| #9339, aired 2025-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Originally from French & from fencing, it's said when someone makes a good point in conversation touché |
| #9339, aired 2025-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Meaning "OK", it can be 2 words or one word with only a single "L"--less formal, but good enough for James Joyce all right (alright) |
| #9339, aired 2025-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This 9-letter word meaning back in America as opposed to overseas entered the language around the time of World War II stateside |
| #9339, aired 2025-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: To sever a link, like to stop phone service; as a noun, it's a gap between 2 entities or people & the stress moves to the first syllable disconnect |
| #9339, aired 2025-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This word comes from the name of an editor who toned down Shakespeare, for example making Ophelia's suicide an accident bowdlerize |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Latin for "to draw around" gives us this word that can mean to draw a circle that touches all a square's corners circumscribe |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: An Old English word for "insane" gave us this milder word meaning dizzy, perhaps "with excitement" giddy |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: New York City kept using this word for one who rides the subway long after they were holding onto metal bars instead a straphanger |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Audiences see a matador at work in this Spanish word for a bullfight, from a word meaning "running" a corrida |
| #9311, aired 2025-04-14 | IN THE DICTIONARY $4,000 (Daily Double): As a noun, it's a comfy place to sleep courtesy of our bird buddies; as a verb, it's to hire more workers than needed, by union demand to featherbed |
| #9283, aired 2025-03-05 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: National Dictionary Day on October 16 honors the day this man was born in 1758 (Noah) Webster |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | DICTIONARIES DEFINING SLANG WORDS $400: The Oxford English Dictionary:
"an inadvertent call made on a mobile phone in one's rear trouser pocket" butt-dial |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving nick |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Specifically, the first light of day dawn |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef chuck |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral a dean |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone a mason |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | THAT'S JUST LAWFUL $1200: Note the year in "Black's Law Dictionary" for a hanging this: "(2000)... attached to the ballot by a single point" a chad |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $400: Amodiaquin (an antimalarial): this protozoan amoeba |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $800: Beidellite (a constituent of some clays): this color beige |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $1200: Leguleian (a pesky attorney): this type of edible veggie legume |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $1600: Rauwolfia (a somewhat poisonous tree): this verb meaning to pillage or plunder ravage |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE NEXT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AFTER... $2000: Folsomoid (resembling a Folsom spear point): this, to incite a revolution foment |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | 18th CENTURY NAMES $800: His "A Dictionary of the English Language" was published in 2 volumes in 1755 Johnson |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1600: Found in the ear, this small bone connects the tympanic membrane to the incus bone the malleus |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This word meaning "to quarrel" rhymes with flicker & to flicker is an older meaning bicker |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: On the sign, "impasse" doesn't mean a stalemate in negotiations, but this other French word for a street with no exit cul-de-sac |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Two meanings of this word are a serving of meat in a circular shape & a permit needed by taxi drivers medallion |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: It's the type of item seen here; government-funded arts & crafts in the '30s led to the newer meaning, wasteful project a boondoggle |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $5,000 (Daily Double): In the singular it's shame; in the irregular plural, wounds like those of Jesus stigma & stigmata |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $600: Under P:
"A play in which the story is told without violence to the language" a pantomime |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Aputiak is another name for this snowy domed dwelling whose name means "house" an igloo |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Alex Trebek said he worked behind one of these, from the Latin for "to read" a lectern |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: A single member of the second order of angels, or any angelic baby a cherub |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Head to the end of the alphabet, past yarmulke, for this skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy; the pope wears a white one zucchetto |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $10,000 (Daily Double): Spur-of-the-moment, or a piano piece that's meant to sound spontaneous, like Chopin's Opus 29 an impromptu |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $1000: The dictionary says it's "a person regarded as being assured & artfully ingratiating in manner" a smoothie |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $800: Our Facts on File Dictionary of Music says it is "a direction implying a faster speed than allegro", but has nothing for "chango" presto |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $1600: This sandwich fixin' with a name from French: "one of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion" mayonnaise |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $2000: Early in the book, under "AB":
"to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another" abscond |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To play this is literally being done here, but can also mean to go too easy on someone patty cake |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Don't give us a whole long one of these, just identify the German word for "play" or "game" spiel |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1,000 (Daily Double): French for "half" give us the name of this petite cup of something hot demitasse |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Usefulness, versatility, or the type of knife seen here a utility |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: When this word precedes slavery, one person is not just in effect but legally the private property of another chattel |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $800: (The Miz presents the clue.) A beating, a humiliation, decisive setback is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines this, with credit to WWE where it began with some violent festivities one night in 1999 a smackdown |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | COMPOUND WORDS $400: This trademarked name for in-line skates is in the dictionary Rollerblade |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $200: The most important class of pigments involved in photosynthesis is this one whose name means "green leaf" chlorophyll |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $400: This constellation's belt lies near the celestial equator Orion |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $600: Neutrons consist of 3 of these:
2 down, one up quarks |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $800: Galileo was among the first to observe these dark solar areas that appear in 11-year cycles sunspots |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $1000: This German physicist doesn't look too happy, even though he devised quantum theory, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1918 Planck |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $1200: The OED includes this alliterative cartoon-derived term for a bite of food given as a reward Scooby snacks |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $400: Black's Law Dictionary says a "crime of" this is "committed in the heat of an emotionally charged moment" passion |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1700s $400: After 9 years' work, in 1755 Samuel Johnson published this pioneering reference work the dictionary |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In math it's the term for any raised number like the one seen here an exponent |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: French for "descent" gives us the name of this type of natural disaster an avalanche |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It's what you call the cylindrical hand warmer that the lady in the painting is using a muff |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Aristotle said that good tragedy should provide this, a cleansing of emotions catharsis |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: As an adjective, it means hasty; as a verb, it can mean to fall steeply or vertically, like rain precipitate |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | PRE HISTORIC $1000: This hairy adjective is extremely close to historic in the dictionary hirsute |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $800: "Naiveness" is in the dictionary but the more common noun is this French form naïveté |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | NUMBER WORDS $2000: The last entry in the online Oxford English Dictionary is this U.K. equivalent of 911 999 |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY $2000: This newspaperman & author of "The Devil's Dictionary" met a mysterious fate after going to Mexico in 1913 Ambrose Bierce |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE 1920s $200: The first volume of this reference work was published in 1884; it became complete with the tenth in 1928 the OED (the Oxford English Dictionary) |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | WHAT DO YOU KNOW? $1000: To have knowledge in a particular field is to know these veggies, though some say the word is a reference to a lexicographer onions |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | FOR YOUR REFERENCE $200: "Cyrus, epirus, papyrus, virus" is an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of these Rhymes |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $400: This word means drunk intoxicated |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $800: It's a more general synonymous term for a vaccination inoculation |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1200: It's 4 letters longer than lazy or idle & means the same thing indolent |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1600: In legal speak, it refers to a person guilty of arson or to a device designed to harm people or property by means of fire incendiary |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $2000: This French loanword means indifferent or nonchalant insouciant |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: A young male horse, or a gunmaker Colt |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It follows witch & precedes nut hazel |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: An old song says "A pretty girl is like" this, a pleasing tune a melody |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1,800 (Daily Double): A translucent yellowish fossil resin amber |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: A female donkey, or an early spinning machine jenny |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: There's a silent "B" in this adjective meaning mysterious & faint, like the Mona Lisa's smile subtle |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This optical device that uses mirrors & colored glass gets its name partly from the Greek for "beautiful" kaleidoscope |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This portmanteau word for a women's 2-piece bathing suit that provides more coverage than a bikini dates to 1985 a tankini |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Tilt, prejudice & diagonal are synonyms of this 4-letter word bias |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Geometry has cool words like rhombus & this one for a quadrilateral with only 2 parallel sides a trapezoid |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: "Ditch... used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front" a trench |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "Dense", or "exceeding 90 degrees but being less than 180 degrees" obtuse |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: "To douse with a liquor (such as brandy, rum or cognac) and ignite" flambé |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This -ism is a "relapse into criminal behavior" recidivism |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: "Of or relating to a church parish... provincial" parochial |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: High quality porcelain originally made in Asia china |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "Hanging" piece from a ballot that caused trouble in the 2000 presidential election chad |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: A Tar Heel in college, he led Chicago to 6 NBA titles (Michael) Jordan |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A former British coin equal to 1 pound + 1 shilling a guinea |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | COUNTRIES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This fine flexible leather made from tanned goatskin is often used for book covers Morocco |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | AUTHORS $2000: In his "Devil's Dictionary" he said mayonnaise serves "the French in place of a state religion" (Ambrose) Bierce |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE LANGUAGE OF LIKE $400: The "Hippie Dictionary" says it means "to see, understand ", as in "can you ___ it"? dig |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It means "to conduct criminal proceedings in court against" prosecute |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "A dictionary of synonyms", words with the same meaning... similar words... interchangeable words... a thesaurus |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: "A person who receives and disposes of stolen goods" a fence |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: "Needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the...yarn through intertwined loops" crochet |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: "(Of a disease) having long duration (opposed to acute)" chronic |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | JUST "NO" $400: Oui! In the dictionary it follows both film & Pinot noir |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | BUCKETS $400: In 1785 "Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" defined this phrase as "to die" to kick the bucket |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SPEAKING VOLUMES $1200: The most recent edition of this lexicon in book form was published in 20 volumes in 1989 the Oxford English Dictionary (the OED) |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | LITERALLY STUPID ANSWERS $200: Shortly after "imbalance" in the dictionary is this noun denoting one who is stupid & inane an imbecile |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $400: Make sure the caps lock key isn't on when entering a password that's this hyphenated adjective case-sensitive |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $1200: Wanna enjoy the great outdoors, but with indoor plumbing & fancy amenities? Try this portmanteau activity glamping |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $1600: This Greek yogurt sauce made with cucumbers is a delicious addition to the dictionary tzatziki |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): Digital finance can be confusing, hence the addition of this word for Bitcoin & the like cryptocurrency |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $2000: Chiweenie is a hybrid word for a hybrid dog: a mix of chihuahua & this breed a dachshund |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1000: It is "a quarrel or squabble" as well as a plant of the buckwheat family "used in making pies" a rhubarb |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The Greek name of a king of Ithaca is the source of this word for a long trip odyssey |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: We hope you've got a lock on this name for the decorative cutout on the neckline seen here keyhole |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: A quick solution to a difficult problem is this, the special item that can kill a werewolf a silver bullet |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: The name of this device for punishment, a wooden framework, also means to ridicule a pillory |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: A passionate plea can be described as this, from a French phrase meaning "cry of the heart" cri de coeur |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $200: Under E:
