6-LETTER WORDS
HELLO & GOODBYE
SCIENCE & NATURE
ROCK STARS
MUSIC FESTIVALS
400
It's a state of diminished consciousness, especially under hypnosis
trance
400
Used in Hawaii both when greeting & parting, this word means "affection"
aloha
400
The giant variety of this, Tridacna gigas, is the largest living bivalve mollusk & can grow to 4 feet across & 500 pounds
a clam
400
In the Film Tenacious D in the pick of Destiny, Jack Black Battled this curly-haired, top-hatted legend, aka Saul Hudson, in a guitar battle
Slash
400
When Beyoncé headlined this California music festival in 2018, some called it "Beychella"
Coachella
800
It's a candy-filled party animal
piñata
800
"ALV" is texting shorthand for goodbye, from the pronunciation of this 3-word Spanish expression
hasta la vista
800
Aside from the Sun & the Moon, this is the brightest natural object in the night sky
Venus
800
In 1975 "Dreamboat Annie" was the debut album for this band fronted by a pair of sisters
Heart
800
This rainy city's music festival is fittingly named Bumbershoot, a slang word for an umbrella
Seattle
1200
A common character flaw in ancient Greek tragedy was this, meaning excessive pride
hubris
1200
This respectful greeting from Hindi means "I bow to you"
namaste
1200
After sulfur is removed, this has no odor; mercaptan is added to it so that leaks can be detected
natural gas
1200
One name off from a German composer, this metal front man skidded into pop culture relevance voicing Triton on "SpongeBob"
Sebastian Bach
1200
Perry Farrell claims he got the 5-syllable name for this long-running music festival from an episode of "The Three Stooges"
Lollapalooza
1600
The simple habit of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth is a brown tunic tied with a cord, from which this string of beads hangs
a rosary
1600
This nautical greeting to get the attention of another ship is often followed by "there"
ahoy
1600
Studying flares & the corona, in 2019 U.K. astronomers determined that this field is 10 times stronger than previously thought
the Sun's magnetic field
1600
Serjical Strike is the label of Serj Tankian, known for starting this group in 1995
System of a Down
1600
200,000 people crowd a Belgian town of 18,000 for Tomorrowland, a festival of EDM, short for this "music"
electronic dance music
2000
Used to indicate whether a substance is acidic or basic, this compound is obtained from lichens
litmus
2000
It sounds like it's about divine velocity, but it's really an expression of good wishes for someone leaving on a journey
godspeed
2000
Butterflies emerge as adults not from a cocoon but from one of these structures whose name is from the Greek for "gold"
a chrysalis
2000
This singer-songwriter helped create the California sound
Jackson Browne
2000
This Tennessee music festival comes from a slang word on a Dr. John album title that means "the best on the streets"
Bonnaroo