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
Friday, May 24, 2013 66A See 67-Across Joe Krozel
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 56A Preschooler (9) Ian Livengood
Saturday, March 23, 2013 30D Add (up) (4) David Steinberg
Sunday, September 30, 2012 65A Preschooler (9) Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 36D Rug rat (9) Ian Livengood
Thursday, July 19, 2012 65D For whom a sitter sits Alan Arbesfeld
Thursday, June 14, 2012 57D "Sesame Street" watcher (2) Tracy Gray
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 32A Sitter's charge (2) Eric Williams
Monday, May 14, 2012 37A Rug rat (9) John Dunn
Thursday, December 1, 2011 27D Playground user Elizabeth A. Long
Saturday, October 29, 2011 65D Rattle holder Barry C. Silk
Friday, October 7, 2011 58D Tater ___ Kevin G. Der
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 36A Pre-K child Patrick McIntyre
Sunday, March 27, 2011 10D Onesie wearer (2) Kevin G. Der
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 62D Huggies wearer Robert A. Doll
Monday, December 13, 2010 3D Tyke (6) Patrick Blindauer
Monday, September 13, 2010 24D Wee one (5) Aimee Lucido, Brown University '13
Sunday, September 5, 2010 53A Add (up) (4) Will Nediger
Sunday, May 2, 2010 48D Little one (7) Kelsey Blakley
Sunday, April 18, 2010 115D Rug rat (9) Randolph Ross
Monday, February 1, 2010 7D Tyke (6) Scott Atkinson
Monday, January 25, 2010 6D Onesie wearer (2) Holden Baker
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 58A Gerber eater Gary Cee
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3D Tyke (6) Caleb Madison
Friday, May 1, 2009 19A Add (up) (4) Joon Pahk
Saturday, March 21, 2009 30A Relatively recent arrival? Robert H. Wolfe
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 23A Pre-K enrollee (2) Kristian House
Monday, January 5, 2009 40A Toddler (2) Andrea Carla Michaels
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 21A Pre-K enrollee (2) Dave Mackey
Sunday, March 9, 2008 111D Preschooler (9) Patrick Berry
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 23A Little squirt (2) Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 35A Wee one (5) Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Thursday, February 1, 2007 11D Toddler (2) Michael S. Maurer
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 19A Rug rat (9) James R. Leeds
Sunday, August 27, 2006 77D Little squirt (2) Seth A. Abel
Sunday, July 30, 2006 48A Trike rider (2) Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry
Thursday, July 13, 2006 45A Trike rider (2) Manny Nosowsky
Friday, July 7, 2006 56D "Sesame Street" watcher (2) Joe Krozel
Saturday, February 25, 2006 41D Squirt (2) Henry Hook
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 61D Young'un (7) Lynn Lempel
Friday, November 25, 2005 54D Kid (2) Joe DiPietro
Sunday, November 13, 2005 69D Day-care charge Brendan Emmett Quigley
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 44A Preschooler (9) Leonard Williams
Monday, August 29, 2005 36D Wee one (5) Sarah Keller
Thursday, May 19, 2005 64D Tad (2) Barbara Olson
Monday, April 4, 2005 30D Kiddie Christina Houlihan Kelly
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 38D Rug rat (9) Richard Silvestri
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 45D Young 'un (7) Jim Hyres
Thursday, June 3, 2004 6D Little one (7) Mike Torch
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 24A Little one (7) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, April 8, 2004 42D One in a stroller Elizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, November 7, 2003 58D Crib sheet user Jim Page
Monday, October 27, 2003 40D Youngster (3) Richard Miller
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 69A Young 'un (7) Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
Monday, September 8, 2003 45A Rug rat (9) Leslie H. Nicoll
Tuesday, June 10, 2003 28D Young 'un (7) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, October 6, 2002 18D Sprout (3) Myles Callum
Monday, April 15, 2002 64D Preschooler (9) James P. Sharp
Monday, October 1, 2001 63D Preschooler (9) Janice M. Putney
Tuesday, September 4, 2001 52A Rug rat (9) Randall J. Hartman
Wednesday, July 25, 2001 22D Rug rat (9) Richard Hughes
Saturday, July 21, 2001 55A One might be on a crib sheet Mark Diehl
Friday, March 9, 2001 54A Wobbly walker, perhaps Mitch Komro
Saturday, February 3, 2001 5D New walker Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, July 11, 2000 46A Wee one (5) Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon
Monday, July 3, 2000 24A Little 'un (2) Marjorie Berg
Friday, June 30, 2000 11D Day care attendee Martin Ashwood-Smith
Friday, June 16, 2000 22A Preschooler (9) Manny Nosowsky
Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12D Little one (7) M. Francis Vuolo
Saturday, December 18, 1999 33A Moppet Nancy Joline
Thursday, December 9, 1999 41D Sprout (3) Chuck Deodene
Sunday, December 5, 1999 81D Pampered one? (2) Joe DiPietro
Thursday, August 5, 1999 53D 50-Across rider A. J. Santora
Sunday, August 1, 1999 55D Little one (7) Randolph Ross
Thursday, June 17, 1999 63D Wee one (5) Richard Silvestri
Saturday, June 5, 1999 60D Kid (2) Rich Norris
Friday, May 28, 1999 54D One taking a first step Joe DiPietro
Sunday, May 9, 1999 58D Small amount Nancy Nicholson Joline
Friday, April 30, 1999 1A Pampered one? (2) Pat M. Hugel
Sunday, February 7, 1999 47D Tad (2) Nancy Nicholson Joline
Thursday, February 4, 1999 24D Youngster (3) Rich Norris
Thursday, December 10, 1998 29D Tyke (6) Peter Gordon
Monday, November 9, 1998 27A Young 'un (7) Peter Gordon
Sunday, July 26, 1998 54A Rug rat (9) Richard Silvestri
Wednesday, June 17, 1998 23A Sprout (3) Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, May 17, 1998 44A Sitter's charge (2) David J. Kahn and Hillary B. Kahn
Thursday, February 19, 1998 28D One in a romper room A. J. Santora
Saturday, September 13, 1997 57D Little one (7) Dave Tuller
Thursday, July 24, 1997 21D Kindergartener Randall J. Hartman
Sunday, June 1, 1997 63A Little one (7) Randolph Ross
Monday, May 19, 1997 26A Tyke (6) Fred Piscop
Saturday, February 1, 1997 51A Squirt (2) R. H. Burns
Thursday, January 30, 1997 35A Preschooler (9) D. Motley
Friday, August 16, 1996 28A Tyke (6) M. Gaffney
Friday, July 19, 1996 35A Handful? D. Niles
Sunday, January 21, 1996 118D Dram of liquor, in Britain R. Wolfe
Thursday, November 16, 1995 22A Add (up) (4) Rich Norris
Saturday, September 23, 1995 15D Day-care attendee Martin Ashwood-Smith
Friday, September 8, 1995 18D Young un A.J. Santora
Sunday, June 4, 1995 29D Jigger of rum, e.g. Bryant White
Sunday, May 28, 1995 118D Young 'un (7) Matt Gaffney
Wednesday, January 18, 1995 14A Little 'un (2) Wayne Robert Williams
Sunday, December 18, 1994 8D Sandbox set member Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn
Thursday, August 25, 1994 59D Youngster (3) Harvey Estes
Wednesday, July 20, 1994 27D Young 'un (7) Harvey Estes
Thursday, June 2, 1994 45A Preschooler (9) Harvey Estes
Wednesday, May 11, 1994 28D Stroller passenger Harvey Estes
Wednesday, December 8, 1993 44D Candidate for day care Norma Steinberg