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 43,255 unique answer words in the database.
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| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPERA | Sun 8/4/2002 | "Ad Astra per ___" (Kansas' motto) | Robert Malinow |
| BACKUPCOPY | Sun 10/28/2001 | YPOC | Michael Ashley |
| BAMBOOS | Thu 10/31/1996 | Furniture materials | L. Sidway |
| BITINGPESTS | Wed 1/2/2002 | They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-Across | Sarah Keller |
| BIVALVE | Thu 11/20/1997 | Oyster, e.g. | Raymond Hamel |
| DANCES | Sat 9/10/1994 | Flings of a sort | Rand H. Burns |
| DRYABLE | Fri 12/23/2005 | Not permanently wet | Manny Nosowsky |
| EVERO | Tue 3/22/1994 | "It's true," in Torino | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| FIGUREAFINECUT | Sun 4/20/2003 | Calculate good commissions? | Bill Zais |
| FIRSTDAY | Sun 3/12/2000 | Like some covers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GEORGERSHWIN | Wed 3/25/1998 | Consolidated composer? | Gene Newman |
| GOSLOW | Wed 8/8/2001 | Creep | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| GROUNDRUNNING | Thu 1/24/2008 | *Get off to a quick start | Matt Ginsberg |
| HALLPASS | Sun 8/21/2005 | Slip out of class | Byron Walden |
| HEYSAILOR | Sat 8/26/1995 | Call at port? | Joe DiPietro |
| HIMSELF | Sat 7/14/2007 | Word in a documentary's credits | Victor Fleming |
| HONEYBS | Sat 5/3/2008 | Nectar collectors | Patrick Berry |
| HOPENOT | Tue 6/13/1995 | Wish otherwise | Trip Payne |
| LADIESFIRST | Fri 9/16/2005 | Opening statement? | Craig Kasper |
| LEGACY | Sun 12/21/2003 | Inheritance | Frances Hansen |
| LINKED | Wed 2/4/2009 | Like some sausages and Web sites | Paula Gamache |
| LIZZIE | Mon 7/21/1997 | Tin ___ | Gregory E. Paul |
| MOONEYED | Sun 10/20/1996 | Patently amazed | R. Ross |
| NATURALFOOD | Sun 4/16/2000 | Chemical-free fare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PENNPOINT | Wed 7/1/1998 | Erie lighthouse locale? | Fred Piscop |
| REAGENTS | Sun 12/5/1993 | Lab testers | Manny Nosowsky |
| REGRETTERS | Sat 4/14/2007 | They'd like to take things back | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SANJUAN | Sun 2/15/2004 | Western Hemisphere city founded in 1521 | Derrick Niederman |
| SEIZESON | Sun 4/4/2004 | Takes hold of quickly | Manny Nosowsky |
| SGTBILKO | Sat 6/4/2005 | Central figure at the fictional Ft. Baxter | Byron Walden |
| SHUTTER | Sat 11/19/1994 | "Eye" opener | Brett Blaylock |
| SNAKEIS | Sat 5/3/2008 | Two, in a way | Patrick Berry |
| STOPLIGHTCOLORS | Mon 5/15/2006 | Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across, collectively | John R. Conrad |
| TENNIEL | Thu 1/12/1995 | Dodgson's illustrator | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| TOASTMISTRESSES | Fri 9/8/2000 | Postprandial speakers | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TRIPINSURANCE | Sat 9/19/2009 | Fall guy's protection when traveling | Mel Taub |
| UGLYSCENES | Sat 6/30/2007 | Melees | Byron Walden |
| UNHALE | Fri 12/11/1998 | In poor health | Joe DiPietro |
| UPROARS | Sun 6/23/2002 | Hullabaloos | Eric Berlin |
| WOOFING | Fri 5/29/2009 | Kennel clamor | Randolph Ross |