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)
138 entries were found. Click any date for context. Repeated clues show (number of occurrences.)
Date Grid Clue Author
Sunday, April 28, 2013 26A "Blueberries for ___" (classic children's book) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 62D ___ ammoniac (3) Will Nediger
Monday, December 10, 2012 4A Mule of song (11) Michael David
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 27A Frivolous gal of song Peter Koetters
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5D Mineo of film (3) Peter A. Collins
Saturday, June 2, 2012 22A Paradise in literature (2) Tim Croce
Monday, May 14, 2012 33A Erie Canal mule (6) John Dunn
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9D "My gal" of song (10) Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 29A Pitcher Maglie who was outdueled in Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game Steven Riley
Sunday, November 6, 2011 60A Baseball's Bando (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, October 31, 2011 2D "I've got a mule, and her name is ___" Jeff Chen
Sunday, October 16, 2011 78D "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner (3) Joel Fagliano
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 52A "My gal" of song (10) Bill Thompson
Sunday, July 10, 2011 45D Paolantonio of ESPN Ben Pall and David Kahn
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 41D "On the Road" narrator ___ Paradise Michael Farabaugh
Sunday, March 13, 2011 12D ___ ammoniac (3) Patrick Berry
Monday, February 21, 2011 23A "My Gal ___" (5) Ed Sessa
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12D Mineo of film (3) Mark Feldman
Sunday, October 31, 2010 75D ___ soda (9) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9D "I've got a mule, her name is ___" (2) Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12
Sunday, August 22, 2010 82D ___ volatile (3) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 37D "The best pal that I ever had," in song Gary Whitehead
Monday, May 31, 2010 54A "My gal" of song (10) Oliver Hill
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 50A Mineo of "Exodus" (2) Sarah Keller
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 58D Erie Canal mule (6) Robert A. Doll
Sunday, March 21, 2010 81A Narrator in Kerouac's "On the Road" Adam Fromm
Monday, February 8, 2010 9D Gal in an old song standard Paula Gamache
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 27A Mule of song (11) Robert A. Doll
Friday, September 25, 2009 29A ___ ammoniac (mineral found around volcanic vents) Robert A. Doll
Saturday, August 29, 2009 43A Seasoning cristales Doug Peterson
Thursday, August 13, 2009 1A "A peculiar sort of a gal," in song Patrick McIntyre
Monday, July 27, 2009 62D "My gal" of song (10) Allan E. Parrish
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 40A Mule of song (11) Tim Wescott
Sunday, June 14, 2009 13D "The best pal that I ever had" of song Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, May 3, 2009 9D "Do the Right Thing" role (2) Caleb Madison
Saturday, May 2, 2009 57D ___ the Stockbroker on "The Howard Stern Show" Peter A. Collins
Friday, March 6, 2009 58D Paradise in literature (2) Corey Rubin
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9D "My gal" of song (10) Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 46A "My Gal ___" (5) Tim Wescott
Monday, May 5, 2008 38D "My gal" of song (10) Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Sunday, May 4, 2008 39A ___ volatile (3) Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 51A Sevilla seasoning Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel
Monday, March 17, 2008 20A "I've got a mule, her name is ___" (2) C. W. Stewart
Friday, February 29, 2008 5D ___ volatile (3) Patrick Berry
Thursday, January 3, 2008 51A ___ Paradise, protagonist of "On the Road" Henry Hook
Saturday, September 22, 2007 26A ___ Paradise of Kerouac's "On the Road" Mark Diehl
Friday, September 14, 2007 57D Sonny's partner in "Dog Day Afternoon" John Farmer
Sunday, September 9, 2007 63A Baseball star Maglie Patrick Berry
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 63D ___ soda (textile bleacher) David J. Kahn
Thursday, July 5, 2007 43D Folk singer's mule Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, June 21, 2007 61D Dean's companion in Kerouac's "On the Road" (2) John Sheehan
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 52A Gal of song (6) Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily
Sunday, April 15, 2007 72A ___ soda (9) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Friday, April 13, 2007 31D 1940s-'50s pitcher Maglie Patrick Berry
Monday, February 19, 2007 44A "My gal" of song (10) Andrea C. Michaels
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 45D Erie Canal mule (6) Timothy Powell
Sunday, October 15, 2006 7D Baseball's Maglie (5) Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon
Saturday, October 14, 2006 42A ___ volatile (pungent-smelling solution) Byron Walden
Monday, May 1, 2006 25A "My gal" of song (10) Mike Torch
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 26A Gal of song (6) Lynn Lempel
Thursday, December 1, 2005 51A "Frisco ___" (1945 crime drama) Randolph Ross
