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
Saturday, May 11, 2013 55D Coast, in a way Matt Ginsberg
Thursday, January 31, 2013 58A Toboggan Mike Buckley
Sunday, January 6, 2013 48A Place for runners (2) Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels
Friday, December 21, 2012 34D Go downhill fast? Zoe Wheeler
Friday, November 30, 2012 63A Olympic vehicle Gary Cee
Sunday, November 18, 2012 117A Vehicle to take over a jump Timothy Polin
Monday, September 3, 2012 13D Iditarod transport C. W. Stewart
Sunday, April 15, 2012 118D Zero-emissions vehicle Kevin G. Der
Sunday, August 28, 2011 122A Wheelless vehicle Patrick Berry
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 61A Toy sometimes pulled with a rope Michael Farabaugh
Thursday, August 11, 2011 62A Vehicle for Calvin and Hobbes Parker Lewis
Saturday, July 16, 2011 22A One drawn to igloos Patrick Berry
Sunday, May 1, 2011 72D Bob, e.g. (2) Xan Vongsathorn
Thursday, February 17, 2011 42A Bob, e.g. (2) Mike Nothnagel
Sunday, February 6, 2011 103D Runner's place (4) David J. Kahn
Thursday, December 2, 2010 56D Something that's fun on the coast? Joe Krozel
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 38D Toboggan, e.g. Michael Torch
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1A Iditarod vehicle (3) Adam Cohen
Thursday, September 24, 2009 52D Beloved object of 28-Down Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, August 30, 2009 128A Bob in the Olympics (2) Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
Monday, April 6, 2009 1A Iditarod vehicle (3) Dustin Foley
Sunday, March 1, 2009 115A Runner's place (4) Robert W. Harris
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 26A Ride with runners Kelly Browder
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 37D Musher's carrier Stephen Edward Anderson
Monday, June 2, 2008 66A Iditarod vehicle (3) Barry Boone
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 44A Inuit's transport (2) Ken Bessette
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 13D Iditarod entry (2) David Pringle
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 22A Sleigh Kevin Donovan
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 14D Inuit's ride Kelsey Blakley
Sunday, June 3, 2007 27A Vehicle on 30-Across Kelsey Blakley
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 65A Dog team's burden David Quarfoot and Mike Nothnagel
Sunday, February 18, 2007 15A Runner's place (4) David Kwong and Kevan Choset
Thursday, November 23, 2006 65A Runner's place (4) Ari Halpern
Sunday, August 13, 2006 7A Sight near an igloo Derrick Niederman
Thursday, July 6, 2006 13D Source of many spills Pete Muller
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 66A Flexible Flyer, for one (2) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 64A Iditarod entry (2) Sarah Keller
Sunday, August 14, 2005 40D It's involved in many spills Patrick Merrell
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 71A It goes tirelessly Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4D Musher's transport (3) Nancy Salomon
Sunday, May 29, 2005 47D Coaster with runners Frank Longo
Sunday, January 30, 2005 120A Husky vehicle Derrick Niederman
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 25A Gravity-powered vehicle (2) Stanley Newman
Thursday, December 30, 2004 41D Go downhill Kyle Mahowald
Monday, June 7, 2004 61A Toy used on hills Lynn Lempel
Saturday, May 29, 2004 53A Husky burden (2) Patrick Berry
Sunday, May 23, 2004 56A Spill producer Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 13D Musher's transport (3) Nancy Salomon
Sunday, February 29, 2004 28D Source of spills on hills Patrick Merrell
Wednesday, November 5, 2003 22D Runners carry it (3) Nancy Kavanaugh
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5D Coaster (3) Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
Thursday, September 11, 2003 58D With 34D, a racing vehicle Patrick Merrell
Monday, August 11, 2003 6A Eskimo's vehicle Randall J. Hartman
Tuesday, March 18, 2003 22A It rides on runners William Schaub
