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.

10 results for NOMIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 24, 1993	26A	Customary	Harris	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1989	21A	Generally valid	Warren W. Reich	Maleska
Mon Aug 22, 1988	21D	Customary; conventional	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Thu Dec 7, 1978	14A	Customary; conventional	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Sun Mar 10, 1968	53D	Customary.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Jul 9, 1958	52A	Customary or conventional.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue May 25, 1954	20D	Customary; conventional.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Aug 20, 1953	60A	Conventional.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 16, 1945	63D	Customary English spelling.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Jun 11, 1944	55D	Customary.	Margaret Petherbridge	Farrar

Anagrams:

20 ms