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Crossword solver
To search for words with incomplete spellings using the
Oxford Crossword
Dictionary
, enter a wildcard character, ‘?’, anywhere a character is not known. Place
the appropriate number of ‘?’ characters in the places of characters yet to be
determined. To put a space between words, enter
^
i
(
r
key).
<Example>
Find a matching compound or expression for the pattern ‘go ????’.
1. Press
y
to open the Solver
functions menu.
2. Press
1
to open the Crossword
solver.
The Crossword solver's input screen
appears.
3. Type ‘go ????’ into the input field. To
enter ‘ ????’, press
^
i
to
enter a space and
?
four times.
4. Press
e
to start the search.
A list of the wildcard matches appear.
5. In the list, select a desired word using
the number keys or press
{
}
and
e
.
Using the Solver functions
A list of the lemmas with the given number and pattern of letters appears. In this
example, the list would be the total number of 6-letter patterns consisting of a 2-
letter and a 4-letter word (2, 4 (6) letters).
•To see other words/expressions with the same number(s) of letters, use
<
or
>
to scroll up/down. Use
^
w
or
^
n
to jump to the
previous or next pattern list.
• Press
f
to return to the previous view.
• Press
^
l
to see the list of all patterns (e.g., 5 letters).
•To search for the available details of a word, use the Super jump function.
•To initiate another search, simply type in the new spelling or press
^
b
to return to the input screen of the Crossword solver.
Notes:
• Unknown characters within single or multiple words can be replaced with
question marks, ‘?’, as in ‘ma???n’ or ‘g? b???’.
• Multiple word patterns up to a maximum of six words can be searched.
• Up to a maximum of 25 letters can be searched for (not counting spaces).
• The Crossword Dictionary database does not include regular inflections, so if
your original search does not give you the required answer, try removing any
final -s, -ed, or -ing, and search again.