# One word clues **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 22, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320 "2012-08-22T23:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/21 "2012-08-23T19:33:25Z")
From the OP, “scenario” is The Greatest American Hero. (Yes, I’m Andy L’s wife, but he will confirm I knew this when he first suggested this thread.) FBI Agent Bill Maxwell was always using this word, and in one episode, it put him in a hypnotic trance. Some more: 1. sprinkler 2. stately 3. rift 4. wipes 5. suppress 6. warning 7. silhouette ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/22 "2012-08-23T21:46:20Z")
I’ll guess #2 of **Dendarii Dame** ’s list is _Batman_, on which the title character’s home was regularly referred to as “stately Wayne Manor”. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/23 "2012-08-23T22:10:49Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > 1. silhouette Alfred Hitchcock Presents. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/24 "2012-08-23T22:53:05Z")
Both Sternvogel and bibliophage are correct. I used to think that “stately” was a part of the house’s name. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/25 "2012-08-23T23:14:03Z")
1. Logical Star Trek 2. Nose The Shadow 3. Snowglobe St Elsewhere 4. Dolores Dead Like Me 5. Legendary HIMYM 6. Bazinga Big Bang Theory Mine: cowabunga Walt! eeeeevvvviiiillll yipyip pointy champions shiny engage linear abilabuddyable tickytacky funeral allonsy Blorgon ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/26 "2012-08-23T23:22:28Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Mine: > cowabunga > Walt! > eeeeevvvviiiillll > yipyip > pointy > champions > shiny > engage > linear > abilabuddyable > tickytacky > funeral > allonsy > Blorgon Cowabunga - Howdy Doody (or the Simpsons) yip-yip - The Muppets pointy - Buffy champions - Angel shiny - Firefly engage - ST-TNG allonsy - Doctor Who Blorgon - Community ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/27 "2012-08-24T01:58:09Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > From the OP, “scenario” is The Greatest American Hero. (Yes, I’m Andy L’s wife, but he will confirm I knew this when he first suggested this thread.) FBI Agent Bill Maxwell was always using this word, and in one episode, it put him in a hypnotic trance. > > Some more: > > 1. sprinkler > 2. stately > 3. rift > 4. wipes > 5. suppress > 6. warning > 7. silhouette #2 has to be _ **Batman,** _ as in “stately Wayne Manor.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/28 "2012-08-24T02:11:22Z")
This might be a bit obscure, but I’ll try it anyways… ? That’s the quote, just the question mark. If you need a hint, it was a text message. No need to name the show, just give me the reply. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/29 "2012-08-24T04:53:50Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Cowabunga - Howdy Doody (or the Simpsons) > yip-yip - The Muppets The rest were right but these two were cowabunga - teenage mutant ninja turtles yipyip - Last Airbender I think for muppets I might have chosen mahnamahna ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/30 "2012-08-24T05:20:31Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Some more: > > 1. sprinkler > 2. stately > 3. rift > 4. wipes > 5. suppress > 6. warning > 7. silhouette #4 is Monk. #6 - Lost in Space? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/31 "2012-08-24T22:41:15Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > #4 is Monk. > #6 - Lost in Space? Yes to both. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/32 "2012-08-26T09:07:08Z")
I am no good at this but here are some of mine for those of you who are into guessing these. Fun game! 1. Truthiness 2. Bastards 3. Shiny 4. Deuce 5. Narf ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/33 "2012-08-26T09:16:40Z")
I’m totally no good at this, probably because a lot of the words aren’t that distinctive in themselves, or only figured in one episode. I only got “logical” because Spock never stopped saying it. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/34 "2012-08-26T14:29:54Z")
Narf is pinky and the brain. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/35 "2012-08-26T15:09:52Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > 1. Bastards - South Park? > 2. Shiny - Firefly May I add some? Not as good as the OP’s I fear. 1. Truth (not the same as **drewtwo99’s** I think) 2. Lies 3. Diane 4. Village 5. Damn it (OK two words) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/36 "2012-08-26T15:32:05Z")
And nobody yet has said Frell Frak ? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/37 "2012-08-26T17:48:42Z")
Truthiness is _The Colbert Report_. Frak is both versions of _Battlestar Galactic_a. Village is _The Prisoner_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/38 "2012-08-26T20:29:37Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > For 4) I was thinking of “The Brady Bunch” but “Kotter” is clearly also correct. The rest, you have. 5 could be _Lost_. That was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/39 "2012-08-26T20:49:55Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Village is _The Prisoner_. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/40 "2012-08-27T06:55:15Z")
South Park, The Colbert Report and Pinky and the Brain are right so far! Thinking of something else for Shiny Duece [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320.md?page=3)