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 48,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSTRUSE | Sat Jun 17, 2000 | Deep | Rich Norris |
| ARIZONAWILDCATS | Wed Oct 5, 2016 | *Tucson collegians | Michael Dewey |
| CASTILLO | Thu Apr 25, 2013 | France : château :: Spain : ___ | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CLUNKER | Sat Dec 8, 2001 | Crate | Rich Norris |
| COLOSSAL | Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Huge | Mark MacLachlan |
| COMEANDGO | Fri Jul 30, 2021 | Not last | Eric Bornstein |
| COMING | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Word in many a promotional poster | Jamey Smith |
| DAINTIES | Sat Oct 16, 2004 | Tasty tidbits | Dana Motley |
| DASTARDS | Sun Jul 14, 2002 | Contemptible sneaks | Patrick Berry |
| DOLING | Sun Feb 1, 2004 | Meting | Roy Leban |
| DRYERSHEET | Fri Jun 9, 2023 | Laundry room detritus | Robyn Weintraub |
| DUENORTH | Mon Jul 25, 2016 | 0 degrees, on a compass | Kevin Christian |
| ENDLESSLOVE | Thu Mar 19, 1998 | 1981 Ross/Richie #1 hit | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXHAUSTIVE | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Leaving no stone unturned | Lynn Lempel |
| EXPOSETO | Sun Nov 13, 2011 | Show, as something new | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| EYEPOPPER | Sun Jan 26, 2020 | *Something visually arresting | Erik Agard |
| FOOTTHEBILL | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Pay for something expensive | Andy Kravis |
| GATEWAYARCH | Sun May 15, 2022 | Tall, curved attraction along 114-Across | Daniel Mauer |
| GUESSING | Wed Oct 2, 2002 | Test-taker's last resort | Eric Berlin |
| GUMMY | Mon Mar 25, 2002 | Like envelope seals | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| HOMEPLATES | Tue Feb 10, 2015 | Where umpires umpire | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| HOWTOBOOK | Sat Mar 7, 1998 | Manual | Rich Norris |
| ICOULDNT | Sat Jan 12, 2019 | "This is too much!" | Sam Trabucco |
| INHERENTVICE | Sun Nov 21, 2021 | Joaquin Phoenix: 2014, 2013 | Adam Wagner |
| JUVENTUS | Fri Mar 22, 2019 | Record-holding Italian soccer club whose name means "youth" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KAMPRAD | Wed Apr 19, 2023 | Ikea founder Ingvar ___ | Joe Deeney |
| LAYBARE | Wed Jun 1, 2016 | Expose for all to see | Wren Schultz |
| LESTWEFORGET | Tue Oct 25, 2005 | In memoriam phrase | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| LITIGATOR | Mon Apr 10, 2000 | Law-practicing reptile? | Ed Early |
| MESAMIS | Sat Mar 1, 2003 | Friendly salutation in France | Randolph Ross |
| PEDALPUSHERS | Wed Aug 22, 2001 | Relative of Capri pants | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PEEKING | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Christmas no-no | Joe Krozel |
| PIZZAZZY | Tue Jan 26, 2021 | *Having panache | Peter Gordon |
| PUZZLEOUT | Fri May 23, 2014 | Solve | David Steinberg |
| REAPPLY | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | Advice for a rejectee, maybe | Bill Zais |
| REVVED | Tue Apr 2, 2013 | Gunned, as an engine | Ian Livengood |
| STAYCOOL | Fri Feb 14, 2014 | Informal goodbye | Bruce Haight |
| STEAMTABLE | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Caterer's setup for a hot buffet | John Farmer |
| TABLOIDS | Tue Jan 26, 2016 | Papers covered with dirt? | Sam Ezersky |
| UNNERVES | Tue Jun 30, 2009 | Rattles | Steve Dobis |