This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers; so rare that each appears only in a single Shortz Era puzzle.
Not all these words make sense. Some of them are unique because they're part of some wacky theme. Some are errors that don't fit the standard Across Lite format. There are 49,872 unique Shortz Era answer words in the database.
Click any word to see it in the context of its puzzle. Words in this color did appear in pre-Shortz crosswords.
| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAV | Sat 3/25/1995 | Ger. state | Walter Webb |
| BEESKNEES | Fri 5/30/2008 | Living end | Natan Last |
| BENEFIC | Fri 12/2/2011 | Of some good | Ed Sessa |
| BOXERS | Sun 1/25/2009 | Some underwear | Michael Torch |
| BROKETHERECORD | Wed 1/9/2013 | Did or didn't surpass a D.J.'s mark for accident-free days? | David Ben-Merre |
| BUDGED | Thu 4/12/2007 | Moved a bit | Jim Page |
| CALICOS | Sun 4/1/2012 | Cloths with repeating patterns | Patrick Merrell |
| COLET | Fri 9/21/2001 | St. Paul's School founder John ___ | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ENDUSE | Sat 1/17/2004 | Purpose | Patrick Berry |
| ENGLISHLAVENDER | Sat 3/13/2010 | Aromatic plant native to the Pyrenees | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| EUREKACA | Thu 10/8/1998 | 95501 | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FREEKITTENS | Mon 1/14/2008 | Good sign on a lawn | Robert Dillman |
| GAGREFLEX | Thu 4/2/2009 | Palate-raising response | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HELLEN | Sun 2/13/1994 | Greeks' ancestor | Cathy Millhauser |
| HERETICAL | Tue 7/24/2001 | Dissenting, to the church | Gayle Dean |
| JACKTHEGRIPPER | Thu 4/23/1998 | Boston Strangler's cousin? | Cathy Millhauser |
| JEDIS | Fri 6/8/2007 | Film knights | Randolph Ross |
| LORDOFTHESTRINGS | Sun 4/18/2004 | Master violinist? | Richard Chisholm |
| MAILSACKS | Thu 6/24/2010 | Loot in an old train robbery | John Farmer |
| MISGUIDED | Fri 10/10/2003 | Wrong | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| MODERATO | Thu 7/25/1996 | Musical direction | A. J. Santora |
| NEURONS | Fri 7/23/2010 | Cell transmitters | John Farmer |
| OUTBOARDS | Sun 9/12/1999 | Some boat motors | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| PAPELBON | Sat 9/5/2009 | Pitcher who struck out the final batter of the 2007 World Series | Mike Nothnagel |
| PERSONALITYQUIZ | Tue 10/2/2007 | Cosmopolitan staple | Oliver Hill |
| PORGIES | Sun 1/9/2000 | Atlantic food fishes | Charles M. Deber |
| PRICEY | Tue 5/31/1994 | Expensive | Roger H. Courtney |
| PROCOLHARUM | Tue 8/24/2010 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" group | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| RUMBLESEATS | Sun 10/6/2013 | Model A features | Patrick Berry |
| SCOOTUP | Sun 6/30/1996 | Climb like a squirrel | R. Norris |
| SEEMEFEELME | Thu 12/23/1999 | "Tommy" tune | Joe DiPietro |
| SIXTE | Sun 12/25/2011 | Fencing position | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOUNDLESS | Sun 3/21/2004 | Silent | Roy Leban |
| STATEOFSHOCK | Sun 5/1/1994 | Astounded condition | Peter Gordon |
| THEAMAZINMETS | Thu 9/2/2004 | Team in 1969 headlines | David J. Kahn |
| THEREFOR | Wed 9/20/2000 | In place of that | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| TIEDHANDANDFOOT | Mon 6/28/1999 | Trussed up | Ed Early |
| TITOPUENTETEPEE | Sun 10/4/2009 | Tent used by a Latin musician? | Todd McClary |
| UNIONOHIO | Wed 7/31/2013 | Midwest town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the right] | H. David Goering |
| UWAIT | Sat 8/13/2005 | While-___ (shop sign) | Bob Peoples |