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)
104 entries were found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of occurrences.)
Date Grid Clue Author
Thursday, April 25, 2013 22A Hosp. adjunct Jeffrey Wechsler
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 36A Ambulance letters (10) Peter Broda
Saturday, March 23, 2013 40A Mismatched pair? David Steinberg
Monday, March 11, 2013 45D Letters on an ambulance (3) Robert Fisher
Friday, March 1, 2013 39A Lead characters in "Mork & Mindy"? Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 43D Ambulance letters (10) Daniel Kantor
Thursday, November 15, 2012 41A 911 responder: Abbr. (2) Andrew Reynolds
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 66A Ambulance org. Peter A. Collins
Saturday, June 30, 2012 61D 911 letters Tim Croce
Friday, May 4, 2012 40A Lifesaving squad: Abbr. Barry C. Silk
Monday, April 2, 2012 44A Ambulance letters (10) Lynn Lempel
Friday, January 28, 2011 29A Middle of summer? (2) Kevin G. Der
Sunday, June 6, 2010 92D Ambulance letters (10) Daniel A. Finan
Saturday, April 24, 2010 57D Rescue inits. Thomas Heilman
Monday, March 1, 2010 28A Letters on an ambulance (3) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, December 21, 2009 65A Ambulance letters (10) Sarah Keller
Thursday, December 3, 2009 44D Medium on the outside? Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 52A Lifesaving team, for short Chuck Deodene
Sunday, April 19, 2009 105A 911 responder: Abbr. (2) Will Nediger
Sunday, December 14, 2008 19D Typography units Trip Payne
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 44D Dorothy's aunt and others C. W. Stewart
Monday, November 17, 2008 13D Bad ___ (German spa) (3) Paula Gamache
Sunday, August 10, 2008 99A Middle of summer? (2) Will Nediger
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 25D Ambulance letters (10) Barry C. Silk
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 52A Type measures Stephen Edward Anderson
Thursday, April 3, 2008 60D Accident letters (2) Kevin G. Der
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 53D Ambulance letters (10) Lee Glickstein
Friday, November 30, 2007 25A Bad ___, German resort Henry Hook
Sunday, October 7, 2007 41A Bad ___ (German spa) (3) Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Thursday, July 5, 2007 12D Accident letters (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9D Grp. called after an accident John Halverson
Sunday, May 13, 2007 126A 9-1-1 grp. Jim Page
Sunday, March 4, 2007 60D Modem termini? (2) Randolph Ross
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 22A Ambulance letters (10) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 46A Ambulance letters (10) Sarah Keller
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 35D Grp. gotten by dialing 911 Paula Gamache
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 50A Type widths (4) Kevan Choset
Monday, July 17, 2006 26A Letters after els Larry Paul
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4D 911 responder, for short Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, March 9, 2006 33A Mommy's triplets? John Farmer
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 65D Dash lengths (2) Jim Hyres
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 55D Type widths (4) James R. Leeds
Saturday, November 12, 2005 45A River connected to a 165-mile long European canal Karen M. Tracey
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 31D First responders: Abbr. David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell
Sunday, July 17, 2005 7D Miami duo? David J. Kahn
Tuesday, July 5, 2005 63D German spa (7) Beth Hinshaw
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 65D Dash widths Nancy Salomon
Monday, January 24, 2005 29D Letters on an ambulance (3) Sarah Keller
Monday, January 3, 2005 10D Ambulance inits. Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, December 5, 2004 111D Type widths (4) David J. Kahn
Thursday, August 12, 2004 64A Fat letters (3) David J. Kahn
Sunday, August 1, 2004 117D Type widths (4) Randolph Ross
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 35A River to the North Sea (3) Randolph Ross
Sunday, March 21, 2004 60A European spa Roy Leban
Saturday, January 31, 2004 45A Fat letters (3) Byron Walden
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 20A Modem termini? (2) Barry Silk
Saturday, September 20, 2003 9D North Sea feeder (2) Bob Peoples
Sunday, June 1, 2003 55A Leads for Marilyn Monroe? Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, May 8, 2003 41D Printers' widths (3) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10D CPR pros Christina Houlihan
Saturday, December 28, 2002 4D River to the North Sea (3) Rich Norris
Sunday, December 1, 2002 104A Rhineland spa David J. Kahn
Tuesday, April 2, 2002 15D Dash lengths (2) Janice M. Putney
Sunday, January 27, 2002 67A Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal (2) Patrick Berry
Saturday, August 11, 2001 59D Millennium ends? David J. Kahn
Saturday, March 10, 2001 10D See 36-Down Charles E. Gersch
Monday, July 17, 2000 64D Ens' preceders Mitch Komro
Saturday, January 22, 2000 22A German resort (2) David J. Kahn
Sunday, December 12, 1999 107D North Sea feeder (2) Richard Silvestri
Tuesday, November 2, 1999 22A Dash units Bernice Gordon
Sunday, May 30, 1999 11D German resort (2) Cathy Millhauser
Saturday, April 10, 1999 44A Mushroom ends? A. J. Santora
Monday, December 14, 1998 25A Bad ___ (German spa) (3) Randy Sowell
Tuesday, December 8, 1998 28A German spa (7) Frances Hansen
Thursday, October 22, 1998 64D German river (2) Chuck Deodene
Thursday, May 14, 1998 30A Summer center? Frank Longo
Friday, May 1, 1998 56A Mime duo? John Wolting
Friday, April 17, 1998 52A Mom's twins? Matt Gaffney
Tuesday, April 14, 1998 27D Spa in Germany Diane C. Baldwin
Sunday, April 5, 1998 92D Maximum limits? David J. Kahn
Monday, January 12, 1998 50A German spa (7) John Greenman
Saturday, October 4, 1997 49A Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal (2) Rich Norris
Sunday, May 25, 1997 53D German river (2) Cathy Millhauser
Monday, December 2, 1996 27A German spa (7) D. L. Wilk
Sunday, October 20, 1996 16D Mommy's triplets R. Ross
Thursday, August 1, 1996 52A Watering place near Koblenz B. Lubbers
Tuesday, April 16, 1996 23A Ambulance letters (10) G. E. Paul
Monday, April 1, 1996 13D Printer's widths F. Piscop
Monday, March 18, 1996 9D German spa (7) S. L. Robbins
Thursday, December 21, 1995 62D Printers' measures Rich Norris
Sunday, October 8, 1995 67A Bad _____, Germany Nancy Nicholson Joline
Saturday, August 5, 1995 41A Bismarck's _____ Dispatch Frank A. Longo
Monday, June 12, 1995 20A Grp. that dispatches ambulances Robert Zimmerman
Wednesday, May 17, 1995 61D Printer's measures (2) Ed Early
Monday, April 24, 1995 40A German spa (7) Sidney L. Robbins
Monday, November 28, 1994 30D River to the North Sea (3) Jonathan Schmalzbach
Sunday, October 30, 1994 109A German spa (7) R.M. Hopkins
Tuesday, October 18, 1994 47A Printers' widths (3) Harvey Estes
Wednesday, October 5, 1994 6D Fat letters (3) Fran & Lou Sabin
Friday, July 22, 1994 19A 911 abbr. Raymond Hamel
Monday, March 21, 1994 33A Printer's measures (2) Sidney L. Robbins
Tuesday, March 1, 1994 5D Printers' widths (3) D.J. Listort
Sunday, February 13, 1994 8D Miami couple Cathy Millhauser
Thursday, January 13, 1994 30D Trio of mommies? Harvey Estes