This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

Find clues for any answer, or answers that match a pattern

Search options:

Sort finds:	alphabetically by frequency by score by length
Answer length:	any length only length:
Include:	Show bogus (thematic) answers in results

Quick Finder help - or - Advanced help - or - Understand word scores.

Examples using the [Search] button:
Find all clues for a single word	ELOPE
Use ? for single letter in pattern	P??CH
Use * for any number of letters (including zero)	CR*Y
Use $c for any consonant, or $v for any vowel	$c$c???$v$v
Square brackets for any enclosed letter	[QJXZ]????
Hyphen for range of letters	[X-Z]?????
Use ^ to negate specified letters	[^A-W]*[^RSTLE]

Click here for detailed information, including OneLook and Regex options.

Pay now and get access for a year.

1. Select account level

$50 AngelFull access, Word list Downloads

$20 Regular UserAll pages, Limited Finder

2. Choose how to pay

4 results for MISREADS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Jan 27, 2017	28A	Goes from stem to stern, maybe?	John Guzzetta
Fri Feb 6, 2015	33D	Makes out clumsily?	Kyle Mahowald
Sun Mar 3, 2013	7A	Doesn't get the memo, maybe	Samuel A. Donaldson
Sat May 11, 2002	21D	Doesn't correctly interpret	Mark Diehl

1 result for MISREADS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 30, 1999	Diagramless	37D	Interprets incorrectly	Frank Longo

2 results for MISREADS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 4, 1957	23D	Interprets falsely.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Jul 14, 1951	35A	Interprets incorrectly.	Unknown	Farrar

Anagrams:

16 ms