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 47,575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRONXTALE | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | 1993 Robert De Niro film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ACARID | Sat Jun 14, 2008 | Tick, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ATANYTIME | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Within the next few minutes, potentially | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BARRICADE | Fri Nov 22, 2019 | Block off | Emily Carroll |
| BRUSHEDUP | Fri Sep 1, 2000 | Reviewed | Joe DiPietro |
| CAVEATEMPTOR | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | "No guarantees" | Nancy A. Corbett |
| CHAINSMOKED | Thu Apr 3, 2014 | Went from butt to butt? | David Benkof and Jeff Chen |
| ELINNORDEGREN | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | Spouse in 2009 headlines | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EVULSE | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Yank out | Fred Piscop |
| EYEWITNESSES | Fri Nov 29, 1996 | Courtroom figures | B. White |
| FORKLIFTS | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | Shoulder exercise at a cutlery store? | John Lampkin |
| FUELOILS | Sat Jul 9, 2005 | Coal substitutes | Patrick Berry |
| GLADYSKNIGHT | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Who sang the 1973 #1 hit "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Matthew Trout |
| GOLDMEDALFLOUR | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | General Mills baking product | Randall J. Hartman |
| GRUBBY | Fri May 17, 2019 | Squalid | Adam Fromm |
| INFINITELOOP | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Computer programming problem | Jeff Chen |
| INTURMOIL | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | Agitated | Stephen McCarthy |
| ISADORAS | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Duncan and others | Manny Nosowsky |
| IVEHEARDENOUGH | Thu Mar 22, 2007 | "Case closed!" | Karen M. Tracey |
| LASERMOUSE | Sat May 28, 2011 | Optical tool for a computer user | David Quarfoot |
| LIRI | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Italian river valley in W.W. II fighting | Robert Dillman |
| LONGTONS | Wed Feb 17, 2010 | 2,240-pound units | Elizabeth A. Long |
| LOWBROWHUMOR | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | Slapstick, e.g. | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| NEVERBE | Sat Feb 26, 1994 | "I'll ___ the Same" ('32 tune) | Bob Klahn |
| OVERLOOK | Sun Nov 22, 2020 | Scenic vista | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PAVERS | Thu Jul 14, 2016 | Ones laying down 20-Down | David J. Kahn |
| PUBESCENT | Sat Sep 30, 2006 | Starting to mature | Patrick Berry |
| PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL | Thu Feb 2, 1995 | For the outlook, look out for his look out! | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| RENDERING | Sun Aug 7, 2011 | Portrayal | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| RIGVEDA | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| RUBSITIN | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Adds insult to injury, say | Kurt Mueller |
| SINGLEOCCUPANCY | Mon Mar 30, 2009 | Small hotel room specification | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| SIOBHAN | Sun Sep 10, 2006 | Irish-born actress McKenna | Joe DiPietro |
| SNIFFAT | Mon Jun 13, 2016 | Regard dismissively | Lynn Lempel |
| STATESONG | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | "Missouri Waltz," e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| STOCKWELL | Sun Feb 11, 2001 | "Quantum Leap" co-star | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| STORMFRONT | Tue Aug 27, 2013 | Product of colliding weather systems | Jacob McDermott |
| STOWER | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Longshoreman, at times | Bob Peoples |
| TAKESIDES | Thu Jul 22, 2021 | Not stay neutral | John Guzzetta |
| WITCHERY | Sun Jul 15, 2001 | Spelling? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |