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 50,686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTMOVIES | Fri Jan 2, 2015 | They may be marked with X's | David Steinberg |
| AIRPORTTERMINALS | Tue Jun 20, 2017 | Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across | Jason Flinn |
| BABYLONS | Fri Apr 24, 1998 | Wicked places | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BAKSHEESH | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Payment to expedite service | Cathy Millhauser |
| BLANKETDENIAL | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CHOPPEDSALAD | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | Food depicted cryptically at 49-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CONTAINSSMALLPARTS | Sun Jan 31, 2016 | Audition caution for a movie with a cast of thousands? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| DUKEOFCORNWALL | Thu Dec 29, 2016 | Another title for this puzzle's subject | Kevan Choset |
| ENTRAPMENT | Sat Apr 9, 1994 | Setup | Randolph Ross |
| EXTRAEXTRALARGE | Sun Feb 10, 2013 | Somewhat redundant size? | Patrick Berry |
| GAINST | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | Opposed to, poetically | Chuck Deodene |
| GRAYLADY | Sat Sep 3, 2005 | Nickname for Nantucket, because of its frequent fog, with "the" | Bob Peoples |
| GROWTHPOTENTIAL | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Ability of a company to expand ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| HASAHIGHIQ | Sat Oct 4, 1997 | Is smart | Rich Norris |
| ILOVEYOUMAN | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | 2009 bromance film | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| ILTEMPO | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Big Italian daily | Alan Olschwang |
| KITCARSON | Sat Mar 14, 2009 | Eponym of a national forest in New Mexico | Barry C. Silk |
| KONY | Sat Sep 6, 2014 | "___ 2012" (viral video) | James Mulhern |
| LIFEGIVING | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Animating | Meghan Morris |
| MOUNTMCKINLEY | Sun May 31, 2015 | Peak that's known as "The Great One" | Tom McCoy |
| NOMINATES | Sun Sep 13, 2020 | Puts forward | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| OPERCULA | Sat Feb 14, 1998 | Botanical lids | Mark Diehl |
| OUTLAST | Wed Aug 12, 2015 | Stay longer than | Tom McCoy |
| PAIRER | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Sock sorter | Peter Gordon |
| PREEXIST | Wed Jun 19, 1996 | Come before | F. Piscop |
| RANDOWN | Sun Jun 12, 1994 | Stopped ticking, as a clock | Frances Hansen |
| REINSERT | Sat Nov 11, 2000 | Double-check, as a disk | Randolph Ross |
| RICECAKES | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Crunchy snacks | Timothy Polin |
| ROASTING | Thu Oct 8, 1998 | Very hot | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SADDLEHORSES | Fri Jan 3, 1997 | Certain mounts | M. Nosowsky |
| SAGEHENS | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Nevadans | Joe Krozel |
| SAYITPROUD | Sat Oct 24, 2020 | Speak up boldly | Byron Walden |
| SCAPULAS | Thu Jan 21, 2010 | Shoulder blades | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SKELETONCREW | Sun Oct 25, 1998 | Halloween workers? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SPICERY | Wed Oct 3, 2001 | Collection of seasonings | Lisa Bunker |
| TENOZ | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Common strip steak weight: Abbr. | Derrick Niederman |
| UNLOOSED | Wed Jan 13, 1999 | Set free | Richard Silvestri |
| WARRENG | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Rapper who shares his name with the 29th U.S. president | Sam Ezersky |
| WHYNOTTHEBEST | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | Jimmy Carter autobiography | Holden Baker |
| YOULOVE | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Amas, to us | Cathy Millhauser |