You should know it's Spanish for school escuela |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $400: The OED added the name of this "Winnie-the-Pooh" character to mean any gloomy person Eeyore |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $400: Under L:
Lavaplatos is this appliance a dishwasher |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $600: Under C:
Castillo de arena is this, something you see at the beach a sandcastle |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $800: You see all the episodes of a TV series in quick succession when you do this type of watching binge |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $800: Under A:
This word for yellow (as any Texan should know) amarillo |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $1000: Under Z:
You'll find zócalo for a main square & this masculine word for shoe zapato |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $1200: The Greek for "numbness" & "seizure" gives us this disorder characterized by sudden bouts of deep sleep narcolepsy |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $1600: Opera is a plural form of this 4-letter word opus |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY $2000: It's government by the wealthy, not by Mickey Mouse's dog a plutocracy |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SAY THE WORD $2000: One of the last entries in the dictionary is this enzyme in yeast that promotes fermentation zymase |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Depending on how you pronounce it, it can mean to declare guilty, or the criminal who's serving time convict |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: From the name of the muse, terpsichorean means relating to this activity dance |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Once noted for art galleries & now for boutiques, this 4-letter NYC area is south of Greenwich Village Soho |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: In one dictionary under acupressure, it says see the entry for this type of massage with a Japanese name shiatsu |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $6,000 (Daily Double): An image like the one seen here accompanies the entry under the letter "T" for this type of infrared imaging based on heat thermography |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $200: They're what an entomologist studies insects |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $400: Depending on how you pronounce it, it can mean to hint at, or very personal & private intimate |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $600: In her "I Am Woman" song, Helen Reddy was strong & she was this, meaning she can't be defeated invincible |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $800: Eggs can be artificially hatched in one type of this apparatus; premature babies are kept in another type an incubator |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1000: This 10-letter adjective describes certain devices that cause or are designed to cause fires incendiary |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Candid or outspoken frank |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Get pumped; it's the structure seen here a derrick |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This part of the eye surrounds the pupil the iris |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's the traditional gift for the 15th wedding anniversary; Waterford is a good choice crystal |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): First names in the dictionary that are synonyms for a Christmas song include Carol & this male name Noel |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | NEW TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY $1000: This hyphenated term describing a political environment in which facts are less important than belief post-truth |
| #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 |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $400: They're your chief biting teeth--you have 4 on top & 4 on the bottom incisors |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $800: The disguise seen here is perfect for someone who's traveling this way & doesn't want to be recognized incognito |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1200: It's a court order requiring a person to refrain from doing some specified act an injunction |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1600: It's French for an innocent, unworldly young woman, or an actress who plays one an ingenue |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $2000: It's the title given to a daughter of a Spanish monarch the Infanta |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | TAKE A LETTER $400: In the dictionary it comes before -ball, -bar & -shirt T |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $2000: Diacritical mark used to represent vowel sounds like the A in ago a schwa |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In this concept, from the Sanskrit for "fate", the effects of your actions determine your destiny karma |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Helen & Gregory, or the inexpert method demonstrated here hunt and peck |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Tarantism, once attributed to a tarantula bite, is a disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to do this dance |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Anguilliform means resembling one of these aquatic creatures eels |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This type of amulet gets its name from the late Greek for "perform a rite" a talisman |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | ACCORDING TO BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $200: "Parental" this is "given on a minor's behalf... for the minor to engage in or submit to a specified activity" consent |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Drawing, sculpture or painting, for example art |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: When speaking, brief to the point of rudeness curt |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This herb is a traditional symbol of remembrance rosemary |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: To force open a window, as with the short crowbar of the same name jimmy |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's paired with coo to mean whisper endearments bill |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | DIPLOMATIC DICTIONARY $1200: In negotiating trade deals, President Trump likes ones that are bi-this more than the multi-this ones lateral |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | ZOOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY $800: A respiratory organ in some arachnids is called the "book" this lung |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $1200: From ice hockey we get this numerical term for the space between the goalie's legs five-hole |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $2000: This 16-letter word refers to a person who is 110 years old or older a supercentenarian |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $2,500 (Daily Double): The neurological condition prosopagnosia is often called this blindness, for what isn't recognized face blindness |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | OTHER GREEK LETTER MALES? $400: In contrast to the alpha male, Urban Dictionary calls him "an unremarkable, careful man" beta (male) |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Fashionable & high class, like Mr. Bennett tony |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Sticky, earthy material used to make pottery or in song, a dreidel clay |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: The basic physical unit of heredity gene |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A fortified wine; Oloroso is a sweet type sherry |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's a Scottish word for a church kirk |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The name of a land agent gives us this tactic for refusing to buy a company's products boycott |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: As a verb, it means to stop the flow of blood; as an adjective, steadfast or loyal stanch |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: It's the holiday-themed term for a hidden bonus in a film or computer game an Easter egg |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A few pages after bagel, you'll find this somewhat similar onion roll a bialy |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's the long word specifically for a 150th anniversary a sesquicentennial |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | "O"POURRI $1600: New additions to this in 2015 included hoverboard, backronym & telly addict the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORDS OF THE YEAR $800: Collins Dictionary:
This word with a useful suffix to indicate leaving Brexit |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's what you should do twice a day with a dentifrice brush |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Specific term for the pine sap material used on violin bows to increase friction rosin |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1,000 (Daily Double): Its definition as a burden is derived from a Coleridge poem the albatross |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It's a 7-letter word meaning a child with extraordinary ability prodigy |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This one-ounce gold coin was named for an early South African president a krugerrand |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE $800: Myron Scott suggested the name Corvette, which in the dictionary was one of these a warship |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $600: This Yale grad put out "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828, when he was 70 (Noah) Webster |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | FROM NOAH WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY $1600: "A species of aquatic worm, which is used in the medical art for topical bleeding" leeches |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | FROM NOAH WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY $2000: "The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon" aeronautics |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | FROM NOAH WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY $3,000 (Daily Double): "One versed in the science of government and the art of governing"; also "a man of artifice or deep contrivance" a politician |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: When daylight first appears in the morning dawn |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: There are statute ones & nautical ones miles |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: The shrub seen here holly |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Past tense verb meaning "sketched a picture" drew |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: The delicatessen order seen here Reuben |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | ENTOMOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): Helpful in identification & classification, venation is the arrangement of veins in this part the wings |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $400: Lower in rank or quality inferior |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $800: It's another term for vaccination inoculation |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1200: You don't have to read Veronica Roth to know it's a person who revolts against authority insurgent (insubordinate accepted) |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1600: FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in" this infamy |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $2000: Contemplate this 13-letter adjective meaning "looking within oneself" introspective |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | TAKE MY PICTURE! $400: (Jimmy gets in on Sarah of the Clue Crew's presentation of the clue.) Collins Dictionary's word of the year for 2014 was this act that Jimmy's committing photobomb |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | WORLD LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Although best known for their fairy tales, these brothers were pioneers in creating a German dictionary the Brothers Grimm |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | IN RESIDENCE $200: Just before "mansion" in the dictionary is this mansion, the main house on an estate manor |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Quadragesimal means suitable for this annual Christian period Lent |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Coined by Edmund Spenser, a prothalamion is a poem written in celebration of one of these ceremonies a wedding |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It means to knock against others intentionally at a rock concert, perhaps in the "pit" of the same name mosh |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This word for an avid enthusiast comes from the Spanish for "supporter" aficionado |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: A pangram is a sentence that's special in this way it contains every letter in the alphabet |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This founder of Providence, Rhode Island published the first Native American language dictionary in 1643 (Roger) Williams |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A Biblical woman's name, it means pity but is usually found before "-less" to mean pitiless ruth |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This word for a person with a big appetite often precedes "for punishment" a glutton |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This word for the animals of a particular region is from the Latin fauna |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's defined as any substance with the tendency to produce a cancer a carcinogen |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: The entry before a