How to Use the Crossword Solver

Enter the right information

Enter ? for each unknown letter. A four-position pattern cannot match a five-letter answer. If a clue has several meanings, use the crossing letters to refine the candidates. Our starter clue library does not establish which answer a particular newspaper used.

Work through an example

Try this input: ?A?E. Read the normalized input above the result list before using a suggestion. If a letter or rule looks wrong, correct the field and run the helper again. The displayed result count belongs to that exact set of constraints.

When no words match

Keep your input and check the most restrictive field first. Verify the length, repeated letters, blanks and excluded letters. Then relax one condition at a time. An empty result can be correct; the tool should never fill it with unrelated or invented words.