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.

9 results for SPECTACULAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 10, 1988	25D	Sensational	Walter Covell	Maleska
Thu Sep 2, 1971	10D	De Mille production	Unknown	Weng
Thu Mar 25, 1965	19A	TV show.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 23, 1962	20A	Simply fabulous.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Nov 29, 1961	3D	Type of TV show.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 23, 1958	20A	One kind of TV show.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sat Oct 26, 1957	38A	Last year's kind of TV show.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 12, 1954	25A	New type of TV show.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Oct 15, 1944	81A	Unusually showy.	Bert Storey	Farrar

Anagram:

17 ms