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 50,251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACASEOFTHEBLUES | Mon Nov 3, 2003 | Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across) | Marjorie Berg |
| ALCINA | Wed Apr 8, 1998 | Handel opera | Nancy S. Ross |
| ANYLUCK | Tue Jan 15, 2019 | "Were you successful at all?" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ARMPADS | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | Certain lacrosse gear | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| AUSTINTEXAS | Sat Jun 4, 2005 | Capital on the Colorado | Byron Walden |
| BALDTIRES | Sat May 1, 2021 | They're worn on the road | Ryan McCarty |
| BASELY | Fri Jun 13, 2014 | In a vulgar way | David Steinberg |
| BATROPE | Fri Apr 15, 2016 | Gotham building-climbing tool | David Steinberg |
| BAYOFBISCAY | Thu Jul 5, 2018 | Outlet for the Loire | Randolph Ross |
| BEDLAMP | Tue Apr 27, 2010 | It's found on a nightstand | Oliver Hill |
| BULLRUN | Mon Apr 2, 2012 | Virginia site of two Civil War battles | Lynn Lempel |
| CARDINALNUMBERS | Wed May 7, 2008 | Musial's 6 and Gibson's 45? | Richard Silvestri |
| COSMICDUST | Sat Sep 8, 2001 | Nebula composition | Jim Page |
| DILATED | Fri May 27, 2011 | Like some pupils | Ashton Anderson |
| DITMARS | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | Queens neighborhood near La Guardia | Jim Page |
| EATINGAT | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Bothering badly | Barry C. Silk |
| EQUIVOCATE | Fri Dec 24, 1999 | Weasel | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EYESTONE | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Ophthalmologist's implement | Bryant White |
| GLACIALDRIFT | Fri Dec 15, 2017 | Rock moved by ice | Jacob Stulberg |
| INLINEFOR | Sat Apr 21, 2007 | Due | Byron Walden |
| ISTHATALLTHEREIS | Fri May 10, 2013 | "What, no more?" | Derek Bowman |
| LABORATORY | Mon Mar 3, 2003 | Dr. Frankenstein's workplace | Patrick Merrell |
| LICKING | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Rout | Michael J. Doran |
| LISASIMPSON | Sat Jul 11, 2015 | TV character who said "I learned that beneath my goody two shoes lie some very dark socks" | Joe DiPietro |
| MIDS | Fri Nov 3, 2017 | Naval Academy students, informally | Kameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NEWSIEST | Fri Apr 26, 2002 | Like the best letters from home | Manny Nosowsky |
| OCTOPODS | Sun Jul 14, 1996 | Paper nautilus and others | J. Schmalzbach |
| OPPOSER | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Anti | Jim Hyres |
| PLAYERSCLUB | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | 1998 Ice Cube film, with "The" | Byron Walden |
| PLUNGEIN | Thu Jan 24, 2002 | Begin impetuously | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| POLITICALARENAS | Fri Mar 11, 2011 | Fields in which 6-Acrosses are found | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PREQUELS | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Some origin stories | Hal Moore |
| SKYETERRIER | Fri Nov 21, 2008 | Scottish dog breed | Patrick Berry |
| SLURPEES | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | 7-Eleven treats | David Steinberg |
| SNOWYOWLS | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | Official birds of Quebec | Trenton Charlson |
| TEALGREEN | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | Shade similar to verdigris | Jeremy Newton |
| TOTALITY | Wed Jul 2, 1997 | Wholeness | Richard Hughes |
| URUGUAY | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Smallest country ever to win the FIFA World Cup | Eric Warren |
| WARANDPEACE | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| YEAROFTHEPIG | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | 2019, zodiacally | Joel Fagliano |