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.

4 results for PREFECTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 17, 1989	9D	Administrative officials	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Mon Oct 12, 1959	29A	Officials.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 7, 1955	35D	Administrative chiefs in France.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Thu May 1, 1952	36D	Ninety French departmental administrators.	Unknown	Farrar

Anagrams:

21 ms