synonym for the Abominable Snowman is this word meaning "so far" yet |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | IN WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY $400: "The student usu. of the highest rank in a graduating class" valedictorian |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | IN WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY $800: "To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers" yodel |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | IN WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY $1600: "A bay or recess in the shore of a sea, lake, or river" inlet |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A swimming event, or in music, an arrangement made from a series of melodies or songs a medley |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: As a verb, it means to throw repeatedly; as a noun, it's the skin of an animal, including the fur pelt |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This term for ending a life to end suffering comes from the Greek for "good death" to euthanize |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: NP is short for this health care professional who does many tasks customarily performed by a physician a nurse practitioner |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Cheval glass is one of these that's mounted in a frame a mirror |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | ENDS IN "O" $1000: One of the last entries in a dictionary is this type of Cajun dance music zydeco |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN MY DICTIONARY $200: This synonym for "giant" is an extinct woolly critter of the Pleistocene epoch mammoth |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN MY DICTIONARY $400: To fold over the corner of a page of a book to dog-ear |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN MY DICTIONARY $600: We don't condone testing on animals but a lab rat or this small tailless rodent might be the subject of an experiment guinea pig |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN MY DICTIONARY $1000: The bird seen here, or a chatterbox a magpie |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The name of this wrestling hold, whether full or half, may ultimately honor a British naval hero Nelson |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This word for a house of ill repute comes from the Italian bordello |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: The Oxford English Dictionary says the name of this cosmetic may be from the Catalan for "soot, black smear" mascara |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): Fittingly, it means "empty orchestra" in Japanese karaoke |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This 3-letter word is a long, narrow inlet or arm of a river ria |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | STARTS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS $400: Right after aardvark in the dictionary, you'll find this animal the aardwolf |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | INTERNATIONAL CRIME DICTIONARY $800: The equivalent of the madam of a brothel in Japan, an obasan is literally this relative an aunt |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | NEW TO THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY $1000: Make some noise in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop music
TOBAXEB BEATBOX |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PAGE 1,001 $2000: Emulsifier found in egg yolks & used in a wide variety of products lecithin |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $200: It's any of various small mammals that feed mainly on bugs insectivores |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) When salt & pepper are added to water & shaken, the salt seemingly disappears, while the pepper remains, because pepper is this 9-letter word in water insoluble |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $600: This color ranges from a deep violet blue to a dark grayish blue indigo |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $800: Don't spread it around, but grippe is an old name for this influenza |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | "IN" THE DICTIONARY $1000: A small hospital or dispensary infirmary |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: From the Greek for "words", it's a dictionary, or the vocabulary of a particular field a lexicon |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To pluralize "chateau", you can add an "s" or this letter an "x" |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Dating from the late 1970s, it means to subcontract services to another company, often in another nation outsource |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: The "con" in contrail, a visible trail of vapor created by an airplane, is short for this condensation |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $3,800 (Daily Double): The picture seen here might accompany the entry for this word found under the letter "P" pyrotechnics |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | DOGGING THE "WAG" $400: Partner of Funk in the dictionary biz Wagnalls |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $400: The main administrative municipality in a U.S. county a county seat |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) A small British military possession in Cyprus, Akrotiri, is an example of this--an area belonging to one nation inside another, from the French for "to enclose" an enclave |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In the mid-20th century, this noisy word got the new meaning of a street fight between gangs rumble |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: An abactor is defined as one who steals cattle; in the Old West he was called this rustler |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Campanology is the art of casting & ringing these bells |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: As a verb, it means to cover a hatch; as a noun, it's the timber used to hold the cover in place batten |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This adjective meaning "relating to population statistics" became a noun that can follow "target" demographic |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | "R"ANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1000: "A wild or semiwild hog... common in the southern U.S." a razorback |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This seat, the title of a Thurber story, is a position of great advantage a catbird seat |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's the point in the orbit of a planet at which it's nearest to the sun perihelion |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This French phrase refers to a form of psychosis in which 2 people share the same delusions folie à deux |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This 3-letfer Hindi word is used in India as a title of respect for a man Sri |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Often seen in crosswords, this 4-letter word for a small decorative case to hold needles is from the Old French etui |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH $400: Feb. 1, 1884:
You could look it up in the first volume of this, published in London the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Guggenheim Museum in New York.) Jean Arp turned to abstraction as a founding member of this movement that rejected traditional values & embraced chance, even in how its name was supposedly chosen randomly from the dictionary Dada |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1000: Under "G":
"Throaty... characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth" guttural |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | WORDPLAY GRAB BAG $1000: In the dictionary:
pertaining to creatures without a backbone invertebrate |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | DIRECT FROM THE DICTIONARY $800: "Fruitless", or "showing excessive pride in one's appearance" vain |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | ROCK GROUP NAMES $400: One story says Jerry Garcia found this band's name in a dictionary The Grateful Dead |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Part of the sole family, a hogchoker is a North American variety of this creature a fish |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The object called this is upright, but the person called this is not; he's a seller of stolen goods a fence |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: According to the OED, in 1772 this word meaning "new word" was a new word neologism |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: It can mean soft or delicate or, on U.S. currency, money offered for payment of a debt tender |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: 10-letter word for an indoor swimming pool--nice vocabulary there, Caesar natatorium |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A short haircut for women, or what you do "for apples" on Halloween bob |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Now calling one of these youths trained for knighthood page |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: It follows potato or precedes "off the old block" chip |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A shade of brown, like Crayola's burnt & raw crayons sienna |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: A jousting spear a lance |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | MY BROTHER'S IN THE SERVICE $800: His letter mentioned "Reveille"; the dictionary says it comes from the French for this verb to awaken |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Webster's, 1828:
"A premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference" a duel |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Blount's, 1656:
"A kind of drink among the Turks & Persians...which is black, thick & bitter" coffee |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Johnson's, 1755:
"A dog of a particular form, remarkable for his courage, he is used in baiting" a bulldog |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Cawdrey's, 1604:
"A pair of scales, or other thing" a balance |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: American Heritage, 1985:
"Under the control of a central computer" or "in progress; ongoing" online |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | RHYMING DICTIONARY $1200: A militant engaged in overthrowing the government; you'll know him by his wild hair & the smoking bomb he carries revolutionary |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The name of this branch of math comes from words meaning "earth" & "measure" geometry |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Five-letter word for the puzzle seen here, consisting of pictures & letters a rebus |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Switch genders & misandry becomes this misogyny |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Just a few words apart: one is a city founded by the Phoenicians, the other a type of connective tissue Carthage & cartilage |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: It's a 4-letter word for a small bouquet of flowers a posy |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | THE STORY OF ENGLISH $800: "A Table Alphabeticall", often considered the first English one of these, was published in 1604 a dictionary |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To invest with the functions of a priest ordain |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: To bring a formal charge or accusation against
before trial indict |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Get on "track" & name this adjective describing someone from Scandinavia nordic |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: A close pal or buddy; a political one often gets a plum job a crony |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Macbeth says life is "a tale told by" this type of person an idiot |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Under "V":
To vary & go back & forth on an opinion vacillate |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Under "S":
A servile flatterer or fawning parasite sycophant |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Under "B":
Nonsense! Poppycock! "The classic bluffing game"! Balderdash |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Under "Q":
To drink a beverage copiously & heartily quaff |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Under "Y":
Motion about a plane's vertical axis yaw |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1200: The "state of being morally abhorrent or socially taboo" in depicting sex, such as in pornography obscene (or obscenity) |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PAGE 1004 $800: 7-letter word for how much space you have in front of you in which to stretch out your feet on an airplane legroom |
| #6468, aired 2012-10-31 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PAGE 1004 $1000: Heard here is an example of one of these, a short melodic passage in an opera associated with one character a leitmotif |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This plural word can refer to insects of the order Lepidoptera or to that queasy feeling of nervous excitement butterflies |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of this number 13 |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This 12-letter adjective describes a person who can use both hands equally well ambidextrous |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This music word for 3 or more pitches sounded simultaneously is from the French for "to agree" chord |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $4,000 (Daily Double): Ounce & this unit of measure both come from the Latin for "twelfth part" the inch |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | INVENTIVE AD WORDS $1000: Don't look in the dictionary for "swapportunity", a word provided by this brand that makes Go-gurt Yoplait |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $1000: The dictionary says it's "a person regarded as being assured & artfully ingratiating in manner" a smoothie |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This term for a great disaster is found in the nickname of frontierswoman Jane a calamity |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: To ponder over, or to heat, sweeten & flavor with spices for drinking wine mull |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This adjective meaning delicately pretty follows "filet" in an expensive cut of beef mignon |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: A badge of office, or the lowest commissioned officer in the navy ensign |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Provincial; it also describes certain religious private schools parochial |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | WRITER'S DICTIONARY $800: It can mean firm determination or the outcome of the conflict in a story resolution |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's the more common word for a bird's furcula, a v-shaped bone that may bring a person good luck a wishbone |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A group of newborn animals, or to toss trash on the ground litter |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This verb from the Latin for "to be empty" means to leave a job or office, or the premises vacate |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: You may want to ward off these strips of wood that make a barrel staves |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Take a word for cloth or material, add 3 letters & you get this word meaning to make up a story fabricate |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | DOUBLE "F" $1600: In the dictionary this word comes before calculus, equation & psychology differential |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | BOOK LEARNIN' $600: You'll find "rid" in the middle of this word meaning to get rid of some text, as in a dictionary abridge |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A singultus is simply one of these involuntary contractions of the diaphragm causing a sudden intake of air a hiccup |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This word can precede "infinitive" or follow "banana" split |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: A languet is something that resembles this body part either in function or shape a tongue |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Often concrete, this mass at each end of a bridge bears the weight of an arch an abutment |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY $200: If you've put a scoratorium in place, you're trying to avoid hearing what happened in one of these a sporting event (football game accepted) |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY $400: A carnevoyeur is one of these who derives pleasure from watching others eat meat a vegetarian |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY $600: Failing to impress a woman you're attracted to can land you in this "zone" the friend zone |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY $800: A "cough & call" is a technique to avoid this (going to) work |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY $1000: "When an ethnic minority makes unfounded accusations", they're pulling this from the deck the race card |
| #6287, aired 2012-01-10 | IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU $800: This exhaustive reference work first published in 1768 is not British; it has been American-owned for over 100 years the Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THE 1820s $600: He was about 70 when he published his "American Dictionary of the English Language" in 2 volumes in 1828 (Noah) Webster |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | URBAN DICTIONARY LINGO $400: A "polarpoint presentation" is an office meeting in which the boss has adjusted this so no one will nap air conditioning (or temperature) |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | URBAN DICTIONARY LINGO $800: Drop 1 letter from the type of creature Sonic is in video games & you get this, one who monopolizes the aisle seat an edgehog |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | URBAN DICTIONARY LINGO $1600: "Froday" is the day you realize you need one of these a haircut |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This 10-letter word refers to one's partner in crime, perhaps as an accessory an accomplice |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This unit of measure also means to move by small degrees to inch |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: One who makes a brief but intense effort & enjoys short-lived success is this "in the pan" a flash |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This 2-word term can refer to a spicy sausage or a piece of highlighted text on a web page a hot link |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This 4-syllable adjective can refer to non-canonical parts of the Vulgate Bible or to any documents of doubtful origin apocryphal |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $200: Alphabetically, it's the first animal in the American Heritage Dictionary an aardvark |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's the flag of an army or a country, not just a star-spangled one a banner |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A thesaurus lists antonyms & these, just the opposite synonyms |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: The name of this type of teeny tiny blood vessel comes from the Latin for "pertaining to hair" capillary |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): A deep red color: as a verb, it means "to abandon on an island" maroon |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: These segmented sensory appendages on the heads of insects are thought to be touch & smell receptors antennae |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Need to change a tire? No problem if you have one of these portable devices to lift the car jacks |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To hit or injure slightly, or to give yourself a small cut while shaving--ouch! nick |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Its definitions include elegance, mercy & moral strength, as well as a prayer said before meals grace |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This nickname for Henry can also mean a coil, or a looped bundle of thread Hank |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 common names, one female, one male, that are synonyms for a Christmas song or hymn Carol and Noel |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It follows blue, cran & straw berry |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This synonym for shy is derived from abash, meaning to embarrass bashful |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Slower than a gallop, this horse's gait is named for a pilgrimage site in England canter |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: With a small circle above it, this letter represents a unit used to measure light wavelengths an A |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: From the Italian for "little property", it can be a trifle or a short, light piece of music or verse bagatelle |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | STAIN REMOVAL $800: Hydrogen peroxide can help with this, the only stain that gets its own single word in the Random House Dictionary blood |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | KNIGHTS OF THE DICTIONARY? $400: This knight eats only the cut of beef from directly in front of the round sirloin |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | KNIGHTS OF THE DICTIONARY? $1200: This knight wields his razor-sharp knife in the operating room surgeon |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | GHOST WRITERS $1600: Before he disappeared in 1914, this "Dictionary" writer penned such ghost stories as "The Haunted Valley" Ambrose Bierce |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland a kilt |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers" correct |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Maize is another word for this corn |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards a palindrome |
| #5957, aired 2010-07-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $5,000 (Daily Double): This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot" pedestrian |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | FRANCE $800: The oldest society of the Institut de France, it published its first dictionary in 1694 the (French) Academy |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | IN BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $200: "The malicious burning of someone else's dwelling house or outhouse" (glad the outhouse is protected, too) arson |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | IN BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $400: "The fact of having or holding property in one's power" (it's not 9/10 of Black's, it's only 1 entry) possession |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | IN BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $1000: "The initial step in... prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges" an arraignment |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN $800: To find this type of dictionary on your computer, double click the Alex icon a lexicon (in Alex icon) |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | SAMUEL JOHNSON $800: Samuel was proud of compiling one of these on his own in 9 years, a task that took the French Academy 50 a dictionary |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Originally referring to a country house, it was first used in 1851 to mean a gambling establishment a casino |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The American Heritage Dict.'s 4 entries for this word: state capital, German Chancellor, archipelago & sea Bismarck |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: As a noun, it's a small compartment for holding papers; as a verb, it means to assign to a proper category to pigeonhole |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Representing an unstressed neutral vowel, a schwa looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down an e |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Located toward the end of the dictionary , it's "z" chemistry of fermentation zymurgy |
| #5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THEREFORE, "IAM" $2,000 (Daily Double): Last name of brothers George & Charles, who in 1843 secured the rights to Noah Webster's dictionary Merriam |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | NAME THE BOOK $1000: "Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support" The Devil's Dictionary |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: By definition, a number that's infinitesimal is close to, but greater than, this zero |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Meaning "having imagined while asleep", it's one of the few English words that end with "mt" dreamt |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Reniform means shaped like this bodily organ; you might have a reniform pool the kidney |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Arabic for "peace", it's a salutation in the East, as well as a low bow salaam |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): It's a synonym for "ashen" or a term for a region within an imposed boundary; don't go "beyond" it the pale |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It's a 7-letter synonym for majorette, from what she does with her baton twirler |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: On a list of abbreviations, this language makes the list as "Lith." Lithuanian |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Appropriately, the word "volcano" comes from the name of this Roman god Vulcan |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The name of this corn & lima bean side dish is derived from an American Indian word for "boiled corn" succotash |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: The name of this horse breed tells us that it originated in the Perche area of France Percheron |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $400: Under N:
Nuevo is new and nueve is this nine |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $800: Under D:
Dormitorio is this room in your house the bedroom |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $1200: Under V:
Thank God it's Friday, in Spanish, this viernes |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $1600: Under P:
This is the word for "movie" pelicula |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $2000: Under A:
Abuela is this relative a grandmother |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | THE DEVIL $800: Ambrose Bierce penned this sardonic reference work in 1906 The Devil's Dictionary |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In fiction diablerie is representation of these devils |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: An arctophile loves these cuddly items named for a U.S. president teddy bears |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Someone who housels you administers this, & is probably a priest communion (or the eucharist) |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,000 (Daily Double): Put the 2 items seen here together & you get this word for a low-class person a guttersnipe |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: You might promenade along this flat stretch near the shore that also ends in -nade an esplanade |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $200: "A loud sound expressing disapproval", from a NYC borough a Bronx cheer |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $400: "A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels", from the Arabic a jihad |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $600: "Any U.S. state that tends to vote for candidates of the Democratic Party in a general election" a blue state |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This tech acronym states that "the integrity of output is dependent on the integrity of input" GIGO |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | IT'S IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: "A hinged plastic case designed to hold a compact disk and usually a printed insert or liner" a jewel case |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | STARTS (WITH "W") $2000: Depicted here and often seen in heraldry, it's a two-legged winged dragon with a barbed tail wyvern |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | DOUBLE LETTERS $200: It's in the dictionary as a short, high-pitched sound used to replace an expletive in a broadcast a bleep |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | MAKE IT SINGULAR $1200: Criteria criterion |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An interjection meaning "nonsense", it was often used by Ebenezer Scrooge (Bah) humbug |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The word mustache comes from the Greek mustax, meaning "upper" this lip |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It can follow bubble, mud or sponge bath |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: In poetry, a closed one is, "A perfect judge will read each work of wit / with the same spirit that its author writ" a couplet (rhyme later judged acceptable) |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: A skeptic denies that anything can be known while a radical one of these denies that anything exists nihilist |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | URBAN DICTIONARY $200: The first "L" in the Internet acronym "LOL" stands for this, as it does in "ROFL" laughing |
| #5091, aired 2006-10-30 | FAST FOOD NATION $1000: The founders of this chain named their famous subs after comparing them to a picture in the dictionary Blimpies |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $800: This -ology, the history of a word, appears in square brackets following the definition of the word the etymology |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $1200: Dictionaries use archaic for rare usages; this label refers to a sense of a word no longer in use, like "guess" for "aim" obsolete |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew struts her--"uh"--stuff.) In the 1947 American College Dictionary, Clarence Barnhart popularized this symbol for the unstressed vowel sound in words like "American" a schwa |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This Chevy car is perfectly ship-shape a Corvette |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $400: I think we can all agree on this Honda an Accord |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This Ford model created quite a storm in North America a Thunderbird |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It would take many of this Nissan model to reach its limit a Maxima |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | CARS IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This Volkswagen model is a real sport a Golf |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $400: In the American Heritage Dictionary, the last entry under "U" is this Israeli-made submachine gun an Uzi |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | AN ENGLISH-SPORTS DICTIONARY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the slopes of Park City, Utah while a snowboarder does a stunt.)
