Daily Double Prep

Daily Double Stats by Topic

#TopicDomainDD Count Contestant AccuracyAvg Value
1 History History 1168 68.5% $2,141 Practice
2 Wordplay Wordplay 764 68.1% $2,065 Practice
3 Visual Art Arts 649 63.2% $2,126 Practice
4 Literature Literature 512 63.1% $2,268 Practice
5 U.S. Presidents History 377 66.8% $1,796 Practice
6 Government & Politics Business 373 66.5% $2,148 Practice
7 Books & Authors Literature 372 66.7% $2,214 Practice
8 Science Science 317 69.4% $2,548 Practice
9 Movies Pop Culture 308 71.4% $1,788 Practice
10 Bodies of Water Geography 296 62.5% $2,096 Practice
11 Geography Geography 285 65.6% $2,213 Practice
12 Animals Science 250 60.0% $1,966 Practice
13 The Bible Religion 245 64.5% $1,766 Practice
14 Shakespeare Literature 236 62.3% $1,835 Practice
15 Transportation Business 228 63.6% $1,842 Practice
16 Authors Literature 224 62.5% $2,200 Practice
17 Historical Figures History 218 67.0% $1,870 Practice
18 Poetry Literature 191 60.7% $2,074 Practice
19 World Geography Geography 189 64.6% $1,886 Practice
20 Television Pop Culture 184 66.3% $1,294 Practice
21 Quotations Literature 184 66.3% $1,655 Practice
22 American History History 171 62.6% $1,879 Practice
23 Music Music 163 70.6% $1,917 Practice
24 Letter Words Wordplay 163 65.6% $2,049 Practice
25 Countries Geography 163 69.9% $2,592 Practice
26 Word Origins Language 160 57.5% $2,403 Practice
27 Novels Literature 157 57.3% $2,341 Practice
28 Business & Industry Business 157 66.2% $1,792 Practice
29 Botany Science 157 59.9% $1,928 Practice
30 Capitals Geography 153 63.4% $2,444 Practice

Daily Doubles: Word Origins

DD FROM THE GREEK — $1,200 Show #9506 (2026-02-23)

This word for a release of emotions comes from Greek for "to purge" or "to cleanse"

DD FROM THE FRENCH — $1,800 Show #9453 (2025-12-10)

The originally French word for this deadly natural phenomenon was influenced by a French word for "descent"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $2,300 Show #9399 (2025-09-25)

From Latin for "bad condition", it's a 6-letter synonym for a disease or disorder

DD WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS — $1,000 Show #9383 (2025-07-23)

It's the 1714 document regarding insurgents that's a phrase sometimes used in an angry confrontation

DD FROM THE GREEK — $3,400 Show #9299 (2025-03-27)

If my math is correct, it comes in part from Greek for "earth survey"

DD ETYMOLOGY — $3,000 Show #9260 (2025-01-31)

Aristotle believed there was a "fifth element", which gives us this word for the purest form of something

DD PREFIXED PAIRS — $2,000 Show #9253 (2025-01-22)

One millionth of a 60th of a minute & a small region with its own pattern of weather

DD FROM THE GREEK — $2,000 Show #9203 (2024-11-13)

Greek for "art" originated part of the name of this process that made movies like "Gone with the Wind" glow

DD FROM THE ITALIAN — $400 Show #9156 (2024-09-09)

Medieval astrologers thought this, caused by mutating viral strains, was connected to the effect of the stars

DD WORD ORIGINS — $5,000 Show #9094 (2024-05-02)

A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince"

DD PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES — $1,000 Show #9050 (2024-03-01)

A conquistador combined the name of a local people & the Spanish word for water to name this country

DD FROM THE LATIN — $1,000 Show #9023 (2024-01-24)

This adjective meaning the ultimate or most perfect form of is partially derived from the Latin word for "fifth"

DD ETYMOLOGY — $2,500 Show #8888 (2023-06-07)

This holiday gets its name because it falls on the 50th day--nowadays the 50th day of the Easter season

DD WORD ORIGINS — $8,000 Show #14 (2023-05-17)

Greek for "forgetting" gives us the name of Hades' river of forgetfulness & this adjective meaning "sluggish"

DD ETYMOLOGY — $4,000 Show #8832 (2023-03-21)

The word delectable is related to this word that refers to one who dabbles in the fine arts or other areas

DD ETYMOLOGY — $2,000 Show #8830 (2023-03-17)

Greeks called this beast megas strouthos, "big sparrow", or strouthokamelos, "sparrow-camel"; we know it as this

DD EPONYMS — $2,000 Show #8804 (2023-02-09)

This type of airtight seal comes from the Greek name of the Egyptian god of learning, known for magical powers

DD FROM THE LATIN — $1,800 Show #8730 (2022-10-28)

This 9-letter word for the sacred writings of the Bible is from the Latin for "to write"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $1,200 Show #8687 (2022-07-19)

This dog breed gets its name from the German for "nose" or "muzzle"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $1,000 Show #8668 (2022-06-22)

Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning "bad air"; it's caused by parasites

DD PREFIXED PAIRS — $1,000 Show #8633 (2022-05-04)

A substance taken to counteract poison & a rival religious figure like Felix V in the 15th century

DD PREFIXES — $3,000 Show #4 (2022-02-09)

It's a shortcut used to generate a whole sequence of keystrokes; it was a prefix for "instruction" but broke free

DD A PREFIX MENU — $3,000 Show #8543 (2021-12-29)

One of the few prefixes from German, it means "super" & now stands on its own as a proper noun

DD WORD ORIGINS — $13,800 Show #8508 (2021-11-10)

This poison gets its name partly from the Greek for "dark blue"

DD EPONYMOUS -ISMs — $5,000 Show #8504 (2021-11-04)

A 1950 L.A. Times column said the "defect of" this seemed to be the senator for whom it was named

DD ETYMOLOGY — $1,000 Show #8459 (2021-08-05)

This term for your setting or environment is French for "middle place"

DD EPONYMOUS FOOD — $3,000 Show #8440 (2021-07-09)

John Montagu, 11th Earl of this, has opened restaurants in the U.S. bearing his yummy hereditary title

DD PREFIXES — $1,000 Show #8405 (2021-05-21)

Originally attached to a word that ended "-netic", this 5-letter prefix now fronts words dealing with futuristic concepts

DD MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES — $4,000 Show #8393 (2021-05-05)

These 2 -iatricians specialize in opposite times of life & there's often talk of a surplus of one & a shortage of the other

DD GEOGRAPHIC ETYMOLOGY — $5,200 Show #8306 (2021-01-04)

Early Spanish settlers gave this South American city a name meaning "fair winds"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $3,400 Show #5 (2020-01-09)

This condition was thought to arise from an excess of black bile, the origin of its name

DD PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGY — $2,200 Show #8115 (2019-12-13)

From Indo-Iranian for "place", these 4 letters at the end of a place name mean "land of"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $3,000 Show #8057 (2019-09-24)

Partly from the Greek for "eating", this type of coffin was made of stone ancients thought was able to eat bodies

DD ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY — $4,600 Show #8049 (2019-09-12)

Aristotle was the first to call the bones of the fingers these; they are arranged in rows like Greek soldiers

DD PHRASE ORIGINS — $1,800 Show #7975 (2019-04-19)

19th c. exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort

DD FROM THE GREEK — $9,812 Show #7964 (2019-04-04)

In ancient Greek comedies, there were 24 in this group of performers

DD WORD ORIGINS — $1,000 Show #7860 (2018-11-09)

From the name of a Germanic people, it's criminally destroying or damaging someone's property

DD ETYMOLOGY — $1,000 Show #7852 (2018-10-30)

This British term for a police officer comes from an old word for the person in charge of horsey homes

DD FROM THE GREEK — $3,000 Show #7795 (2018-06-29)

The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "strange"

DD WORD ORIGINS — $3,000 Show #7696 (2018-02-12)

Referring to the bright blue of the sky, this color comes from the Persian name for lapis lazuli

DD ETYMOLOGY — $2,000 Show #7677 (2018-01-16)

This adjective meaning angry may come from the name of 3 avenging goddesses of ancient myth

DD EPONYMS — $10,400 Show #7635 (2017-11-17)

These slips of the tongue that bear a man's name include "It is now kisstomary to cuss the bride"

DD EPONYMS — $6,500 Show #7597 (2017-09-26)

Leo Hirschfield named this oblong chewy candy after what he called his daughter Clara

DD PREFIXES — $4,000 Show #7537 (2017-05-23)

It precedes "phile" if you love Sichuan & Shanghai

DD WORD ORIGINS — $3,000 Show #7486 (2017-03-13)

Used to describe a wealthy or powerful person, it was originally a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan

DD WORD ORIGINS — $3,800 Show #7475 (2017-02-24)

For sore muscles use a whirlpool bath to get some relief through this, from the Greek for "water" & "healing"

DD EPONYMS — $1,200 Show #7420 (2016-12-09)

This above-ground burial chamber was named for an ancient Greek leader whose tomb was an Ancient Wonder

DD ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY — $800 Show #7419 (2016-12-08)

This small gland in the brain is named for its resemblance to a conifer's cone

DD EPONYMOUSLY YOURS — $2,000 Show #7370 (2016-09-30)

These are the 2 South American countries named for a real person

DD WORD ORIGINS — $1,000 Show #7355 (2016-07-29)

The word for this part of speech is from the Latin for "word"