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)
Date Grid Clue Author
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 69A Animal roaming the Rockies Lynn Lempel
Monday, February 11, 2013 47A Antlered animal (16) Gary Cee
Friday, November 30, 2012 4D Rotarian relative Gary Cee
Friday, November 2, 2012 25A Leather variety Derek Bowman
Thursday, July 12, 2012 56D Utah state animal Pawel Fludzinski
Sunday, June 24, 2012 37A Antlered animal (16) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, March 26, 2012 1A Antlered animal (16) Ray Fontenot
Sunday, January 29, 2012 13D Utah's state animal Ian Livengood
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9D Fraternal member Gary Cee
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 60D Yellowstone beast Patrick McIntyre
Monday, June 20, 2011 6D Fraternal lodge member Lynn Lempel
Thursday, March 31, 2011 1A Animal on the Michigan flag Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
Monday, March 14, 2011 13D Antlered animal (16) Andrea Carla Michaels
Saturday, January 8, 2011 57D Buckskin source Will Nediger
Sunday, December 19, 2010 145D Forest game Kevin G. Der
Monday, December 13, 2010 58A Antlered animal (16) Patrick Blindauer
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 34D Lodge member (12) Peter A. Collins
Saturday, June 26, 2010 47D Pennsylvania's ___ Mountain (skiing area) Robert H. Wolfe
Friday, June 18, 2010 50A Game animal Karen M. Tracey
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 27D Yellowstone roamer Jeffrey Wechsler
Monday, December 28, 2009 20A Antlered animal (16) Patrick Merrell
Monday, September 28, 2009 7D Antlered animal (16) Lynn Lempel
Sunday, May 10, 2009 31A Big game Patrick Berry
Sunday, May 3, 2009 76A Roar : lion :: bugle : ___ Caleb Madison
Friday, April 3, 2009 8D Black ___ (Lakota visionary) John Farmer
Monday, March 2, 2009 58D Antlered animal (16) Lynn Lempel
Sunday, September 21, 2008 61A Fraternity member Brendan Emmett Quigley
Friday, July 18, 2008 53A Redwood National Park sight Mike Nothnagel
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 22A Antlered animal (16) Ken Bessette
Monday, June 16, 2008 40A Bull or cow in the forest Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron
Monday, March 24, 2008 61D Antlered animal (16) David J. Kahn
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2D Lodge member (12) Lee Glickstein
Sunday, February 17, 2008 6D Variety of leather Henry Hook
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 23A Benevolent fellow Norma Johnson
Saturday, June 9, 2007 55D Puma prey Karen M. Tracey
Sunday, May 27, 2007 26A Beast with a bugling call Patrick Berry
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 28D Lodge member (12) Burton Clemans
Friday, March 2, 2007 59A Animal with a white rump Eric Berlin
Monday, January 22, 2007 25D Lodge member (12) C. W. Stewart
Saturday, June 3, 2006 23D Army of Hope member Brendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, May 22, 2006 49A Horned animal Edgar R. Fontaine
Friday, May 19, 2006 35A Cows and bulls Patrick Berry
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 37D Lodge member (12) Patrick Blindauer
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 61D Lodge brother Jim Hyres
Monday, February 27, 2006 21A Forest ranger? Ed Early
Monday, November 28, 2005 55A Yellowstone Park animal Kevan Choset
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 34D Caribou kin (2) Harriet Clifton
Friday, September 2, 2005 7D Tennessee River tributary Sherry O. Blackard
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 22D Fraternal fellow (2) Michael Doran
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 64D Yellowstone herd member Holden Baker
