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Definitions for word AHA

The following 161 definitions were found. Click the dates to see the answer in context.
DateGridClueAuthor
Wednesday, October 14, 200932A"Now I get it!"Richard Silvestri
Sunday, October 04, 200924DBrainstorming cryTodd McClary
Tuesday, June 30, 200927A"Eureka!"Steve Dobis
Tuesday, April 28, 200930A"Bingo!"Matt Ginsberg
Sunday, April 05, 2009118A"Now I see!"Charles Deber
Thursday, March 12, 200919ACry when seeing something for the first timeDavid Chapus
Saturday, January 24, 200954A"I knew it!"Mark Diehl
Friday, January 02, 200912DWord associated with a light bulbMartin Ashwood-Smith
Monday, December 29, 200835D"Now I understand!"Kevin Donovan
Thursday, December 18, 200840A"Can't fool me!"Michael Vuolo
Sunday, December 14, 200884D"The light has dawned!"Trip Payne
Monday, August 25, 200830D"I get it!"Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake
Wednesday, July 16, 200834ACry interrupting a prankJoe Krozel
Monday, June 30, 200844A"Now I get it!"Lynn Lempel
Thursday, May 22, 200859ACry while pointing a fingerRichard Silvestri
Monday, May 05, 200853ACry when a light bulb goes onStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Tuesday, January 29, 20088D"Got it!"C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel
Sunday, January 27, 20084D"Now it's clear!"Mike Nothnagel
Sunday, November 25, 200786D"Oh, clever!"Trip Payne
Wednesday, October 24, 200721DCry before "It's you!"Patrick Blindauer
Tuesday, September 25, 200739D"So it's you!"Randall J. Hartman
Friday, September 14, 200729AComment after getting somethingJohn Farmer
Friday, February 16, 200744A"Of course!"Charles Barasch
Thursday, February 15, 200727D"So that's it!"Elizabeth Rehfeld
Sunday, December 31, 2006129D"I see!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wednesday, December 13, 200621ASolver's cryDavid Sullivan
Wednesday, November 29, 200615A"Gotcha!"Barbara Olson
Sunday, September 24, 200693ACry with eyes lit upMark Diehl and Kevin McCann
Thursday, August 10, 200619ASleuth's cryTodd McClary
Wednesday, August 09, 200610D"Gotcha!"Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
Friday, July 14, 200619ARecognition responseBrendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, June 27, 200610D"Got it!"Damon J. Gulczynski
Thursday, May 11, 200623D"Just as I thought!"Joe DiPietro
Thursday, April 13, 200650D"I get it!"Barry Silk
Saturday, April 01, 200638DOpposite of "duh!"Kevan Choset and David Kwong
Saturday, February 25, 200619ASleuth's outburstHenry Hook
Tuesday, February 07, 200634AInventor's cryElizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, January 30, 200619A"I have an idea!"Adam G. Perl
Tuesday, January 24, 200652A"Now I see!"David Sullivan
Saturday, December 31, 200551A"I get it!"Robert H. Wolfe
Wednesday, October 19, 200523DBrainstormer's cryLevi Denham
Monday, August 22, 200548A"So there!"Lynn Lempel
Monday, June 20, 200522D"So that's it!"Alison Donald
Tuesday, June 14, 200528ACry said while pointingSarah Keller
Sunday, June 12, 200512D"Caught you!"Joe Bower
Friday, April 15, 200548A"Now you're making sense!"Brendan Emmett Quigley
Thursday, March 31, 200556ASound of a epiphanyDavid Liben-Nowell
Sunday, January 09, 200564DCry when the lights come onBrendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, December 27, 200427D"Now I see!"Levi Denham
Sunday, December 19, 200432ACode cracker's commentFrances Hansen (1919-2004)
Friday, December 10, 20047DRecognition responseFrank Longo
Sunday, November 28, 2004113D"So you're the culprit!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Saturday, November 27, 200426A"Got it!"Byron Walden
Monday, November 22, 200449A"That's it!"Gregory Paul
Tuesday, November 16, 200448A"Now I see!"Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Saturday, September 25, 200442A"That proves it!"Byron Walden
Wednesday, August 25, 200453ACry of insightRichard Silvestri
Thursday, August 05, 200457A"Eureka!"Seth Abel
Sunday, August 01, 200415D"Bingo!"Randolph Ross
Wednesday, July 07, 200423ACry after a thoughtful silenceLee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Saturday, June 26, 200433ARevelation responseByron Walden
Saturday, June 05, 200453DResponse when something hits youByron Walden
Monday, March 15, 200447A"I get it!"Patrick Merrell
Thursday, March 04, 200448A"Caught ya!"Patrick Merrell
Monday, February 02, 200455A"I knew it!"Gregory E. Paul
Monday, January 05, 200434A"I found it!"Allan E. Parrish
Thursday, January 01, 200458D"So that's it!"Richard Silvestri
Monday, December 22, 200335A"Eureka!"Joy C. Frank
Friday, December 19, 200313A"I figured it out!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, November 25, 200320A"Now I see!"Allan E. Parrish
Monday, October 27, 20035A"Just as I thought!"Richard Miller
Tuesday, October 14, 200314A"Gotcha!"Fred Piscop
Thursday, September 18, 200310A"So that's it!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, July 03, 200312D"Got it!"Cathy Millhauser
Tuesday, May 13, 200327A"I know the answer!"Todd McClary
Monday, February 24, 200337D"Eureka!"Gregory E. Paul
Wednesday, December 25, 200270AWhat you may say when you crack the casePatrick Merrell
Saturday, December 21, 200249ARevelation responseJames E. Buell
Sunday, October 27, 200254D"Clever me!"Nancy Nicholson Joline
Thursday, October 03, 20021AFiguring-out shoutSusan Harrington Smith
Tuesday, September 24, 200236A"Now I get it!"Sherry O. Blackard
Sunday, May 26, 200274D"Well, well, well ..."Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, May 21, 200243A"Gotcha!"Paula Gamache
Sunday, April 14, 200292A"I get it!"David J. Kahn
Saturday, April 06, 200231A"So it's you!"Brendan Emmett Quigley
Wednesday, January 16, 200251ATriumphant cryLinda Bushman
Thursday, January 03, 200251AGleeful cryRandolph Ross
Monday, November 05, 200159D"Now I get it!"Jenny Gutbezahl
Sunday, July 01, 200143A"I've got it!"Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, March 27, 200136A"So that's it!"Sherry O. Blackard
Sunday, March 25, 200193A"That's it!"Trip Payne
Thursday, March 15, 200124A"Gotcha!"Cathy Millhauser
Monday, January 01, 200156D"So that's it!"Manny Nosowsky
Friday, December 29, 200028A"There it is!"David J. Kahn
Saturday, December 23, 200030A"So it's you!"Bob Klahn
Monday, November 13, 200050A"I get it!"Peter Gordon
Friday, October 27, 200031D"Gotcha!"Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, October 01, 2000136DStudent's cryNancy Nicholson Joline
Sunday, July 02, 200012D"Eureka!"Nancy Nicholson Joline
Wednesday, June 14, 200032D"That's it!"Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
Monday, June 12, 200042D"I have an idea!"Andrea C. Michaels
Monday, May 22, 200010D"Now I get it!"Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand
Wednesday, May 03, 20002DIt's said when a light bulb goes onNancy Salomon
Tuesday, February 15, 20002D"Caught you!"Frances Hansen
Friday, January 14, 200032DPuzzler's shoutMartin Ashwood-Smith
Friday, October 15, 199941D"But of course!"Mark Diehl
Sunday, September 12, 1999100AYou might say it when you get itNancy Scandrett Ross
Monday, August 09, 199936D"There you are!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, August 01, 199923D"Got ya!"Randolph Ross
Thursday, July 29, 199929D"There it is!"David J. Kahn
Sunday, July 18, 199912D"So that's it!"Nancy Nicholson Joline
Sunday, June 27, 199954D"Gotcha!"Robert Malinow
Thursday, May 27, 199955DCry upon discovering a puzzle theme?A. J. Santora
Thursday, May 20, 199950A"Eureka!"Zack Butler
Tuesday, May 04, 199957A"Gotcha!"Gayle Dean
Tuesday, March 16, 19996D"So, it's YOU!"Fred Piscop
Wednesday, December 30, 199824D"That's it!"Manny Nosowsky
Friday, August 07, 199836AOpposite of "huh?"Frank Longo
Sunday, July 26, 199831A"Oh, I see"Richard Silvestri
Monday, July 20, 199817A"Gotcha!"Mary E. Brindamour
Sunday, July 19, 199841D"The light dawns!"Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, May 06, 199829D"So that's it!"Richard Hughes
Wednesday, March 18, 199844A"Eureka!"Susan Smith
Tuesday, December 30, 199758A"There you are!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, December 02, 199727D"Yes, I see!"Alan Olschwang
Monday, November 24, 199750A"So that's what you meant!"Alex K. Justin
Saturday, November 22, 199762AWord teachers like to hearMatt Gaffney
Sunday, November 16, 1997105A"Gotcha"Frank Longo
Tuesday, October 14, 199724A"Eureka!"Robert Malinow
Wednesday, May 14, 199744A"Gotcha!"Norman S. Wizer
Tuesday, May 06, 19972D"Now I see!"Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, April 06, 199756A"I knew it!"Rich Norris
Wednesday, March 05, 199762D"I see!"Michael S. Maurer
Sunday, February 23, 199715D"Gotcha!"Nancy Nicholson Joline
Saturday, December 07, 199652A"Take On Me" pop trioR. H. Burns
Wednesday, November 06, 19966D"Gotcha!"M. E. Skolsky
Friday, August 23, 199645ASolver's shoutM. Ashwood-Smith
Wednesday, July 24, 199635DPalindromic exclamationA. Micci
Saturday, July 13, 199652AUtterance of mockeryEli Wesoff
Tuesday, June 18, 199633D"There you are!"E. C. Gorski
Tuesday, April 16, 199656A"Caught ya!"G. E. Paul
Thursday, March 28, 199658D"There you are!"G. Petgrave
Tuesday, February 27, 199658A"Caught you!"J.L. Beatty
Tuesday, February 13, 199610D"Caught you!"G. Paul
Sunday, February 04, 199665D"So!"D.J. Kahn
Wednesday, January 31, 199634DDetective's cryM. Gaffney
Thursday, July 13, 199528D"So that's what you mean!"A.J. Santora
Sunday, April 16, 1995108A"Caught you!"Matt Gaffney
Wednesday, March 29, 199555D"So that's why!"Manny Nosowsky
Thursday, January 26, 199548A"Now I know why!"A.J. Santora
Tuesday, December 27, 199457AInventor's cryErnie Furtado
Friday, December 09, 199459D"Now I get it!"Matt Gaffney
Monday, December 05, 199423A"Eureka!"Sidney L. Robbins
Saturday, December 03, 199427DResponse to a revelationRich Norris
Wednesday, November 30, 19948D"I knew it!"Joan Scott
Tuesday, July 19, 199435DCry of discoveryChristopher Hurt
Saturday, July 16, 199461D''Gotcha!''Mark Diehl
Thursday, April 21, 199447DSleuth's cryTimothy S. Lewis
Wednesday, January 05, 199458D"Great idea!"Chet Currier
Tuesday, January 04, 199437ADetective's cryDavid A. Rosen
Friday, December 31, 199335AWord associated with light bulbsNorman S. Wizer