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 44,813 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHEADOFSCHEDULE | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Early | Jim Page |
| AMNIONS | Fri Jun 12, 1998 | Embryonic membranes | Matt Gaffney |
| AMNIONS | Fri Jun 12, 1998 | Embryonic membranes | Matt Gaffney |
| ANTOINETTE | Sat Oct 20, 2018 | Marie who married at 14 | Ben Gross and James Somers |
| BARENTSSEA | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | It's north of Norway | Randolph Ross |
| BEARATTACK | Sat Jun 10, 2017 | Danger for a hiker | Mark Diehl |
| BELLCURVE | Thu Jul 7, 2011 | Statistical shape | Caleb Rasmussen |
| BRENNER | Thu Mar 13, 1997 | Funnyman David | Matt Gaffney |
| CANOPIES | Sat Mar 4, 2000 | They're often seen near thrones | Rich Norris |
| CLOSETOHOME | Sun Jun 5, 2016 | ... "anybody" or "cooking"? | Tom McCoy |
| COURTLIEST | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | Most gracious | R. Wolfe |
| DENTALRETAINERS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Attorneys' fees paid with gold fillings? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| DESICCANT | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Extra capsule in a pill bottle | Patrick Merrell |
| DIGESTTHENEWS | Mon Aug 9, 2010 | Understand what's happening | David Poole |
| DOUBLEDOVER | Sun Jun 28, 2015 | With 90-Down, reacting to a gut punch, perhaps | Jeremy Newton |
| DRAUGHT | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Beer serving in a pub | Jeremy Newton |
| ENCOMIUM | Sat May 7, 2011 | Lofty praise | Tim Croce |
| GANACHE | Fri Nov 24, 2017 | Chocolate truffle filling | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| GRAZIOSO | Sat Feb 20, 2010 | Elegantly, to Brahms | Paula Gamache |
| HAVOLINE | Sun Feb 19, 2017 | Motor oil brand | Bruce Haight |
| HURSTON | Wed Jun 9, 2010 | Author Zora Neale ___ of the Harlem Renaissance | Gary Whitehead |
| INEXISTENT | Fri Dec 5, 1997 | Only hypothetical | Craig Kasper and Dave Tuller |
| KNUCKLE | Mon Dec 3, 2001 | Part of a fist | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| LOOKSAD | Sat Jul 12, 2008 | Be down, apparently | Myles Callum |
| MIDDAYS | Fri Feb 17, 2006 | Busy times at fast-food restaurants | Trip Payne |
| MINORTHREAT | Fri Jul 17, 2015 | Third-party candidate, typically | Paolo Pasco |
| MOTORSCOOTERS | Fri Dec 17, 2010 | Noisy vehicles | Patrick Berry |
| PICKEDUPSPEED | Sun Feb 3, 2008 | Accelerated | Matt Ginsberg |
| PRICKS | Sun May 14, 2017 | Syringe sensations | Will Nediger |
| QUIETING | Sat Apr 3, 2010 | Putting to rest | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| REGULARPAYCHECK | Wed Feb 20, 2002 | Benefit of a steady job | Marjorie Richter |
| ROBBERIES | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Heists | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| SAMETOKEN | Fri Jan 26, 1996 | By the___ (what's more) | M. Nosowsky |
| SIGNALBOX | Sat May 26, 2001 | Railway tower, in England | Rich Norris |
| SIMULCASTS | Fri Sep 13, 2002 | Some radio productions | Mel Rosen |
| SPORTSMAN | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | Not a sore loser | Frank A. Longo |
| THEHANGOVER | Sat Aug 25, 2012 | 2009 comedy whose tagline is "Some guys just can't handle Vegas" | Caleb Madison |
| TORNTOSHREDS | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | In bits | Matt Ginsberg |
| TRADEGAP | Fri Apr 29, 2011 | Common economic indicator | David Quarfoot |
| TURNTHECORNER | Mon May 14, 2012 | Pass through a crisis safely | John Dunn |