English: the sudden seizing of something as in the power type;
snowboarding: a move where you hold your board a grab |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY $400: We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style tap |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY $800: If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance clog |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around? waltz |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This centuries-old English dance "was up" for the bank robber when the cops arrived jig |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance a cakewalk |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's a scholar or an eye part a pupil |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Home buying is scary: this loan agreement comes from the Old French for "dead" & "pledge" mortgage |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This type of letter gets its name from being stored in the bottom of 2 trays used by compositors lowercase |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew measures what looks to be a small pipe or shell in the Jeopardy! science lab.) These 2 words, 1 derived from the other, refer to the instrument I'm using & the measurement I'm taking calipers & caliber (calipers & calibration accepted) |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,500 (Daily Double): This military rank comes from a French phrase for "place holding" lieutenant |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The OED says the origin of "quaff" is unknown, but it's probably this kind of word imitative of sound an onomatopoeia |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This 5-letter word refers to a joyous or triumphant song & is derived from Paia, a title for Apollo a paean |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: A Victorian author who rewrote Shakespeare to be less offensive lent his name to this word meaning "to censor" bowdlerize |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: From the Latin bullire, "to bubble", comes this cheery adjective meaning "overflowing with enthusiasm" ebullient |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Though it sounds like a chaste astrological sign, this word now means an ill-tempered woman virago |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY $400: A personal record of events in someone's life a diary |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY $800: Late to school or work tardy |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY $1200: Container for milk a carton |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY $1600: French for lemon citron |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY $2000: A bond, an electrovalent bond ionic |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | AN ENGLISH-SNOWBOARDING DICTIONARY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.) English--a small compartment in a theater; Snowboarding--a rail with an extra-wide surface a box |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | MARK MY WORDS $2000: In his "Devil's Dictionary", he defined "appeal" as "In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw" (Ambrose) Bierce |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | KIDS' DICTIONARY $1200: Made partly of rope, espadrilles are a type of these that a lot of girls wore in the summer of 2005 shoe (or sandal) |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | KIDS' DICTIONARY $1600: From a Latin word for "flow", this watery word often follows "log" in the names of amusement park rides flume |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | FORT SUMTER $400: The "Civil War Dictionary" says this "developer of modern baseball" "aimed the first gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter" Abner Doubleday |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | FROM THE GREEK $1200: I exclaimed this when I found this Greek word for "I've found it" in the dictionary Eureka |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | THE THINGS YOU SAY! $3,000 (Daily Double): "Make a clean breast" & "go to pot" are in the "American Heritage Dictionary of" these, which give ESL students fits idioms |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD COLLEGE DICTIONARY $800: Something's fishy with the addition of this fatty acid found in fish oil that's linked to low cholesterol & LDL levels omega-3 |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: If you're dining alfresco, you're dining here out of doors |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: A 16th century hangman gave us this name for the framework over an oil well derrick |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Used to express farewell, this French word means "I commend you to God" adieu |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a winery.) The science of growing grapes is viticulture; the science of making wine is known as this oenology |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2,500 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "yield", this verb can mean "to die" or to yield to temptation succumb |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $2000: It's a bay formed by a bend in a coastline, like the one "of Benin" a bight |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break" fraction |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800 (Daily Double): This cutting implement has the same name as a type of dive & a kind of trailer-truck accident a jackknife |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid chamber |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter" a hexagram |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass" a zebra |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $800: Meaning socially obligatory, it's from the French for "of strictness" de rigueur |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: As a noun, it can mean a series of objects; as a verb, to propel a boat with oars row |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It'll probably take more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, an Australian term for one of these animals a sheep |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: The Latin words for "moving" & "place" are combined to form this word for a self-propelled railroad vehicle a locomotive |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: Meaning crudely indecent, it refers to the every day form of Latin spoken by the ancient Romans vulgar |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl of the Clue Crew.) The name of this answering attack also refers to a quick verbal response riposte |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This word comes before duchy, canyon & slam grand |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Of a person who bowls, a small barrel or a noodle dish, what a kegler does a person who bowls |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: It sounds like an illness, but it's the pipe through which smoke passes in a chimney a flue |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It can mean disgusting, or 12 dozen gross |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Containing all 5 vowels, this 8-letter word means a feeling of well-being or elation euphoria |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | A DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN WORDS $2000: A group of citizens assembled to aid law enforcement, this 2-word term means "force of the county" in Latin posse comitatus |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | THE LAWYER WHO... $200: ...put some 70,000 words in alphabetical order to make a new American dictionary in 1828 Noah Webster |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY $400: The inclusion of this trademark toxin should raise a few eyebrows, or rather, freeze them in place Botox |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY $800: You can name this surgical operation that reshapes the cornea to correct myopia in 5 letters LASIK |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | LANGUAGE LESSONS $1200: (Sarah gives the clue from Munich, Germany.) In an English-German dictionary, this word can become quadrat or platz, as in Marienplatz, below us square |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | WEBSTER'S 1806 DICTIONARY $2000: A tiringroom is used by actors to do this in change |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Number of partners in a duumvirate 2 |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Somniloquists do this in their sleep speak |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This word can mean a representation of the nativity or a hospital for abandoned children creche |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This wind that rolls down the eastern Rockies derives its name from an Indian word for "snow eater" chinook |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This word for a trite phrase is borrowed from the French where it means "a stereotype plate" for printing cliche |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | SAMUEL JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY $400: "A Chinese plant, of which the infusion has lately been much drunk in Europe" tea |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | SAMUEL JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY $1000: In part, it's "The art which teaches the relations of words to each other" grammar |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | LAST PAGE OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY $400: Population 350,000, it's the largest city in Switzerland Zurich |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | LAST PAGE OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY $800: Ethnic group primarily found in South Africa's Natal province Zulu |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $600: One of the few words in the dictionary with 3 "W"s, it's a Native American get-together pow-wow |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle" jeep |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The name of this social insect comes from the Latin word vespa wasp |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: This adjective can mean extremely ornate or refer to the music from 1600 to 1750, including that of Vivaldi & Handel Baroque |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: This process is the diffusion of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane; some students seem to learn by it osmosis |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This word used to describe a type of school also means "narrow in outlook" parochial |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1600: Rich Hall has published several books of these words that don't appear in the dictionary but should sniglets |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | NOISES IN THE DICTIONARY $400: A type of band or the imitation of a tuba's sound, it can have one "pah" or two oompah |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | NOISES IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A light ringing sound, as of glasses in a toast; it also means prison clink |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | NOISES IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: It's a short, high-pitched tone, & can also mean "to summon" beep |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | NOISES IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner's shipmates keel over "with heavy" this, "a lifeless lump" thump |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | NOISES IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: This sound of vibration can be pronounced like the third person plural past indicative of "to be" were/whir |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This word for a time of day comes from the Latin for "ninth hour" noon |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This 7-letter verb can mean to close a meeting, or to meet in another place adjourn |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This "animal" verb's synonyms include endure, stand, abide, suffer & support (to) bear |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) This branch of mathematics deals specifically with the figure seen here trigonometry |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This Italian musical term tells you that you are "obliged" to play a particular part of a piece obbligato |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A temptress, or a device that produces a wailing warning sound a siren |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: These shadow portraits are named for a French finance minister known for his strict economic policies silhouettes |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: An auxilliary building near the main one, or to attach a territory to an existing state or nation annex |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The word roulette is from Old French for "small" this, though it's a big part of the game wheel |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: As an adverb, it means "thus" or "so"; as a verb, it means to urge