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
Sunday, March 3, 2013 55A Indisposed (4) Samuel A. Donaldson
Monday, January 28, 2013 4D Sick (4) Jaime Hutchison and Victor Fleming
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2D Down with a bug, say Jay Kaskel
Monday, December 17, 2012 45A Needing hospitalization, say Elizabeth A. Long
Sunday, September 9, 2012 8D Awesome, in slang Kevin G. Der
Friday, September 7, 2012 30D "___ see" Martin Ashwood-Smith
Sunday, July 22, 2012 53A Like one who has gone green? Brendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, June 18, 2012 35A Sick (4) Peter A. Collins
Saturday, March 31, 2012 42A Harboring cold feelings? Scott Atkinson
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 49A Unwell Will Nediger
Sunday, March 4, 2012 7A Sublime, in hip-hop slang David J. Kahn
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 21D "___ be back!" Dan Feyer
Friday, September 9, 2011 28A Battling something, say Joe Krozel
Sunday, August 14, 2011 2D Sick (4) Paula Gamache
Saturday, July 30, 2011 49A Unkindly (2) Patrick Berry
Monday, July 11, 2011 63D Under the weather (10) Ellen Leuschner
Thursday, June 30, 2011 61A "___ bite" (5) David Poole
Monday, June 6, 2011 57D Under the weather (10) Gary Whitehead
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 36D Cook Co.'s home Michael Farabaugh
Saturday, April 2, 2011 36D Bad Mark Diehl
Monday, March 14, 2011 12D "___ Never Fall in Love Again" Andrea Carla Michaels
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 4D Indisposed (4) Mr. Ed Sessa
Monday, December 13, 2010 15A In bed all day, maybe Patrick Blindauer
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 58D Excellent, slangily Caleb Madison
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 68A Under the weather (10) Oliver Hill
Friday, April 9, 2010 50A Fighting something, say Ned White
Sunday, February 7, 2010 45D Scarcely (2) Patrick Berry
Thursday, November 12, 2009 61D In a bad way (2) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, July 19, 2009 10D Unfavorable Lynn Lempel
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 31D Off one's feed (8) Corey Rubin
Monday, April 13, 2009 31D Running a temperature, say (2) Natan Last
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 29D Needing a doctor's attention Richard Chisholm
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 37D Home state of 52-Across: Abbr. Tim Wescott
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 4D "___ bite" (5) John Greenman
Sunday, December 28, 2008 109A Poorly (6) Patrick Berry
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 38D Indisposed (4) Lynn Lempel
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 49D "___ say!" (6) Ken Bessette
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 34A Poorly (6) Adam Fromm
Sunday, April 27, 2008 54A Below par Oliver Hill
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8D Under the weather (10) Larry Shearer
Sunday, November 18, 2007 39D Not feeling 100 percent Patrick Berry
Sunday, September 16, 2007 59D Feeling much less than 100% Mike Nothnagel
Sunday, September 2, 2007 3D "___ bite" (5) Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, June 14, 2007 34D Feverish, say Donna Hoke Kahwaty
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 52A Queasy Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 52A "Well, ___ be!" (2) Patrick Merrell
Saturday, February 24, 2007 40D Neighbor of Mo. (2) Byron Walden
Friday, February 16, 2007 20A Unfriendly Charles Barasch
Thursday, January 4, 2007 60D In a bad way (2) Alan Olschwang
Monday, October 9, 2006 23D Running a temperature, say (2) Sarah Keller
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 23A Feverish (2) Joe DiPietro
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5D Neighbor of Mo. (2) Kevan Choset
Sunday, August 6, 2006 29A Off one's feed (8) Mark Feldman
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 37D Off one's feed (8) Barry C. Silk
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 54A "___ treat!" Barry C. Silk
Monday, April 10, 2006 41D Under the weather (10) Gary J. Whitehead
Monday, February 13, 2006 50A Having ridden one too many times on a 20-Across, say Janet R. Bender
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 33D Indisposed (4) David J. Kahn
Sunday, December 4, 2005 145A "___ bite!" (5) Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper
Thursday, October 27, 2005 33D "___ wait" Bonnie L. Gentry
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 65D Off one's feed (8) Paul Guttormsson
Friday, September 23, 2005 32A Negatively Levi Denham
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 23A Off one's feed (8) Randall J. Hartman
Sunday, May 29, 2005 13D With 93-Down, star-crossed Frank Longo
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 53D Under the weather (10) David J. Kahn
Friday, March 4, 2005 38D Wicked Myles Callum
Sunday, January 23, 2005 119D Bedridden Joe DiPietro
Thursday, December 9, 2004 56D "___ say!" (6) Paula Gamache
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 23A Not well (3) Nancy Kavanaugh
Sunday, August 29, 2004 65A "___ say!" (6) Manny Nosowsky
Wednesday, August 4, 2004 44A Not healthy Raymond Hamel
Friday, July 30, 2004 39A Off one's feed (8) Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, July 4, 2004 51A Laid up (5) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Saturday, June 12, 2004 6D "___ be!" Henry Hook
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 68A Not well (3) Richard Chisholm
Friday, October 17, 2003 47A Poorly (6) Bob Peoples
Saturday, September 6, 2003 24A Unsatisfactorily (2) David J. Kahn
Friday, August 29, 2003 18A Evil Gilbert H. Ludwig
Sunday, July 27, 2003 117D Not in the pink Michael Grudzielanek
Thursday, January 9, 2003 41D Out of sorts David J. Kahn
Friday, December 27, 2002 33A Unfavorably (3) Sherry O. Blackard
Wednesday, December 25, 2002 65A Suffering Patrick Merrell
Sunday, November 24, 2002 46A Laid up (5) Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
Sunday, November 3, 2002 111A Down Patrick Berry
Monday, September 16, 2002 8D Poorly (6) Roy Leban
Friday, March 22, 2002 45A Missing work, maybe Randall J. Hartman
Monday, March 4, 2002 58A Ailing Randall J. Hartman
Monday, February 4, 2002 3D Down with the flu, say Gregory E. Paul
Friday, February 1, 2002 11D Advised leader? Pat M. Hugel
Friday, November 2, 2001 4D Nefarious Mary Jung
Wednesday, July 25, 2001 20A Off one's feed (8) Richard Hughes
Wednesday, July 11, 2001 61D Laid up (5) Richard Silvestri
Saturday, June 23, 2001 62D Down with something David J. Kahn
Tuesday, May 1, 2001 38D Feeling off Stanley Newman
Friday, January 26, 2001 48A Afflicted (2) Joe DiPietro
Sunday, January 21, 2001 80A Poorly (6) Con Pederson
Thursday, October 26, 2000 27A Laid up (5) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, October 18, 2000 22D Off one's feed (8) Thomas W. Schier
Sunday, October 1, 2000 29A "___ say!" (6) Nancy Nicholson Joline
Saturday, August 26, 2000 19A Feverish (2) A. J. Santora
Monday, August 14, 2000 3D Down with the flu Nancy Kavanaugh
Sunday, July 30, 2000 13D Malicious Randolph Ross
Saturday, April 8, 2000 51A Harm Rich Norris
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 6D Needing hospital care Fred Piscop
Saturday, February 12, 2000 43A Trouble Dave Tuller
Wednesday, February 9, 2000 40D Taken ___ Charles E. Gersch
Tuesday, January 4, 2000 27D Under the weather (10) Joy L. Wouk
Wednesday, December 8, 1999 65D Scarcely (2) Fred Piscop
Wednesday, December 1, 1999 42A Laid up (5) Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 65D Hostilely Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, December 8, 1998 47A Under the weather (10) Frances Hansen
Tuesday, October 6, 1998 6D Hurting Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, May 3, 1998 46D Feeling lousy Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, March 15, 1998 32A Green around the gills Frank Longo
Tuesday, December 9, 1997 12D ___-timed Fran and Lou Sabin
Monday, November 17, 1997 3D State west of Ind. Holden Baker
Tuesday, September 23, 1997 50A Calamity Nancy Salomon
Saturday, August 16, 1997 14A Prepared introduction? Matt Gaffney
Wednesday, June 18, 1997 10D Sick (4) Stanley B. Whitten
Thursday, March 27, 1997 18D Inadequately Alex Vaughn
Saturday, March 22, 1997 61D Unfavorably (3) Rich Norris
Tuesday, February 18, 1997 43D "Well, ___ be!" (2) F. Piscop
Friday, February 7, 1997 27A Unfavorably (3) R. Norris
Thursday, December 5, 1996 28A 20's hit "___ Get By" B. Jorgensen
Sunday, August 11, 1996 68D "___ say!" (6) M. Schneider
Sunday, August 4, 1996 107A Unkindly (2) D. Tuller
Thursday, May 23, 1996 8D Improperly M. E. Brindamour
Tuesday, May 21, 1996 39A Bedbound J. Schmalzbach
Friday, March 15, 1996 56D Afflicted (2) A. J. Santora
Tuesday, March 5, 1996 39A Looking peaked G. E. Paul
Thursday, February 15, 1996 60D Poorly (6) Matt Gaffney
Monday, August 14, 1995 59D Not well (3) Ben Wheelock
Wednesday, July 5, 1995 34D "____ be seeing you" Norman S. Wizer
Wednesday, May 17, 1995 20A Under the weather (10) Ed Early
Friday, May 12, 1995 37D Harmful Rich Norris
Thursday, February 23, 1995 4D Under the weather (10) Daniel R. Stark
Sunday, February 5, 1995 2D Unsatisfactorily (2) Frank A. Longo
Sunday, November 6, 1994 69D ______-advised A.J. Santora
Wednesday, October 19, 1994 24A "_____ bite" (5) D.J. Listort
Thursday, September 22, 1994 31D "_____ say!" (6) George Quincy
Monday, June 20, 1994 54A Neighbor of Ind. Bette Sue Cohen