| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $3,600 (Daily Double): This verb can mean to create through skill, or to construct a lie or forgery fabricate |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2000: A woman of stately beauty is sometimes described by this 9-letter adjective, after the Roman queen of the gods Junoesque |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | RHYMING SYNONYMS $1200: Gizmo of "Gremlins" fame frightfully screamed these 2 words after seeing a camera flash bright light |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $800: The little hat worn by French words like hôtel & hôpital is called this a circumflex |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $600: The Lone Ranger got his name after suffering from this, from Greek words for "fear" & "stranger" xenophobia |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR $1000: In 2003, the first Merriam-Webster "Word of the Year" was this form of government by the people democracy |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $400: In "Gone with the Wind", these 4 words finish the line "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all..." tomorrow is another day |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | A BIBLICAL BURIAL $800: In the King James Bible, when a man said he'd follow Jesus but first had to bury his dad, Jesus said these 6 words let the dead bury their dead |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $400: Hopefully, your golf ball ends up here after your tee shot the fairway |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1200: Last 4 words of our national anthem, as sung by an animated kitchen appliance & his german-style Pillsbury product home of the brave little toaster strudel |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | A LOSS FOR WORDS $1600: This 11-letter word for a period of mourning after a loss comes from an old word for "steal" bereavement |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: In English slang this German word is added after a skill or a topic to indicate someone with expertise Meister |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | ROMANTIC MOVIE LINES $1000: In "Moonstruck", after Nicolas Cage says, "I'm in love with you", Cher slaps him twice & says these 4 words Snap out of it |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WORDS WITH GREEK LETTERS $1200: To mock or insult someone, especially after beating them in a game taunt (tau) |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | INVASIONS $1200: On May 1, 2003, 6 weeks after the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush stood under a banner bearing these 2 words Mission accomplished |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $1200: A mark left on the skin after a wound has healed South Carolina & Arkansas |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | YOU CAN QUOTE "ME" $4,000 (Daily Double): After hearing an orator speak in a foreign language, a Shakespeare character admits, "It was" these 3 words Greek to me |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | 9-LETTER WORDS $400: One of these "after the fact" helps commit a crime & subsequently may be charged with obstruction of justice accessory |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $3,000 (Daily Double): Mais oui, calcium sulfate hemihydrate is a mouthful, so a fast-setting-after-drying gypsum product goes by these 3 words plaster of Paris |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: It was a scornful term for a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction carpetbagger |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | DOUBLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $800: Hiccup in "How to Train Your Dragon" gives his dragon this name, but soon after gets a better look inside its mouth Toothless |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: Literally "good word", it's a witty remark; en français, S'il vous plait! bon mot |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | WORDS WITH ONLY ONE CONSONANT $1000: Home for an osprey an aerie |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | SHORT POEMS $1600: William Carlos Williams began a poem, "So much depends upon a red" this, & there are only 8 words after that wheelbarrow |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | LINCOLN, BLINKEN $400: Soon after becoming Secy. of State in 2021, Antony Blinken had tough words at a meeting with diplomat Yang Jiechi of this country China |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $400: Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to this patriotic anthem after climbing Pikes Peak "America The Beautiful" |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | SHEEP $200: In a children's rhyme, these 4 words precede "Have you any wool?" Baa, baa, black sheep (Black sheep, black sheep) |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | ANIMALS WITHIN WORDS $10,000 (Daily Double): After sighting one of these horned animals in Africa, we busted out a magnum of champagne gnu (in magnum) |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Adjective for school activities held outside of class & after regular hours extracurricular |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: This abbreviated word is sometimes found before art & after photo op |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s $2,500 (Daily Double): Right on "Q", this designation for a standard keyboard, first developed for the typewriter, came into use in 1929 QWERTY |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: The act of renouncing the throne abdication |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 17th CENTURY HISTORY $400: This 1611 book had what were known as "He" & "She" editions, after variants in the last words of Ruth 3:15 the King James Bible |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLAGE $800: O! American clergyman Phillips Brooks wrote the words to this Christmas carol after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land "O Little Town of Bethlehem" |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIG WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the name of this one from the 200s B.C. reflected its huge size the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a model of a synapse on the monitor.) Defusing across synapses after being released by neurons, these substances stimulate other parts of the brain & body to action neurotransmitters |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | THE BOOK'S CENSORED EDITIONS $1000: This first novel by Theodore Dreiser was reissued nearly a century after it was published to add back 40,000 words Sister