Monday, August 22, 2005 41D Actor Mineo (5) Lynn Lempel
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 37D Mule of song (11) Victor Fleming
Sunday, May 15, 2005 89A ___ soda (9) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 49A Erie Canal mule (6) Joe DiPietro
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 62D Mule of song (11) Sarah Keller
Friday, January 7, 2005 52D "An all 'round good fellow," in song Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Saturday, October 30, 2004 24D ___ soda (9) Byron Walden
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 31D Mineo of "Exodus" (2) Nancy Kavanaugh
Friday, March 26, 2004 35D Córdoba condiment Nancy Kavanaugh
Friday, January 2, 2004 25D "A wild sort of devil" in song Sherry O. Blackard
Tuesday, November 4, 2003 51A Danny's "Do the Right Thing" role Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, October 31, 2003 39D Dean's pal in Kerouac's "On the Road" Earl L. Martin III
Sunday, October 19, 2003 44A Maglie of baseball Nancy Nicholson Joline
Sunday, October 12, 2003 91D Baseball's Maglie (5) David J. Kahn
Sunday, July 13, 2003 113D Bando of baseball (3) Randolph Ross
Thursday, May 8, 2003 42A "Do the Right Thing" role (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, March 16, 2003 61D Baseball's Maglie (5) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, January 14, 2003 64D Mineo of film (3) Adam G. Perl
Friday, September 27, 2002 48A Kind of soda Michael Shteyman
Friday, September 6, 2002 21A ___ soda (9) Manny Nosowsky
Monday, July 1, 2002 13D Mule of old song Allan E. Parrish
Friday, June 28, 2002 51A "Old pal" of song Charles E. Gersch
Thursday, April 18, 2002 43A ___ soda (9) Patrick Berry
Sunday, February 10, 2002 103A Mule of song (11) Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon
Monday, February 4, 2002 4D "My gal" of song (10) Gregory E. Paul
Tuesday, December 25, 2001 1D Mule of song (11) Peter Gordon
Sunday, November 11, 2001 74D Bando of baseball (3) Joe DiPietro
Sunday, May 20, 2001 91D Dean's companion in Kerouac's "On the Road" (2) Alan Arbesfeld
Thursday, April 26, 2001 27A Bando of baseball (3) Robert H. Wolfe
Saturday, December 30, 2000 5D "Dog Day Afternoon" character Rich Norris
Thursday, December 14, 2000 63D Noted 62-Down Peter Gordon
Thursday, August 24, 2000 53A Maglie of 1950's baseball David J. Kahn
Tuesday, June 20, 2000 67D Mule of song (11) Nancy Salomon
Saturday, April 29, 2000 4D "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner (3) Patrick D. Berry
Monday, March 20, 2000 24A "Erie Canal" mule (6) Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, March 5, 2000 30A He was Plato in "Rebel Without a Cause" Nancy Nicholson Joline
Wednesday, February 9, 2000 58A ___ soda (9) Charles E. Gersch
Saturday, October 16, 1999 39A "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner (3) Rich Norris
Monday, October 4, 1999 44A Actor Mineo (5) Joey Crumley
Wednesday, September 22, 1999 46A Gal of song (6) Manny Nosowsky
Monday, June 7, 1999 30D Mule of song (11) Robert O. Dillman
Friday, May 7, 1999 27A "Savage Streets" actor Landi Dana Motley
Saturday, August 8, 1998 33D Girl of song Trip Payne
Monday, May 11, 1998 40D Mule on the 65-Across Canal Gregory E. Paul
Sunday, April 26, 1998 67D Baseball's Maglie (5) Fran and Lou Sabin
Sunday, January 25, 1998 1D Gal of song (6) Dave Tuller
Wednesday, May 28, 1997 67A Actor Mineo (5) Ed Early
Tuesday, May 6, 1997 39A Mule of song (11) Brendan Emmett Quigley
Thursday, March 6, 1997 12D Baseball's Bando (2) Shannon Burns
Sunday, February 16, 1997 59D "My gal" (5) M. Gaffney
Sunday, December 8, 1996 5A 50's pitcher Maglie A. J. Santora
Saturday, September 14, 1996 33A With 34-Across, treatment for the faint Christopher Page
Tuesday, August 20, 1996 42D Mule of song (11) S. Spadaccini
Saturday, July 27, 1996 32A ___soda (9) F. Longo
Monday, May 6, 1996 4D Actor Mineo (5) N. Steinberg
Sunday, April 14, 1996 122D Erie Canal mule (6) Henry Hook
Thursday, November 30, 1995 38D ____ volatile (waker-upper) Susan Smith
Thursday, July 13, 1995 69A Bando of the A's A.J. Santora
Saturday, July 8, 1995 26D Soda starter Randolph Ross
Wednesday, April 12, 1995 60D "My Gal _____" (5) Rich Norris
Tuesday, February 14, 1995 28A Baseball's Maglie (5) Randy Sowell
Sunday, December 25, 1994 42A Actor Mineo (5) Randolph Ross
Saturday, December 24, 1994 54D Pharmacist's compound John Stanley
Sunday, October 30, 1994 104D _____ ammoniac (3) R.M. Hopkins
Tuesday, September 27, 1994 37A Gal of song (6) Eileen Lexau
Thursday, September 15, 1994 62D Pitcher Maglie Fred Piscop
Friday, August 19, 1994 4D 1905 song girl Martin Ashwood-Smith
Wednesday, June 8, 1994 12D "My gal" (5) A.J. Santora
Friday, May 20, 1994 18A _____ soda (9) Manny Nosowsky
Wednesday, May 18, 1994 24A Baseballer Maglie Daniel R. Stark
Sunday, April 3, 1994 94A Gal of song (6) Ernie Furtado
Thursday, March 31, 1994 14D Kerouac's _____ Paradise Mark Diehl
Wednesday, March 30, 1994 42A With 35-Across, a cleanser Eileen Lexau
Wednesday, March 9, 1994 57D Former baseball all-star Bando Norma Steinberg
Tuesday, March 8, 1994 8A "My gal" of song (10) Harvey Estes
Monday, January 31, 1994 39D NaCl, to a pharmacist Janet R. Bender
Wednesday, January 5, 1994 39D "They called her frivolous _____" Chet Currier