a dog to attack sic |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $400: 19th century Englishmen Thomas & William Bowler got their names in the dictionary by making these hats |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | think small $1000: In the dictionary this word for extremely small follows something extremely big -- infinite infinitesimal |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | THE DEVIL, YOU SAY $2000: This satiric Ambrose Bierce work was first compiled as "The Cynic's Word Book" in 1906 The Devil's Dictionary |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY $400 (Daily Double): In Washington, if you know who POTUS is, you should surmise that FLOTUS is this person first lady |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY $400: "Infantile" nickname for the regional phone companies created when AY&T broke up in 1984 Baby Bell |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY $800: The name of this computer accessory sounds like a rodent residence a mouse pad |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The name of this burrowing mammal comes from a Spanish word for someone "armed" or "armored" armadillo |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Reniform means shaped like this bodily organ; you may have a reniform pool a kidney |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: If you know this "bovine" term for a circular window, you're right on target a bullseye (or bull's-eye) |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's a synonym for "ashen" or a term for a region within an imposed boundary; don't go "beyond" it the pale |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This French term for a pseudonym literally means "name of war" nom de guerre |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | THE OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY $800: Someone being snippy might put you in this sulky mood, the entry following "snippy" a snit |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | WORDS FOR WORDS $2000: On the same page as "epitaph" in the dictionary, it can be a characterizing word or an abusive one epithet |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: This 2-letter word is one of only 4 in the English language in which an F is pronounced like a V of |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Meaning "having imagined while asleep", it's one of the few English words that end with "MT" dreamt |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This day of the week is the only day with an anagram that's a real English word (it's "dynamo") Monday |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew pans for gold along the banks of the river at Marshall Gold Discovery Park.) From the Latin for "outlook", he's often depicted as a grizzled man who searches for gold prospector |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: The shortest name of a scientific "-ology" is this one that means the study of eggs oology |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, PAGE 1 $200: He hit his last home run in 1976 Hank Aaron |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, PAGE 1 $300: This Frankish king, who made the city of Aachen one of his capitals, may have been born there in 742 A.D. Charlemagne |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, PAGE 1 $400: The city of Aalst is found in this country's province of East Flanders Belgium |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This prefix appears with thyroid, normal & legal para |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The schwa used in a dictionary's pronounciation key looks like this lower case letter turned upside down e |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: A simple song, or the bag used by military personnel to carry small items ditty |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's the act of shaving one's head, or the part of a monk's head that has been shaved tonsure |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: A synonym for delectable, it may be an alteration of sumptuous scrumptious |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: By definition, a number that's infinitesimal is close to, but greater than, this 0 |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: As a noun it's part of a fastener used with a nut; as a verb it means to dash rapidly away to bolt |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: The coping type of this tool has a U-shaped frame a coping saw |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Arabic for "peace", it's a salutation in the East, as well as a low bow salaam |
| #3910, aired 2001-09-07 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: French for "animation", it's the vitality of the group that sang "Bitter Sweet Symphony" verve |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | 1801-1810 $100: In 1806 he published his first lexicographical work, "A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" Noah Webster |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Spelled one way, it's a strong ache; spelled another, a sheet of glass in a window pain/pane |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The name of this cap worn on graduation sounds like something used by bricklayers mortarboard |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: The 2-letter term for a medical prescription; it also means a remedy or cure Rx |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Add 1 letter to a timepiece to get this word for a sample piece of cloth (it's also a brand of timepiece) swatch |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This 5-letter prefix meaning "sun" can precede centric or sphere helio |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | WORD PLAY $1000: Alphabetically, the aardvark is the first animal listed in the American Heritage Dictionary; this mammal is second aardwolf |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | A RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY $600: In show biz this word for a room containing your clothing refers to the costume department Wardrobe |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | TALK NONSENSE $300: In the dictionary this triple-talk phrase meaning "and so on" comes after bladder & before blanch blah blah blah |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | CRIMINAL'S DICTIONARY $300: It's the 2-word slang term for the photograph taken of a suspect in custody a mug shot |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | ENGLISH $800: "The Professor and the Madman" tells how inmate Dr. W.C. Minor sent in thousands of definitions to this dictionary Oxford English Dictionary |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | GERMAN LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): The German dictionary this pair of brothers began in 1854 was finished by others in 1954 the Brothers Grimm |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: Look up "orator" in the dictionary & you'll see a picture of this man, secretary of state to 3 presidents Daniel Webster |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | SOCIAL SCIENTIST'S DICTIONARY $400: Technically it's any ethnic group in which the average height of adult males is less than 4' 11" pygmies |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | SOCIAL SCIENTIST'S DICTIONARY $1000: The results are in -- it's the quantitative study of human populations demography |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | REPORTER'S DICTIONARY $600: It's the "sloping" point of view taken in a news story or feature Slant |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | WILD WILD WEST $600: In the dictionary you'll find Mae West as a nickname for an inflatable one of these Lifejacket/lifevest |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: Look up the name of this Dickens character, & you'll find it can mean any miserly person Scrooge |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Used in medical terms, the prefix derma- refers to this part of the body Skin |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It's the 3-letter word for a sphere, the globe or an eyeball Orb |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: I'm especially "partial" to this word for a line cut diagonally across the grain of a cloth Bias |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1,100 (Daily Double): Rubricate means to write or paint in this color Red (ruby) |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | AUTHOR'S DICTIONARY $400: When this is used objects or abstractions are endowed with human traits, as in "The clouds wept" anthropomorphism (or personification) |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | AUTHOR'S DICTIONARY $1000: As in "all hands on deck", it's the figurative use of a part of something for the whole synecdoche |
| #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | A COWBOY'S DICTIONARY $500: In cowboy talk, to drink whiskey was to "paint" these internal throat parts the tonsils |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The snipe in guttersnipe is one of these creatures that frequent the mud at the edge of a pond a bird |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Meaning to vacillate between 2 choices, this phrase was originally "shall I, shall I" shilly-shally |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: From the French for "discomfited", to be "left in" this is to be left in trouble without help the lurch |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This 3-letter word for "class" or "kind" usually follows the phrase "of that..." ilk |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: This word meaning "to gad about" may be an alteration of gallant gallivant |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The back of your neck is referred to as the nuque or as this Nape |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: If you do this in your sleep, you're a somniloquist Talk |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This noun that means prolonged applause sounds like it refers to eggs Ovation |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Numismatists know the adjective "nummular" means shaped like one of these Coin |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Sphragistic means of or relating to seals or to these rings Signet rings |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $1000: Hunt for a synonym for "hunter" & you'll find this hunter mentioned in Genesis 10 Nimrod |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $500: As in "Bahia de Cochinos", it's what the Spanish word bahia means in English Bay |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | SINGLE QUOTES $600: In "The Devil's Dictionary", he defined "alone" as "In bad company" Ambrose Bierce |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $100: It's said when this game was outlawed in the 1840s, some players added a tenth pin to get around the laws ninepin |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $300: A province of ancient Egypt, or a city in modern Alaska Nome |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | BRIT BITS & PIECES $1,400 (Daily Double): Reference work conceived in 1857; the As were published in the 1880s & they got the Zs out in 1921 the Oxford English Dictionary (the OED) |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD $1000: This 18th century lexicographer's first dictionary is on display in the London townhouse where he lived & worked Samuel Johnson |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | IT'LL END IN "TEER"s $1000: It's like a dictionary, only the entries are the names found on a map a gazetteer |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | BIERCE'S DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $400: Bierce saw this, "An abrupt change in the form of misgovernment" in Mexico while following Villa's army Revolution |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | "NEW" GEOGRAPHY $300: Alphabetically, it's the last "New" entry in Merriam Webster's "Geographical Dictionary" New Zealand |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Of befuddled, vagrant or having a fuzzy rear end, what bumfuzzled means befuddled |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Singultus is a fancy name for this involuntary spasm of the diaphragm a hiccup |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: "Shrubbery" word for what you do to a bet to reduce or eliminate your risk hedge |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: A framelike stand that supports barrels, or Sinclair Lewis' Elmer a gantry |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's a "shell" term for the part of your heart warmed by emotion or sentiment Cockles |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | GREAT-GRANDPAPPY SAID $400: A great reader, Pappy said, "This" is "the only place where success comes before work" In the dictionary |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | MONOSYLLABLES $100: It's the contraction for "am not" & it is in the dictionary ain't |