Carrie |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS $600: Soon after "dwarf" in the dictionary comes this "DW" word meaning to shrink in size dwindle |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: A midwife is a medical worker who's there for the birth; this is a supportive counselor before, during & after it a doula |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | MOVIE WORDS $2000: Term for a sought-after item that drives a plot; Hitchcock said the word originated as a device to trap lions in Scotland MacGuffin |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | 8-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's a word from the French for a bullet's redirection after an impact a ricochet |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $200: Another term for trailers in the cinema are these "attractions" coming attractions |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $400: Get fancy & use this French word for "after", especially if you've just gone skiing après |
| #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 |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $800: This 2-word Latin phrase translates as "after this" but is generally used to mean "done with hindsight" post hoc |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $1000: Without a direct object, this verb can mean "to win"; with one, it can mean "to replace someone in a position" succeed |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | 14-LETTER WORDS $800: The period of a film's creation after all the footage is shot & it's being readied for release postproduction |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1000: To hang around after others leave & a pungent root used in Asian cooking linger and ginger |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | COMPOUND WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This term refers to Northerners who traveled to the South after the Civil War for political or financial gain carpetbaggers |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | "BEFORE", NO AFTER $400: These are the 5 words that begin the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" "Twas the night before Christmas" |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WORDS OF PEACE $1200: Often found after "wedded", it's etymologically related to "blithe" bliss |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | LETTER WORDS $200: If you think of something to add after you've finished a letter, put it in one of these, abbreviated P.S. postscript |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | 8-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): When a professor has this adjective after his name, it means he's retired but retains an honorary title & often, free parking emeritus |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | LATE WORDS $200: You'll find "late" in the middle of this word you use when you wish someone happy birthday the day after belated |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | 125 YEARS OF CARNEGIE HALL $1200: His 1983 special at Carnegie Hall included his last recorded version of one of his most famous bits
"After a while, I realized that I was needlessly restricting myself to seven words and only to the ones that weren't allowed on TV" George Carlin |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | 7-LETTER WORDS $400: Term for a man who has not remarried after his wife passed away a widower |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: It's what you "hate to" do if you can't linger after a meal eat and run |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS $800: This formal outfit for men is named after an exclusive area in New York's Ramapo Mountains tuxedo |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT $200: This short helping word is often found after foreign, first or hearing aid |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $400: "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | MEASURED WORDS $1000: After you land at the airport, pick up your car at this unit of frequency counter Hertz |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1200: Money for finding something lost & a person who looks after passengers on a ship reward & steward |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: So as not to disturb his cat who slept on his left arm, southpaw Albert Schweitzer taught himself to be this ambidextrous |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $800: "Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose", after stepping on her executioner's foot at the guillotine Marie Antoinette |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $1600: Decades after leading England through WWII, he declared, "I'm so bored with it all" Winston Churchill |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | GAMBLING WORDS $1600: This container can be found after "lobster" or "chamber" pot |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $400: Francis Scott Key wrote the words after the 1814 bombardment of this fort Fort McHenry |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $2000: A 1980s program of low taxes & trickle-down prosperity was dubbed this, after the man trying to implement it Reaganomics |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: One who comes back strong after adversity is said to rise from these, referring to the fabled phoenix ashes |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | A POTPOURRI OF WORDS $800: An after-dinner wine of the Iberian Peninsula port |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | SAME VOWEL WORDS $2000: 4 E's:
Long after adolescence, it's old age senescence |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | ADMISSIONS $600: About a decade after he was admitted to the Maryland bar, he wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" Francis Scott Key |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: After good service in a restaurant, make it 15-20% of the pretax total a tip |
| #6736, aired 2013-12-23 | LATIN WORDS & PHRASES $600: Postmortem means after death; postbellum is after this war |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | "OU" 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the Greek for "female slave", it's a woman who assists a mother during labor & after childbirth doula |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | WORDPLAY GRAB BAG $600: 10-letter words: self-denial of alcohol or sex abstinence |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | 2 WORDS, 12 TOTAL LETTERS $2000: The first trip of a boat after its acceptance by the owners from the builders maiden voyage |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | TEEN-LETTER WORDS $400: 13 letters:
Enjoy the ice cream after the palatines get removed in this operation common for kids tonsillectomy |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: Term for a document that comes before "of deposit" & after "birth" certificate |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | REALITY TV $200: On "Celebrity Apprentice", stars leave the boardroom for good after hearing these 2 dreaded words "you're fired" |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | CHILDISH WORDS $800: It precedes "league" & "varsity" but, in another way, can come after sophomore junior |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | CHILDISH WORDS $1200: This is often found before "hostel" & after "fountain of" youth |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | QUOTATIONS $600: After a scandal, this line entered baseball lore, though Mr. Jackson said he never heard those words "Say it ain't so" |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: A penal institution for young offenders a reformatory |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | 20th CENTURY WORDS & PHRASES $200: A scientist came up with this blended word after reading a paper on "'fog and smoke" smog |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): Around 600 A.D. the first pope named this collected & organized the chants used in church services Gregory |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: Said before a toast & after a sneeze, it means health in German Gesundheit |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: A young man lost after placing an "H" in the middle of this Italian bacon pancetta |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $2000: This word is found after clinical, manic & postpartum depression |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | STATE NAME ORIGINS $200: This state's name is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake of the same name Michigan |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | ODD WORDS $600: A snaste is this part of a candle after it's been snuffed the wick |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This French word for "truth" is often found after "cinema" verite |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | CURSE WORDS $400: After Eliza Doolittle uttered this sanguine British word, it was termed "the Shavian adjective" bloody |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: This liquid that's left after cream is churned can be an ingredient in a delicious biscuit buttermilk |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | GAME GOALS $800: Shake container with little lettered cubes; after they settle into the pockets, make more words than your opponent Boggle |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | FLAGS & ANTHEMS $1600: In 1922, after 91 years as an instrumental, this S. Amer. country's anthem got words calling it "a brave colossus" Brazil |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: After a 1997 golf injury, Evel Knievel got this body part replaced his hip |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | "V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $800: After it dries, this leaves a hard, glossy coating on wood varnish |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's a myth that this amino acid in turkey is the reason you nod off after a Thanksgiving meal tryptophan |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: If you want another drink, hand over some "grana", this; I'm not covering for you anymore after last night money |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800 (Daily Double): It was on to the next round after a correct spelling of this name that's associated with the inkblot test R-O-R-S-C-H-A-C-H |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: This interjection used after someone sneezes means "health" in German Gesundheit |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | OTHER RED STATES $800: After saying I knew the words to "30 Days In The Hole", I turned red & had this, the band who sang the song Humble Pie |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $800 (Daily Double): This author concluded a famous novel with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day" Margaret Mitchell |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Watch as chef Gordon Ramsey uses a few choice words on Pres. Andrew Jackson's unofficial advisers Hell's Kitchen Cabinet |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $400: A very handsome young man is sometimes called this, after the handsome youth loved by Aphrodite Adonis |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | WORDS IN NOVEMBER $200: A flowing gown for a judge or for you after getting out of the bath a robe |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | WORDS AGAINST WAR $2000: This American humorist's "War Prayer", about the Spanish-American War, was published in 1923, after his death Mark Twain |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | COMPOUND WORDS $600: Fred Flintstone could tell you that after you dig through gravel, soil, clay, etc., you hit this solid stuff bedrock |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | MYTHIC COMPANY $1000: He didn't "clean up" after the Trojan War; Agamemnon didn't give him Achilles' armor, so he took a "powder" Ajax |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $1200: Generic term for any vehicle that competes in the Daytona 500, for instance racecar |
| #4937, aired 2006-02-14 | GRAB BAG $600: It's the proper term for the dot dot dots that indicate missing words in a sentence ellipses (or an ellipsis) |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2000: After recovering from paralysis around 1660, Mary Margaret Alacoque became a famous one of these a nun |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | BACK WORDS $2000: These muscles of the upper back are named for their particular quadrilateral shape the rhomboid muscles (trapezius accepted) |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | WORDS OF A FEATHER $800: Children's stories, like the Childcraft version of "Rapunzel", often end with this word after |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | BRITISH FOOD WORDS $1200: "Digestive biscuits" is British for these crackers we named after an American Graham crackers |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: After some fierce flamencoing, you might hear cries of this, Spanish for "water" agua |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618
incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | COINED WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Scientists call planets that are neither too hot nor too cold to support life this, after a fairy tale girl Goldilocks |
