| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $2000: 14 letters:
A sequence of fantastic & weird images, as seen perhaps in a dream or while hallucinating phantasmagoria |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | THAT'S A LONG STORY $3,200 (Daily Double): "Yes I said yes I will yes" are the last of this 1922 story's many, many words Ulysses |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $5,400 (Daily Double): Sigmund knows that this is from the German for "damage" & "joy" & I'm getting a certain amount of it right now schadenfreude |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there combustible |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $300: In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie says the "Queen Mother of dirty words" but this other "F" word is swapped in to keep it clean fudge |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you go to bat |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E) |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $600: In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running On" these 2 letters Empty (M-T) |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour a tire (in antireligious) |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $600: On June 16, 1966 activist Stokely Carmichael rallied a crowd with "we want" these 2 words Black power |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SOME HARD WORDS $800: Thoroughly heated via immersion, or the type of fiction mastered by James M. Cain hard-boiled |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $400: In Mexico to laze around is "echar la hueva", literally to toss this food item egg |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $1200: Take a diphthong into this word for a sullen expression, which "you better not" do, "I'm telling you why" in a Christmas song pout |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | ROMANTIC MOVIE LINES $1000: In "Moonstruck", after Nicolas Cage says, "I'm in love with you", Cher slaps him twice & says these 4 words Snap out of it |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: The "R" in RSVP stands for "repondez", while the last 3 letters stand for this, French for "if you please" s'il vous plait |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | WEATHER WORDS $200: Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come" these 2 opposites rain & shine |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | NUMBER WORDS $1600: This slang number for a certain crop is thought to date to a San Rafael, California high school in the early 1970s 420 |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $2000: eli5 is shorthand for this expression, so use small words to clarify explain it to me like I'm 5 |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: This adjective for a defective argument begins with one of the 4 seasons fallacious |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | WORDS WITH A SINGLE VOWEL $1600: "Bourbon and" this refers to a drink made with pure, iron-free water branch |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $1200: "When I'm not with you, I lose my mind give me a sign", these 6 words, Britney sang in a 1999 No. 1 "Hit me baby one more time" |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $400: Bare-faced, bald-faced or bold-faced, you're one of these & I'm (another cliché) taking your words with a grain of salt a liar |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ALTERNATE ANTHEMS $1600: If it's got to be about the stars & stripes, how about "The Stars & Stripes Forever" or George M. Cohan's "You're A" these 3 words Grand Old Flag |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | WORDS ABOUT WORDS $2000: An eponym is a word derived from a person's name; this is a word for a person from a particular place, like Muscovite demonym |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | POE "M" $600: In the title of a Poe story, "in the Rue" is in between these 2 words Murders & Morgue |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Used to indicate whether a substance is acidic or basic, this compound is obtained from lichens litmus |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | I'M YOUR NEW PERSONAL TRAINER! $1600: An intense circuit-style workout, metcon is short for these 2 words, & we're gonna hit it hard today! metabolic conditioning |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | WORDS START WITH "U" $1200: Adding an "M" to this word meaning "to speak" makes it something hard to hear utter |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | THEATER TERMINOLOGY $2000: From ancient words meaning "before the stage" comes this arch found in a theater proscenium |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | "D.M." ME $2000: The full name of this disease comes from words meaning "to pass through" & "sweetened with honey" diabetes mellitus |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | IT'S TIME FOR TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): Jet lag is a disruption in these rhythms of the body, from Latin words for "about the day" circadian |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | NEWER WORDS $800: This "alert" means warning: I'm about to give away the plot spoiler alert |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $200: Soup's on! This thick Italian one with vegetables, beans & bits of pasta minestrone |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $400: It's the Naval Academy's equivalent of a West Point cadet a midshipman |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $600: It's a little fancier name for a bartender a mixologist |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $800: Hark back to yesteryear to this old office machine being used here a mimeograph |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 10-LETTER "M" WORDS $1000: Medically speaking it's another term for a TIA, or transient ischemic attack a ministroke |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES $2000: In an R.E.M. classic these 10 words precede "(And I Feel Fine)" "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | "OO"DLES OF WORDS $1200: One of the official colors of Texas A&M is Aggie this maroon |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | IN