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 BYEAR from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 13, 2021	13D	One way to "play it"	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Fri May 8, 2020	46A	One way of playing things	Daniel Larsen	Shortz
Thu Sep 27, 2018	19D	One way to play something (2)	Daniel Kantor	Shortz
Thu Oct 17, 2013	44A	One way to play something (2)	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Tue Nov 9, 2010	48A	How nonreading musicians play	Daniel A. Finan	Shortz
Thu Jul 19, 2007	29D	How some music is played	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Wed Jan 3, 2007	51D	One way to play	Kim Seidl	Shortz
Mon Sep 11, 2006	64A	Without the help of written music	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Aug 5, 2005	20D	How some things are played	David Ainslie Macleod	Shortz

3 results for BYEAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 11, 1990	44A	How some musicians play	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Sun Jun 17, 1979	60A	How PAderewski played?	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Feb 3, 1979	48D	Play it ___ (improvise)	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska

Anagrams:

21 ms