| #3015, aired 1997-10-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: A newcomer not used to lots of walking, or a low-ranking Boy Scout Tenderfoot |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | ACTRESSES $300: In a dictionary you'll find her name next to the definition "An inflatable life jacket vest" Mae West |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: These folklorists compiled the largest dictionary, the "Deutsches Worterbuch", 1st published in 1854 The Brothers Grimm |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: A bibliomaniac is obsessed with collecting these items Books |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It's the female equivalent of chanteur, a term for a male cabaret singer Chanteuse |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: Laymen rarely use this word that means abnormally swollen unless they're referring to veins Varicose |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The adjective anserous means as silly as one of these birds of the subfamily anserinae Goose |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: In the U.S. it's a synonym for pancake; in England it's a compact that might hold pan-cake makeup Flapjack |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A hodad is a dude who "hangs" around beaches, pretending he's skilled in this sport Surfing |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: It can mean small, or a small case that holds face powder Compact |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Damascene, a term for ornamental work that features wavy patterns, comes from this city's name Damascus |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Maharishi, a term for a mystical teacher, is derived from this classical language Sanskrit |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: From the Greek for "single letter", it's a design composed of one or more initials Monogram |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: As a verb, the word skirl means to play this Highland instrument Bagpipes |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: From the Latin word for "four", it's a poem or stanza of 4 lines Quatrain |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This word can mean a drop downward, or one's lineage Descent |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This alternate name for a werewolf is from the Greek for "wolf man" Lycanthrope |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1,000 (Daily Double): This synonym for clumsy is from an old Norse word meaning "turned the wrong way" Awkward |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It's believed to be an abbreviation for "Oll Korrect" "OK" |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The name of this forecast prepared by an astrologer is from the Greek for "hour watcher" Horoscope |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: LASER & MASER are examples of this type of word formed from the first letters of a series of words Acronym |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Meaning shapely or desirably plump, the word "zaftig" comes from this language Yiddish |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Spelled one way it refers to an artillery weapon; spelled another way, it's an ecclesiastical rule Cannon/Canon |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Zoolatry is defined as the worship of these animals |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Sneesh is a British term for this tobacco product -- gesundheit snuff |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's a 4-letter synonym for a culinarian chef (or cook) |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | RANKS & TITLES $1,100 (Daily Double): 2 of the titles in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary that begin with the letters "kh" (2 of) khan, khalif & khedive |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | FAMOUS PHYSICIANS $600: This doctor who invented many foot care products published his "Dictionary of the Foot" in 1916 Dr. William Scholl |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | FACTS & FIGURES $300: This second-longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is this Mary Poppins-ism supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Specifically, it's a young eagle eaglet |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This rapid canter is a horse's fastest natural gait gallop |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: The name of this young onion comes from Ascalon, a Palestinian port scallion |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It can be the range of a musical instrument or a book on a hotel front desk register |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: One who destroys sacred images, it's from the Greek for "image breaker" iconoclast |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: From a character in "Robinson Crusoe", it's a 2-word term for a male assistant Man Friday |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The name of this covering above a bed is from the Greek word for "mosquito", which it once protected against a canopy |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This Hindi word for "master" was used as a title of respect when addressing Europeans in Colonial India sahib |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: "A mournful optimist" & "a deafening silence" are examples of this rhetorical figure of speech an oxymoron |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "to wash away", it can mean a heavy downpour or to inundate in overwhelming numbers deluge |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | NONFICTION $1000: His "Devil's Dictionary" was originally published as "The Cynic's Word Book" in 1906 Ambrose Bierce |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | THE 1920s $400: The forerunner of this British dictionary was published in 10 volumes in 1928 the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: This kind of contest is also called a spelldown; we won't make you spell it a spelling bee |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This word for a foreign person or a creature from outer space comes from the Latin word for "other" alien |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: A French word for "thicket" gave us this word for something a bride throws a bouquet |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An interjection that expresses childish delight, or an old form of address that's an alteration of "goodwife" goody |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: The Thomson's type of this antelope is named for Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson a gazelle |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | IN THEIR 80s $400: In 1840 at age 82, he supervised the publication of his dictionary's second edition (Noah) Webster |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: A.C., for ante christum, is equivalent to this other abbreviation B.C. |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: A tithe is this fraction of one's annual income contributed to support a church 10% |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: It can be a woman's short haircut or a British slang term for a shilling a bob |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: An upside-down E is used to represent this sound like the A in alone a schwa |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: A grasshopper larva, or a minor female spirit of Greek myth a nymph |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | BRITISH HISTORY $800: In 1755, after many years of work, he published his 2-volume "Dictionary of the English Language" Samuel Johnson |
| #2116, aired 1993-11-15 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: In a dictionary, the abbreviations pref. & suff. stand for these Prefix & suffix |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | GREENFIELD VILLAGE $400: The Connecticut home he lived in while compiling his American dictionary lies near a 17th cen. English cottage Webster |
| #1943, aired 1993-02-03 | NONFICTION $200: His great work, "An American Dictionary of the English Language", was first published in 1828 Webster |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $100: One dictionary defines it as "the word used in mentioning oneself" I |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: Because of its name, you'd expect to see lots of caressing in this type of zoo a petting zoo |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This word can refer to a trap or a type of drum a snare |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This ceremonial staff borne by some dignitaries as a symbol of authority has a "spicy" name mace |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Despite its name, this type of meeting doesn't have to convene on a mountaintop a summit |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: This adjective meaning delectable may be an alteration of sumptuous scrumptious |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: This can be any object of a prolonged search, not just a chalice used at the Last Supper the holy grail |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It can be part of a whale's tail or a strange stroke of luck a fluke |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: A horse's gait slower than a gallop, named for an English pilgrimage site a canter |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This word can mean a foundling hospital or a representation of the nativity scene a crèche |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: A free-for-all brawl, named for an annual Irish fair a donnybrook |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: The Hindi word for boat, Dinga, gave us this word for a small one dinghy |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This word for a railroad engine combines the Latin words for "moving" & "place" locomotive |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This Spanish word for a nap or the time people like to take one is from the Latin for "sixth hour" siesta |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: From the Greek "kubernao", to direct a ship, it became someone who directs a ship of state governor |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: A fine cotton cloth, usually plaid, whose name comes from a city in India madras |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | ANGLO-FILE $400: Published in London in 1552, the "Abecedarium" was an early form of this kind of reference book dictionary |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | LANGUAGES $200: This U.S. lexicographer was the first to delete the "U" from words like "colour" in his 1806 dictionary Noah Webster |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: This word meaning fantastic or bizarre is from the Italian for "of a grotto" grotesque |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This adjective meaning tearful comes from the Latin word for tear, lacrima lacrimose |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Peau de soie is a dress fabric whose name is French for "skin of" this fabric silk |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: Meaning "of the city of Saluq", the name of the saluki dog comes from this language Arabic |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1,000 (Daily Double): Panacea & panoply are 2 of the many words starting with "pan" that derive from this language Greek |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: A piece of regal headgear or the body part on which it sits a crown |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This adjective means sticky, cold & damp; sounds likes it belongs to a bivalve clammy |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This type of warfare is conducted by naval, air & land forces, not by toad as its name implies amphibious |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Sometimes this verb refers to propelling a canoe & sometimes it means spanking to paddle |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: This noun can mean a litigant, a petitioner or a man who is courting a woman a suitor |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2,500 (Daily Double): In "The Devil's Dictionary", Bierce called it "A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor" piano |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: The name of this fruit goes back to the Sanskrit word "naranga" an orange |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Meaning "to bounce a basketball lightly", this word is a variant of drip dribble |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Basin for holding baptismal water named from Latin meaning "fountain" a font |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: This compound extracted from opium is named for the Greek god of dreams morphine |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Latin for "cloud", it's a diffuse mass of interstellar dust a nebulla |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: From the Dutch word "verlof", it's a leave of absence granted to military personnel a furlough |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: From the Latin for "a hearing", it's an examination of accounts or records an audit |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: From the Latin "to open", it's a common term for a lens opening an aperture |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: From the Latin "to rule", it's a regulated scheme of diet & exercise a regimen |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Originally the title of a Japanese shogun, it now means a wealthy & powerful industrialist tycoon |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: An em is a size of type & 'em is a shortened form of this pronoun them |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Number of partners in a duumvirate 2 |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: You can reflect on the fact that genuflect means to bend this knee |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In Australia it'll cost you more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, one of these sheep |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: People were envious of those who could look out thru these slatted blinds without being seen jealousy blinds |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | LANGUAGES $200: In the 10th century Menahem ben Saruq wrote a biblical lexicon & the first dictionary in this language Hebrew |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | MONEY $200: One of the few words in the dictionary starting with the letters P-F, it's 1/100th of a mark a pfennig |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $500: In the dictionary, the abbreviation "def. art." refers to this part of speech definite article |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | REFERENCE BOOKS $1000: Published in 1985, the 2nd edition of this dictionary costs $2500 the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: "Spooky" term for a person who writes a book for someone else Ghostwriter |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: You don't have to be a bee to know this 6-letter synonym for "bungle" or "blunder" Bumble |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: This word for an assembly of witches comes from the same Latin root as convent Coven |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Meaning made or done in the Arabic fashion, this adjective is used in music, interior design & ballet Arabesque |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: You could be described as lupine if you resembled one of these animals Wolf |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | LITERARY QUOTES $1000: In "The Devil's Dictionary" he defined a saint as a "dead sinner revised and edited" Ambrose Bierce |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICANS $200: This educator's "Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" was 1st published in 1806 Noah Webster |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Pronounced one way, it's a motorized bike; pronounced another way, it means sulked or brooded moped |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This word can precede infinitive or personality split |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: The breaking out of a rash on the skin, or the breaking out of lava on a volcano eruption |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Word that means "citified", or the name taken by 8 Roman Catholic popes urban |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: It's defined as the act of shaving the head or the part of the head left bare by shaving tonsure |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Some dictionaries contain listings of both 4-year & 2-year ones in the U.S. Colleges |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: In a word derivation the abbreviation "OE" stands for this Old English |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: The schwa, used in the pronounciation guide, looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down e |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Term for the marks used to indicate pronounciation Diacritical Marks |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $4,000 (Daily Double): Pat Sajak could probably tell you more words start with this letter than any other S |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $500: The 1st Hebrew dictionary in the U.S. was written by this author of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" Clement Moore |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | WORD PLAY $1000: This Italian dessert is the 1st complete word listed under "Z" in Webster's 3rd International Dictionary zabaione |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Prefix that can appear with "graph", "legal" & "normal" "para-" |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Entry with 3 definitions: a German statesman, a city in North Dakota & a jelly doughnut Bismarck |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | FLOWERS $200: Alphabetically this flower follows "dahlia" in the dictionary; give me your answer do a daisy |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Before N. Webster, many people referred to his "Dictionary of the English Language" published in 1755 Samuel Johnson |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: A Portuguese word for "silly" or "stupid" inspired the name of this extinct flightless bird the dodo |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: It's defined as "a massive floating body of ice broken away from a glacier" iceberg |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: From the Latin "abscondere", to hide away, it's a wall bracket for lights or candles a sconce |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: The word that can precede trip, mouse or hockey field |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: It's the width of a scythe stroke; when you make a grand entrance, you "cut" one a swathe (swath) |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | REFERENCE BOOKS $800: Britannica calls this dictionary "the supreme completed achievement in all lexicography" The Oxford English Dictionary |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | FILE UNDER "A" $1000: The only Alexandre Dumas line listed in the Penguin Dictionary of Quotes index under the "A"s All for one, and one for all |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $100: "Victress" is the feminine form of this word victor |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: While a potter's wheel is used to make pots, a potter's field is used as this cemetery |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $300: Add a letter to the front of rumple & you've got this synonym crumple |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: As ursine refers to bears, taurine refers to these animals bulls |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | IN THE DICTIONARY $500: 1 of the 2 synonyms for "perhaps" that also starts with "per" (1 of) perchance (or peradventure) |
| #1077, aired 1989-04-18 | COLORS $300: The Random House Dictionary says to get this color, roast raw sienna in a furnace burnt sienna |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "MR."s IN THE DICTIONARY $100: When you get mad there's "no more" of this pleasant person Mr. Nice Guy |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "MR."s IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Underworld slang for the ringleader or the top banana Mr. Big |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "MR."s IN THE DICTIONARY $300: The ideal marital mate for a miss Mr. Right |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "MR."s IN THE DICTIONARY $400: A person with an impeccable record or reputation, though not necessarily bald Mr. Clean |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: To "nidify" means to make one of these, or so a little bird told us a nest |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An extinct feline noted for swordlike canines saber-toothed |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Name shared by a soft fabric & the soft skin on developing deer antlers velvet |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: By definition, "anthropophagus" people do this, so stay out of their way eat people |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: From the Latin "to kill", it means to shame or humiliate mortify |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Originally a nickname for Robert, a "dobbin" is 1 of these animals horse |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An intense feeling of repugnance & fear, or the genre of film that makes you experience it horror |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This verb can refer too preparing sodas or drying strips of meat jerking |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: From the Latin "fuscare", to darken, this verb means to confuse or make obscure obfuscate |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: From the Turkish word for room "odah", it's a female slave or concubine odalisque |
| #1006, aired 1989-01-09 | 10-LETTER WORDS $100: Look in this book to find all the words, not just the 10-letter ones a dictionary |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | BIBLICAL ZOO $500: Harper's Bible dictionary likens this plague of Egypt to the rats in the Pied Piper story the frogs |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: From the Greek word for "treasure", it's a book of synonyms thesaurus |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Whether it's shaped like a wedge or a ball, a "peen" is found at the end of this hammer |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This 5-letter word can precede game, shock or oil company shell |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: You might give a silver "salver", which is one of these, as a wedding gift tray |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: Geophagy is the practice of doing this with earthy substances like clay eating them |
| #904, aired 1988-07-07 | FOREIGN WORDS $300: "Ricksha" is a shortened form of this Asian word meaning "man power carriage" jinrickshaw |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE $600: In 1987, Random House released the 1st new dictionary of this type in 20 years unabridged |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Though you'll find a "personage" is a person, a "parsonage" isn't a parson but this a minister's home |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Tho "glossina" sounds pretty, it's the genus of 1 of these little suckers that carry sleeping sickness tsetse fly |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600 (Daily Double): You'll find it listed as a synonym for "enjoy" or described as a type of condiment relish |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: It's defined as an alcoholic solution used as an astringent, not a sorceress witch hazel |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1000: A "chandler" is both a type of merchant or a craftsman who makes these for a living candles |
| #801, aired 1988-02-15 | THE BIBLE $100: Harper's Bible Dictionary says this queen probably visited Solomon to set up an alliance & trade zones Queen of Sheba |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | THE DICTIONARY $400: What began as "The N.E.D.," in 1884 is known as this today the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | THE DICTIONARY $600: The 16-volume Deutsches Worterbuch was begun in the 19th century by these brothers the Brothers Grimm |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | MAE WEST $600: "I've been in 'Who's Who' & I know what's what, but it's 1st time I've made the dictionary" refers to this her entry as a life preserver (the Mae West life jacket) |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | REFORMERS $200: Former minister who tried to simplify spelling & issued a dictionary with Wagnalls in the 1890s (Isaac Kaufmann) Funk |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: In "The Dictionary of the Old West" it's defined as raw hide rawhide |
| #589, aired 1987-03-12 | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $600: Started in 1768, its original subtitle was "A Dictionary of Arts & Sciences Compiled on a New Plan" Encyclopedia Britannica |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | STARTS WITH "R" $200: In the American Heritage Dictionary, this word is illustrated with a picture of C-3PO & R2-D2 a robot |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | REFERENCE BOOKS $600: In 1843, G. & C. Merriam Company acquired the rights to this author's reference book Noah Webster |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | HUMORISTS $800: In his "Devil's Dictionary", he called birth "The 1st & direst of all disasters" Ambrose Bierce |
| #299, aired 1985-10-31 | "HOG" WILD $300: The Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Life says everything about this African animal is ugly a warthog |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | PROVERBS $600: According to many, "The only place where success comes before work" is in this book the dictionary |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In 1843, the Merriams took over the rights to his dictionary Webster |
| #70, aired 1984-12-14 | TRIVIA $100: The order of works in a dictionary alphabetic |
