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)
124 entries were found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of occurrences.)
Date Grid Clue Author
Friday, February 22, 2013 48A Now, in Italy Martin Ashwood-Smith
Sunday, February 17, 2013 40D 1/24 of un giorno Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 57D ___ pro nobis (31) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, November 18, 2012 26D Sessanta minuti (2) Timothy Polin
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10D Man-mouse link (7) Jules P. Markey
Thursday, September 27, 2012 23A "... boy ___ girl?" (3) Joel Fagliano
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 62D ___ pro nobis (31) Kevin Adamick
Saturday, May 5, 2012 54A Mouths, to Marius Ned White
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 53A ___ pro nobis (31) Allan E. Parrish
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2D "... Mac ___ PC?" Louis Zulli
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 62D ___ pro nobis (pray for us: Lat.) (2) John Dunn
Friday, June 17, 2011 55D 3,600 secondi (2) Paula Gamache
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 20A 60 minutes, in Siena Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, April 3, 2011 75A Time, in Torino (3) Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg
Sunday, January 30, 2011 128D 60 minuti (4) Kevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui
Sunday, January 23, 2011 86D Mouths (11) Chris A. McGlothlin
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 30A ___ pro nobis (31) John Lampkin
Sunday, September 12, 2010 101A Mezzanotte is one Paula Gamache
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 28D "... ___ mouse?" (4) Howard Baker
Saturday, July 24, 2010 60A Sessanta minuti (2) David J. Kahn
Sunday, June 27, 2010 120D "... boy ___ girl?" (3) Michael J. Doran
Thursday, April 29, 2010 2D 60 minuti (4) David J. W. Simpson
Monday, December 21, 2009 2D "... man ___ mouse?" (10) Sarah Keller
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 37A ___ pro nobis (31) Ricky Ini Liu
Sunday, November 1, 2009 116A 60 minuti (4) Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
Saturday, October 10, 2009 48A Time, in Torino (3) Natan Last
Monday, October 5, 2009 50A "... boy ___ girl?" (3) Mark Feldman
Sunday, October 4, 2009 2D 3,600 secondi (2) Todd McClary
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11A ___ pro nobis (31) Fran and Lou Sabin
Monday, September 22, 2008 19A ___ pro nobis (pray for us: Lat.) (2) Peter A. Collins
Thursday, June 5, 2008 57D ___ pro nobis (31) James Sajdak
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 62D "... man ___ mouse?" (10) Pete Muller
Sunday, May 18, 2008 52D ___ pro nobis (31) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 66D "... ___ mouse?" (4) Caleb Madison
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 59D "... ___ mouse?" (4) Daniel Kantor
Monday, July 9, 2007 53D "... man ___ mouse?" (10) Peter A. Collins
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 32A Time, in Italian Elizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, January 29, 2007 31A "? man ___ mouse?" (2) Fred Piscop
Monday, January 22, 2007 32D "... man ___ mouse?" (10) C. W. Stewart
Friday, November 3, 2006 48A ___ pro nobis (31) Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, September 17, 2006 120D Mouths, zoologically (2) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12D "? man ___ mouse?" (2) James R. Leeds
Saturday, January 7, 2006 40A Ovidian openings Jim Hyres
Sunday, September 4, 2005 84A "? boy ___ girl?" Richard Silvestri
Saturday, July 23, 2005 19A Day division, in Venice Joe DiPietro
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 37D ___ pro nobis (31) Manny Nosowsky
Thursday, June 23, 2005 31A Anatomical mouths Courtenay Crocker III
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 19A ___ pro nobis (31) Richard Chisholm
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7D ___ pro nobis (31) Sarah Keller
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 60D ___ pro nobis (31) Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 20A Mouths, anatomically (4) Michael Shteyman
Saturday, April 3, 2004 55D Pray, to Publius (2) Jim Page
Saturday, September 20, 2003 4D 60 minuti (4) Bob Peoples
Sunday, July 6, 2003 75D ___ pro nobis (31) Robert H. Wolfe
Sunday, April 6, 2003 116D ___ pro nobis (31) Joe DiPietro
Saturday, March 15, 2003 46A 60 minutes, in Milan Adam Cohen
Friday, March 14, 2003 41A Mouths: Lat. (2) Kevin Hagen
Thursday, February 13, 2003 47A "___ pro nobis" (31) Joe DiPietro
