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.

Pay now and get access for a year.

1. Select account level

$50 AngelFull access, Word list Downloads

$20 Regular UserAll pages, Limited Finder

2. Choose how to pay

2 results for SPUTTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Apr 11, 2021	67A	Bad sound for an engine	Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger
Fri Aug 31, 2007	39D	Speak explosively in anger	Paula Gamache

9 results for SPUTTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 13, 1984	53A	Sound of a dying engine	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Mon Jul 18, 1983	9D	Speak hastily	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Tue Jan 11, 1983	53A	Speak spasmodically	Martin Fass	Maleska
Mon Aug 30, 1971	10D	Explosive utterance	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jan 14, 1964	36D	Speak hastily.	Lois Hillis	Farrar
Tue Jun 16, 1959	36A	Speak hastily and indistinctly.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Wed Feb 4, 1959	25A	Talk hastily and indistinctly.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Jul 3, 1958	4D	Confused and excited speech.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	129A	Excited speech.	Lester Keene	Farrar

Anagrams:

21 ms