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 $400: A crow, or a castle in chess a rook |
| #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 |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: To make an "A" in Morse code, you need 1 dot & 1 of these a dash |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Horses neigh; donkeys do this bray |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It means to sell, or to sell by means of a dispensing machine vend |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This mild expletive also means to mend with interlacing stitches darn |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This term for friends & neighbors is usually paired with "kin" kith |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: This camping item may be a pup a tent |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A kid who puts a claim on something claims these, as in "I got (these) on the front seat!" dibs |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: It pairs with "eye" for a sewing notion & with "ladder" for a fire engine a hook |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can be determination or minute, rough granules of sand grit |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A stopper, an old horse or a chunk of chewing tobacco a plug |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Fly an aircraft without a companion or instructor solo |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A spoiled child or a small sausage a brat |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A sharp spasm of pain; you might feel a hunger one a pang |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A Spanish exclamation of approval or a paper towel from Scott viva |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The hinged bar on a typewriter or printer that holds the paper against the platen a bail |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Nanny, kid or billy goat |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It contains water under the bridge, a castle's drawbridge moat |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: [CLUE MISSING BECAUSE OF GAP IN TAPE] seek[?] |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Put liquor in the punch or tie up a shoe lace |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It describes a string stretched out fully & is a homophone for instructed taut |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Robin Hood had one of Merry Men, Les Brown had one of renown a band |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Superman can do this to "steel in his bare hands" bend |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: To make book is to take a bet; to make a book, i.e. put pages between covers, is to do this to bind |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A top grade of white paper made from rag pulp bond |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: German for "league", it was a pro-Nazi German- American league of the 1930s a Bund |
| #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) |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: At this type of sale, you can buy cakes & cookies bake sale |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: An Irish party before the burial may be rowdy enough to do this to the dead wake |
| #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 $400: A profligate, or a long-handled, toothed garden implement rake |
| #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 $100: If you're badly mistaken, you're way "off" this infield item base |
| #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 $300: The back of the neck nape |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The raised platform in a lecture hall on which the speaker stands dais |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the first 4-letter noun in the rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle" Moon |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It precedes puss to indicate a sullen person sour |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Chess piece whose name is a synonym for hock pawn |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The British spell this farm implement with 6 letters; we replaced the "ugh" with a "W" plow |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A scenery-shifting stagehand or a handhold on a hammer a grip |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A blue-green color or a small duck teal |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: This archaic word the third person singular present indicative of have hath |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To invent a new word or phrase coin |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Sharp as in a blade or sense of hearing keen |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's Scottish for a church kirk |
| #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 |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Hope you don't find yourself "out on" one of these large branches of a tree a limb |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To raise on the hind legs like a horse, or to raise a child rear |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The handle of a dagger, or what something pushed to the limit is done up to the hilt |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To trade one thing for another, it formerly meant "to strike hands in closing a bargain" swap |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A type of freshwater fish, or to complain constantly to carp |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A person used to further the purposes of another, or a chess piece of lowest value a pawn |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Aaron, or the trilling sound a Scot might make when pronouncing the Rs in his name a Burr |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: This word commonly precedes expectancy, insurance & jacket life |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A female deer, or an adjective describing her rear legs hind |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A stand on which a coffin is carried, its name sounds like a beverage a bier |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Poetically, e'er is ever & e'en is this even |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: An upright stake in the ground, or a base to which military personnel are assigned a post |
| #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 |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A body of still water smaller than a lake a pond |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The accumulated fact, tradition or belief about a subject lore |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A farewell performance is this type of song a swan song |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In the rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence", the maid had this body part pecked off by a blackbird the nose |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It can precede tip, nut or ding wing |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A double bass is also known as this type of fiddle, so don't wave anything red in front of it bull |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Cheer for the home team, or dig through the earth with your nose root |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: As a verb, this part of a flower means "to stop" stem |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Comedians differentiate between this & a wife, but the dictionary says they're the same lady |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Completes the line from W.E. Henley, "I am the master of my..." fate |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: You can do this from grace or on your face Fall |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A witch's concoction, whether or not it contains coffee, tea or beer Brew |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A walking stick that probably isn't made of candy Cane |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A repast, or the ground-up seeds of a grain Meal |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To meditate upon something -- Terpsichore, for example Muse |
| #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 |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To descend to the bottom of anything, even a lavatory Sink |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A roll of cloth, or a flash of lightning Bolt |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To flow forth suddenly & violently, or to make an excessive display of sentiment Gush |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Ironically, it can mean to dance with light, quick steps or to stumble like a clumsy ox Trip |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: This word commonly follows cuff or missing link |
| #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 $300: It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread heel |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A roue, or his garden implement rake |
| #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 $100: In contrast to the game played on land, the "water" variety of this sport doesn't use horses polo |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: You could have one of coal or sugar, & if you fall down you could get one on your head lump |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Greek goddess who married the west wind, or the part of your eye named for her Iris |
| #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 $100: Despite its name, this pink wine is made from grapes, not flowers rosé |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The dry particles of matter found on your furniture, or what you do to remove them dust |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Because of his big bullwhip, Western star Al LaRue was nicknamed this "Lash" |
| #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 |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The badges Girl Scouts earn are officially worn on this part of the uniform sash |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Poet James Lowell asked, "And what is so" this "as a day in June?" rare |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Rip Torn could tell you torn is the past participle of this word meaning to rip to tear |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Friends who are there for you only in the good times are said to be there in this weather fair weather |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In this family Max Sr. was a heavyweight boxer & Max Jr. played a light-minded hillbilly the Baer family |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: As the Galloping Gourmet this Graham was a bit crackers Kerr |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It means "Woe is me!", & when things get really bad, you can add "alack" to it alas |
| #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 $400: A group of Cub Scouts. or a group of wolves a pack |
| #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 $200: Danny Thomas' favorite saint, or an "obscure" character in literature Jude |
| #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 |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A small drink of liquor, or small avoirdupois weight, 1/16 of an ounce a dram |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Christmas, or a large log traditionally burned at that time Yule |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To do this involves the respiratory muscles & may be caused by watching other do it yawn |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The 2 four-letter weapons you can fence with epee & foil |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: To push your wares in the streets, or a bird of prey of the order Falconiformes hawk |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the metaphor of the church as a ship, the term for this part of a church is from the Latin for "ship" nave |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Difficult part of the camel to get "over" the hump |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To incite, or to move a spoon about inside your coffee cup to stir |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: If you add a double "E" to the name of this animal, you'll have a type of beard goat |
| #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 $100: The underside part of the hand extending from the wrist to the base of the fingers the palm |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Already gone, it's not right left |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: This word meaning to breathe in short gasps comes from the same root as "fantasy" to pant |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can precede baby, league or whacker bush |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To draw straight, parallel lines on a paper, or make a decision in court to rule |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Besides your passport, you'll need one of these documents to visit China a visa |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To a landscaper, a cut piece of ground; to a street gang, territory turf |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Men are 20 times more likely than women to get this disease that can be a real pain in the big toe gout |
| #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 |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Henry Ford said that "history is more or less" this bunk |
| #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 |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The Bible is a "good" example of one book |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Twilight time dusk |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: To expose oneself pleasantly to warmth, people do it in the sun bask |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Someone you're trailing might figuratively "give you" this piece of feminine attire slip |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A line of soldiers standing side-by-side is a rank; a line one behind the other is this a file |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Swine find this swill swell slop |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: From the Latin for "crude", it's a light grayish yellowish brown ecru |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: One of these was home to a nursery rhyme old woman with "so many children" a shoe |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Sport in which you hit a ball with a club; in fact, its name backwards means to beat harshly golf |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Meaning merge, this word was created by merging melt & weld meld |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Slew is the past tense of this word slay |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It can precede horse, continent or "Side of the Moon" dark |
| #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 $400: Given to a borrower, or the 40 weekdays before Easter Lent |
| #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 $100: It can precede "storm", "Mary" or "to the chief" hail |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The triangle used to set up the balls in a pool game a rack |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Melt thaw |
| #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 $100: Different types include pine,
volcanic, &
