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. Bogus entries (thematic words that make sense only in that crossword) are excluded.
There are 46,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASMALL | Tue Nov 13, 2001 | With 52-Across, answer to the riddle | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| AUSTRALIAN | Fri Apr 30, 2021 | One who might reply to "Thank you" with "No wukkas" | Kate Hawkins |
| BANDIES | Fri Jan 19, 1996 | Exchanges | C. Gersch |
| BIGIFS | Thu Jan 21, 2021 | Worrisome uncertainties | Daniel Mauer |
| CATCALLS | Fri Dec 9, 2005 | Raspberries | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CATFIGHT | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Scratch cause | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CAUSER | Fri Sep 10, 2004 | Activist? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CRIMEPREVENTION | Fri Nov 28, 2008 | Goal of a neighborhood watch | Joe Krozel |
| CUMLAUDE | Tue May 30, 1995 | Graduation honors for Caesar? | Richard Hughes |
| DARKMONEY | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Campaign contributions that are given anonymously | Robyn Weintraub |
| GAMECALL | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Hunter's lure | Robert H. Wolfe |
| GENEFLOW | Fri Jul 6, 2007 | Result of cross-fertilization within a population | Pete Mitchell |
| GEORGECLINTON | Sun Feb 14, 1999 | Singer with Parliament and Funkadelic | Elizabeth Gorski |
| GERIATRIC | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Hospital's ___ ward | Bryant White |
| GHOSTWRITERS | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | Helps for autobiographers | Kurt Mueller |
| HEADSHOP | Tue May 5, 2020 | Purveyor of drug paraphernalia | Lee Taylor |
| HINKYPINKY | Mon Nov 24, 2008 | Rhyming word game | Billie Truitt |
| INADMISSIBILITY | Thu Feb 24, 2005 | Cause for suppression of evidence | Patrick Merrell |
| INFORMEDCONSENT | Wed Jun 24, 2020 | Medical ethics topic | Joe Deeney |
| JUIN | Thu Jan 6, 1994 | Part of an été | Arthur W. Palmer |
| LENSCOVERS | Fri Jan 15, 2016 | Shot blockers | Patrick Berry |
| LIFEOFTHEPARTY | Mon Feb 2, 1998 | Good-time Charlie | Gregory E. Paul |
| LIVEAID | Wed Dec 12, 2018 | 1985 fund-raising event watched by 1.5+ billion people | David J. Kahn |
| LOWCOSTAIRLINES | Fri Sep 7, 2012 | Options for reduced fare | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| LOWNECK | Thu Feb 21, 2002 | Décolletage | Peter Gordon |
| MULTIPLICATIVEINVERSE | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | 1/x, for x | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| NOTTOBEBELIEVED | Mon Mar 14, 2005 | Possibly prompting a reply like 25-, 47- or 62-Across | Robert Malinow |
| ONTHEPODIUM | Mon Apr 9, 2001 | Champion's place | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| PLAYDATES | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | After-school arrangements | Fred Piscop |
| ROGUISH | Sun Jul 7, 2019 | Mischievous | Jack Reuter |
| SAHARAS | Fri Apr 11, 2008 | Vast arid wastes | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEAHOLLY | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | European coastal plant once thought to be an aphrodisiac | Byron Walden |
| SENSORIA | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Stimuli-perceiving brain parts | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SEXCELL | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | Member of a very early union? | Peter A. Collins |
| SHACKEDUP | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Lived in a love nest | Andrew Zhou |
| SUPERUSER | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | One with special I.T. privileges | Royce Ferguson |
| TELEG | Sat Feb 10, 2007 | Wire: Abbr. | Bob Peoples |
| TRIVIAGAMES | Thu Sep 28, 2017 | Home version of "Jeopardy!" and others | Joe Krozel |
| USPOET | Sun Sep 29, 1996 | e.e. cummings, e.g. | M. Reagle |
| WITHEASE | Sat Dec 1, 2012 | Effortlessly | Joon Pahk |