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259 results for pattern *NEEDLE*

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NYT : 24 from Modern Era daily puzzles
COMPASSNEEDLE MAGNETICNEEDLES MOVETHENEEDLE NEEDLE NEEDLEANDTHREAD NEEDLECASE NEEDLED NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK NEEDLENOSE NEEDLEPOINT NEEDLEPOINTKITS NEEDLER NEEDLES NEEDLESS NEEDLESSTOSAY NEEDLETRADE NEEDLEWORK ONPINSANDNEEDLES PHONOGRAPHNEEDLE PINENEEDLE PINSANDNEEDLES SAILNEEDLE SPACENEEDLE THREADTHENEEDLE
Variety words from Acrostic, Cryptic, PandA, Diagramless, etc. puzzles:
NYT : 2 from Variety puzzles
NEEDLECRAFT NEEDLEFISH
These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:
NYT : 23 from pre-Shortz puzzles
ADAMSNEEDLE ANEEDLE CLEOPATRASNEEDLE CROWSHEANEEDLES EYEOFTHENEEDLE KNITTINGNEEDLES NEEDANEEDLE NEEDLECASES NEEDLEINA NEEDLEPOINTLACE NEEDLERS NEEDLESAND NEEDLESANDPINS NEEDLESET NEEDLESEYE NEEDLEWOMAN OLDLADYOFTHREADNEEDLE OLDLADYOFTHREADNEEDLEST PANICINNEEDLEPARK PINESANDNEEDLES SAMUELADAMSNEEDLE THEEYEOFANEEDLE THENEEDLE
These words from our word lists have never appeared in any NYT crossword:
Private : 29 from the XWord Info word lists
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Regular Users see 23 basic words here from the XWord Info Word List.
Angels see 6 additional premium words from Jeff Chen's Personal List.
These unscored dictionary words aren't found in either NYT puzzles or our word lists:
Abridged : 43 from internal dictionaries
ADAMSNEEDLEANDTHREAD CROCHETNEEDLE DEVILSDARNINGNEEDLE EMBROIDERYNEEDLE FIVENEEDLED FOURNEEDLED HYPODERMICNEEDLE ICENEEDLE MICRONEEDLE MICRONEEDLES NEEDLEBEARING NEEDLEBIOPSY NEEDLEBLIGHT NEEDLEBUSH NEEDLECAST NEEDLECORD NEEDLECORDS NEEDLECRAFTS NEEDLEFISHES NEEDLEFUL NEEDLEFULS NEEDLEFURZE NEEDLELESS NEEDLELIKE NEEDLEPALM NEEDLEPOINTED NEEDLEPOINTING NEEDLEPOINTS NEEDLERUSH NEEDLESHAPED NEEDLESPIKERUSH NEEDLESSNESS NEEDLESSNESSES NEEDLESTICK NEEDLESTICKS NEEDLEWOOD NEEDLEWORKERS NEEDLEWORKS PACKINGNEEDLE SPANISHNEEDLES THREENEEDLED TWONEEDLED UPHOLSTERYNEEDLE
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Unabridged : 138 from our unabridged dictionary
ARTNEEDLEWORK BAITINGNEEDLE BATNEEDLE BLASTINGNEEDLE CATARACTNEEDLE CRAKENEEDLE CROWNEEDLE DECLINATIONNEEDLE DIPNEEDLE DIPPINGNEEDLE DRYNEEDLE ETCHINGNEEDLE FASHIONINGNEEDLE FIBRENEEDLE FIRNEEDLE GRAMOPHONENEEDLE GROUNDNEEDLE HAIRNEEDLE HANGINGNEEDLE IDLENEEDLE INSTEPNEEDLE LAPPETNEEDLE LARDINGNEEDLE LATCHNEEDLE LOOSENEEDLE MATCHNEEDLE MATTINGNEEDLE NEEDLEALPHABET NEEDLEANDPIN NEEDLEBAR NEEDLEBATH NEEDLEBEAM NEEDLEBEARER NEEDLEBOLT NEEDLEBOOK NEEDLEBUG NEEDLECHERVIL NEEDLEDIAL NEEDLEDOM NEEDLEFACTORY NEEDLEFELT NEEDLEFILE NEEDLEFODDER NEEDLEFOLIAGE NEEDLEFORCEPS NEEDLEFORM NEEDLEFORMED NEEDLEGIRDER NEEDLEGRASS NEEDLEGRINDER NEEDLEGRINDING NEEDLEGUN NEEDLEHAND NEEDLEHOLDER NEEDLEHOLE NEEDLEHOUSE NEEDLEHOUSEWIFERY NEEDLEJERKER NEEDLEJOB NEEDLELACE NEEDLELEAF NEEDLELOOM NEEDLEMADE NEEDLEMAKER NEEDLEMAKING NEEDLEMAN NEEDLEMONGER NEEDLEMUSKET NEEDLEORE NEEDLEPAINTED NEEDLEPOINTER NEEDLEPOLISHER NEEDLEPUNCTURE NEEDLEPUNCTURING NEEDLERIFLE NEEDLEROCK NEEDLERUN NEEDLESCARRED NEEDLESCREW NEEDLESELLER NEEDLESHARP NEEDLESHELL NEEDLESHUTTLE NEEDLESPAR NEEDLESPIRE NEEDLESPITTER NEEDLESTONE NEEDLESYRINGE NEEDLETAILED NEEDLETELEGRAPH NEEDLETHREADER NEEDLETIMBER NEEDLETOIL NEEDLETREE NEEDLEURCHIN NEEDLEVALVE NEEDLEWEAVING NEEDLEWEED NEEDLEWHIN NEEDLEWIRE NEEDLEWORKED NEEDLEWORM NEEDLEWROUGHT NERVENEEDLE NETTINGNEEDLE PACKNEEDLE PINKNEEDLE POWKENEEDLE PROBENEEDLE PROTRACTINGNEEDLE PUCKERNEEDLE PUCKNEEDLE QUILTINGNEEDLE RAFFIANEEDLE RECORDNEEDLE RIBBINGNEEDLE RIBNEEDLE ROPINGNEEDLE SACKINGNEEDLE SEANEEDLE SEINENEEDLE SETONNEEDLE SPANISHNEEDLE STITCHINGNEEDLE STRAIGHTNEEDLE STRAWNEEDLE SYRINGENEEDLE TACKINGNEEDLE TAGNEEDLE TAMBOURNEEDLE TAPENEEDLE TATTOOINGNEEDLE TEASINGNEEDLE THEODOLITENEEDLE THREADNEEDLE TRUSSINGNEEDLE TWONEEDLE WOOLNEEDLE
The RegEx equivalent for this search is NEEDLE
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