This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers; so rare that each appears only in a single Modern Era puzzle. Bogus entries (thematic words that make sense only in that crossword) are excluded.
There are 49,141 unique Modern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHEDFOR | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Wanted badly | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ACTORDIRECTOR | Sat Nov 2, 2019 | Commanding lead? | Paolo Pasco and Erik Agard |
| AESOPIC | Sun Aug 19, 2012 | Having allegorical meanings | Freddie Cheng |
| AMBIGRAMS | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Written designs that are also readable when flipped or rotated | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| ARDENCY | Tue Feb 18, 2020 | Fervor | John Guzzetta |
| ARISTOCRATIC | Sun Mar 3, 2002 | Noble | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BALLCARRIER | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Airline for Lucille? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| BCOMPLEXVITAMIN | Sat Aug 21, 2010 | Part of many a daily supplement | Barry C. Silk |
| BEERGARITA | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | Corona with tequila and fruit juice, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| BEFIRST | Sun May 26, 2002 | Lead | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Mon Dec 4, 1995 | Exposes corruption | Sidney L. Robbins |
| BLUESTEM | Tue Oct 3, 2006 | Prairie grass used for forage | Ed Stein |
| CADETCORPS | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | General assembly? | Jim Page |
| CARIA | Fri Aug 11, 1995 | Ancient district in Asia Minor | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHAMOMILE | Sun Dec 3, 2017 | With 13-Down, herbal brew | David Steinberg |
| CHURCHHYMNS | Fri Dec 24, 2010 | Carols, often | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| FOOTSTEPS | Tue May 5, 2020 | Riddle-de-dee: What is it that the more you take, the more you leave behind? | Lee Taylor |
| GYMCLASS | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Where uniforms are worn with sweaters? | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| HEARTINESS | Sun Jan 30, 2000 | Genuine warmth | Peter Gordon |
| HERAS | Sun May 21, 2000 | ___ Gallery of Immortals (Greek pantheon) | Matt Gaffney |
| HOUNDS | Mon Aug 10, 2020 | Hunting dogs | Lynn Lempel |
| JUSTMISS | Sat Jul 3, 2004 | Come this close | Eric Berlin |
| MERCIBEAUCOUP | Thu Nov 27, 2014 | Thanksgiving phrase | Stanley Newman |
| MIDSIZEDCAR | Wed Sep 21, 2011 | Toyota Camry, e.g. | Peter A. Collins |
| MOODRING | Wed Oct 4, 2006 | 1970's fad item | Adam Cohen |
| NEIGHBORS | Tue Sep 27, 2022 | Fencing partners? | Peter Koetters |
| PETNAPS | Sun May 7, 2006 | Grabs some chow? | Trip Payne |
| POWERLINES | Thu Aug 8, 2019 | Casualties of violent storms | Timothy Polin |
| PRICEOFADMISSION | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Entry fee | Natan Last |
| RANCHHAND | Wed Jun 21, 2006 | Worker in jeans | Barry C. Silk |
| SCD | Sat May 7, 1994 | Postgraduate science deg. | Bryant White |
| SCR | Sat May 11, 2013 | TV or monitor part: Abbr. | Matt Ginsberg |
| SHAKEON | Sun Mar 17, 2024 | Informally agree to | Simeon Seigel |
| STAKING | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Gambling | Alex Vratsanos |
| SUCKDRY | Sat Feb 15, 2020 | Drink every last drop from | Randolph Ross |
| TEDWILLIAMS | Wed Nov 10, 2004 | 39-Across legend who played in the 1946 8-Down | David J. Kahn |
| TENSIONHEADACHE | Fri Sep 20, 2019 | It's caused by, and contributes to, stress | Luke Vaughn |
| TONGUELASHING | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | Dressing-down | A.J. Santora |
| TRANSPIRE | Sat Jul 23, 2011 | Become known | Tom Heilman |
| WOEIS | Sun May 6, 2007 | "___ me!" | Charles M. Deber |