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 45,281 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATRAINS | Thu Aug 19, 2010 | Carriers from northern Manhattan to Far Rockaway | Kristian House |
| BAGJOB | Sat Aug 22, 2009 | Spook's break-in | Karen M. Tracey |
| BANKRUN | Mon Aug 6, 2012 | *Result of a financial panic | Lynn Lempel |
| BASEBALLWALKOUT | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | Why 31-Across didn't happen | David J. Kahn |
| BLEWONESOWNHORN | Wed Dec 8, 2004 | Performed in a concert? | Norm Guggenbiller |
| BRIEFSUMMARY | Mon Jul 11, 2011 | Synopsis, redundantly | Ellen Leuschner |
| CHAINEMAIL | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Certain Internet hoax | David Steinberg |
| CHOI | Sat Aug 10, 2013 | K. J. ___, 2011 Players Championship champion | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| CURLSIN | Sat Feb 27, 1999 | What a pageboy does | John Scott Marrone |
| DAVIDSEDARIS | Fri Dec 11, 2009 | "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" essayist | Mike Nothnagel |
| DIDDLEY | Fri Apr 14, 1995 | Bo with guitar | Manny Nosowsky |
| ELLISMARSALIS | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | BRANFORD’S | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| FIXED | Thu Apr 20, 2006 | Having the winner prearranged | Joe DiPietro |
| FORKLIFTS | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | Shoulder exercise at a cutlery store? | John Lampkin |
| FRONTROWCENTER | Mon Sep 4, 2006 | The best place to see | Mike Nothnagel |
| GASMEN | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Some meter readers | Jim Hyres |
| HUGME | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Message on a candy heart | Jeremy Newton |
| KIDINACANDYSTORE | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Excited sort | Sam Ezersky |
| LAWRENCEWELK | Mon Oct 22, 2007 | Bandleader in the Polka Music Hall of Fame | Lynn Lempel |
| MAINEVENT | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | Fight night highlight | Nancy Salomon |
| MISSAY | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | Pronounce "nuclear" as "nucular," e.g. | Joe Krozel |
| MOVEBACK | Fri Apr 11, 2014 | Retreat | Peter Wentz |
| MOWAT | Sun Jul 22, 2001 | "Never Cry Wolf" author Farley ___ | Patrick Berry |
| MYGOD | Sat Aug 31, 2013 | "Oh no!" | Josh Knapp |
| PULLSUPACHAIR | Mon Sep 22, 2003 | Gets ready to sit | Marjorie Berg |
| REASSERTOR | Fri Nov 1, 1996 | Second-time claimant | M. Rosen |
| REVERSEPHONELOOKUP | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Method for identifying mystery callers | Tracy Gray |
| SCABROUS | Sun Feb 27, 2000 | Risqué | Harvey Estes |
| SENTPACKING | Tue Aug 13, 1996 | Fired, as a U.P.S. worker? | R. Hughes |
| SHODDIEST | Sun Aug 10, 1997 | Most likely to collapse | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SINGLEMALT | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | The confirmed bachelor ordered a ... | Andy Kravis |
| SKETCHCOMEDY | Wed Nov 23, 2005 | Depict an improv routine? | Levi Denham |
| SMEARTACTIC | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Character assassination, for one | Damon Gulczynski |
| SUNDOWNS | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | Regular settings | Byron Walden |
| TAKEALOADOFF | Tue Sep 23, 1997 | Dieter's credo? | Nancy Salomon |
| TENPLY | Fri May 5, 2006 | Like some heavy-duty tires | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEBIGBADWOLF | Thu Nov 20, 2003 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| THENCEFORTH | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | Ever since that time | Patrick Berry |
| UNLOOSED | Wed Jan 13, 1999 | Set free | Richard Silvestri |
| WIGMAKER | Sun Jun 9, 2013 | Expert with locks? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |