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 45,820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMIRALBYRD | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Polar explorer dropping by? | Henry Hook |
| AIRLESS | Sun May 10, 1998 | Close | Rich Silvestri |
| AMERICANTABLOID | Sat Nov 22, 2008 | James Ellroy novel that Time magazine named best fiction book of 1995 | Frank Longo |
| ANSELELGORT | Thu Feb 8, 2018 | Ernest Gallo | Erik Agard |
| ARRIDEXTRADRY | Tue Jul 29, 1997 | Secret competitor | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| AVIATING | Thu Feb 15, 1996 | Flying | Matt Gaffney |
| CALLERS | Sun Jun 16, 1996 | Talk-show features | N. N. Joline |
| FELDON | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Agent 99 portrayer | Rich Norris |
| FERMEZLABOUCHE | Wed Jul 16, 1997 | "Pipe down, Pierre!" | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| FIREOFF | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | Write and send quickly, as a letter | Ed Sessa |
| FISHIER | Sat Oct 31, 2009 | Comparatively shady | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FREEDVD | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | Many a promotional media giveaway | Steve Overton |
| GIFTWRAP | Fri Feb 1, 2008 | Prepare for a shower, maybe | Doug Peterson |
| GREENSTAMPS | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | Tradables introduced in 1896 | Henry Hook |
| HEFLIN | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | Alabama senator of the 1970's-90's | RIchard Hughes |
| HOTELBAR | Sat Dec 15, 2018 | Where you might go downstairs for drinks | Erik Agard |
| JUSTONCE | Sun Sep 19, 2010 | "Even if it'll never happen again ..." | Kevin G. Der |
| LEECHING | Sun May 11, 2003 | Sucking the life from | Patrick Berry |
| LEMONTORTE | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Rich, sweet-and-sour dessert | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LOGANAIRPORT | Tue Oct 16, 2001 | Boston hub | Sarah Keller |
| LOSEPATIENCE | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | Be fed up to here (with) | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAKECERTAIN | Fri Sep 23, 2005 | Double-check, say | Levi Denham |
| MAKEITRAIN | Fri Feb 28, 2020 | Give out cash freely | Aimee Lucido |
| MISSTATE | Tue Mar 4, 2014 | Say wrongly | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins |
| MOTTE | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | Grove of trees, in the Southwest | Sidney L. Robbins |
| MYIDOL | Wed Sep 11, 2019 | Die-hard fan's cry | Ned White |
| OLDERGENERATION | Sat Jul 21, 2018 | AARP base | Jason Flinn |
| ONEFOOTER | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | Simple golf putt | Joe DiPietro |
| ONESIES | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Some infant wear | Ryan Mccarty |
| PENDANTS | Thu Apr 22, 2010 | Jewelry often used in hypnosis | Caleb Madison |
| PHONEPRANK | Tue Aug 11, 2015 | Frequent Bart Simpson antic | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| REACHED | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Achieved | Bette Sue Cohen |
| RESPIN | Mon Apr 28, 1997 | Set a top in motion again | Peter Gordon |
| ROCKER | Wed Jun 1, 2011 | Many a nursery chair | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SIDEARMED | Fri Oct 26, 2018 | Pitched horizontally | Evan Kalish |
| SIPTEA | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | What many English do in the afternoon | Randolph Ross |
| TEETOTALLER | Tue Jan 11, 2005 | See 29-Across | Sarah Keller |
| TITANICSTRUGGLE | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | More than just a fight | David J. Kahn |
| URBANV | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | Predecessor of Gregory XI | Byron Walden |
| YELENA | Sun Jan 30, 1994 | Soviet dissident Bonner | Alex K. Justin |