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)
180 entries were found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of occurrences.)
Date Grid Clue Author
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 71A Memo starter (21) Adam G. Perl
Sunday, December 16, 2012 92A Memo opener (6) Matt Ginsberg
Sunday, September 30, 2012 112D About (37) Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
Sunday, September 23, 2012 79D Dictator's first words? Matt Ginsberg
Sunday, August 19, 2012 68D Memo intro (2) Freddie Cheng
Saturday, July 7, 2012 53D Apropos of (4) Tim Croce
Monday, July 2, 2012 54D Concerning, on a memo (3) Bernice Gordon
Thursday, June 7, 2012 33D Brief start Joe Krozel
Friday, April 27, 2012 30A About (37) Patrick Berry
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 16A Start of a legal memo (2) Adam G. Perl
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10A Memo subject header Peter A. Collins
Friday, January 13, 2012 51D Concerning (25) Todd Gross and Doug Peterson
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 64A Regarding, on memos Tim Croce
Sunday, November 6, 2011 122A About (37) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 41A Concerning (25) Patrick Berry
Monday, August 22, 2011 59A Concerning (25) Milo Beckman
Friday, July 22, 2011 46A Concerning (25) Todd McClary
Thursday, July 7, 2011 11D About, on a memo (4) Caleb Rasmussen
Friday, April 1, 2011 52D About (37) Elizabeth A. Long
Sunday, March 13, 2011 69D On the subject of Patrick Berry
Friday, February 4, 2011 51D Dictator's start Ashton Anderson
Monday, November 15, 2010 10A Regarding, on a memo Emily L. Lilly
Sunday, October 17, 2010 8D Dictator's phrase Patrick Blindauer
Thursday, September 16, 2010 3D About (37) Joey Weissbrot, Brown University '11
Sunday, August 8, 2010 101A Concerning (25) Pam Klawitter
Monday, July 5, 2010 29D About, on a memo (4) Jill Denny and Jeff Chen
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 46D About, on a memo (4) Peter A. Collins
Monday, May 31, 2010 3D Concerning, in a memo Oliver Hill
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 57A Concerning (25) Andrea Carla Michaels and Peter L. Stein
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 25D Memo starter (21) Oliver Hill
Thursday, March 11, 2010 63A About (37) John Farmer
Monday, February 1, 2010 48A Concerning, on a memo (3) Scott Atkinson
Thursday, January 28, 2010 27A About (37) Raymond C. Young
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 27D As to, on memos Ricky Ini Liu
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 49A Memo starter (21) Barry Boone
Sunday, October 25, 2009 46D Memo intro (2) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2D Concerning, on a memo (3) Alan Arbesfeld
Sunday, August 30, 2009 127A Regarding (9) Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
Sunday, July 26, 2009 9D Memo header (2) Kevin G. Der
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 48D Concerning (25) Samuel A. Donaldson
Friday, March 20, 2009 12D Dictator's opening David Levinson Wilk
Thursday, March 19, 2009 2D Preceder of a case name Laura Sternberg
Monday, November 24, 2008 2D Memo starter (21) Billie Truitt
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 60A Memo starter (21) Peter A. Collins
Saturday, September 13, 2008 32D 48-Across starter Will Nediger
Monday, May 26, 2008 52D Legal memo starter (4) Mark Sherwood
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 55D Memo phrase (4) Edward Sessa
Friday, April 4, 2008 12D About (37) David Quarfoot
Sunday, December 23, 2007 50D Memo starter (21) Adam G. Perl
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 33D Memo phrase (4) Gail Grabowski
Friday, November 9, 2007 51D On Henry Hook
Sunday, September 16, 2007 73A Regarding (9) Mike Nothnagel
Friday, August 10, 2007 39A Memo heading (2) Patrick Berry
Thursday, July 19, 2007 67A Concerning (25) David J. Kahn
Sunday, May 27, 2007 69D Memo header (2) Patrick Berry
