Enter a word to see all the clues used for it, or enter a pattern to see all answer words that match that pattern.
Standard matching: Patterns use ? for unknown single letters. For example, P??CH will find both POOCH and PEACH.
Use * to mean any number of letters.
A*Z finds both ADZ and ALCATRAZ, *CRY gets words that end with CRY, etc.
Up to 1000 results are shown from each word list.
This page finds words from Daily, Sunday and Variety puzzles, and also from a dictionary search. See FAQs for dictionary info.
You can use $v to mean a single vowel or $c to mean a consonant. The v and c must be lower case.
For consistency with other search engines, Y is always considered to be a consonant. Try these sample links:
$c??$c displays 4-letter answers that start and end with a consonant.
$v$v*$v$v returns words of any length that start and end with two vowels.
Some extensions are available using standard matching. For example,
[QJXZ]???[^A-M] finds 5-letter words starting with Q, J, Z, or Z
and ending with a letter not in the first half of the alphabet.
New regex matching (advanced): You can now choose to use full regular expression (regex) syntax in your searches.
You must explicitly click the RegEx button to perform a regular expression search.
Up to 10,000 results from the combined databases (Shortz, Variety, Pre-Shortz, Dictionary) are returned in a single list.
Standard matching patterns will not work in regex mode. The syntax is completely different.
XWord Info cannot help with regex syntax but the web is full of
helpful sites about this .
The Regex Dictionary has a particularly good tutorial .
The one extension I provide is that $c and $v can be used as shorthand for any consonant and any vowel.
Queries can be arbitrarily complex but here are a few simple ones to get you started.
Find words that include the string ABC somewhere inside:
ABC
Words that can be spelled using only the names of musical notes:
^[A-G]+$
Entries that do not include a vowel:
^[^AEIOU]*$
Words ending in c + 2 vowels + a single consonant:
C$v$v$c$
15-letter words containing neither A nor E:
^[^AE]{15}$
Words containing at least one Q and one V in any order:
(V.*Q)|(Q.*V)
116 entries were found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of occurrences.)
Date Grid Clue Author
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 61D ___ crossroads (6) Richard and Judith Martin
Sunday, October 28, 2012 78A ___ loss (11) Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison
Monday, August 27, 2012 9D One step ___ time (2) Michael Farabaugh
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 29A ___ standstill (7) Zoe Wheeler
Monday, July 4, 2011 3D One day ___ time Paul Johnson
Saturday, April 16, 2011 22A ___ price (5) Robert H. Wolfe
Saturday, April 9, 2011 4D Loss leader? (5) Scott Atkinson
Saturday, January 29, 2011 56A With 36-Down, cocked Ned White
Monday, January 10, 2011 12D One thing ___ time (2) James Tuttle
Monday, December 27, 2010 18A One thing ___ time (2) C. W. Stewart
Sunday, October 17, 2010 106A ___ loss (11) Patrick Blindauer
Sunday, July 25, 2010 32A One-time connection Alan Arbesfeld
Saturday, July 17, 2010 50D ___ price (5) Mark Diehl
Thursday, April 22, 2010 35D ___ loss (11) Caleb Madison
Friday, March 19, 2010 55A ___ stretch Trip Payne
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 20A Week-___-glance calendar Zoe Wheeler
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 19A ___ crossroads (6) Barry Boone
Sunday, November 1, 2009 111D ___ premium (6) Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
Monday, August 3, 2009 52A One step ___ time (2) Janet R. Bender
Thursday, October 2, 2008 38A ___ premium (6) Samuel A. Donaldson
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 30A ___ healthy pace Daniel Kantor
Thursday, March 6, 2008 59D ___ loss (11) Pamela Amick Klawitter
Thursday, February 21, 2008 54D ___ gallop (2) Peter A. Collins
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 64A ___ disadvantage (2) Chuck Hamilton
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 59A ___ glance (11) C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 18D One ___ time (7) Randall J. Hartman
Sunday, August 19, 2007 114D ___ crossroads (6) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, August 13, 2007 65D One ___ time (7) Andrew Ries
Saturday, December 23, 2006 30A Alma-___, city where Trotsky was exiled Myles Callum
Sunday, December 17, 2006 37A With 33-Down, quickly Joe DiPietro
Thursday, September 7, 2006 28D ___ minimum (4) Lucy Gardner Anderson
Thursday, August 10, 2006 20A ___ premium (6) Todd McClary
Friday, July 7, 2006 1A ___ minimum (4) Joe Krozel
Sunday, June 25, 2006 12D ___ loss (11) Jim Page
Sunday, May 21, 2006 86A ___ minimum (4) Ashish Vengsarkar
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 45A ___ good clip Patrick Merrell
Monday, September 19, 2005 59D See ___ glance Timothy Powell
Sunday, August 21, 2005 115D ___ clip (3) Byron Walden
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 43A ___ glance (quickly) (2) David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell
Sunday, July 3, 2005 9D "Now ___ theater near you!" (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, May 1, 2005 61D ___ premium (6) Joe DiPietro
Friday, April 1, 2005 58D ___ price (5) David Pringle
Friday, January 14, 2005 4D ___ tilt Manny Nosowsky
Monday, January 10, 2005 3D ___ disadvantage (handicapped) David Pringle
Saturday, November 27, 2004 33D ___ minimum (4) Byron Walden
Friday, October 29, 2004 6D ___ price (5) Sherry O. Blackard
Saturday, October 23, 2004 36A ___ crossroads (6) James E. Buell
Monday, August 16, 2004 23A ___ glance (quickly) (2) Joy C. Frank
Monday, August 2, 2004 39A ___ standstill (motionless) Holden Baker
Sunday, April 25, 2004 74D ___ crossroads (6) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, November 14, 2003 63D Loss leader? (5) Myles Callum
Sunday, October 26, 2003 63D ___ disadvantage (2) Patrick Merrell
Tuesday, October 14, 2003 40D ___ snail's pace Fred Piscop
Sunday, July 27, 2003 80A ___ clip (3) Michael Grudzielanek
Saturday, May 24, 2003 56A ___ premium (6) Rich Norris
Tuesday, February 11, 2003 27D ___ loss for words (5) Myles Callum
Tuesday, November 26, 2002 50A ___ standstill (7) Alan Arbesfeld
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 60D ___ glance (11) Alan Arbesfeld
Thursday, August 15, 2002 29D Sandburg poem "___ Window" Manny Nosowsky
Saturday, June 22, 2002 30A ___ premium (6) Rich Norris
Saturday, March 23, 2002 42A Premium preceder Adam Cohen
Sunday, March 3, 2002 30D ___ crossroads (6) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, January 20, 2002 88A ___ price (5) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Wednesday, August 8, 2001 57D ___ glance (11) Sam Bellotto Jr.
