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

5 results for POOHBAH from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri May 21, 2021	15D	Muckety-muck (2)	Sam Ezersky
Sat Apr 8, 2017	36D	Muckety-muck (2)	Jeff Chen
Thu May 24, 2007	22D	Bigwig	Patrick Merrell
Thu Mar 16, 2000	11A	Bureaucracy V.I.P.	Peter Gordon
Sat Mar 1, 1997	36D	His title was "Lord High Everything Else"	Jim Page

1 result for POOHBAH from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Dec 15, 2019	Panda	1D	A bigwig - nonsense and phooey!	Daniel Raymon

3 results for POOHBAH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 30, 1979	110A	Lord High Everything Else	Timothy S. Lewis	Maleska
Thu Jun 3, 1976	8D	V.I.P.	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Sun Nov 8, 1953	47D	V. I. P. in "The Mikado."	Israel Gitter	Farrar

Anagram:

23 ms