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 44,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERREFLECTION | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | When things may become clearer | Byron Walden |
| ANNOTATIVE | Sat Dec 16, 2000 | Serving to explain | Jim Page |
| ARTEFACTS | Sun May 20, 2018 | Relics, to Brits | Will Nediger |
| ASIANPEARS | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Certain Far Eastern fruits | Natan Last |
| BEFIRST | Sun May 26, 2002 | Lead | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BODYSURFS | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | Rides the waves without a board | Trenton Charlson |
| BRIDGING | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Making ends meet? | Joe DiPietro |
| BROODMARES | Sat Oct 26, 2013 | Important stud farm visitors | Barry C. Silk |
| CALLOW | Sat Jun 25, 2011 | Wet behind the ears | Barry C. Silk |
| CAROUSED | Sun May 13, 2001 | Lived it up | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CASHORCREDIT | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | Modern choice #5 | Cathy Millhauser |
| CLINIQUE | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| COMMANDS | Wed Jan 18, 2006 | Is in charge | Sheldon Benardo |
| DESIGNATEDHITTER | Sun May 22, 1994 | Lawrence's initial occupation? | Randolph Ross |
| DUDESUP | Wed May 20, 1998 | Dons one's Sunday best | Frederick T. Buhler |
| DURIAN | Thu May 4, 2006 | Malodorous Malaysian fruit | Rob Richardson |
| EYEBLACK | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Football player's application | Joanne Sullivan |
| FAROE | Wed Jun 1, 2016 | ___ Islands (autonomous part of Denmark) | Wren Schultz |
| FLYINGCAR | Mon Jan 7, 2013 | "Vehicle of the future" since the 1950s | Jim Peredo |
| GEORGYGIRL | Mon Jul 18, 2005 | Title song of a 1966 hit movie | Randy Sowell |
| HOMS | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | War-torn Syrian city | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| IHOPEYOUREHAPPY | Sat Jan 21, 2017 | "Nice going, jerk!" | James Mulhern |
| LABANIMAL | Sun Jan 12, 2014 | Test subject | Andrew Chaikin |
| MAGICA | Sat Mar 15, 2003 | Ars ___ (sorcery) | Adam Cohen |
| MODERATOR | Thu May 10, 2018 | Debate figure | Caitlin Reid |
| NIHILISM | Wed Nov 16, 1994 | Anarchy | Chuck Deodene |
| NOTTOMENTION | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Also | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PROBABLY | Sun May 19, 1996 | Not for sure | C.M. Deber |
| RENECLAIR | Sun Aug 31, 2014 | French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement | Joel Fagliano |
| SAIDTO | Sat Dec 6, 1997 | Told | David J. Kahn |
| SHAPESUP | Thu Jul 17, 2008 | Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down | Elizabeth A. Long |
| SKIPABEAT | Sun Jan 23, 2005 | Flutter | Joe DiPietro |
| TACTLESS | Wed Feb 21, 2018 | Like boorish behavior | Ori Brian and Zachary Spitz |
| TAKESANEUTRALSTANCE | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Doesn't care either way | Jeremy Newton |
| TASTESBAD | Fri Jul 11, 2014 | Displeases one's buds? | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| THEATRIC | Tue Jul 1, 2003 | Flamboyantly overdone | Karen M. Tracey |
| TORTUGA | Wed Jul 9, 2014 | Island setting for "Pirates of the Caribbean" | Bruce Haight |
| TVPILOT | Sat Dec 10, 2011 | Series starter | Corey Rubin |
| UNENVIABLE | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Not to be wished for | R. Ross |
| ZITCOM | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | Adolescent program, slangily | Kristian House |