Friday, August 3, 2001 52A Loss leader? (5) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Saturday, May 12, 2001 52A One-time bridge Michael Shteyman
Sunday, April 15, 2001 100D ___ loss (11) Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, April 4, 2001 33D ___ glance (11) Alan Arbesfeld
Sunday, March 11, 2001 33A Jerome Robbins's "Dances ___ Gathering" Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, February 25, 2001 113D Words before distance or discount (2) Greg Staples
Sunday, September 3, 2000 60A Two-time link David J. Kahn
Sunday, July 30, 2000 49A Words before distance or discount (2) Randolph Ross
Monday, March 27, 2000 61D ___ loss for words (5) Dave and Diane Epperson
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 24D ___ glance (11) Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, July 13, 1999 52A ___ glance (11) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, June 6, 1999 151D ___ stroke David J. Kahn
Sunday, April 18, 1999 161D Loss leader? (5) Frank Longo
Thursday, April 1, 1999 59D ___ standstill (7) Kelly Clark
Tuesday, March 9, 1999 57A ___ brisk pace Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, January 21, 1999 8D ___ standstill (7) Randolph Ross
Saturday, December 26, 1998 4D ___ loss (11) A. J. Santora
Saturday, November 21, 1998 30A Loss leader? (5) Joe DiPietro
Monday, October 19, 1998 5D Tell ___ glance Stephanie Spadaccini
Monday, August 17, 1998 50A One ___ time (7) Gregory E. Paul
Thursday, March 19, 1998 62A ___ turning point Manny Nosowsky
Monday, February 23, 1998 51A ___ glance (11) Mark Danna
Friday, December 26, 1997 62D One-time link (3) Bob Sefick
Thursday, July 3, 1997 41D "Now ___ theater near you!" (2) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Thursday, February 27, 1997 7D One-time connector Raymond C. Young
Monday, January 6, 1997 39D One ___ time (7) S. L. Robbins
Monday, September 9, 1996 45A One ___ time (7) S. L. Robbins
Monday, April 1, 1996 22D ___loss for words (5) F. Piscop
Saturday, March 2, 1996 19A ___clip (3) N. Joline
Tuesday, February 20, 1996 41A Two___time D. Trombley
Sunday, February 4, 1996 44D ___standstill (7) D.J. Kahn
Wednesday, January 24, 1996 22D ___standstill (7) J. Hess
Wednesday, December 13, 1995 22D One-time link (3) Ernie Furtado
Wednesday, November 8, 1995 50D Sandburg's "____ Window" Glenn E. Sykes
Thursday, November 2, 1995 41A ____ stroke (suddenly) Wayne Robert Williams
Saturday, October 14, 1995 21A _____ stroke (immediately) Alex K. Justin
Sunday, July 2, 1995 47D _____ price (dearly) Alex K. Justin
Sunday, June 18, 1995 110D _____ loss (11) Rich Norris
Thursday, May 25, 1995 3D _____ glance (11) Harvey Estes
Monday, May 1, 1995 27D One _____ time (7) Sidney L. Robbins
Thursday, March 30, 1995 32D _____ loss (11) Rich Norris
Monday, March 27, 1995 63D One _____ time (7) Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, January 8, 1995 74A _____ loss (11) Nancy Nicholson Joline
Sunday, November 27, 1994 115D _____ standstill (7) Jacques Liwer
Sunday, August 7, 1994 76A _____ glance (11) Dean Niles
Saturday, June 4, 1994 21A _____ loss for words (5) Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, May 17, 1994 5D _____ loss for words (5) Harvey Estes
Thursday, March 31, 1994 29A _____ loss (11) Mark Diehl
Thursday, March 24, 1994 8D _____ glance (11) A.J. Santora
Saturday, January 22, 1994 52A _____ glance (11) Raymond Hamel
Friday, December 24, 1993 24A _____gallop (2) Merl H. Reagle
Monday, December 6, 1993 20D One-time link (3) Peter Gordon