I love the word of that sound
2020s Hit Songs
Superstitions
Colorful Phrases
TV Characters
Movie Sequel Subtitles
World Cup!!
100
It's the onomatopoeia the guy here is hoping for; nice follow-through
swish
100
At 10 minutes, 13 seconds, this Taylor Swift song became the longest No. 1 single ever on Billboard's Hot 100
"All Too Well"
100
If you want to tempt fate in a bad luck way, March 13 is the national day for opening this indoors
umbrellas
100
This term for a class of workers got its name from the tendency of its constituents to wear denim
blue collar
100
Dolly Parton played Aunt Dolly to this Disney title character engaged in subterfuge as an ordinary teen/pop star
Hannah Montana
100
"Jason Takes Manhattan"
Friday the 13th
100
He is the USA's all-time leading World Cup goal-scorer
Landon Donovan
200
A haiku on this animal going into a pond literally ends "water's sound", often translated "splash" but by Alan Watts as "plop"
a frog
200
His 2022 song "As It Was" went in one direction: straight to the top of the charts
Harry Styles
200
This gesture to bring good luck or to ward off bad may be tied to a pagan belief that trees were inhabited by spirits
Knock wood
200
Legend says Edward I set his subjects on a pea-shelling project, giving rise to this phrase now associated with gardener types
a green thumb
200
Her mother Terry Ives took part in MKUltra experiments in Hawkins, Indiana
Eleven
200
"Tokyo Drift"
The Fast and the Furious
200
this is how many World Cup tournaments have been held
2026 is the 23rd edition
300
In the mid-'60s this 3-letter word appeared in "Sweet Dreams, Baby!" by Roy Lichtenstein & onscreen in "Batman" TV fights
pow
300
In 2025 people flipped for "Mystical Magical" by this singer who would be happy to return the favor
Benson Boone
300
Ancient Romans believed these held fragments of the soul, and breaking one caused seven years of bad luck
Broken Mirror
300
When the legality of something is in question, it may be one of these spots that's more complex than it seems
a gray area
300
Rip & Beth try to start fresh in Texas in this 2026 series in the "Yellowstone" family
Dutton Ranch
300
"Folie à Deux"
Joker
300
This was the first year the World Cup was held
1930
400
In "Peanuts", Snoopy doesn't talk, though very occasionally the strip shows him uttering this, just like a normal dog
woof
400
Noah Kahan says it's about the time in New England each year when all the leaves are off the trees
Stick Season
400
Breaking a bottle of bubbly across the bow for good luck is a traditional part of this ceremony for a new ship
the christening
400
To discover someone in the exact act of doing something wrong. What color were there hands previously
caught red-handed
400
"It's handled" is the catchphrase of this D.C. fixer
Olivia Pope
400
"Here We Go Again"
Mamma Mia!
400
This country is the only one to participate in every edition of the World Cup
Brazil
500
The wet equivalent of thud, it's also a rating on Rotten Tomatoes when a movie goes thud with reviewers
splat
500
"Told you I'd change, even when I knew I never could" is from this 4-letter Justin Bieber collab with The Kid LAROI
Stay
500
Triangles were historically considered sacred, so walking through a triangular space of this was thought to break a divine bond
Walking Under a Ladder
500
Norfolk capon was one slang term the local fishing industry used for this, now a familiar phrase & a literary device
a red herring
500
This character also known as Heisenberg cooks up a blue product
Walter White
500
"Back in the Habit"
Sister Act
500
This is where the 2034 FIFA World Cup is being held
Saudi Arabia