Friday, May 18, 2007 55D About (37) David Quarfoot
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 18A Concerning (25) Richard Silvestri
Sunday, April 8, 2007 16D About (37) Byron Walden
Sunday, March 11, 2007 9D About (37) Eric Berlin
Sunday, January 7, 2007 79D About (37) Ashish Vengsarkar
Sunday, December 31, 2006 29A About (37) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Saturday, December 30, 2006 53A Subject preceder (5) Rich Norris
Monday, December 18, 2006 41A Memo opener (6) Donna Levin
Sunday, November 19, 2006 37D About (37) Tony Orbach
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 43A About (37) Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Monday, September 4, 2006 47A About, on a memo (4) Mike Nothnagel
Sunday, May 28, 2006 111D Memo starter (21) Timothy Powell
Sunday, May 7, 2006 115A Phrase usually before a colon Trip Payne
Sunday, April 30, 2006 6D Regarding, to counsel Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, December 30, 2005 36A Subject preceder (5) David Liben-Nowell
Sunday, November 27, 2005 78A About (37) Peter Abide
Friday, November 25, 2005 7D About (37) Joe DiPietro
Thursday, November 3, 2005 41A About (37) Byron Walden
Thursday, September 8, 2005 60A Memo opener (6) Ben Tausig
Monday, August 29, 2005 39D As to, in legal memos Sarah Keller
Sunday, August 14, 2005 37D Court case title phrase Patrick Merrell
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2D Memo starter (21) Victor Fleming
Monday, July 25, 2005 59D Regarding (9) Lynn Lempel
Saturday, July 23, 2005 33A Respecting Joe DiPietro
Thursday, July 21, 2005 45A Memo starter (21) Patrick Blindauer
Tuesday, July 5, 2005 16A Pertaining to (2) Beth Hinshaw
Sunday, July 3, 2005 105D About (37) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, March 31, 2005 25D Concerning (25) David Liben-Nowell
Sunday, March 6, 2005 117A About (37) John Greenman
Sunday, September 26, 2004 48A Memo heading (2) Joe DiPietro
Sunday, August 8, 2004 16D Docket phrase Bill Zais
Sunday, July 18, 2004 86A Memo opener (6) Seth A. Abel
Sunday, February 29, 2004 43D As to (8) Patrick Merrell
Friday, February 27, 2004 38D Topic lead-in Myles Callum
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 33A With respect to Seth A. Abel
Sunday, January 25, 2004 2D Memo starter (21) Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Thursday, October 30, 2003 43A Concerning (25) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, October 1, 2003 16A About (37) A. J. Santora
Thursday, September 11, 2003 37D Citer's opening Patrick Merrell
Monday, August 18, 2003 59D Concerning, to a memo writer Ed Early
Monday, May 5, 2003 14A As to (8) Mel Taub
Sunday, December 1, 2002 62A Brief phrase David J. Kahn
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 36A Memo opener (6) Manny Nosowsky
Monday, November 4, 2002 12D Memo starter (21) Peter Gordon
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 25D Memo phrase (4) Sherry O. Blackard
Thursday, September 19, 2002 12D Reference preceder Randolph Ross
Monday, July 29, 2002 16A Memo starter (21) Peter Gordon
Tuesday, July 2, 2002 50A Concerning, in memos John R. Conrad
Sunday, May 26, 2002 82D About (37) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, February 7, 2002 30D Concerning (25) Patrick Berry
Tuesday, February 5, 2002 60D Concerning (25) Alan J. Weiss
Monday, November 26, 2001 7D Regarding (9) Bette Sue Cohen
Tuesday, October 16, 2001 34D Concerning (25) Sarah Keller
Saturday, August 25, 2001 49D Subject preceder (5) Frank Longo
Friday, August 24, 2001 15A About (37) Manny Nosowsky
Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5D Memo starter (21) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Wednesday, June 20, 2001 57D Legalistic phrase (2) Jay Sullivan
Thursday, March 29, 2001 14A Memo phrase (4) William I. Johnston
Thursday, March 15, 2001 65A Memo starter (21) Cathy Millhauser
Monday, February 19, 2001 67A Memo starter (21) Peter Gordon