GENERAL $600: These 2 words, respectively, are the "M" in SMU & the "C" in TCU, Texas school that we follow religiously Methodist and Christian |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $400: The name of this large sea comes from words for "middle of the land" M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | NON-AMERICAN GODS $400: This Roman god of the forge lived long & prospered but his last words should've been "I'm smelting! I'm smelting!" Vulcan |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | I'M AMEN-ABLE TO THAT $2000: The 1737 "New England Primer" included the children's prayer that begins with these 7 words "Now I lay me down to sleep" |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1600: No yolk, 1928's winning word was this white part of an egg A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | 9-LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Teddy Roosevelt took this term from "Pilgrim's Progress" to refer to one who digs up scandal about famous people muckraker |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $800: No more Words With Friends on your phone, which is now mine; play this tiled Hasbro board game later on your own time Scrabble |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $800: As Andy Grammer mavens know, this phrase used to only mean you were OK; now it can mean "No thanks" "I'm good" |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2,500 (Daily Double): "Madam, I'm Adam" is a famous one a palindrome |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Colorful term for a misleading clue, which I hope the clue I'm reading is not a red herring |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | MOTTOES $200: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) The official motto of the District of Columbia translates to these 3 words that follow the word "and" in the Pledge of Allegiance justice for all |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? $200: "Yeah I know that I let you down, is it too late to say I'm sorry now?" Justin Bieber |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? $600: "I'm so sick of that same old love, my body's had enough" Selena Gomez |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $800: 4-letter spelling of the word the OED says is imitative of "the sound made in clearing the throat" A-H-E-M |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | I'M INNOCENT $200: If you're on trial, you want to hear these 2 words follow "We the jury find the defendant..." not guilty |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1200: The "boogie woogie flu" has been known to accompany the "rockin'" type of this ailment P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | A IS THE ONLY VOWEL $1600: Worn here, it's comfy but can also be elegant a kaftan |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: I'm taking a survey--please fill out this list of queries questionnaire |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $1600: Decades after leading England through WWII, he declared, "I'm so bored with it all" Winston Churchill |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | ABBREV. $400: When referring to ships, the "H" in H.M.S. can be either of these 2 words his & her |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates, with Jimmy nearby for support.) I'm literally walking on eggshells; the reason they're not breaking is the curve of the shell distributes this 8-letter term evenly pressure |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $1000: This thing on strings puts the "M" in Muppet a marionette |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: It indicates an omission, as in "The Case of Lady M*" an asterisk |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | CNN WORLD LANGUAGES $2000: (Jim Bittermann delivers the clue.) Here in Paris this simple phrase, 2 rhyming 2-letter words, is very useful for saying "How's it going?", "I'm good", "Does that work for you?" & more ça va |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | OSCAR SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 2005:
Things are difficult in regards to the call-girl management industry "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | SONG LYRICS $800: Kelly Clarkson:
"Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone" "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $400: Who's a commitment-phobe? In the words of the traditional wedding ceremony, I'm in "until death do us" this part |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1956:
An apartment that's owned, not rented C-O-N-D-O-M-I-N-I-U-M |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: 1993:
A World War II suicide pilot K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | A FARSI LEXICON $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays two Farsi words on the monitor.) Both ending in the equivalent of "M" are the words "Islam" & this, one of the religious titles of Ayatollah Khomeini imam |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | TIME MANAGEMENT $400: A.M. comes from the Latin words "ante meridiem", meaning "before" this noon |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | OBAMA-RAMA $1000: In 2008 Obama said, "I'm running for president because I want to tell them" these 3 words, his campaign slogan Yes we can |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | THE BEATITUDES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Israel.) I'm at the Church of the Beatitudes, on the hill where Jesus spoke the words, "Blessed are these people, for they shall inherit the earth" the meek |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: He's dead, Jim. --not for long; I'm going to perform this process of restoring breath & heartbeat resuscitation |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour tire (in antireligious) |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | I'M HOLDING A PAIR $1000: In 1877 these 2 moons of Mars got their names from words denoting fear & terror Phobos & Deimos |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | WORDS OF STEVIE WONDER $1200: "Like a fool, I went & stayed too long, now I'm wonderin' if your love's still strong, ooo, baby, here I am" these 3 things, "I'm yours" signed, sealed, delivered |