| #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 |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Magic words used by Ali Baba to enter the cave of the 40 thieves, Big Bird & Elmo Open Sesame Street |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: In the title of a classic beginner book by PD Eastman, it comes before & after "Dog" Go |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1600: After this canine expression, George Borrow wrote, "And mine has been a fine one" every dog has his day |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Often said after a sneeze, it's also used as a toast, since it means "health" gesundheit |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | DOUBLE-"L" WORDS $800: In 1865 a Civil War battle took place in this "colorful" Texas city -- a month after the war ended Brownsville |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | POTABLE WORDS $1000: It's the residue coal leaves after destructive distillation coke |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | WATCH YOUR TONGUE $600: English began to absorb French words after this 1066 event the Battle of Hastings (the Norman Conquest) |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | DOUBLE-O WORDS $400: Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea a broom |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | 4 "N" WORDS & PHRASES $600: Tolstoy was partly inspired to write this novel after a neighbor threw herself under a train Anna Karenina |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: After Jesus went through the Transfiguration, his raiment, or synonym for this, was white as light Clothing |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | 14-LETTER WORDS $500: It was a time of rebuilding after the Civil War, & before all the Confederate states were readmitted Reconstruction |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | "CUS" WORDS $200: Parents living together have the joint type of this, & may continue to have it after a divorce Custody |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | IN 2 WORDS -- FAMILY $400: It's the term for the payments made after a divorce for the upkeep of the kids child support |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | WORDS FOR WORDS $600: A newly needed specific name is a retronym, like this type of "guitar" after electric ones came in Acoustic |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | FUN WITH WORDS $600: It's the aspect of a bar that our writers always desire
HOUR
HOUR OPEN
HOUR open after hours |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | FUN WITH WORDS $800: It's a mnemonic device to help remember vowel order when spelling out words
EYE E
SEE EXCEPT "I" before "E" except after "C" |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $200: Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor the guillotine |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $800: This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish Salmonella |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $400: It comes after "Hail Mary" in a Hail Mary full of grace |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | DEPT. OF REDUNDANCY DEPT. $200: Superfluous 3 words sometimes heard after the phrase "10 A.M." in the morning |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $300: Army dining hall before or after the meal mess |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS $200: A rough struggle like the one in a football game after the ball is snapped scrimmage |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Used to mean "To your health", it's most often said after someone sneezes Gesundheit |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $100: The animals of a particular region are called this, after the wife of Faunus fauna |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: The plants of a particular region are called this, after the Roman goddess of flowers flora |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the seed coverings & debris left over after threshing wheat chaff |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | 5-LETTER WORDS $500: It can mean to move ahead, or to shape metal after heating forge |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | HISTORY $400: His last words, 19 years after Manila Bay, were "Gentlemen, the battle is done. The victory is ours" Admiral Dewey |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: Wild celebrations are called Bacchanal after the festivals that honored this wine god Bacchus |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: Inspiration may be called the Pierian Spring after a place sacred to these 9 goddesses of arts & learning the Muses |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $400: His first words after being picked up in the Atlantic May 5, 1961 were "What a ride!" Alan Shepard |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | CORRUPTED WORDS $400: Acadian was corrupted into this word after a move from Canada to Louisiana Cajun |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | ODD WORDS $200: A kreng is the carcass of a whale after this fat has been removed the blubber |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Shylock's last words in this play are "I am not well; send the deed after me and I will sign it" The Merchant of Venice |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $400: Fiercely loyal, pitiless people are called Myrmidons after Achilles' brutal followers during this war the Trojan War |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | WORDS OFF THE MAP $500: Rugs, shawls & even a hound are named this, after a Middle Eastern country Afghans |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a shrill cry, made by a chicken after laying an egg Cackle |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: Cleaning up a great big mess is called "Cleaning the Augean Stables" after one of his labors Hercules |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | A"R"TISTS $400: In 1956 he deleted the words "Dios No Existe" from one of his murals after declaring he was a Catholic Diego Rivera |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: A synonym for autopsy, it's Latin for "after death" post mortem |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $100: French for "very much" or "very many", it often comes after "merci" beaucoup |
