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:
Modern clues:	by date by day of week
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

3 results for NESSES from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 2, 2016	19A	Promontories (2)	David Phillips	Shortz
Wed Dec 3, 1997	44A	Headlands	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Aug 16, 1997	13D	Promontories (2)	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

21 results for NESSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 1, 1993	69A	Headlands	Rand H. Burns	Taub
Sat Apr 24, 1982	63A	Headlands	Albert L. Misenko	Maleska
Tue Mar 29, 1977	41A	Promontories	Harriet Gilson Rosenberg	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1977	20D	Headlands	Louis C. Mandes Jr.	Maleska
Sun Feb 13, 1977	148A	Elliot and Loch	Elmer Toro	Weng
Thu May 30, 1974	23A	Promontories	John Finch	Weng
Mon Mar 6, 1967	46D	Some capes.	Arthur S. Heiser	Farrar
Sun Apr 1, 1962	37A	Headlands.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Jan 14, 1962	111A	102 Across and others.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sat Jan 14, 1961	55A	Headlands.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 21, 1960	148A	Headlands.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Aug 17, 1960	60A	Headlands.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 16, 1959	63A	Headlands.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Oct 1, 1958	38D	Headlands.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 10, 1958	58A	Headlands.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jun 2, 1957	18D	Capes.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Aug 14, 1955	115A	Headlands.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Jun 9, 1952	59A	Headlands.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 5, 1951	67A	Capes.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 28, 1945	127A	Capes.	Harriot Cooke	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1942	138A	Promontories.	Louis Shields	Farrar

Anagrams:

31 ms