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
Monday, February 11, 2013 45A Country south of Ecuador Gary Cee
Monday, October 29, 2012 67A Lima's land (11) Gareth Bain
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 53D Country mentioned in Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" Peter A. Collins
Sunday, February 26, 2012 113D Home of the Norte Chico civilization Daniel A. Finan
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 55D Home of former U.N. Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Patrick Berry
Friday, September 30, 2011 27A Territory on a Risk board Joe Krozel
Monday, September 26, 2011 2D Llama land (3) David Gray
Friday, May 6, 2011 60A Indiana town that's home to the International Circus Hall of Fame Natan Last
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3D Land with chinchillas Brendan Emmett Quigley
Friday, April 15, 2011 51D Where the 2003 true-life film "Touching the Void" is set Patrick Berry
Monday, March 28, 2011 27D Land conquered by Conquistadors Robyn Weintraub
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 1A Andean land (4) Paula Gamache
Friday, August 6, 2010 32A El Misti's location Patrick Berry
Monday, January 18, 2010 6D Lima's locale (3) Adam Cohen
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 52D Chile's northern neighbor C. W. Stewart
Sunday, December 27, 2009 105D Arequipa is its second-largest city Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2D Machu Picchu's land Michael Callaway Barnhart
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 41D Where Simón Bolívar was once president Barry Boone
Friday, February 27, 2009 35A Big copper exporter (5) Joe DiPietro
Thursday, December 25, 2008 22A Its coat of arms includes a vicuña Eric Tentarelli
Sunday, December 7, 2008 49D Equatorial land Jim Page
Friday, October 10, 2008 2D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born and buried Kyle Mahowald
Thursday, July 31, 2008 7D Locale for Che Guevara in "The Motorcycle Diaries" Allan E. Parrish
Thursday, May 15, 2008 25A Home of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa Elizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, April 21, 2008 4D Lima's land (11) Janet R. Bender
Monday, March 24, 2008 43A Land of Lima and llamas David J. Kahn
Thursday, March 20, 2008 58A The Putumayo River forms part of its northern border Stephen Edward Anderson
Monday, February 25, 2008 3D Llama country (2) Randall J. Hartman
Saturday, February 9, 2008 25A One of the losers in the War of the Pacific Shannon Burns
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 34D The Pan-American Highway runs through it Christina Houlihan Kelly
Monday, July 23, 2007 49D Andean land (4) Randall J. Hartman
Saturday, March 3, 2007 52D Its flag has a vicuña on it Karen M. Tracey
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born (3) David Benkof
Monday, November 13, 2006 2D Where Lima is Peter A. Collins
Sunday, September 24, 2006 14A Modern home of the 10-Down Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
Monday, August 28, 2006 58D Cuzco's country (2) Stanley Newman
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 63A Lima's land (11) Kevan Choset
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 62A Land north of Chile Peter A. Collins
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 25D Indiana city named for a foreign country Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 15A Andean territory Lynn Lempel
Thursday, February 9, 2006 63A Cuzco's home Ethan Cooper
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 39D Big silver exporter Paul Guttormsson
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 58D Lima's land (11) Barry C. Silk
Monday, September 5, 2005 14A Andean land (4) Lynn Lempel
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 52D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born (3) Mel Taub
Sunday, August 14, 2005 122A 33-Down's home today Patrick Merrell
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 47D Llama land (3) Kurt Mengel
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 44A Andean country Nathaniel Weiss