| #6436, aired 2012-09-17 | MATH WORDS $1600: The letter m indicates this steepness of a line a slope |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $800: You said it with "TWITA"--"that's what" these 3 words i'm talking about |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money counterproductive |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $1600: M:
This memory-assisting type of phrase a mnemonic |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | CANINE WORDS & PHRASES $1200: On "Cheers" Norm once said it's this type of "world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear" a dog-eat-dog |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: I'm going to use my power of this to tell you it's from the Latin for "supplying a hint" suggestion |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | "Y"s UP $800: If I'm kibbitzing or kvetching & saying things that are just plain schmaltzy, I'm using words from this language Yiddish |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | 10-LETTER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): Jay M. Arena, director of the Duke Poison Control Center, devised this type of bottle cap childproof |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: Mi dispiace is this apologetic phrase "I'm sorry" |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | "G" MEN $600: Wellington's last words, "Yes, if you please", came when asked if he'd like some tea, maybe this P.M. who followed him Earl Grey |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $1000: A sophisticated debating technique is to point out that "I'm" this, "you're glue" rubber |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | TV OPENING WORDS $800: 2005: "...I made a list of everything bad I've ever done, and one by one I'm going to make up for all my mistakes..." My Name is Earl |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 7-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Wilkommen" to this type of supper club, from the Old French for "small room" cabaret |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Cousin Fred said he was Napoleon last night; I'm afraid he might be "maluco", this crazy |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: If you want another drink, hand over some "grana", this; I'm not covering for you anymore after last night money |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | 13-LETTER WORDS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew zaps instantly across the room.) I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place teleportation |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet mu |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ON THE BIG SCREEN $1200: (Hey, I'm Mark McGrath.) My band & I sang the song "Words To Me" in this 2002 movie about a hungry hyphenated Hanna-Barbera hound Scooby-Doo |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $800: In 1966 the U.S. government banned M-80s & these round, red firecrackers cherry bombs |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | 14-LETTER WORDS $1600: I'm thinking of an adverb that defines how I'm now communicating it between our minds this way... telepathically |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: Your largest one is the gluteus maximus M-U-S-C-L-E |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | 2007 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: The first Grand Inquisitor of Spain was the notorious Tomas de... T-O-R-Q-U-E-M-A-D-A |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS $400: Alex Hamilton wants him to be pres.; them's fighting words. I'm Aaron Burr & I approved this message Thomas Jefferson |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | WORDS IN HISTORY $2000: It's a member of the British Conservative Party, m'lord a Tory |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | WORDS $600: If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment relish |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | WORD WORDS $1200: When I use the phrase "buy the farm" for death, I'm using one of these, from the Greek for "auspicious words" euphemism |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | LEMME SEE THOSE "LIP"s $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew speaks with Kelly's voice, then Kelly speaks with Jon's!) It's what Jon's doing to my words... & what I'm now doing to his lip-syncing |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1989:
"Similar To One Supplication" "Like A Prayer" |
| #5146, aired 2007-01-15 | I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS $2000: Enjoy this $2000 quanswer--see, I'm one of these, a creator of new words neologist |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | AZTEC GODS $1000: Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of this & therefore lived in the underworld the dead (or death) |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1928:
No yolk, just this white part of the egg A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: 1982:
Psoriasis was the winning word;
1965:
This itchy skin condition E-C-Z-E-M-A |
| #5082, aired 2006-10-17 | SIGMUND FREUD $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is in the library of the Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria.) I'm holding a first edition of Freud's 1923 classic work, "Das Ich und das Es", translated in 1927 as these 2 words id & ego |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | MOVIE QUOTES $2000: 1952, Grace Kelly:
"You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow" High Noon |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): An important article of religious faith a tenet |
| #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) |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Having many sides, like diplomatic talks among more than 2 parties multilateral |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $200: 1946:
This system of flag & arm position signals S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1983:
This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews P-U-R-I-M |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: 1985:
This 6-letter French word meaning setting or environment M-I-L-I-E-U |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | "NYM" DROPPER $2,000 (Daily Double): Guillotine & sandwich are examples of these eponyms |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | LONG WORDS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew writes the names of the seven dwarfs on a blackboard.) It's the re-ordering procedure that I'm implementing alphabetizing |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $3,800 (Daily Double): For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation Christmas |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | RELATED WORDS $2000: If you're lucky, your remuneration will be this, an adjective from the same Latin root munificent |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $2000: Sigmund knows that this is from the German for "damage" & "joy" & I'm getting a certain amount of it right now schadenfreude |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | COINED WORDS & PHRASES $11,200 (Daily Double): A late arrival to manned space flight, this country's space pilots are called taikonauts China |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | I'M "L__X" $2000: From the Greek for "of words", it's all the words belonging to a particular branch of knowledge lexicon |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: The President during WWI, his last words to his wife were "Edith, I'm a broken machine, but I'm ready" Woodrow Wilson |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew combs a horse.) Spicy-sounding name for the type of comb I'm using to give Daily Double a good grooming a curry comb |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Africa's closest point to the continent of Europe lies in this country 8 miles away Morocco |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | 4-LETTER VERBS $600: (I'm NFL defensive end Kevin Carter) One of my favorite words, it means to tackle a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage sack |
| #4228, aired 2003-01-08 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: In a popular expression it precedes "and vigor" vim |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win M-E/Emmy |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $600: In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running on" these 2 letters M-T/empty |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Amsterdam) That's the official residence of Amsterdam's burgermeister, the Dutch equivalent of this U.S. official mayor |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $400: Before e-mail, offices used these, memos for short memorandums |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $600: In "She's a hyperactive child therapist", it's not clear whether the adjective is doing this to "child" or to "therapist" modifying |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $800: Soft & rich, not harsh; when followed by "out", it means "to relax" mellow |
| #4190, aired 2002-11-15 | "M" WORDS $1000: Its meanings include an area of open land & to tie a ship to a dock moor |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | HITCHCOCK MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $600: "Rotarize No. 6 to Get Homicide" Dial M for Murder |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Seattle) Used in "Hamlet", it's the common British term for the vendor I'm buying from fishmonger |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | ROLLING STONES HITS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1978:
"Load Bearing Animal" "Beast Of Burden" |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $200: Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you know they're the two words that complete the phrase "Been there..." "...done that" |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | "UP" WORDS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew has his boxing gloves on.) It's the devastating blow I'm about to deliver an uppercut |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | 2-LETTER WORDS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a board game with Sarah.) I'm trouncing Sarah in this classic Japanese game Go |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $10,400 (Daily Double): This adjective referring to a reversal of common sense comes from the Latin for "before behind" preposterous |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: (Jimmy gives the clue from the Stars & Stripes yacht.) It's the 5-letter name for the hoisting machine I'm grinding a winch |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | WORDS FROM OTHER LANGUAGES $800: (Hi, I'm Alan Dershowitz.) This title of a book of mine is a Yiddish term for nerve or effrontery Chutzpah |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | BRIEFLY $800: To a doctor a heart attack is an M.I., which stands for these 2 10-letter words myocardial infarction |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | A FAREWELL $1200: As this title priest in 1964, Richard Burton's last words are in Latin & translate to "I'm ready to die..." Becket |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $300: "I'm gonna live forever...light up the sky like a flame...baby remember my name" & also this tune Fame |
| #3789, aired 2001-02-08 | "V" WORDS $100: It's the 6-letter "V" word for what Lance's bird, seen here, is about to do vanish |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | KEY WORDS $400: This company added a remote keyless entry system to its 1996 Miata M edition Mazda |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $300: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's a common term for typewriter correction fluid White out |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $100 (Daily Double): "Good authors too, who once knew better words now only use" these, "writing prose, anything goes" 4-letter words |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: This turn of the century British sci-fi author's last words were "Go away...I'm all right"; he wasn't! H.G. Wells |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | "LAND"s OF THE WORLD $900 (Daily Double): It's the only U.S. state that fits the category Maryland (or Rhode Island) |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | FUN WITH WORDS $200: Phrase our writers used a lot before they started work here
