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

9 results for SPEARED from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 6, 2021	80A	Skewered (2)	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Fri Sep 7, 2018	32D	Like some fish and olives	Josh Knapp	Shortz
Sun Oct 20, 2002	120A	Like some olives (2)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Aug 25, 2002	101A	Like some olives (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Jul 2, 2001	24A	Picked up, as an hors d'oeuvre	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Fri Nov 13, 1998	21D	Ran through	Jim Page	Shortz
Wed Sep 16, 1998	37A	Like many martini olives	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Feb 11, 1996	76D	Stuck	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sat Sep 17, 1994	12D	Skewered (2)	Rich Norris	Shortz

18 results for SPEARED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 22, 1993	21A	Lanced	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Mon Apr 17, 1989	10D	Pierced	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Thu Jun 9, 1988	21A	One-handed a liner	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska
Thu Aug 28, 1986	10D	Impaled	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sat Mar 23, 1974	59A	Caught fish in a way	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Sun Sep 30, 1973	49D	Caught fish in a way	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Fri Sep 13, 1968	35D	Caught fish, in a way.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 11, 1968	15D	Caught in a way	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Wed Apr 19, 1967	5D	Caught fish, in a way.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1965	85D	Latched on to, in a way.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Aug 16, 1964	79D	Leistered.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Nov 25, 1962	15A	Fished in a certain way.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Fri Sep 29, 1961	48A	Sprouted into a long stem.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 20, 1957	25A	Fished with a lance.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Jun 27, 1955	23D	Pierced.	Ann R. Hunton	Farrar
Sun Nov 11, 1951	145A	Jabbed with a fork.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Nov 5, 1950	1A	So died Priam.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Feb 14, 1943	104A	Struck with a lance.	C. Hartley Mills	Farrar

Anagrams:

20 ms