| WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1497 | The if-word | Give us a "what if" scenario and its humorous result | H |
| 1353 | What's playing at the retroplex | Change a movie title to its "opposite" by reversing one or more words; then describe the new movie. | P |
| 1292 | Golly gosh, it's Limerixicon XV | Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term, beginning with "gl-" through "go-". | P |
| 1186 | We're always happy to verse you | Write a humorous poem, of any form, about or “by” the anagram of anyone’s name. | P |
| 1164 | 'Wait Wait' for us | Compose a multiple-choice question about a Ridiculous but True fact or event, with two entertaining wrong answers as well as the right one. One of the two wrong answers may be obviously untrue as long as it's funny. | H |
| 1154 | Tabby Road -- songs for cats | Write a song for -- or about -- cats or other animals, set to a familiar tune. | P |
| 1019 | What a turnoff | Tell us some creative things that children and families could do during Screen-Free Week. | P |
| 962 | Questionable journalism | Take any sentence (or a major part of it) that appears in the Post or in an article on washingtonpost.com anytime from now through March 19 and supply a question it could answer. | H |
| 940 | Our type o' headline | Change a headline by one letter, or switch two letters, or change spacing or punctuation, in a headline (or most of a headline) appearing on an article or ad in The Washington Post or on washingtonpost.com from Oct. 7 through Oct. 17, and elaborate on it in a "bank" headline (subhead). | P |
| 932 | We'll call them your-mama jokes | Tell us an original "your mama" joke. | P |
| 912 | Pair-a-phrase | Lift a word that appears inside a longer word; pair it with the original word to create a phrase; and define it. | H |
| 886 | Look both ways | Give us a new term that's a palindrome and define it. | H |
| 879 | Say Venn | Express some sentiment in the form of a Venn diagram. | P |
| 865 | No Googlenopes left | Come up with a humorous Googlenope. | P |
| 854 | What's not to liken? | Produce one or more similes in any of the following categories. | L |
| 815 | Wittecisms | Create an original word containing -- in any order -- at least a W, an I, two T's and an E. | P |
| 812 | Rx-Related Humor | Offer up some entirely false medical or psychological "fact. | H |
| 811 | Rock-Bottom Lines | Tell us a sign that the economy couldn't get worse. | P |
| 805 | Brand Eccchs | Give us an original name in any of the above categories (not an actual badly named product). | H |
| 780 | Location, Location, Location | Say how you know you're in a particular place. | H |
| 694 | Hopelessly Ever After | Offer up a gloomy interpretation of any ungloomy piece of writing. | H |
| 672 | Just Sign This | Write a funny message for an overhead highway sign. | H |
| 635 | I've Told You a Hundred Times | Enter any Style Invitational from Week 536 to Week 631. Your entry must be substantially different from the original winners. | H |
| 587 | The B-List | Come up with an In-Out list for 2005, or other pairings. | H |
| 534 | The Feminine Touch | Propose how any male-dominated occupation or institution would change if it suddenly became female-dominated. | H |
| 406 | Bum Steerage | Offer some spectacularly bad advice to any of the provided people. | H |
| 376 | Apply Yourself | Supply bad openings to college application biographies. | H |
| 340 | ASK BACKWARDS 12 | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | 1 |
| 213 | A SIN OF THE TIMES | Submit campaign or other political practices that would be illegal and/or unethical. | H |