ice cream a cone |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The citrus fruit that fits this category a lime |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From Arabic for "the wood", it's a pear-shaped, wooden musical instrument a lute |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): When it means "rescind", you can do it to an embargo. & when it means "steal", you can do it to a purse lift |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Muscovite is an example of this group of flaky silicates used for insulation mica |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To masticate chew |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: How a rejected lover might waste away with yearning, especially under an evergreen pine |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Found on your face, it sounds like it's flicked in flagellation lash |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Between 1905 & 1917, this Russian legislative body was dissolved 4 times Duma |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Euterpe or Melpomene, for example Muse |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Greenish blue, like water aqua |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Function of the red button on a standard multi-line telephone hold |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The kind of stake you'd find in a poker game ante |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A group of legislators who vote together for a particular interest a bloc |
| #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 |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Type of tennis court that has to be mown a lawn |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: The little piece of cotton on the end of a Q-tip, or a mop on a Navy ship a swab |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Make a hole with a drill, or make a whole audience go to sleep bore |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Probably from "oog", meaning "eye", it means to give someone the eye to ogle |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Defining this, a jockey might say "a whip", while a farmer might say "wheat" crop |
| #827, aired 1988-03-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: It completes the quote from "Animal Farm", "4 legs good, 2 legs..." this bad |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: To worry, or a ridge on a guitar a fret |
| #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 |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A shaving wound a nick |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In studying grammar, you'll find this word preceding "participle" & "tense" past |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: To make this drink, you ferment honey in water & flavor it with herbs & spices mead |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Term for the joint where 2 separate pieces of cloth are sewn together seam |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: It can be lamb, pork or karate chop |
| #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 $100: To gloss over reading material, or to remove fat from milk skim |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Latin "par" meaning equal, it's your equal on a jury peer |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Kipling said you'll be a man "if you can keep" this "when all about you are losing theirs" head |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 1 of 2 past tense forms of "go" that fit the category gone or went |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: German for "stop", it'll also stop a troop of American soldiers halt |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To set down a plane or pull in a fish land |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The past participle of "do" done |
| #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) |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of marble or marble cake slab |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A song in "Mary Poppins" tells you to do this "In Time" Step |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: From Greek for "single", a single man who lives in a monastery monk |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From Sanskrit for "wood", it can precede love, blue or grit true |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Slang for an old sailor salt |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: An ancient city that might be worth its weight in gold, ounce by ounce Troy |
| #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 |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A lively manner of speaking, or a brand of home permanent lilt |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Covered with a thin layer of gold, or just looking like gold, by association gilt |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A sedimentary substance of fine mineral particles whose size falls between sand & clay silt |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): Infraction sign that can stop this noise abruptly: tilt |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: By any other name, it would smell as sweet rose |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A celebration of the eucharist, Bach wrote one in B-Minor Mass |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: In western slang, a "grubslinger" means this cook |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 branches of the U.S. armed forces that fit the category Army & Navy |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It can precede rat, sack, or horse pack |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: The triangular frame used to line up the billiard balls at the start of the game the rack |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Term for a bunch of wolves or cards pack |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: One can be of thumb, carpet, or tie variety a tack |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A place for the spine, or the reverse side of a sign back |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This first name isn't on the "Keystone" of the house, but that of the Sennett Mack |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From Old English "to insert", the way you might insert more knowledge in your brain before a test cram |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: From Latin & Greek "to give out vapors", it means to worry, or cook by simmering stew |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It follows French & can be linked with hand cuff |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Examples are a walk, trot, or pace gait |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Original a nickname for Richard, now it's a term for a country bumpkin hick |
| #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 |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: One does it to a gas tank or a prescription fill |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: From Old English "lufu", Dusty Springfield sang about "The Look Of" it love |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: 50% half |
| #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 |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The short whip used in horseback riding a crop |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It can describe Wilt Chamberlain, or a tale about how I beat him in one-on-one tall |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Flags do it in the wind; hands do it to say goodbye wave |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Latin for "I forbid", the president might have one in his pocket a veto |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Another name for earth, it's what gossip columnists try to dig up dirt |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Send in your tax form, or grind down your nails file |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A John LeCarre spy "Came in" from it the Cold |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Au gold |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Fuzzy substance in which Fleming found penicillin mold |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In printing, type with thickened lines to give a very black look is called this bold |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A collection of tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne were "Twice" this Told |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A haircut, a rug, or to catch pop flies shag |
