This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers. They're so rare that each of them appears only in a single 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 43,295 unique answer words in the database.
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| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRASIVES | Tue 7/4/1995 | Grinders | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| ACENTRIC | Wed 11/17/1999 | Lacking a middle | Fred Piscop |
| ARMBAND | Mon 5/2/2005 | A black one may be worn at a funeral | Tyler Hinman |
| ASLARGE | Sat 1/19/2008 | Comparatively bulky | David J. Kahn |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | Thu 12/19/2002 | Debut of Sherlock Holmes | Patrick Berry |
| BLUEGRASS | Tue 4/25/2000 | Earl Scruggs's music | Randall J. Hartman |
| CANNELLONI | Sat 10/22/1994 | Pasta dish | Daniel R. Stack |
| CIRCLETHEWAGONS | Mon 12/27/1993 | Prepare for an Indian attack | Joel Davajan |
| CORATHEMATTER | Sun 11/11/2001 | Focused lady? | Joe DiPietro |
| DELUXEMODEL | Sun 11/4/2007 | High-end version of a product | Bob Klahn |
| DOGGY | Thu 5/12/1994 | Kind of bag | A.J. Santora |
| DONATORCAP | Sun 2/28/1999 | Limit placed on PBS? | Dave Tuller |
| DUCKSOUT | Tue 1/30/2001 | Leaves a zoo quickly? | David J. Kahn |
| ECONOMICAL | Sat 5/11/2002 | Eschewing waste | Mark Diehl |
| FINELETTERING | Fri 5/13/1994 | Calligraphy | Randolph Ross |
| FITON | Sat 7/29/1995 | Be of the right size and shape for | Charles E. Gersch |
| GERFALCON | Sun 4/3/1994 | Arctic bird of prey | Ernie Furtado |
| GOLFDISCOURSE | Sun 4/16/2006 | Lesson from Jack Nicklaus? | Mike Torch |
| HIDEAWAYS | Mon 11/23/1998 | Treehouses and such | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INDEBTED | Sun 4/9/1995 | Obliged | Cathy Millhauser |
| INFLATED | Mon 8/27/2007 | Puffed up | Steven Ginzburg |
| JOBIM | Sat 1/13/1996 | "The Girl From Ipanema" composer | J. Page |
| JOEDON | Sun 9/21/1997 | Actor Baker | Mike Shenk |
| KKKKATY | Fri 10/1/2004 | 1918 hit song about "a maid with hair of gold" | Bob Peoples |
| LOWIQS | Mon 6/30/2008 | Reasons for special ed | Lynn Lempel |
| MEASURESUP | Wed 4/17/1996 | Makes the grade | F. Heaney |
| NAVYYARDAGE | Sun 12/12/2004 | Midshipmen's gridiron gains? | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| PANTHECAKE | Tue 1/23/2007 | Criticize a bakery dessert? | Timothy Powell |
| PASTEUPS | Thu 4/3/2003 | Old-fashioned page layouts | Jim Hyres |
| PEASALAD | Sat 11/8/2008 | Side dish popular at New Year's | Byron Walden |
| POPLARS | Sat 2/7/1998 | Rocky Mountain trees | Frank Longo |
| REINSTALL | Sat 5/27/2000 | Put back in | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RELATING | Sat 2/28/1998 | Connected (to) | David J. Kahn |
| RENEWERS | Wed 2/9/1994 | Satisfied subscribers | Randolph Ross |
| ROSERY | Sun 3/23/1997 | Garden section: Var. | Bryant White |
| SINKING | Sun 1/30/2005 | Kind of feeling | Derrick Niederman |
| SLIDEOUT | Sun 10/3/2004 | Remove along a track | Randolph Ross |
| SLIWA | Sun 12/18/1994 | Guardian Angels founder Curtis | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
| STEAMPIPE | Sun 12/1/1996 | Heating conduit | D. J. Kahn |
| TORTEN | Wed 10/1/2003 | Rich cakes, in Germany | A. J. Santora |