GAME ON
7-LETTER WORDS
AUTUMN
POP MUSIC
FAMOUS NAMES ON THE MAP
100
A woman in Canada used an existing R to place "quizzers" on 2 triple word scores to help score 365 points at once in this game
Scrabble
100
Sauerkraut is fermented this
cabbage
100
In 2022 a possible 7th game of this, baseball's "Fall Classic", would be played Nov. 5, the latest date ever
a World Series
100
"Easy come, easy go, little high, little low", says "Bohemian Rhapsody" by this group
Queen
100
This capital of Minnesota was named for an apostle
Saint Paul
200
For me, it's left hand, green, right foot, blue & left hamstring, pulled playing this Hasbro game
Twister
200
It can mean both clothes to wash & a place to do it
laundry
200
Its grower says the Autumn Glory type of this fruit has "subtle notes of caramel", so it must be good for making caramel ones
an apple
200
This '60s group loved the waves with hits like "Surfer Girl", "Surfin' Safari" & "Surfin' U.S.A."
The Beach Boys
200
The names of this pair of explorers are on a Montana county, an Oregon river & a 4,900-mile trail
Lewis & Clark
300
Sweden's Mojang Studios is best known for this video game where you can build volcanoes or underground cities
Minecraft
300
In Judaism, observance of this seventh day of the week begins just before sunset on Friday
shabbat (or the sabbath)
300
Autumn is the season for this gathering of crops found in the title of the painting seen here
the harvest
300
"Valerie" is a soulful tune from this singer who died too young in 2011
Amy Winehouse
300
This alliterative Colorado "Peak" is named for a man who tried & failed to climb it in 1806; guess that was an "or bust"
Pikes Peak
400
In 2021 a Wisconsin teen pulled 32 of these blocks & placed them back atop a tower of them in one minute without toppling it
Jenga
400
As the song says, life is a this, a restaurant with booze & live entertainment
a cabaret
400
The colors in autumn leaves are from carotenoids, such as this Greek-letter one that also turns carrots orange
beta carotene
400
In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, "Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm whippin' now"
"This Is America"
400
An 18th century British captain gave his name to these South Pacific islands, now a popular tourist destination
the Cook Islands
500
Cricket, 501 & Around the World are games involving tossing these, perhaps in a bar
darts
500
This pain reliever went on the market in 1899, long before ibuprofen
aspirin
500
October is the history month for this Asian-American ethnic group that includes Olivia Rodrigo & Jo Koy
Filipinos
500
A hit from 2012, "I Will Wait" is by this band who, despite the "Sons" in their name, are unrelated
Mumford and Sons
500
This strait between Asia & North America is named for a Danish explorer
the Bering Strait