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 46,076 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERMIDNIGHT | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1970 hit by Eric Clapton | Amy Johnson |
| BLUESINTHENIGHT | Mon May 24, 2004 | 1941 Priscilla Lane film whose title was a #1 song | Frederick J. Healy |
| CARTWHEEL | Thu Aug 14, 2003 | Cheerleader's maneuver | Greg Staples |
| CHIEFJUSTICE | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | John Roberts, for one | Lynn Lempel |
| CHILDSEAT | Tue May 26, 2015 | *Removable car safety feature | Gareth Bain |
| CONCHA | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Bowl-shaped part of the ear | Joe Krozel |
| COOPEDUP | Wed Apr 4, 2012 | Confined | Zoe Wheeler |
| DAGUERREOTYPE | Sun Mar 5, 2017 | Picture displayed on a [circled letters] surface | Timothy Polin |
| DEADDUCK | Thu Aug 2, 2012 | Toast, with "a" | Xan Vongsathorn |
| DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDO | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Piano exercise for beginners | David J. Kahn |
| DRINKINGGLASSES | Thu Jul 24, 2003 | Kitchen set | Rich Norris |
| EEROS | Fri Jun 3, 1994 | Saarinen namesakes | Norman S. Wizer |
| ESOPHAGUS | Sun Aug 29, 1999 | Pill passage | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| FICTIVE | Sun Sep 5, 2010 | Made-up | Will Nediger |
| FREEZINGPOINT | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | - 32 | Jim Page |
| GIRLISH | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Pink and lacy, perhaps | Trip Payne |
| GRAFZEPPELIN | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | 1929 globe circumnavigator | Karen M. Tracey |
| GRUNTWORK | Sat May 14, 2011 | Job for base pay? | Mike Nothnagel |
| IMREAL | Sat Jan 16, 2010 | #1 hit from the album "J.Lo" | Ned White |
| INABOTTLE | Tue Jan 31, 2017 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| INAMERICA | Wed Aug 27, 2008 | Stateside | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| KINDLES | Sat Jul 19, 2003 | Awakens | Bob Peoples |
| LEEWAYS | Sat Nov 22, 2003 | Margins of safety | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MASKEDBALL | Mon Jan 25, 2016 | *Party with disguises | Ian Livengood |
| MENARD | Fri Aug 22, 1997 | Texas county or its seat | Frank Longo |
| MOTORBIKE | Sat Jul 6, 2019 | Yamaha purchase | Erik Agard |
| MOUNTAINLIONS | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Catamounts | Rand H. Burns |
| NORTHERNROMANIA | Sat Aug 30, 1997 | Where the Carpathian Mountains begin | Matt Gaffney |
| NOVIA | Fri Nov 25, 2011 | Girlfriend, in Granada | Joe Krozel |
| PRERENT | Sun Apr 12, 1998 | Let in advance | Randolph Ross |
| RETROCEDE | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Go back | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ROADIES | Sun Mar 28, 2004 | Stage setters | David J. Kahn |
| RUNSACROSS | Sat Apr 11, 2015 | Meets | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SHRUNKENHEADS | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Primitive trophies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Gary J. Whitehead |
| SOCKETSETS | Tue May 23, 2017 | Some mechanics' tool collections | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SPEECHBUBBLES | Sun Mar 20, 2016 | Certain balloons | Joel Fagliano |
| TORTEN | Wed Oct 1, 2003 | Rich cakes, in Germany | A. J. Santora |
| TREACLY | Mon Nov 4, 1996 | Excessively sweet | P. Wilson |
| WAKEISLAND | Tue Sep 7, 2004 | Point between Hawaii and Guam | Sarah Keller |
| WHATAHOOT | Wed Aug 12, 2015 | *"That sure was funny!" | Tom McCoy |