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 45,592 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AROID | Sat Apr 10, 1999 | Calla lily or cuckoopint | A. J. Santora |
| ATEOVER | Sat Jun 23, 2018 | Dined at someone else's place | Byron Walden |
| BOOSTERBOX | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | Item-concealing shoplifting aid | Dana Motley |
| CATHARTIC | Sun Sep 24, 2006 | Effecting a release | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| CHEMICALPEELS | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Some facial treatments | Evan Kalish |
| DAILYRACINGFORM | Tue Jan 25, 1994 | Bettor's bible | Joel Davajan |
| DAUNTER | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Intimidating sort | F. & L. Sabin |
| DJKHALED | Tue Mar 19, 2019 | Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single "All I Do Is Win" [10,11] | Daniel Larsen |
| DOBBY | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | House-elf in the Harry Potter books | Ricky Cruz |
| ERRORLOG | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | Useful list when troubleshooting a computer | Andrew J. Ries |
| FUCHS | Sun Mar 20, 2005 | Antarctic explorer Sir Vivian | Patrick Berry |
| GIDDIER | Fri Dec 25, 1998 | More euphoric | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| GREATPYRAMIDS | Mon Sep 29, 1997 | Attractions near the Nile | Randy Sowell |
| HOUSEHOLDER | Mon Feb 7, 2000 | Census taker's target | Gregory E. Paul |
| HOUSEMUSIC | Fri Jan 11, 2013 | Some club tunes | Ian Livengood |
| INVICTUS | Sat Sep 17, 1994 | Poem that ends "I am the captain of my soul" | Rich Norris |
| KRINGLE | Thu Sep 26, 2019 | Noted Kris | Doug Peterson |
| LCDDISPLAY | Thu Jul 12, 2001 | Laptop readout | William I. Johnston |
| LITERATURES | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | They may be studied along with languages | Joe Krozel |
| LUTHERVANDROSS | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | His "Dance With My Father" won the 2003 Grammy for Song of the Year | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NEUTROGENA | Sat Nov 1, 2014 | 61 + 86 | Trip Payne |
| NODED | Wed Oct 6, 2004 | Having bumps | Adam Cohen |
| NUCLEUS | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | Chromosome home | Byron Walden |
| ONETOWATCH | Sat Dec 16, 2017 | Up-and-comer | Sam Ezersky |
| PACKMULES | Fri Jul 12, 1996 | Prospectors' helpers | Chuck Deodene |
| PROTONS | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Atom parts | Joe Krozel |
| RUDDER | Sat Jun 21, 2003 | Steering aid | Dana Motley |
| RUNNINGPRESSES | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | Printer's activity | A. J. Santora |
| SLATETILE | Sun Oct 20, 2013 | Expensive patio material | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SLIPRINGS | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Electrical connectors | Bob Peoples |
| STAGEMOTHERS | Sun Dec 23, 2018 | Protective sorts in showbiz | David Alfred Bywaters |
| STONEMASONS | Fri May 8, 2015 | Blockheads? | Ian Livengood |
| SUMTOTAL | Thu Apr 20, 2017 | Entirety | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TAKINGILL | Fri Sep 17, 1999 | Coming down with something | Patrick D. Berry |
| THEONCEOVER | Fri Jan 9, 2009 | A looker might give it ... or get it | Paula Gamache |
| UPTOWNGIRL | Fri Jun 23, 2017 | 1983 hit with the line "She's been living in her white bread world" | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| WEEPINGWILLOW | Wed Jan 10, 1996 | Bowed tree | M. Gaffney |
| WHIPLASHES | Sat Dec 21, 2002 | Affects adversely, as by a sudden change | James E. Buell |
| WINKRIGHTBACK | Tue Jan 19, 1999 | Song parody, part 3 | Kelly Clark |
| ZOOMLENSES | Wed Aug 7, 2013 | *Photo gear with variable focal lengths | Erik Wennstrom |