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 50,562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIDIFIES | Thu Oct 6, 2022 | Shifts from neutral, in a way | Simeon Seigel |
| ALTERCATE | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | Bicker vehemently | Patrick Berry |
| ARTSINESS | Sat Oct 15, 2022 | Pretentious display | John Hawksley |
| BBQJOINT | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | Place to get ribs or pulled pork | Trenton Charlson |
| BOXEDUP | Sat Dec 9, 2017 | Ready to ship, say | Stu Ockman |
| CANTFAIL | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | Guaranteed-to-fly | Jeff Chen |
| COLORWHEELS | Sun Sep 1, 2019 | Reference aids for artists | Finn Vigeland |
| CORBIN | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | Easton ___, singer with the 2009 #1 country hit "A Little More Country Than That" | Joe DiPietro |
| CRUMBLY | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | Apt to fall apart | Manny Nosowsky |
| FIJIAN | Sun Dec 9, 2001 | Pacific islander | Cathy Millhauser |
| FREESUP | Fri Apr 25, 2003 | Unencumbers | Randolph Ross |
| GRANDBAHAMA | Mon May 20, 2013 | Caribbean resort island | Tim Croce |
| HENRYMOORE | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln Center | Myles Callum |
| HORSERUSTLER | Tue May 18, 2010 | Thief in a western | Peter A. Collins |
| LABUTE | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | Film director Neil | Patrick Berry |
| LAKEBEDS | Sat Nov 2, 2019 | Geographical features that Mexico City and Kathmandu are built on | Paolo Pasco and Erik Agard |
| LETUSPRAY | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | "Bow your heads ..." | Steve Overton |
| LIBERIUS | Sun Nov 5, 1995 | Fourth-century pope | Dean Niles |
| LOSEONESNERVE | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| NATURALLAKE | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Body of water in a volcanic crater, for one | Timothy Polin |
| OLDIRONSIDES | Sat Oct 10, 2009 | What the Constitution is called | Natan Last |
| PIANOBARS | Mon Oct 14, 2013 | Nightspots for cocktails and easy listening | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols |
| PRONOUNCIATIONS | Thu Aug 6, 2009 | *Ways things are said | Dan Naddor |
| REVERSEOSMOSIS | Tue Jun 15, 2004 | Chemical process also called hyperfiltration | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SEIFERT | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | 49ers coach George | G. E. Paul |
| SHOWSHOW | Sun May 30, 2004 | Demonstrates | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SIGNING | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | Unspoken language | Joe Krozel |
| SQUADRONED | Sat Mar 18, 2000 | Formed defense groups, of a sort | Rich Norris |
| STUDIOSINGER | Mon Sep 16, 2019 | Vocalist who doesn't tour | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| TAKESTOTHESTUMP | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Begins campaigning | Manny Nosowsky |
| TIPPYTOES | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | You might stand on them to reach something | Kareem Ayas |
| TROUBADOURS | Thu Jul 11, 2024 | Musicians of the Middle Ages | Mat Shelden |
| TYREKE | Fri May 29, 2020 | Evans who was the 2009-10 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year | Sam Ezersky |
| URANITE | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Radioactive ore | Rand H. Burns |
| VEGS | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | Side dishes: Abbr. | Matt Gaffney |
| WEREHOME | Mon Jul 4, 2022 | Comment while pulling into the driveway | Bruce Haight |
| WEREIN | Tue Oct 1, 2024 | "Sign us up!" | Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen |
| WHATDISAY | Tue Jan 7, 2025 | "You believe me now?" | Dana Edwards |
| WOMANLIKE | Thu Jul 5, 2001 | Feminine | Peter Gordon |
| YOURMONEYSNOGOODHERE | Sun Oct 6, 2024 | So we're at the convenience store and WOW I find a 5$ dollar bill on the floor | John Kugelman |