| #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 |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Forsooth, 'tis archaic 3rd person singular form of "do" doth |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Hey, this book is next to last in the New Testament Jude |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the tone you get when you pick up the phone a dial tone |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To choose, harvest, or open a lock without a key to pick |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Presented at no cost to you, like this answer free |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To compel or create make |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The padded cover put over a tea pot to keep the tea hot a cozy |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 7-LETTER WORDS $600: For a Catholic after confession, it may consist of 3 Hail Marys & 4 Our Fathers penance |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | DIRTY WORDS $500: This 4-letter word for porn is also a popular antacid spelled backwards smut |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Slang for an American in England, or a sharp jerk a yank |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Mail a letter or send a package to Emily post |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The upper berth or twaddle bunk |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Relative position of order, or a strong odor rank |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Word from Latin meaning "let it stand", it cancels an edit stet |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: You could find one behind a soda fountain or in the title of a Steve Martin movie a jerk |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Come on, this word isn't difficult easy |
| #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 |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can follow Cape, French, or car horn |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A large sheet of floating ice formed on a lake, river, or ocean a floe |
| #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 |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: 4-letter word for one of the 4 prongs on a fork a tine |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: You may get it at the end of a grocery check-out or, "sad"ly, at the end of a job a sack |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Twist out of shape, or the type of drive the Starship Enterprise has warp |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It follows "dead" & "thunder", or could be "out of the blue" bolt |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A cough, a chop, or a cabdriver a hack |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: You can play one on the piano or leave one on the fridge for mom to tell her where you went a note |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The "job" a con man pulls, or water vapor in flake form snow |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: The play in a rope or how to make a donation give |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: It can be piano, Parker House, or Chinese egg a roll |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Past participle of "clothe", like a guarantee when covered in iron clad |
| #375, aired 1986-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: A fabric woven of flat gold or silver thread lamé |
| #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 |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: In polite society, you can do it with a basketball but not with a doughnut dunk |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Some men do it reading "Playboy"; dogs do it to cool off pant |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In "The Mikado", Ko-Ko had a little one of these a list |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A watery way to rest tired feet soak |
| #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 $200: Paired with "circumstance", it frequently accompanies processions pomp |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: One can be dirty, Polish, or knock-knock a joke |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The measure of a hand, a, life, or an airplane's wings a span |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: White-rosed royal house that held the English throne from 1461-1485 York |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: State of Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard or Joan Collins in "Playboy" bare |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Precedes ended, hearted, & minded open |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: A hussy or a pastry a tart |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: From German for "announce", to declare cards for a score such as in Canasta to meld |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This lets a guitarist change keys & not change fingerings a capo |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | 12-LETTER WORDS $300: What the U.S. celebrated for the 1st time July 4, 1976 bicentennial |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | 12-LETTER WORDS $300: Before 1934, the date for this was March 4; after 1934, January 20 inauguration |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A Marine Corps camp, or appropriate footwear for one boot |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: You try to do it to a putt or an enemy boat sink |
| #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 $100: Precedes "ball" when the ump starts a baseball game play |
| #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 (Daily Double): 4-letter single word title of the following:
[Instrumental music plays] "More" |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: It's the last 4-letter month of the year July |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Follows "On", "Under", or "Ready, Aim" fire |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A large lump or piece or Richard Gere a hunk |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: You can do it to a curfew or a ballerina lift |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Follows fail & comes before cracker safe |
| #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 |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To pull a gun, a beer, or pull a crayon across paper draw |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Frankie Valli told her to go away Dawn |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Moo juice milk |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: With this thing, I thee wed a ring |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $300: The weakest part of the strongest chain a link |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To prepare for action, one can do this to one's loins gird |
| #109, aired 1985-02-07 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: A 4-letter way to glide through the air soar |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: When thomeone thpeakths like thith a lisp |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: Seaweed tablets kelp |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The way to "prey" hunt |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Primary predicate part the verb |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Having no give or slack taut |
| #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 $200: Horses are hot to do it trot |
| #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 |
| #57, aired 1984-11-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: A flipper or a fiver a fin |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Golfers’ warning cry fore |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: The Beatles’ second film Help! |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: It precedes: rush, fever, finger, & in them thar hills gold |
| #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 $200: It makes a football sail, or a student not fail pass |
| #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 $400: A little off the top & sides or tinsel on a tree trim |
| #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 $600: Little girls do it with a rope, Van Halen does it in a song to jump |
| #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 |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: The president takes one before stepping into office an oath |
