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Every word that fits your squares

Type the letters you already have with a ? for each empty square and get every word that fits. Recognisable words come first, with their meaning beside them, and the clue box narrows the list further.

Crossword solver: a five-by-five grid with two letters filled and the rest blank

Enter the letters you have, with a ? for each blank square.

How to use the crossword solver

  1. Type the letters you already have

    Work along the entry and type what is in each square, using a question mark for the ones you have not filled in yet. Three across with a P in the middle is ?p?, and that is enough to work with.

  2. Count the squares, not the letters

    The number of characters you type is the length of the answer, so an eight-letter entry with two letters in needs six question marks. Getting the count right is what makes the list short.

  3. Add the clue to cut the list down

    A pattern on its own can return over a hundred words. Put a word or two from the clue in the second box and the list narrows to the ones whose meaning matches, so you can see which one the setter meant.

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Crossword solver questions, answered

What do I type for a blank square?

A question mark. A full stop or an asterisk works too. One for each square you have not filled in.

Why do some words have no definition?

The word list is deliberately wide — a crossword answer can be an obscure word, and leaving those out would mean missing the one you need. We only hold definitions for the more common words, so those are shown first with their meaning, and the rest follow. Nothing that fits is left out.

Can I search by the clue alone?

Not on its own — the pattern is what fixes the length. But even one letter and the right number of question marks, plus a word from the clue, will usually get you there.

Does it solve cryptic clues?

No. It matches the letters you have against the dictionary and, if you give it one, against the meaning. A cryptic clue hides its definition inside wordplay, so the definition search will only help once you have worked out which part of the clue is doing that job.

Is this the same word list as the crossword?

It draws on the same dictionary, filtered the same way as the other word tools — so no initialisms and nothing that is only in the list to be accepted as a guess.