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 48,666 unique Shortz-era answer words in the database.
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| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCDEF | Thu 12/15/2005 | Alphabet start | Patrick Merrell |
| ALMIGHTYDOLLAR | Fri 2/8/2013 | Jack regarded as an object of devotion | Barry C. Silk |
| ANGARIA | Sat 9/28/1996 | Forcible seizure of a ship, in maritime law | G. R. Ferguson |
| ATTHEKRAKOWDAWN | Wed 12/3/2003 | When Krzysztof got up south of Warsaw? | Bruce Adams |
| BOSTONBLACKIE | Tue 7/18/1995 | Jack Boyle detective | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| BROTHERS | Tue 6/8/2010 | See 40-Down | Peter A. Collins |
| CANIHAVEYOURS | Sun 7/22/2007 | "Excuse me, I seem to have lost my phone number — ...?" | David Levinson Wilk |
| CARPENTERSLEVEL | Fri 4/6/2001 | One of the 20-Across | David J. Kahn |
| CHOOCHOO | Tue 12/2/2008 | ... a toy train | Matt Ginsberg |
| COURAGEOFLASSIE | Mon 6/20/1994 | 1946 movie with 16-Across | Bette Sue Cohen |
| CRAZYLEGSHIRSCH | Wed 9/18/1996 | Elroy of football fame | D. J. Kahn |
| EARRINGAID | Sun 5/25/1997 | Help at the jeweler's? | Cathy Millhauser |
| EXAMROOMS | Fri 4/29/2011 | Parts of doctors' offices | David Quarfoot |
| GWYNN | Sun 3/20/2005 | Tony who led the N.L. in batting eight times | Patrick Berry |
| HAMMEREDAT | Fri 1/28/2000 | Repeatedly attacked | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HELIPORTS | Fri 1/8/1999 | Some landing sites | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Quigley |
| ICANNOT | Fri 2/11/2005 | "No way!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| JAMBAJUICE | Sat 4/20/2013 | California-based smoothie chain | David Steinberg |
| LEAVEITTOME | Sat 5/15/2010 | "You needn't worry about that" | Trip Payne & Patrick Berry |
| MARINCOUNTY | Fri 3/21/2008 | Home to San Quentin State Prison | Peter A. Collins |
| MERIDIAN | Thu 5/18/1995 | Zenith | Chuck Deodene |
| MOCCASIN | Tue 10/15/2013 | Sioux shoe | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PIQUET | Tue 4/27/2004 | Card game for two | Janet R. Bender |
| PIXIEDUST | Sat 1/14/2012 | Bit of the magic of Disney | Mark Diehl |
| PROMKING | Sat 3/30/2013 | Alpha senior? | Gareth Bain |
| QUAKERSTOOTHERQUAKERS | Sun 4/27/2003 | FRIENDS | Jon Delfin |
| QUIRKOFEIGHT | Thu 9/7/2000 | Octet's peculiarity? | Manny Nosowsky |
| REGINALD | Thu 1/24/2008 | ___ Jeeves of P. G. Wodehouse stories | Matt Ginsberg |
| RESEAU | Sun 11/16/2008 | Meshed foundation in lace | Merl Reagle |
| RIDDLED | Fri 6/9/2000 | Full of holes | Joe DiPietro |
| SANDYSINNED | Sun 11/24/1996 | Two-time Tony winner did a no-no | M. Jacobson |
| SEOULTRAIN | Wed 3/2/1994 | The Rok Island Line? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| SHINNED | Thu 7/11/1996 | Climbed, as a pole | David J. Kahn |
| SHUTDOWN | Sat 4/8/2000 | Depression phenomenon | Rich Norris |
| TIPSHEETS | Fri 9/27/1996 | Betting aids | B. Sefick |
| TIPSOVER | Thu 8/27/2009 | Upsets | Derek Bowman |
| UBERMENSCH | Wed 8/20/1997 | Superior being | Chuck Deodene |
| UPONARIVAL | Sun 11/7/2010 | Straddling one's opponent? | Will Nediger |
| WRECKSREAD | Sun 8/5/2001 | Ruins a good book? | Peter Gordon |
| YUGOSLAV | Fri 5/10/1996 | Nationality beginning 1929 | M. Gaffney |