Warning: This page contains spoilers for the March 14-15, 2026, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game that originally aired on May 6, 2025.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Word Origins) for March 14-15, 2026 (Season 41, Game 172):
Fittingly, this adjective describing a hit-you-in-the-gut kind of feeling goes back to a Latin word for internal organs
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Keegan Olson, a consultant from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Sarah Gillis, a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, New Jersey
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Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (5-day total: $105,915)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our lengthy run through the series of ToCers from last spring in the weekend encore presentations continues this weekend with Ben Ganger’s attempt to get victory number six against Sarah Gillis and Keegan Olson.
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Correct response: What is visceral?
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Derived from the word viscus, meaning an internal organ of the body (i.e. the heart, liver, or intestines), the word “visceral” is an adjective meaning “coming from strong emotions and not from logic or reason”. I felt this was a good “word origins” Final Jeopardy when I first saw it, and stand by that assessment further after having seen the episode.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the March 14-15, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
If I gave you the three players’ Coryat scores and told you it was a runaway, you’d have expected it to have been a runaway victory for Ben and win number six. However, the high Coryat belonged to Keegan and the runaway belonged to Sarah, thanks to three bottom-row incorrect responses from Ben and a missed True Daily Double from Keegan.
Sarah having that runaway was crucial as she was the only player incorrect in Final Jeopardy, ending Ben’s run at five victories. With this ending the long run of ToCers, next weekend the show jumps back to December 2024, where we’ll see the first game of Ashley Chan.
Scores going into Final:
Sarah $7,400
Ben $3,600
Keegan $2,800
Tonight’s results:
Keegan $2,800 + $2,800 = $5,600 (What is…visceral)
Ben $3,600 + $2,001 = $5,601 (What is visceral Love you mom + dad)
Sarah $7,400 – $100 = $7,300 (What is ? Thanks Hel) (1-day total: $7,300)
Game Stats:
Sarah $6,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Ben $3,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Keegan $17,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,400
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