Sunday, December 29, 2002 58A Transportation with rails Richard Silvestri
Saturday, July 20, 2002 13D Need for Santa Dana Motley
Sunday, July 14, 2002 119A Husky burden (2) Patrick Berry
Friday, July 5, 2002 3D Kind of dog (4) Manny Nosowsky
Saturday, June 1, 2002 4D Coaster (3) Rich Norris
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 46A Husky's burden Gregory Casagrande
Tuesday, April 9, 2002 61A Musher's transport (3) Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Saturday, March 9, 2002 56D Runners' place Dana Motley
Tuesday, January 15, 2002 58D Runners carry it (3) Kelly Clark
Monday, December 17, 2001 56A Classic Christmas toy Christina Houlihan
Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1D Enjoy some winter fun M. Francis Vuolo
Tuesday, October 2, 2001 11D Toy attached to a rope Richard Hughes
Monday, September 24, 2001 13D Winter toy (4) Norma Steinberg
Sunday, August 12, 2001 91D Place for runners (2) Nancy Nicholson Joline
Sunday, July 8, 2001 136A Arctic transport Michael S. Maurer
Monday, June 25, 2001 34A Gravity-powered vehicle (2) Stanley Newman
Tuesday, May 22, 2001 46A Husky's tow John D. Leavy
Saturday, March 24, 2001 27A Have fun on a white bed? Mark Diehl
Tuesday, February 27, 2001 13D Winter toy (4) M. Preston Sherwood
Tuesday, January 30, 2001 67A Transport dating from the Stone Age David J. Kahn
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 56D Huskies' load Bill Zais
Sunday, May 14, 2000 137A Firewood carrier Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Monday, April 24, 2000 45A Downhill racer Peter Gordon
Monday, April 10, 2000 13D Arctic vehicle Ed Early
Friday, April 7, 2000 54D Runners carry it (3) Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, February 16, 2000 14D It has runners Gene Newman
Tuesday, January 11, 2000 13D Winter toy (4) Fran and Lou Sabin
Tuesday, January 4, 2000 67A Inuit's transport (2) Joy L. Wouk
Wednesday, December 1, 1999 45A Eskimo's need Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Friday, October 22, 1999 56D Inuit's item Martin Ashwood-Smith
Saturday, July 10, 1999 27D Perennial Christmas gift Rich Norris
Thursday, January 7, 1999 52D Where runners are found William I. Johnston
Sunday, December 13, 1998 76A Bob in the Olympics (2) Richard Silvestri
Tuesday, November 3, 1998 10A Winter transport Ed Early
Monday, July 13, 1998 57D Winter toy (4) Bill Ballard
Sunday, May 24, 1998 87A Runners' location Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Wednesday, March 11, 1998 8D Take to the hills? Bette Sue Cohen
Thursday, March 5, 1998 65A Iditarod Trail transport Wayne Robert Williams
Monday, February 2, 1998 68A Child's Christmas gift Gregory E. Paul
Wednesday, September 3, 1997 38D Musher's need Hugh Davis
Friday, August 15, 1997 64A Kind of dog (4) Joe DiPietro
Friday, February 14, 1997 26A Go-devil J. R. Conrad
Tuesday, January 21, 1997 31A Downhill runner T. W. Schier
Tuesday, December 17, 1996 14A It goes with runners G. E. Paul
Friday, May 3, 1996 42A Zero-wheeled vehicle H. Estes
Saturday, April 27, 1996 63A Coast (2) F. Hansen
Sunday, April 21, 1996 82D Racing vehicle M. Gaffney
Sunday, January 28, 1996 114A Kind of dog (4) M. W. Perry
Monday, December 4, 1995 62A Santa's vehicle Sidney L. Robbins
Monday, November 20, 1995 7D Winter transportation Sidney L. Robbins
Thursday, October 26, 1995 50D Malamute's burden Jim Page
Sunday, August 20, 1995 74A Iditarod sight Cathy Millhauser
Saturday, August 19, 1995 62A Coast (2) Bryant White
Sunday, July 2, 1995 31D Kind of dog (4) Alex K. Justin
Saturday, May 27, 1995 54D Runners' locale A.J. Santora
Monday, April 10, 1995 6A One going downhill Sidney L. Robbins
Friday, January 13, 1995 42D Bob, for one Judith Perry
Sunday, October 23, 1994 45D Inuit conveyance Cathy Millhauser
Monday, September 5, 1994 64A Flexible Flyer, for one (2) Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein
Friday, February 11, 1994 71A Coaster (3) Harvey Estes
Tuesday, January 18, 1994 68A Kane's Rosebud Joy L. Wouk