Memorize these and you could recognize 4.9% of all Letter Words clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | 13 | An ancient Oriental game, or an NBC game show that got old fast |
| 2 | Io | 8 | Moon of Jupiter or ⅔ of a debtor's notice |
| 3 | pip | 7 | A dot on a die |
| 4 | do | 7 | Pronounced one way, it's a musical tone; pronounced another way, it means to accomplish |
| 5 | up | 6 | It comes before "...the Academy", "...the Creek", & "...the Sandbox" |
| 6 | tip | 6 | According to the cliche, "That's just" this part "of the iceberg" |
| 7 | pi | 6 | Circumference divided by diameter |
| 8 | a delicatessen | 6 | You can get a knish at a Jewish one, or mozzarella at an Italian one |
| 9 | a vow | 6 | A solemn promise, perhaps to a bride |
| 10 | ye | 5 | This pronoun is an archaic form of you |
| 11 | lo | 5 | It's paired with "behold" to mean "look & see" |
| 12 | the id | 5 | According to Freud, this part of the mind is motivated by the pleasure principle |
| 13 | a pew | 5 | It's a long bench for seating the congregation in a church |
| 14 | tin | 4 | Abbreviated "Sn", it's the only 3-letter element |
| 15 | rod | 4 | Taylor which might attract lightning |
| 16 | no | 4 | Most parents' answer to "I found this snake; can I keep it?" |
| 17 | Neapolitan | 4 | Ice cream flavor seenherein an astronaut version: |
| 18 | It | 4 | This 1986 Stephen King bestseller features a demonic clown named Pennywise |
| 19 | iota | 4 | The 9th letter in the Greek alphabet, it's come to mean "a small amount" |
| 20 | ho | 4 | This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" |
| 21 | hex | 4 | An evil spell or curse |
| 22 | ex | 4 | Kate's is Max; Allie's is Charles |
| 23 | dub | 4 | To insert dialog in a soundtrack, or to bestow a new rank or title |
| 24 | da | 4 | In 1978 Barnard Hughes won a Tony as this title patriarch |
| 25 | cartographer | 4 | It's the formal term for a mapmaker |
| 26 | yon | 3 | Over there; often hitched with hither |
| 27 | weather | 3 | It can precede bureau, stripping or vane |
| 28 | via | 3 | It means by way of |
| 29 | urn | 3 | A large coffee container, or a large vase to stash one's ashes |
| 30 | Sophisticated | 3 | Worldly & refined, like Duke Ellington's "Lady" |
| 31 | ska | 3 | The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting |
| 32 | sap | 3 | A gullible person, or the juice in a tree |
| 33 | reconnaissance | 3 | It's the type of surveillance used to take the photo seenhereof Cuba |
| 34 | rank | 3 | Relative position of order, or a strong odor |
| 35 | pug | 3 | This word can mean a dog or a boxer, the human kind, not the dog |
| 36 | perpendicular | 3 | In math it means at a right angle to the horizontal |
| 37 | Oz | 3 | It's a nickname for Australia, or a land somewhere over the rainbow |
| 38 | ox | 3 | Bunyan's Babe was a blue one |
| 39 | op | 3 | This word combines with "Art" to mean the abstract style of creating optical illusions |
| 40 | on | 3 | Spelled forward, it tells you things aren't off; spelled backwards, it tells you things are off |
| 41 | nu | 3 | It follows mu in the Greek alphabet |
| 42 | nix | 3 | In German mythology, it's a water sprite, but in American slang, it's "no" |
| 43 | nip | 3 | It can be a sting from the cold or a small drink some might take to warm up |
| 44 | niche | 3 | An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue |
| 45 | me | 3 | This pronoun is the objective case of "I" |
| 46 | mademoiselle | 3 | A magazine, or a French miss |
| 47 | lip | 3 | Slang for impudent talk, your parents didn't want you to give them any |
| 48 | latitude | 3 | This word that means "freedom from narrow restrictions" can also refer to one of a range of imaginary lines |
| 49 | jurisprudence | 3 | It's the science or philosophy of law |
| 50 | irreconcilable | 3 | Not much to be done about these "differences", often the basis for a divorce |