JOB I'M JOB I'm between jobs |
| #3223, aired 1998-09-16 | MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $500: "Cohan!" George M! |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | DEPT. OF REDUNDANCY DEPT. $200: Superfluous 3 words sometimes heard after the phrase "10 A.M." in the morning |
| #2882, aired 1997-02-25 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the branch of science that studies the luminosity, temperature & chemical makeup of the universe Astrophysics |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $100: The animals of a particular region are called this, after the wife of Faunus fauna |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Thomas Hobbes' last words were "I am about to take my last voyage, a great" one of these "in the dark" Leap |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): This breed of racehorse was developed in England by crossing English mares with Arabian stallions Thoroughbred |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | FILE UNDER "M" $200: This 14-letter name of a devil may come from the Hebrew words mephitz-- "destroyer"-- & tophel--"liar" Mephistopheles |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $500 (Daily Double): An Afrikaner could tell you that this is the Dutch word for "farmer" Boer |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $500: His last words were "I know that I'm going where Lucy is" Rutherford (B.) Hayes |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $100: "Sono scozzese" means "I'm Scottish" while "sono canadese" means this I'm Canadian |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | SPELLING $500: Japanese words for "port" & "wave" gave us this name for a huge, potentially devastating wave T-S-U-N-A-M-I |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Exactly something an M.D. called for just what the doctor ordered |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Incinerate 12 A.M. petroleum burn the midnight oil |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | "M.D."s $400: In the words of Noel Coward, these "and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" Mad dogs |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | DOG FOOD $200: In other words, this dog food could be called "fortunate canine" Lucky Dog |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES $200: If you're on the verge of failure you're "on your last" ones legs |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): These 2 4-letter words for sticky, slimy mud are both from Old Norse & both begin with "M" muck & mire |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $800: His last words were "Edith, I'm a broken machine, but I'm ready" Woodrow Wilson |
| #1385, aired 1990-09-14 | 7-LETTER WORDS $500: The name of the Greek letter psi is found within the name of these 2 Greek letters epsilon & upsilon |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $400: "The 13th Letter of the Alphabet" M |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS $1000: "I know that I'm going where Lucy is," Lemonade Lucy that is Rutherford B. Hayes |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: Speaking to journalists in 1973, Richard Nixon said "I'm not a..." this a crook |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | '80s TV $600: This cop's last words on the dramatic final episode of the '86-'87 season were, "I'm an alcoholic" Chris Cagney |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | DOUBLE LETTERS $2,400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 double letter words found in the titles of 1987's "Best Picture" Oscar nominees platoon, Hannah, lesser, room and/or mission |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HIT TUNES $300 (Daily Double): Heard here, Billboard says he'll always be known as "The Father of
Rock & Roll":
"Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans /
Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans..." Bill Haley |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | CONTESTS $500: A 1986 United Brands banana jingle-writing contest stipulated your entry must begin w/these 3 words I'm Chiquita Banana |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | 6-LETTER WORDS $300: On July 25, 1986, Los Angeles saw it at 7:59 p.m. PDT sunset |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: Ingest a pair of acetylsalicylic acid tablets, then make my phone bell ring at 7 a.m. tomorrow take two aspirin & call me in the morning |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | ART $300: Words at top of 1917 James M. Flagg poster showing a bearded man pointing at the viewer I want you |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | NEW WORDS $400: "Celebrity rot" refers to an aging entertainer's increasing inability to do this entertain |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | "FOR" WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): In this spirited update of a familiar Lutheran hymn, what God is compared to:
[Instrumental music plays] a mighty fortress |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $200: It's paired with "behold" to mean "look & see" lo |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | 11-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): Group singing the following:
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day..." The Temptations |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): 6-letter word in the title of the following:
"Every single day /
Every word you say /
Every game you play /
Every night you stay /
I'll be watching you /
Oh, can't you see /
You belong to me?..." breath |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | PROVERBS $800: Columnist Walter Morrow's "Economics in Eight Words" says, "There's no such thing as" this a free lunch |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | "AFTER" WORDS $100: P.M. afternoon |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | "ON" WORDS & "UP" WORDS $300: What you are when you start puttin' on airs & getting persnickety uppity |
| #78, aired 1984-12-26 | DOUBLE M $300: French performer who's too good for words Marcel Marceau |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): The Declaration’s 1st inalienable right life |
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