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laces (7 points)
Makes stronger (wordplay)
Sneakers' needs, perhaps
Strings together (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lacks (11 points)
Is short, they say - short of discipline
Is in need of
Misses careless broadcast
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
lades (6 points)
Works at the docks say
Works at the docks, say
Throws into the bay, maybe
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
laics (7 points)
Cow tail (wordplay)
Those not in the clergy
They're not of the cloth
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 7 pts
lairs (5 points)
Sleeper cells (wordplay)
Retreats in the woods (wordplay)
Sites of seclusion
L·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lakes (9 points)
Great quintet (wordplay)
Lures for anglers (wordplay)
Scenic beauties of Killarney.
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lakhs (12 points)
Lakh
L·1+A·1+K·5+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
lalls (5 points)
Sounds "r" like "l"
L·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lamas (7 points)
High holy men (wordplay)
Hosts of the Everest climbers
Teachers of the Dharma
L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lambs (9 points)
Easter arrivals (wordplay)
Short sheep (wordplay)
Ewe created them (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lames (7 points)
Shoots in the foot maybe
Shoots in the foot, maybe
Shoots in the foot say
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lamps (9 points)
Fifty-ampere illumination (wordplay)
Genies' haunts (wordplay)
Homes for genies (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lands (6 points)
Delivers at a match
Nails, as a gymnastics skill
Judea and Sheba, in the Bible
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lanes (5 points)
Bowling alley, affectionately (wordplay)
Sites of passage (wordplay)
Areas between shoulders (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lapis (7 points)
Stone at the Forum (wordplay)
Medium-dark blue
Blue semiprecious stone
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lards (6 points)
Covers with hog fat
Covers with fat
Adds fat to
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lares (5 points)
Spirits in Pompeys pad
Gods for Galba
Roman home gods.
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
laris (5 points)
Lari
L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
larks (9 points)
Party fun with the birds (wordplay)
Happy birds (wordplay)
Country singers (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
lases (5 points)
Performs eye surgery maybe
Alters with a light touch (wordplay)
Performs some light surgery (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lasts (5 points)
Stays with you, say
Isn't raised, perhaps
Stands wear and tear
L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
laths (8 points)
They are often plastered
Strips of wood
Plasterer's base.
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 8 pts
lauds (6 points)
Pats on the back
Heaps kudos on
Raves loudly over
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lavas (8 points)
Volcanic flowers (wordplay)
Relatives of tuff and trass
Sources of pumice.
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
laves (8 points)
Employs soap and water
Flows along or against
Takes a bath
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lawns (8 points)
Homes for gnomes (wordplay)
Front yard stages (wordplay)
Creations of sod (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lazes (14 points)
Takes it easy
Takes one's ease.
Lolls (around)
L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
leads (6 points)
Gets the point (wordplay)
Lays down a king, perhaps
Goes in front at Elland Road (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
leafs (8 points)
Flips pages, with "through"
Turns over the pages of
Turns the pages of a book
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
leaks (9 points)
What journalists soak up (wordplay)
White House plumbing problems (wordplay)
Problem of boats in LAKES (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leans (5 points)
Is sympathetic (toward)
Uses a wall, maybe
Puts pressure (on)
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leaps (7 points)
Acts of faith (wordplay)
Jumps for the faithful (wordplay)
Hops, skips and jumps (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
lears (5 points)
Whose daughter was Regan (wordplay)
Roles for tragedians
Some military transports
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leeks (9 points)
Welsh vegetables (wordplay)
Stock option (wordplay)
Bulbs in the kitchen (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leers (5 points)
Looks like a rake (wordplay)
Takes in the wrong way (wordplay)
Looks creepy (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leets (5 points)
Old English courts
English manor courts
Lists of candidates in Scotland.
L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lefts (8 points)
They're taken by drivers
Some pugilistic punches
Some turns or punches
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
leges (6 points)
Laws, Latin style.
Laws Latin style
Laws, Latin style
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lehrs (8 points)
Ovens for glassmakers
Comedian Lew et al.
Suffix with morph-
L·1+E·1+H·4+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lends (6 points)
Raises some interest (wordplay)
Gives over, perhaps
Makes advances (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lenes (5 points)
B and d, for example
Smooth consonants, in phonetics.
Soft speech sounds
L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lenis (5 points)
Opposite of "fortis"
Opposite of fortis, in phonetics
Lax in pronunciation
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lenos (5 points)
Jay and his wife
Jays wifes inlaws
Jay and family
L·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leuds (6 points)
Leud
L·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lewis (8 points)
News lead (wordplay)
Other half of Harris (Hebrides)
TOUR player JL
L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lexes (12 points)
Barker and Luthor
L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lexis (12 points)
Vocabulary of a language
All the words in a language
A language's total vocabulary
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lezes (14 points)
Lez
L·1+E·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
liars (5 points)
Super dupers (wordplay)
Inventive sorts (wordplay)
Makeup experts (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
licks (11 points)
Enjoys a lollipop
Lead guitarists output
Tootsie Pop portions
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
lidos (6 points)
Beaches like the one at Venice.
Beach resorts, Italian-style
Fashionable beach resorts
L·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1 = 6 pts
liens (5 points)
Claims on homes, say
Legal attachments (wordplay)
Charges on property
L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
liers (5 points)
Predators at times
Ones who wait
Predators, at times
L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lieus (5 points)
Places
Steads
L·1+I·1+E·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lifts (8 points)
Mountain climbers (wordplay)
Steals uppers and downers (wordplay)
Does presses or curls, say
L·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
likes (9 points)
Post marks (wordplay)
Share premiums (wordplay)
Post supports (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lilts (5 points)
Speaks in a singsong way
Light, cheery tunes
Rhythms still changing
L·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
limas (7 points)
Hill of beans (wordplay)
A hill of beans (wordplay)
Pale-green beans
L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
limbs (9 points)
An arm and a leg, say
An arm and a leg (wordplay)
Precarious perches perhaps
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
limes (7 points)
Key ingredients in some pies (wordplay)
Bartender's 'twists,' maybe
Key pie ingredients (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
limns (7 points)
Depicts in words
Portrays with words
Represents in drawings
L·1+I·1+M·3+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
limos (7 points)
Long ways to go (wordplay)
Line at a movie premiere maybe
Long rides (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
limps (9 points)
Walks with a cane, perhaps
Barely gets (along)
Walks with a cane perhaps
L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lines (5 points)
Play things (wordplay)
Pick-up drivers (wordplay)
Products from Marks (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lings (6 points)
European food-fishes.
Burbot and hake.
European food fishes
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 6 pts
links (9 points)
Driving course (wordplay)
Talking cat, of course!
Joins on the golf course (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
linns (5 points)
Pools, in Scotland
Waterfalls in Scotland
Pools in Scotland
L·1+I·1+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
linos (5 points)
Kitchen floor materials, to a Brit
Kitchen floor coverings, to a Brit
Typesetting machines: Colloq.
L·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lints (5 points)
Navel blockades (wordplay)
Ingredients in fuzzy navels (wordplay)
Ingredients in fuzzy navels
L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lions (5 points)
Den mothers (wordplay)
BC beasts (wordplay)
Colosseum team (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
liras (5 points)
Turkey dough (wordplay)
Old Neapolitan cabbage (wordplay)
Neapolitan cabbage (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lisps (7 points)
Says a myth that's amiss (wordplay)
Says a myth thats amiss
Has trouble saying "sassafras"
L·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
lists (5 points)
Tilts - where (wordplay)
To-do things (wordplay)
Tilts (as a ship)
L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
litas (5 points)
Former coin of Lithuania
Coin of Lithuania.
Ford and Grey Chaplin
L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lives (8 points)
Alive Modest Mouse song (wordplay)
What seatbelts save
Plutarch title word
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
loads (6 points)
Roadie does this w/equipment (into van)
Washer/dryer units (wordplay)
Gets charged up (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
loafs (8 points)
Has a lazy Sunday, perhaps
Hangs about idly
Takes it easy.
L·1+O·1+A·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
loams (7 points)
Alternatives to topsoils
Bed-making materials
Dark, rich soils
L·1+O·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
loans (5 points)
Assistance for short people (wordplay)
Aid for shy people (wordplay)
Pawnshop sign, perhaps
L·1+O·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lobes (7 points)
Drop places (wordplay)
Mind set (wordplay)
Places for some jewelry
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lobos (7 points)
U. of New Mexico team
U of New Mexico team
Wolf Tracks The Best of Los album
L·1+O·1+B·3+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lochs (10 points)
Scotch drinks (wordplay)
Scots' fishing spots
They're Scotch and water
L·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 10 pts
locks (11 points)
Doors' security (wordplay)
Feature of cut hair
Places for oars
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
locos (7 points)
Engineers' workplaces, briefly
Western weeds, for short
Engines, for short.
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
locus (7 points)
Particular position (of something)
Place to find 500 coppers (wordplay)
Spot Manx form of plague (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lodes (6 points)
Rock bands (wordplay)
Gold reserves (wordplay)
Mineral ore veins
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
loess (5 points)
Gardener's soil, perhaps
Gardeners soil perhaps
Compacted wind-blown sediment (geology)
L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lofts (8 points)
Artists' stories, maybe
Uses a sand wedge, say
Uses a sand wedge say
L·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
loges (6 points)
Hot-seat areas (wordplay)
Boxes of a kind
Where one ogles moviegoers
L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
logos (6 points)
Stationery objects (wordplay)
Corporate images (wordplay)
Advertising eye-catchers
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+S·1 = 6 pts
loins (5 points)
Masters Brooklynese (wordplay)
Junk area (wordplay)
Lower part of the abdomen
L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lolls (5 points)
Lies in a hammock say
Lies in a hammock, say
Naps, maybe
L·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
longs (6 points)
Has a yearning (for)
Pines away (for)
Strongly desires (with "for")
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 6 pts
loofs (8 points)
Loof
L·1+O·1+O·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
looks (9 points)
Appears (to be)
Comeliness (if good!)
One way to rate a date
L·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
looms (7 points)
Menacingly hangs (over)
Comes into view.
Carpet manufacturers' contraptions
L·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
loons (5 points)
Nutty birds (wordplay)
Crazy diving birds (wordplay)
Daffy ducks (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loops (7 points)
Belt holders (wordplay)
They're outside the beltway (wordplay)
Ladies perhaps note curls
L·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
loots (5 points)
Hits and runs (wordplay)
Takes stock (wordplay)
Pillages villages, say
L·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lopes (7 points)
Runs with wolves (wordplay)
Runs in a certain way
Long, swinging strides.
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lords (6 points)
Prayer starter (wordplay)
Where Compton and Erich still stand!
Yuletide leapers (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lores (5 points)
Areas of knowledge.
Handed-down bodies of belief
Not sharp, briefly
L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loris (5 points)
Loughlin and Petty
Clown-faced primate
Slow-moving nocturnal lemur.
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loses (5 points)
Draws the short straw say
Goes down in a playoff, say
Takes a dive say
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lotas (5 points)
Water pots of India
Water vessels of India
L·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lotos (5 points)
Tropical water lily
asphodel and lilies Tennyson
Indolence-causing fruit
L·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lotus (5 points)
Where to park American motor (wordplay)
Plant (with position?)
Nobody can remember what it tastes like!
L·1+O·1+T·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
louis (5 points)
A Mo. patron?
Tiffany, for one
Tiffany for one
L·1+O·1+U·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loups (7 points)
Silk masks covering half the face.
Half masks, usually of silk or satin Fr.
Half masks Fr.
L·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
lours (5 points)
Looks sullen (Var.)
Darkens, threatening rain or storms
Scowls; darkens
L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
louts (5 points)
They holler into cell phones eg
Ill-mannered lummoxes
They give you lots of boorish comments
L·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loves (8 points)
Cares for deeply
Young Dream Moore
Is gaga over
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lowes (8 points)
Minimal to the max
Author of "Road to Xanadu."
Never stop improving sloganeer
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
loxes (12 points)
Theyre usually cut thin at the deli
Fish for breakfast
They're usually cut thin at the deli
L·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
luaus (5 points)
Usual anagram (wordplay)
Parties with poi and poke, perhaps
Parties on the beach, perhaps
L·1+U·1+A·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lubes (7 points)
Eases passage, say
Eases passage say
Garage jobs, informally
L·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
luces (7 points)
Clare Boothe and Henry
1930's-60's power couple
Well-known couple.
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lucks (11 points)
Hits a long shot with out
Happens upon, with "into"
out comes off well
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
ludes (6 points)
Downers, for short
Sleep inducers, on the street
Methaqualone pills, for short
L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
luffs (11 points)
Flaps as a sail
Parts of fore-and-aft sails
Sails nearer the wind
L·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 11 pts
luges (6 points)
Races in the Winter Olympics, maybe
Chuters at the Olympics (wordplay)
Goes down the chute (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lulls (5 points)
Deceives into trustfulness
Pauses in activity
Mesmerizes, maybe
L·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lulus (5 points)
Singer's knockouts (wordplay)
Pips or pippins
Online women's retail store
L·1+U·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lumps (9 points)
Punishment so to speak
Harsh criticism so to speak
Blocks of sugar
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lunas (5 points)
Hawaiian plantation foremen
Circular religious receptacles
Some large nighttime fliers
L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lunes (5 points)
Crescent-looking shapes (French)
Leashes for hawks
Monday in Mlaga
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lungs (6 points)
Inspiring organs (wordplay)
Air bags (wordplay)
Air space (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lunks (9 points)
Unsharp tacks (wordplay)
Blockheads
Meatheads
L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
lunts (5 points)
Great theatrical name (with "the").
Memorable stage duo
Stars of The Visit
L·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lupus (7 points)
A constellation, the Wolf
Constellation that's Latin for 'wolf'
Castmate of Graves and Landau
L·1+U·1+P·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lures (5 points)
Attractive aspects of fishing (wordplay)
Angler's supply
Tempts or entices
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lurks (9 points)
'Lies in wait, to attack maybe (5)'
Doesn't show oneself, say
Prowls like a goal poacher
L·1+U·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
lusts (5 points)
More than craves (with "after")
Has the hots (for)
What Iggy Pop does "for Life" (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lusus (5 points)
An abnormality
L·1+U·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lutes (5 points)
Pirate's favorite instruments (wordplay)
Old stringed instruments.
Relatives of lyres
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
luxes (12 points)
Units of illumination.
Units of illumination
Illumination units
L·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lweis (8 points)
Lwei
L·1+W·4+E·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lyres (8 points)
False instruments (wordplay)
Instruments playing false notes?
Did these play false notes?
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lyses (8 points)
Remissions of fever
Dissolves like cells
Disintegrates as a cell
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lysis (8 points)
Gradual recession of a disease
Ending with electro-
Some votive offerings of 5
L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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Enter letters or a pattern, optionally pick a dictionary, and we'll find every valid word matching your criteria. Results show with point scores, definitions, and clickable details.

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Word lists are updated monthly to track new tournament dictionary editions. Clue corpora are refreshed quarterly from public crossword archives.

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