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.
Not all these words make sense. Some of them are unique because they're part of some wacky theme. Some are errors that don't fit the standard Across Lite format. There are 52,627 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEAUTIFULMINX | Wed 9/24/2014 | Film about the woman most likely to catch men's attention? (2001) | Andy Kravis |
| AGAINANDAGAIN | Sun 8/1/1999 | Two good N.F.L. plays? | Randolph Ross |
| ALEXCOMFORT | Tue 11/28/2006 | "The Joy of Sex" author | Alan Arbesfeld |
| AQUACADES | Fri 7/22/2011 | Pool exhibitions | Todd McClary |
| BANKCARD | Sun 8/13/2000 | Valuable plastic | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| BEERTAPS | Wed 4/23/2003 | Frat party dispensers | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| BELLAS | Sun 12/17/2006 | Congresswoman Abzug and others | Joe DiPietro |
| BESPATTERED | Thu 5/8/2003 | Like a painter's smock | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOZEMAN | Fri 4/17/2009 | Montana State University setting | Corey Rubin |
| CHALKUPTO | Sat 7/30/2016 | Attribute as the cause of | Lily Silverstein |
| CLAIRVOYANT | Thu 8/20/2015 | Visionary | Jules P. Markey |
| COOKINGTIME | Mon 6/7/2010 | Recipe guideline for a hot dish | Lynn Lempel |
| COOPTED | Sun 2/15/1998 | Took for oneself | Rich Norris |
| CROSSBAR | Sun 1/3/2016 | It splits the uprights | David Woolf |
| DRESSINGONTHESIDE | Sun 9/26/2010 | Specification in a salad order | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| DULYNOTED | Thu 9/22/2011 | "Gotcha," formally | Jeff Dubner |
| FREETOBITEYOUANDME | Sun 9/2/2007 | Marlo Thomas storybook for liberated vampires? | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| GETTINGCOALEDFEET | Sun 1/14/2007 | Walking on hot embers? | Harvey Estes |
| HOTCAKES | Wed 9/1/1999 | Fast sellers | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ILLTAKEONE | Wed 10/3/2007 | Call in draw poker | Robert Dillman |
| INDOCHINA | Thu 5/8/2008 | Red River area | Harvey Estes |
| INHERSHOES | Sat 7/11/2009 | Jennifer Weiner best seller made into a 2005 film | Karen M. Tracey |
| INTERFERED | Fri 11/2/2007 | Committed a sports no-no | Barry C. Silk |
| INTHEPAST | Sun 8/16/2015 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| JUMPINGBEANS | Wed 8/6/1997 | Sebastiania seeds | Rich Norris |
| MASSASOIT | Sun 12/27/1998 | Chief who negotiated peace with the Pilgrims | Rich Norris |
| MUGGS | Sun 11/12/2000 | "Mr. ___ Steps Out" (Leo Gorcey comedy) | Joe DiPietro |
| PAPACIES | Sun 6/21/2009 | Vatican rules | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| PERPETUALMOTRIN | Sun 4/7/1996 | In what state are many of your customers? | C. Millhauser |
| PORTIONOFWHAT | Thu 9/21/2000 | More of the quip | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RIDICULE | Sun 9/8/1996 | Twit | R. H. Wolfe |
| SENEGALESE | Fri 6/21/2013 | Some French-speaking Africans | Michael Sharp |
| TAPERER | Sat 6/4/2005 | Candlebearer, in Anglican services | Byron Walden |
| TIMESINKS | Thu 2/11/2016 | Mindless but addictive app games, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TOXICANT | Sun 12/5/1999 | Arsenic, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| UNMATED | Sat 11/30/2013 | Still in the 17-Across | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| USPOET | Sun 9/29/1996 | e.e. cummings, e.g. | M. Reagle |
| VENIR | Fri 1/22/2010 | To come, in Cádiz or Caen | Natan Last |
| WEARIEST | Thu 8/10/2017 | Spent the most? | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| YAHI | Sat 8/28/1999 | California tribe that died out in 1916 | Frank Longo |