Thursday, February 8, 2001 11D Memo opener (6) Manny Nosowsky
Monday, January 22, 2001 68A Memo starter (21) Nancy Kavanaugh
Saturday, January 20, 2001 8D Anent (2) Martin Ashwood-Smith
Sunday, January 14, 2001 27A As to (8) Nancy Salomon
Saturday, December 23, 2000 21D About (37) Bob Klahn
Sunday, November 5, 2000 66D Message starter Michael S. Maurer
Sunday, October 8, 2000 103D About (37) Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, September 27, 2000 32D Concerning (25) Fred Piscop
Wednesday, September 6, 2000 60A Memo starter (21) Matt Gaffney
Friday, July 28, 2000 48A Subject preceder (5) Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Sunday, July 2, 2000 22A Legal memo phrase Nancy Nicholson Joline
Friday, June 16, 2000 51D Memo starter (21) Manny Nosowsky
Thursday, May 11, 2000 54D About (37) Peter Abide
Thursday, May 4, 2000 17A About (37) Richard Hughes
Sunday, December 26, 1999 55D About (37) Greg Staples
Thursday, December 16, 1999 17A About (37) Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, December 14, 1999 19A Concerning (25) Richard Chisholm
Tuesday, October 26, 1999 18A About, in memos Kevin McCann
Sunday, October 10, 1999 54A Regarding (9) Cathy Millhauser
Tuesday, August 17, 1999 57D Regarding (9) Stephanie Spadaccini
Thursday, June 24, 1999 6D Subject preceder (5) Jim Page
Wednesday, April 21, 1999 12A About (37) Mary E. Brindamour
Monday, December 28, 1998 20A Regarding, in legal memos Adam G. Perl
Sunday, December 20, 1998 97D Regarding (9) Frances Hansen
Wednesday, November 25, 1998 22D Concerning (25) Rich Norris
Tuesday, September 15, 1998 53D Start of a legal memo (2) Gilbert H. Ludwig
Tuesday, August 18, 1998 19A As to (8) Nancy Salomon
Saturday, April 25, 1998 16A Legalistic phrase (2) Jim Page
Wednesday, April 8, 1998 2D Apropos of (4) Nancy S. Ross
Monday, March 23, 1998 16A As regards Randall J. Hartman
Wednesday, March 11, 1998 18A As to (8) Bette Sue Cohen
Monday, January 12, 1998 8D About (37) John Greenman
Monday, November 3, 1997 58D Concerning (25) Stephanie Spadaccini
Monday, October 20, 1997 12D Legal memo starter (4) Peter Gordon
Thursday, October 16, 1997 26D About (37) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Saturday, August 9, 1997 31A Regarding (9) Raymond Hamel
Tuesday, July 29, 1997 31D Memo starter (21) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, June 1, 1997 14D Memo starter (21) Randolph Ross
Wednesday, May 14, 1997 31D Apropos of (4) Norman S. Wizer
Friday, May 9, 1997 53D About (37) Richard Hughes
Monday, April 14, 1997 3D Concerning (25) Stephanie Spadaccini
Wednesday, February 26, 1997 12D Concerning (25) Glenn E. Sykes
Thursday, February 13, 1997 48D Pertaining to (2) F. Longo
Sunday, February 9, 1997 96A About (37) D. Niles
Friday, January 10, 1997 45A About (37) A. J. Santora
Monday, November 11, 1996 55A Concerning (25) S. Spadaccini
Tuesday, October 22, 1996 3D Concerning (25) E. Quigley
Monday, August 26, 1996 19D Regarding (9) G. E. Paul
Thursday, August 1, 1996 4D As to (8) B. Lubbers
Friday, July 26, 1996 37A Memo starter (21) G. Newman
Tuesday, March 26, 1996 18D About (37) J. S. Marrone
Tuesday, September 5, 1995 16A Anent (2) Jonathan Schmatzbach
Tuesday, August 15, 1995 2D Memo words (2) Randall J. Hartman
Thursday, June 1, 1995 50D About, in legalspeak Rich Norris
Monday, May 15, 1995 61D Concerning (25) Ernie Furtado
Thursday, April 6, 1995 59A Concerning (25) Lois Sidway
Sunday, March 26, 1995 2D About (37) Rich Norris
Thursday, March 9, 1995 29D As to (8) Alex Vaughn
Monday, March 6, 1995 67A Legal memo starter (4) Randall J. Hartman
Tuesday, February 28, 1995 27D Apropos of (4) Nancy S. Ross
Friday, October 21, 1994 5D Legal memo starter (4) Mark Diehl
Friday, September 16, 1994 55D Memo words (2) Randolph Ross
Wednesday, August 17, 1994 2D Concerning, at law Robert H. Wolfe
Sunday, December 19, 1993 3D As to (8) John M. Samson
Friday, November 26, 1993 59A Concerning (25) Nancy A. Corbett