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 49,153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTYOURAGE | Mon 11/29/2004 | "Stop behaving like a child!" | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon |
| ALCHEMISTS | Sat 2/22/2014 | Ones who think things are good as gold? | Evan Birnholz |
| ALLOVERCREATION | Sat 9/1/2012 | Everywhere | Tim Croce |
| APERCUS | Fri 3/13/2009 | Quick impressions | Joon Pahk |
| ATTESTEDTO | Sat 6/24/2006 | Gave evidence for | Harvey Estes |
| BASEMENTBASEMEN | Tue 2/19/2002 | Last-place team's infielders? | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| BRINGSON | Fri 4/12/2013 | Induces | Patrick Berry |
| BROWBEATERS | Thu 1/27/2000 | Bullies | David Ainslie Macleod |
| BUSMAP | Wed 8/4/2010 | Urban commuter's aid | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CHASEIOOOO | Wed 6/19/2013 | Face value? | Richard F. Mausser |
| CUTTHEMUSTARD | Thu 9/18/1997 | Hacked it, as a farmer? | Cathy Millhauser |
| DAYTODAYLIVING | Wed 2/11/2004 | Quote, part 3 | Ethan Friedman |
| DEBRIEFED | Fri 8/1/1997 | Questioned, in a way | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| EXCLAIMS | Sat 7/1/1995 | Lets loose with | Eileen Lexau |
| FALLSFOR | Tue 8/9/2011 | Becomes smitten by | Tony Orbach |
| FRANKENSENSE | Sun 10/28/2007 | Al's impressions? | Ben Tausig |
| GERIATRICS | Sun 10/12/2003 | Old medicine? | David J. Kahn |
| GOLDTIP | Sun 1/2/2005 | Fancy pen decoration | Patrick Merrell |
| GRANARY | Mon 11/10/2003 | Wheat keeper | Gail A. MacLean |
| HARDEES | Sat 2/26/2005 | Fast-food chain | Jim Page |
| JAMESBUCHANAN | Mon 2/16/1998 | ___ Duke (tobacco magnate) | Peter Gordon |
| JAWDROPPING | Tue 8/28/2001 | Totally awesome | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LEAPTO | Sun 2/5/2012 | Arrive at too quickly, in a way | Charles M. Deber |
| LFO | Sun 7/22/2007 | Band with the 1999 hit "Summer Girls" | David Levinson Wilk |
| LOCKDEVICES | Tue 10/11/2011 | Tumblers | Ed Sessa |
| LOOMPA | Mon 10/22/2012 | See 58-Down | Joel Fagliano |
| MORALIZE | Thu 11/5/1998 | Give a sermon | Nancy Salomon |
| NOTHOT | Sun 5/1/2005 | No longer in | Joe DiPietro |
| ORANGY | Fri 10/13/1995 | Like ocher | Charles E. Gersch |
| PAINTEDDESSERT | Sun 1/25/1998 | Ice cream as still life? | Dave Tuller |
| PARESIS | Sun 9/10/2000 | Neurological problem | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PAWNEEROCKKANSAS | Sun 1/21/2001 | TRIBE MEMBERS HOLD RAUCOUS STATEWIDE CELEBRATION | Con Pederson |
| RATIONOUT | Sat 2/15/2014 | Dole | Julian Lim |
| REUBENREUBEN | Wed 9/10/2003 | 1983 cinematic study of a Scottish poet | Patrick Berry |
| SHLEMIEL | Sun 9/22/2013 | Oaf | Mike Selinker |
| SOREKNEES | Sat 9/26/1998 | Marathoner's woe, maybe | Jerry Ferguson |
| TWOANDAHALFMENINBLACK | Sun 8/9/2009 | One-quarter of a mourning lacrosse team? | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| WIFESWAP | Sat 4/26/2014 | Reality show documenting a two-week trade | Evan Birnholz |
| WOODLESS | Mon 4/19/1999 | Lacking trees | Gregory E. Paul |
| YOURLUNCHBREAK | Sun 1/8/1995 | Stretch... | Nancy Nicholson Joline |