| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | 8-LETTER WORDS $800: Type of complete breakdown that's in the name of a bee colony disorder a collapse |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: South-of-the-border dog breed (1967) Chihuahua |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: Narrow-edged cutter at the front of the jaw (1975) incisor |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: It's a system of sending messages using flags (1946) semaphore |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1600: French word for cherry that's also a shade of red (1926) cerise |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: "Sweet melody" music maker struck with handheld hammers (1949) dulcimer |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $400: The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1600: No yolk, 1928's winning word was this white part of an egg A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: In 1994 it was this 12-letter word meaning before the Biblical flood A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BEE WORDS $400: Weals of urticaria are this itchy skin condition hives |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BEE WORDS $800: Quadcopters being all the rage, ESPN now airs the DRL, or this Racing League drone |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BEE WORDS $1200: Zeus & friends ate ambrosia & drank this nectar |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BEE WORDS $1600: These "words" by definition are in vogue & culturally trendy buzzwords |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BEE WORDS $2000: A rani is one of these a queen |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | ANIMATED MOVIE SONGS $1200: In "Bee Movie" you'll hear the words "honey honey" in this song by the Archies "Sugar, Sugar" |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BEE WORDS $200: Also called nettle rash, they're characterized by itchy red or white patches hives |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: This table has the days of the month & year C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BEE WORDS $400: It's a region politically controlled by a distant country such as Angola by Portugal before its independence a colony |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BEE WORDS $600: It's an elaborate confidence game like the one pulled off by Paul Newman & Robert Redford in a 1973 film a sting |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: Joyous or cheerful, like Noel Coward's title "Spirit" B-L-I-T-H-E |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BEE WORDS $800: There are several shapes of these atop chickens' heads, including the rose, the walnut & the pea a comb |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | BEE WORDS $1000: In its most basic form, a bagpipe consists of a melody pipe & this that produces a single constant note a drone |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: The "boogie woogie flu" has been known to accompany the "rockin'" type of this ailment P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: A scary New Testament quartet is known as the Four Horsemen of it A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1984:
A French-named sled with its own Olympic events L-U-G-E |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1956:
An apartment that's owned, not rented C-O-N-D-O-M-I-N-I-U-M |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: 1993:
A World War II suicide pilot K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Round 2 included this French-derived word for the supporting frame of a car the chassis |
| #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 |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: From its etymology you can figure out that "sangsue", from Round 15, is a name for this worm leech |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Early in Round 3 was this Spanish word for cowboy vaquero |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: Round 8 served up this 10-letter Japanese word for meat & vegetables cooked tableside on a griddle teppanyaki |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Luckily a competitor didn't have one spelling this word that means "pertaining to the heart" C-O-R-O-N-A-R-Y |
| #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 |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The pressure was on in round 3 when one girl had to spell this Japanese massage technique S-H-I-A-T-S-U |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: His bark is worse than his bite except in the case of this barkless African dog B-A-S-E-N-J-I |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exist/
unwanted "bonnet" intruder be/bee |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | 5-LETTER WORDS $400: A bee with no sting a drone |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Your largest one is the gluteus maximus M-U-S-C-L-E |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: It's French for butterfly P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: It's an Italian appetizer of toasted bread, garlic & olive oil, often topped with chopped tomatoes B-R-U-S-C-H-E-T-T-A |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The first Grand Inquisitor of Spain was the notorious Tomas de... T-O-R-Q-U-E-M-A-D-A |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: With this word, we assume they meant a shutout in gin rummy & not the super on "One Day at a Time" S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-R |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Muhammad Ali stung like a bee with this short, straight punch a jab |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1928:
No yolk, just this white part of the egg A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1954:
This architectural term for the part of a church that crosses the nave at right angles T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: 1982:
Psoriasis was the winning word;
1965:
This itchy skin condition E-C-Z-E-M-A |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Honey-making hive homey bee |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $200: 1946:
This system of flag & arm position signals S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1983:
This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews P-U-R-I-M |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $600: 1976:
This condition, characterized by frequent & uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1985:
This 6-letter French word meaning setting or environment M-I-L-I-E-U |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1000: 1994:
Pertaining to the period before the flood, it also means out of date A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Bury yourself (& an ancient Egyptian) in this 1981 winner from the greek for "flesh-eating" S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $300: It's the type of bedcover that's often made at a "bee" quilt |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | 1999 EUROPEAN STAMPS $200: An Isle of Man series honoring this group has "Night Fever", "Words" & "Massachusetts" stamps Bee Gees |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | IN OTHER WORDS THAT'S NIFTY! $200: They're the "apian leg joints", sweetie! Bee's knees |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Bee home a hive |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | ODD WORDS $200: This insect stores pollen in a "corbicula", a little basket in its body Bee |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | ODD WORDS $1000: This long word meaning "before Noah's flood" was the last word in the 1994 Scripps Howard Nat'l Spelling Bee antediluvian |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $100: You don't have to be an insect to attend a sewing one of these a sewing bee |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | WORDS OF WISDOM $800: The book of Proverbs says "Go to" this insect, "thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise" the ant |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORDY SONGS $500: 1 of 2 groups whose "Words" became hits in '67 or '68 (1 of) The Monkees or the Bee Gees |
| #723, aired 1987-10-28 | KILLER WORDS $1000: From Latin for "bee", it's the killing of bees, whether they "bee" killers or not apicide |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | SCIENTISTS $1000: 19th century German mathematician remembered for his "strip", a single-sided loop (August) Möbius |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | "J" WORDS $200: In 1975, it was the Bee Gees' way of talkin' Jive |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: The formation of words to imitate natural sounds such as a bee's buzz onomatopoeia |
