Letter Categories Study Guide

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X 12x 8.3% stumper $442 avg J:8 DJ:4

J $100 1985 Precedes ray, rated, & marks the spot

J $600 2006 In 1990, NC-17 replaced this movie rating

DJ $1,000 1987 In the Los Angeles white pages, this letter has only 1 ½ columns of entries

C 11x 9.1% stumper $655 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $200 2008 With "note", it's slang for 100 bucks; it's also a lower-quality rating for a corporate bond

J $500 1990 This letter is sometimes used as an abbreviation for a Latin word that means "about"

DJ $1,600 2011 The velocity of light in a vacuum

D 11x 54.5% stumper $709 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $300 1996 It's the Roman numeral for 500

J $500 1992 In the U.S. "P" stands for penny; in England this letter formerly did

J $1,000 DD 2008 During the Civil War, soldiers who cut out on the army & went AWOL were often branded with this letter

K 10x $567 avg J:7 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1987 On TV, letter which falls between Howard & Smith

J $500 1987 In computer talk, it stands not for 1000, but 1024 bytes

J $1,000 2016 The Greek roots of "ceramic" gave us an alternate spelling & pronunciation that starts with this letter

B 10x 10.0% stumper $550 avg J:6 DJ:4

J $100 1986 In title of popular comic strip, letter which precedes "C."

J $500 1991 It's the seventh note in a scale of C Major

DJ $1,200 2004 Alphabetically, the first letter that stands alone as the symbol of a chemical element

O 9x $425 avg J:5 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 2003 A version of this English letter is the last letter in the Greek alphabet

J $600 2018 It can be used as an interjection meaning "Indeed!" or as an exclamation of pain or wonder

FJ 1999 The name of this show performed in a 1.5 mil.-gallon tank at the Bellagio in Vegas is a homophone of a French word

U 8x 42.9% stumper $700 avg J:6 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $100 1987 Type of turn your car has just made if you've completely reversed your direction of travel

J $600 2023 The author of "As I Lay Dying" added this letter to the family name

J $1,000 2025 The flag of the alma mater of actor Moroni Olsen & historian Brigham Roberts bears this letter, or 2 of them

M 8x 12.5% stumper $588 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 2016 This letter was used by the Romans to represent 1,000

DJ $500 DD 1987 Only letter which begins 1 day of the week & 2 months

DJ $2,000 2012 Director Fritz Lang's first sound film was this 1931 classic starring Peter Lorre

G 8x 12.5% stumper $412 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $200 2002 This letter represents the force that takes you from light to heavy as you loop upward in a roller coaster

J $600 2025 NFL players Bart Starr & LeRoy Butler proudly wore this letter on their helmets

DJ $1,200 2019 This letter in a timezone abbreviation refers to a royal observatory at the prime meridian

R 8x 12.5% stumper $588 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $200 2025 In U.S. movie ratings, a film with this letter requires an accompanying parent or adult guardian for anyone under 17

J $500 1986 To a chef this movie rating would denote far from well done

DJ $1,000 DD 2003 The queen of England signs her name Elizabeth this

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S 7x 28.6% stumper $886 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1989 It can follow "U.S." or "H.M.", as in the case of the Pinafore

J $600 2003 In the word seen here in 17th-century-style printing, the first letter isn't an F, but this

DJ $2,000 2019 Until the 1780s English printers used a letter that looked like a lowercase "f" for this letter

Q 7x $729 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $200 1987 In 1957 Dale Hawkins song, letter which followed "Suzie"

J $500 1985 The only letter not present in the spellings of any of the fifty states

J $1,000 2007 John Cleese played this letter-perfect role in "Die Another Day"

W 7x 14.3% stumper $1,071 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $300 1991 On a compass this consonant is found 270° from N

J $600 2002 Our president, familiarly

J $1,000 2023 In 2016 Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels, which included this luxury brand that started in New York City

e 7x $1,043 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $400 2004 Crossword puzzle competitors save time by using the lower-case version of this most common English letter

DJ $800 2011 In baseball scoring it refers to a fielder's boo-boo

DJ $1,200 2015 Nickname of the Kevin Connolly character who's one of Vinnie's "Entourage"

H 7x $471 avg J:6 DJ:1

DJ $400 1987 Letter which began all 3 names of the man who was vice president between Johnson & Agnew

J $800 2008 It's the chemical symbol for the first element on the periodic table

J $100 1991 It's considered the ghost letter in the word ghost

Z 6x $517 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1996 If you know something completely, you know it from A to this

J $800 2025 Therese Anne Fowler's novelized life story of the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald has this title

J $300 1992 Though not found in the word "ounce", this letter is used in its abbreviation

I 6x $550 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1992 One dictionary defines it as "the word used in mentioning oneself"

J $600 2008 Ambrose Bierce called it "the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection"

J $1,000 2006 When it comes to grades, it indicates an unfinished assignment

T 5x 40.0% stumper $560 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1996 It precedes -bill, -bar & -bone

DJ $1,600 2003 A "baby" one may be worn by a young woman as well as an infant

J $300 1987 It can precede "shirt" or "square"

N 5x $640 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1991 It's the letter over which a Spaniard places a tilde

J $500 1990 The word "apron" used to have this letter tied to the front

DJ $1,600 2012 In chess notation this single letter stands for the piece with a horse's head

A 5x 20.0% stumper $480 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1990 As a prefix, this single letter can mean on, in, to or without

J $500 1987 It's the other letter spotlighted in cereal commercial with line "J is for Jack"

J $200 1989 It's the letter of the train Duke Ellington wants you to take

J 5x $920 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $500 1991 I is the only English vowel & this the only consonant that's dotted in lower case

J $1,000 2002 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the American Airlines Center in Dallas.) It's the single-letter name for the (basketball) shot seen here

J $500 1989 1st initial of a Hoover & middle initial of a Foyt

L 5x 40.0% stumper $620 avg J:5

J $300 1999 Letter that's also the name of the mass transit system seen here(in Chicago)

J $600 2016 This letter stands for the currency of Albania; when it comes before F, it's often silent

J $1,000 2003 Feng shui experts don't care for rooms shaped like this letter, like the one featured in a 1962 Leslie Caron movie

a millennium 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1998 The next one officially begins January 1, 2001

DJ $1,200 2009 The third one A.D. began January 1, 2001

J $100 1986 A thousand years

Worth Knowing (40)

V 3 Sagittarius 3 P 3 hajj 3 a muumuu 3 a barrette 3 F 3 Xerox 2 toothless 2 the Inn 2 tallow 2 noggin 2 mozzarella 2 kangaroo 2 jazz 2 happiness 2 filigree 2 ersatz 2 ennui 2 ebb 2 beekeeping 2 apogee 2 annually 2 Andromeda 2 algebra 2 algae 2 a T 2 a studio 2 a settee 2 a caribou 2 a cappella 2 a Brownie 2 the Y 2 the weekend 2 the Walloons 2 to condescend 2 the fuzz 2 the emu 2 the bassoon 2 an innkeeper 2

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