Saturday, June 26, 2004 24D Its highest point is Huascarán Byron Walden
Sunday, April 4, 2004 16D El Misti's locale Manny Nosowsky
Saturday, November 15, 2003 50D Conquistador's locale Patrick Berry
Monday, July 7, 2003 4D Lima's locale (3) Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 43A Cuzco's country (2) Verna Suit
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 49D Where the nuevo sol is spent Kelly Clark
Monday, March 24, 2003 1A Neighbor of Ecuador Alison D. Donald
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 58D Machu Picchu site Myles Callum
Monday, December 16, 2002 16A Llama's land Jim Hyres
Wednesday, June 5, 2002 28A Site of El Misti volcano Richard Silvestri
Sunday, April 28, 2002 32D Indiana town where Cole Porter was born (3) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2D Big copper exporter (5) Gregory Casagrande
Sunday, February 17, 2002 86A Big cocaine exporter Joe DiPietro
Tuesday, December 25, 2001 28D Home for llamas Peter Gordon
Monday, October 29, 2001 67A Lima's land (11) Richard Hughes
Friday, October 26, 2001 48A Where the Marañón flows Peter Gordon
Sunday, October 21, 2001 1D Home of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa Robert H. Wolfe
Tuesday, July 3, 2001 40D Andean land (4) Randall J. Hartman
Friday, June 29, 2001 48D Where the Ucayali begins Holden Baker
Thursday, June 14, 2001 10D Pan American Highway land Mark Diehl
Tuesday, May 1, 2001 66A Big copper exporter (5) Stanley Newman
Thursday, March 15, 2001 30D It borders the state of Amazonas Cathy Millhauser
Sunday, February 18, 2001 87A Major silver exporter David J. Kahn
Sunday, February 4, 2001 24D Big copper exporter (5) Frank A. Longo
Sunday, August 27, 2000 73D Fujimori's land Dana Motley
Wednesday, July 26, 2000 45A Big coca producer William I. Johnston
Thursday, May 25, 2000 22A Big copper exporter (5) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, April 27, 2000 3D Amazon's source Greg Staples
Tuesday, December 28, 1999 8D Where the Amazon rises Randall J. Hartman
Monday, November 15, 1999 11D Llama country (2) Nick Grivas
Wednesday, August 11, 1999 7D Incas' land Rich Norris
Sunday, May 16, 1999 118D Home to Shining Path guerrillas Nancy Nicholson Joline
Wednesday, May 12, 1999 42A Alpaca habitat Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, April 13, 1999 8D Pizarro conquest Fred Piscop
Saturday, February 27, 1999 12D 24-Down town where Cole Porter was born John Scott Marrone
Monday, January 11, 1999 34D Lima's land (11) Randall J. Hartman
Sunday, January 10, 1999 110D Mountainous land David J. Kahn
Monday, January 4, 1999 26A Land of the llama Gregory E. Paul
Saturday, November 7, 1998 4D Home of the U.N.'s Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Raymond Hamel
Monday, August 24, 1998 24A Country north of Chile Alan Jay Weiss
Sunday, August 23, 1998 83D Old Spanish viceroyalty Nelson Hardy
Saturday, August 22, 1998 25D Callao is its chief port David J. Kahn
Sunday, March 15, 1998 40D Major fish exporter Frank Longo
Monday, February 9, 1998 37A Lima's land (11) Robert Dillman
Thursday, October 16, 1997 23D Where El Misti volcano is Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, October 7, 1997 62A Andes land Richard Hughes
Tuesday, September 30, 1997 11D Lima's land (11) Nancy Schuster
Tuesday, August 19, 1997 58A Lima's locale (3) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, April 3, 1997 10A Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's home Richard Hughes
Monday, January 6, 1997 35D Where the Amazon originates S. L. Robbins
Monday, October 21, 1996 34A Lima's land (11) J. Bender
Friday, September 6, 1996 58D Where the Ucayali flows R. Norris
Monday, May 13, 1996 42D Lima's land (11) S. L. Robbins
Sunday, December 10, 1995 53D Where the Amazon arises Jim Page
Monday, October 23, 1995 35A Lima's land (11) Sidney L. Robbins
Wednesday, July 19, 1995 42D Huascarán is its highest point Nancy S. Ross
Sunday, June 4, 1995 84D Aymara is spoken here Bryant White
Monday, November 21, 1994 12D Llama land (3) Norman S. Wizer
Thursday, August 18, 1994 53A Where Cuzco is A.J. Santora
Friday, December 31, 1993 12D President Fujimori's land Norman S. Wizer