| 2026-07-10 | Past or present |
| 2026-06-07 | Needing kneading, perhaps |
| 2026-04-01 | Nervous |
| 2025-09-10 | Nerve-racking |
| 2025-01-01 | Past, present or future |
| 2024-12-28 | Feature of English, but not Chinese |
| 2024-07-28 | Like the atmosphere after an awkward joke |
| 2024-07-25 | Present, for one |
| 2024-04-26 | Perfect, e.g. |
| 2024-04-16 | Past, present or future |
| 2024-04-02 | Like stiff muscles |
| 2024-03-22 | The difference between who I was and who I am? |
| 2023-03-22 | Anxious |
| 2023-01-02 | Present, past or future perfect |
| 2022-11-12 | Present, for one |
| 2022-11-03 | All wound up |
| 2022-07-01 | Wound up |
| 2022-04-01 | It may be perfect for writing |
| 2021-10-17 | Present, e.g. |
| 2021-09-06 | All wound up |
| 2021-07-10 | Will can change it |
| 2021-06-13 | It may be perfect or simple, but not both |
| 2020-07-23 | Wedgy |
| 2020-05-09 | It may be imperfect |
| 2019-09-27 | Wound up |
| 2019-06-03 | Uptight |
| 2019-03-21 | Tighten (up) |
| 2017-12-28 | High-strung |
| 2017-09-10 | Nerve-racking |
| 2017-08-15 | Like sports crowds during a close game |
| 2017-07-01 | Nail-biting |
| 2016-12-19 | Past or present |
| 2016-05-04 | Present, e.g. |
| 2015-06-15 | Future perfect, for one |
| 2015-06-02 | In need of a back rub, say |
| 2014-10-23 | Jittery |
| 2014-08-25 | All wound up |
| 2014-07-27 | Perfect, e.g. |
| 2014-01-19 | Stressed |
| 2014-01-03 | Time indicator, of sorts |
| 2013-10-02 | What a verb ending may indicate |
| 2013-06-12 | Needing a massage, maybe |
| 2010-02-23 | Uptight |
| 2010-02-02 | Nail-biting |
| 2009-12-07 | Past, present or future |
| 2009-10-18 | Needing a massage, say |
| 2009-05-31 | Cliff-hanging |
| 2009-05-19 | In need of a rubdown |
| 2009-04-02 | Ex-lax? |
| 2009-02-02 | In need of a massage, maybe |
| 2009-01-18 | Wound up |
| 2008-08-09 | Tied up in knots |
| 2008-07-22 | On edge |
| 2007-09-04 | On edge |
| 2007-04-12 | Worked up |
| 2007-03-13 | It may be perfect |
| 2007-01-29 | All wound up |
| 2007-01-22 | All keyed up |
| 2006-08-03 | Wound up |
| 2006-03-07 | On edge |
| 2006-02-10 | In danger of snapping |
| 2006-01-31 | Like a Hitchcock audience, typically |
| 2005-10-09 | Perfect, e.g. |
| 2005-08-14 | Ex-lax? |
| 2005-07-16 | Language study topic |
| 2005-05-18 | Wound up |
| 2005-05-12 | It may be perfect |
| 2005-03-04 | English 101 subject |
| 2004-12-05 | Strained |
| 2004-11-15 | Not relaxed |
| 2004-05-27 | It may be perfect |
| 2004-02-14 | In danger of snapping |
| 2004-01-07 | Lacking slack |
| 2003-12-02 | Not relaxed |
| 2003-07-03 | Noun concerning verbs |
| 2003-04-05 | Not easy |
| 2003-03-24 | Like a tie game in overtime |
| 2003-02-09 | It may be present |
| 2003-01-15 | High-strung |
| 2002-04-15 | Drawn tight |
| 2002-03-16 | Present, e.g. |
| 2002-03-09 | Brace, in a way |
| 2002-01-13 | Stressed |
| 2001-10-15 | Not at all relaxed |
| 2001-09-19 | Rigid |
| 2001-08-21 | On edge |
| 2001-06-17 | It may be present |
| 2001-06-15 | Like a game overtime |
| 2001-03-13 | Keyed up |
| 2001-01-30 | Keyed up |
| 2000-11-05 | Ex-lax? |
| 2000-09-16 | Perfect, e.g. |
| 2000-09-07 | Like sudden-death playoffs |
| 2000-05-22 | Pluperfect, e.g. |
| 2000-04-04 | Stretched tight |
| 2000-03-05 | Needing kneading? |
| 1999-10-24 | Jumpy |
| 1999-07-27 | Uptight |
| 1999-03-22 | Wound up |
| 1999-02-09 | High-strung |
| 1998-06-18 | Jittery |
| 1998-02-09 | Uptight |
| 1998-01-27 | Edgy |
| 1997-08-31 | English 101 subject |
| 1997-02-24 | Present, for example, in English class |
| 1996-12-04 | What a will, e.g., may indicate? |
| 1996-05-30 | Uptight |
| 1996-04-10 | It may be perfect |
| 1996-01-28 | Knotted up |
| 1995-10-23 | Taut |
| 1995-07-20 | It might be past |
| 1995-01-05 | Present, e.g. |
| 1994-01-16 | Itchy, in a way |
| 1993-12-15 | Present, for one |