| #1681, aired 1991-12-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: Tall, powerful women are sometimes called these after the name of a race of female warriors Amazons |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: This word can precede "de chine", "myrtle" or "suzette" crepe |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $600: This word placed after the name is the Japanese equivalent of Mr., Miss & Mrs. san |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | MOVIE QUOTES $1000: "Wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there" The Grapes of Wrath |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | WORLD RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): The first of the Ten Commandments begins with these 6 words I am the Lord thy God |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | FILE UNDER "A" $100: Of all the sponge cakes we know, this one has the most "heavenly" name angel (food) cake |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $300: Enjoy this beverage after a good steak tea |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2500: Russian for "comrade", it came into greater use after the Bolshevik Revolution tovarich |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: The height of a person's popularity; for Willie Mays it was, say... as a giant heyday |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: This Christian observance held on the 7th Sunday after Easter is also called Whitsunday Pentecost |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $400: After feeding him or her, you pat a baby on the back to elicit this response burp |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $300: Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words "O beautiful for spacious skies" after a trip to this Colo. peak Pikes Peak |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): It's advised that you try not to talk, swallow, cough, cry or sing for 1 week after this surgery tonsillectomy |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: The man that guffaws after all others have finished guffaws the greatest He who laughs last, laughs best |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | 10-LETTER WORDS $200: After their freshman year, all students at the U.S. Naval Academy all hold this rank midshipman |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | FOREIGN WORDS $600 (Daily Double): To graduate "cum laude" literally means to graduate "with" this commendation (praise) |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: An orbiting tart pie in the sky |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Pronounced one way it's an Army fort in New Jersey, the other, it's French for 10 Dix |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: 1981 hit for Kool & the Gang, or what they probably had after they found out it went to #1 "Celebration" |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | FAMOUS LASTS $200: After stepping on the executioner's toe, her last words were, "Pardon, monsieur, I did not mean it" Marie Antoinette |
| #726, aired 1987-11-02 | UNCOMMON WORDS $100: Your "funiculus" is usually called this, & it was cut right after your were born umbilical cord |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | "FOR" WORDS $200: During an operation, these might be asked for after the scalpel & before the sutures forceps |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | WORDS OF THE '80s $100: Divorce after which couple continue living together, it's named for an Aborigine's weapon a boomerang |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: The 2 suits you can bid in bridge that fit the category spades and hearts |
| #549, aired 1987-01-15 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): As a TV title, it stood alone, came after "The Smith", & before "Affair" Family |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $200: Nefertari & Nefertiti were 2 of them queens of Egypt |
| #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 |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | '60s SONGS $400: The three "words" Manfred Mann sang right after "Do wah diddy diddy" dum diddy do |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | ABOUT "FACE" $500: The words "ten dollars" on a $10 bill, for example face value |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | 11-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): Group singing the following:
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day..." The Temptations |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | "WIN"NING WORDS $300: Not to be "pooh poohed" is this bronze statuette awarded annually for fashion design Winnie |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | "WIND" WORDS $400: President Carter proposed that oil companies would have to pay taxes on these windfall profits |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | WAR LIKE WORDS $800: After saying "England expects every man will do his duty" there, Lord Nelson was mortally wounded Trafalgar |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | BASEBALL $400: A young boy supposedly said these words to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson after Black Sox Scandal "Say it aint so" |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | 12-LETTER WORDS $300: Before 1934, the date for this was March 4; after 1934, January 20 inauguration |
| #272, aired 1985-09-24 | "BACK" WORDS $200: After a concert, it's where groupies go to get a glimpse of Michael, Bruce or Madonna backstage |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | "BAD" WORDS $400: To tease unkindly, word from practice of placing this animal in a barrel & sending a dog in after to badger |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1000: The first 7 words ever spoken over a telephone "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $100: P.M. afternoon |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $200: What ancient Egyptians believed in that atheists don't an afterlife |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $300: Soothing substance that follows a man's decision to "take it all off" aftershave lotion |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $400: The sky's luminance past sunset afterglow |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $500: Device on a jet supplying extra thrust afterburners |
| #119, aired 1985-02-21 | LAST WORDS $100: In Clement Moore poem, what Santa said after "Happy Christmas to all" and to all a good night |
| #119, aired 1985-02-21 | LAST WORDS $200: None of the Grimms' tales actually ends with this traditional fairy-tale ending and they all lived happily ever after |
| #12, aired 1984-09-25 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: In Czech, it's herec; in German, schauspieler; & in Hollywood, usually unemployed an actor |
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