Saturday, August 28, 2004 7D Forest ranger Dana Motley
Sunday, August 22, 2004 52A Lodge member (12) Cathy Millhauser
Friday, July 16, 2004 37A Head up North? Craig Kasper
Sunday, May 16, 2004 104A Largish deer Patrick Berry
Friday, February 13, 2004 52A Canada's ___ Island National Park Manny Nosowsky
Thursday, January 22, 2004 11D Member of an order Roy Leban
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 38D Antlered animal (16) Tyler Hinman
Sunday, September 22, 2002 52A Pride : lion :: gang : ___ Alan Arbesfeld
Thursday, July 4, 2002 5D Forest animal Nathaniel Weiss
Wednesday, June 19, 2002 27A Cousin of a caribou Janet R. Bender
Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4D Kiwanian colleague Richard Silvestri
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 4D Lodge member (12) Louis Hildebrand
Wednesday, October 3, 2001 26A Pliable leather (2) David Bunker
Sunday, September 23, 2001 4D Civic supporter Randolph Ross
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 70A Animal with horns Randall J. Hartman
Wednesday, June 13, 2001 44D Animal that bugles Nick Grivas
Sunday, April 22, 2001 56D ___ Grove Village, Ill. (2) Patrick Berry
Sunday, February 11, 2001 33D Wild bugler Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, February 6, 2001 52A Antlered animal (16) Sherry O. Blackard
Thursday, August 31, 2000 61D Cousin of a moose Gene Newman
Monday, August 7, 2000 23D Lodge member (12) Nick Grivas
Tuesday, July 18, 2000 61A Wapiti (3) Richard Silvestri
Friday, January 21, 2000 5D American ___ John Wolting
Tuesday, January 11, 2000 46A Lodge member (12) Fran and Lou Sabin
Sunday, October 3, 1999 104A Hunter's quarry (3) Fred Piscop
Sunday, September 12, 1999 41D Pliable leather (2) Nancy Scandrett Ross
Sunday, August 22, 1999 37D Source of a bugle call Raymond Hamel
Thursday, August 5, 1999 56D Deer kin A. J. Santora
Monday, June 28, 1999 47A Antlered animal (16) Ed Early
Tuesday, May 25, 1999 63A Man in a lodge Philip Lew
Wednesday, May 19, 1999 3D Hunter's quarry (3) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, May 16, 1999 144A Benevolent one Nancy Nicholson Joline
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 9D ___ Grove Village, Ill. (2) Patrick Jordan
Wednesday, December 23, 1998 46D Caribou kin (2) Christopher Hurt
Saturday, December 19, 1998 4D Soft leather Frank Longo and Dave Tuller
Sunday, November 29, 1998 96D Hunter's quarry (3) Matt Gaffney
Monday, September 7, 1998 50D Antlered animal (16) Gregory E. Paul
Wednesday, August 12, 1998 6A Forest denizen Alan Arbesfeld
Saturday, February 28, 1998 57D Soft shoe leather David J. Kahn
Tuesday, January 20, 1998 29D Lodge member (12) Randall J. Hartman
Monday, January 19, 1998 13D Big game animal Gregory E. Paul
Saturday, June 28, 1997 21A Tennessee tributary Bob Klahn
Tuesday, May 6, 1997 8D Lodge member (12) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Friday, November 15, 1996 60D Wapiti (3) R. Norris
Sunday, July 21, 1996 80A Tributary of the Tennessee D. Niles
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 30D Cousin of the moose R. J. Hartman
Monday, January 15, 1996 8D Antlered animal (16) Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, March 19, 1995 51D Neigh:horse::bugle:_____ Alex K. Justin
Monday, January 2, 1995 31D Moose Sidney L. Robbins
Monday, December 19, 1994 10D Antelered animal Sidney L. Robbins
Thursday, November 17, 1994 34D Wapiti (3) Rich Norris
Monday, November 14, 1994 43A Antlered animal (16) Sidney L. Robbins
Sunday, November 13, 1994 7A Fraternal fellow (2) Frank A. Longo
Wednesday, October 26, 1994 12D Lodge member (12) Rich Norris
Thursday, August 11, 1994 12A Fraternal one Bryant White
Monday, December 6, 1993 41D Benevolent guy Peter Gordon