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 44,246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTOFLOVE | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Selfless gesture | Mark Diehl |
| ADFREE | Thu Jun 22, 2017 | Like Consumer Reports | Ruth B. Margolin |
| AKIOMORITA | Mon Jul 20, 2015 | Sony co-founder | John Westwig |
| ARMBONES | Sun Jul 31, 2011 | Radii, e.g. | Pamela Klawitter |
| BESOMS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Twiggy brooms | John M. Samson |
| BETHESDAMD | Tue May 27, 1997 | Doc from the Old Line State? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| CHEESEIT | Sun Nov 30, 2003 | Warning cry | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHIPPY | Fri Mar 23, 2018 | Given to picking fights | Erik Agard |
| CHRISTMASEVE | Fri Dec 24, 2010 | Time before the present day? | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| COMPANYCAR | Mon Feb 2, 2015 | Executive's free "wheels" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| DECENTMEAL | Sun Jun 22, 2014 | Something square to eat? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EMPHASIZE | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Spotlight | Andrew J. Ries |
| ENCOIL | Mon May 16, 1994 | Make into a spiral | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| ERITREAN | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Resident of Asmara | Trip Payne |
| EVERYBIT | Fri Nov 3, 2000 | Entirely | Joe DiPietro |
| FOURSEASONS | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | 1981 Alan Alda comedy, with "The" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GLEECLUBS | Mon Jun 22, 1998 | Singing groups | Shannon Burns |
| GROINS | Fri May 13, 1994 | Inguinal parts | Randolph Ross |
| HASHESOVER | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Reviews repeatedly | Paula Gamache |
| HELLOMARYLOU | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | "Greetings, Ms. Retton!" | Gary Cee |
| HIPTOBESQUARE | Wed Nov 21, 2001 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit | M. Francis Vuolo |
| IDOSO | Wed Sep 3, 2014 | "You're wrong about me!" | Peter A. Collins |
| INDIFFERENT | Sun Dec 13, 2015 | Not taking sides | Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| JANEAUSTEN | Sat Dec 28, 1996 | "Mansfield Park" author | N. Joline |
| JANGLEDNERVES | Sun Mar 9, 1997 | Heebie-jeebies | June Boggs |
| KILNED | Sat Aug 31, 1996 | Baked in an oven | G. Petgrave |
| MANDOLINS | Fri Dec 14, 2001 | Some trattoria music | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MECCAN | Sat Aug 17, 2013 | Muhammad, e.g. | Ed Sessa |
| OGDENNASH | Tue Dec 27, 2016 | Humorist who wrote "Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker" | Herre Schouwerwou |
| OPENPLAN | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Layout with little concern for privacy | Joe Krozel |
| PURRER | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | One getting strokes? | Manny Nosowsky |
| PUSHUPBRA | Wed Jul 6, 2005 | Enhancing undergarment | Raymond Hamel |
| RECROSSED | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Intersected again | Michael Shteyman |
| ROGEROVERANDOUT | Fri Aug 27, 2004 | Communication ender | Manny Nosowsky |
| SCOTLANDYARD | Sun Mar 15, 1998 | Artist Warhol accosted by the British police? | Frank Longo |
| SCRUBLANDS | Wed Aug 28, 1996 | Wild expanse | F. Heaney |
| SPACIEST | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Most airheaded | Mark Diehl |
| SULTANATE | Fri Aug 7, 1998 | Oman, for one | Frank Longo |
| VARMINTS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Troublesome critters | David Alfred Bywaters |
| WINECASK | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Tun | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |