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.

3 results for PUNCH from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 30, 2011	1A	Forcefulness	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Tue Jun 7, 2005	35A	Contents of a big bowl	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri Oct 8, 1999	34D	Right or left	Nancy Salomon	Shortz

6 results for PUNCH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 9, 1977	53D	Vigor	DeWitt Anderson	Maleska
Fri Jan 18, 1957	9A	Herd (cattle).	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Jul 22, 1956	47A	Satirical weekly.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Tue Jun 29, 1954	43D	Hero of a popular puppet show.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Wed Nov 21, 1951	45D	The London Charivari.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 23, 1951	19D	Source of British humor.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

Anagram:

26 ms