Sunday, November 24, 2002 27A ___ pro nobis (pray for us): Lat. Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 61D ___ pro nobis (31) Peter Gordon
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 59A ___ pro nobis (31) A. J. Santora
Friday, August 23, 2002 53D Mouths (11) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Friday, April 19, 2002 51A Mouths: Lat. (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, December 23, 2001 7D ___ pro nobis (31) Frances Hansen
Thursday, November 15, 2001 54D Mouths (11) Alan Arbesfeld
Friday, October 5, 2001 37A Mouths, zoologically (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, July 5, 2001 31A Time, in Torino (3) Peter Gordon
Monday, May 28, 2001 37D "Are you a man ___ mouse?" (3) Gregory E. Paul
Friday, April 13, 2001 57D Anglo-Saxon money Joe DiPietro
Wednesday, April 11, 2001 19A ___ pro nobis (31) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, April 1, 2001 58D ___ e sempre (now and always): It. Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Sunday, December 3, 2000 45D "... ___ mouse?" (4) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wednesday, November 15, 2000 66A Roman mouths Chuck Deodene
Sunday, November 12, 2000 78A ___ pro nobis (31) Joe DiPietro
Tuesday, October 3, 2000 57D "...man ___ mouse?" (10) Todd McClary
Thursday, July 27, 2000 46D ___ pro nobis (31) Joe DiPietro
Friday, May 19, 2000 35D ___ pro nobis (31) Martin Ashwood-Smith
Friday, April 28, 2000 59D Pray, to Publius (2) Joe DiPietro
Monday, April 3, 2000 40D "...man ___ mouse?" (10) Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, October 3, 1999 84A Zoological mouths Fred Piscop
Wednesday, April 14, 1999 25A Mouths (11) Alan Arbesfeld
Friday, November 13, 1998 59D ___ et labora Jim Page
Thursday, October 15, 1998 60D Mouths (11) David J. Kahn
Tuesday, October 13, 1998 61D Man-mouse link (7) Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, September 29, 1998 41D Man-mouse connector Thomas W. Schier
Sunday, September 20, 1998 82A Mouths (11) Charles Deber
Wednesday, September 2, 1998 61A ___ pro nobis (31) Randall J. Hartman
Monday, July 6, 1998 47A "Are you a man ___ mouse?" (3) Sheldon Benardo
Sunday, March 29, 1998 10D Openings (2) Robert H. Wolfe
Sunday, December 14, 1997 75A Man-mouse link (7) Nancy Salomon
Sunday, November 30, 1997 102A Mouths (11) Charles Deber
Thursday, October 2, 1997 2D Mouths, to 16-Across Christopher Hurt
Wednesday, August 27, 1997 7D ___ e sempre (Italian motto) Jonathan Schmalzbach
Sunday, June 22, 1997 90D Mouths (11) Matt Gaffney
Saturday, June 7, 1997 27A Openings (2) Martin Schneider
Wednesday, May 7, 1997 10D Mouths, anatomically (4) Dean Niles
Tuesday, April 29, 1997 6D Man-mouse link (7) Jeff Herrington
Saturday, March 29, 1997 26A Man-mouse divider Fran and Lou Sabin
Wednesday, March 12, 1997 50A ___ pro nobis (31) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, January 7, 1997 57D Man-mouse link (7) J. Schmalzbach
Monday, December 30, 1996 8D "... man ___ mouse?" (10) C. F. Murray
Thursday, October 17, 1996 5D "___ pro nobis" (Latin motto) J. R. Conrad
Tuesday, September 24, 1996 16A "Are you a man ___ mouse?" (3) S. Spadaccini
Thursday, May 16, 1996 28D "...man___mouse?" (10) F. Longo
Tuesday, March 26, 1996 24D "...man ___ mouse?" (10) J. S. Marrone
Tuesday, February 27, 1996 60D ___pro nobis (31) J.L. Beatty
Thursday, January 25, 1996 2D Man-mouse link (7) D. Kahn
Friday, November 3, 1995 38D Mouths (11) David J. Kahn
Monday, August 28, 1995 34A Homophone for 50-Down Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, August 27, 1995 89D Mouths (11) Martin Schneider
Sunday, August 6, 1995 9D _____ pro nobis (31) Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, February 26, 1995 71A Mouths, anatomically (4) Fred Piscop
Monday, February 13, 1995 51D _____ pro nobis (31) Sidney L. Robbins
Thursday, January 26, 1995 47A "Is it a boy _____ girl?" A.J. Santora
Saturday, December 31, 1994 57D Mouths, anatomically (4) Alex K. Justin
Sunday, December 25, 1994 110D "...man _____ mouse?" (10) Randolph Ross
Sunday, October 16, 1994 14D Jody's mother in "The Yearling" Raymond Hamel
Wednesday, October 12, 1994 51A Mouths (11) Gregory E. Paul
Tuesday, July 19, 1994 67A _____ pro nobis (31) Christopher Hurt
Saturday, May 21, 1994 60D ''...man _____ mouse?'' Charles E. Gersch
Friday, January 21, 1994 28D Man-mouse link (7) A.J. Santora
Monday, December 6, 1993 6D _____ pro nobis (31) Peter Gordon
Sunday, November 28, 1993 44A Man/mouse link Joanne W. Edwards
Sunday, November 21, 1993 92D ______ pro nobis (31) Peter Gordon