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 50,463 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLYOUCANEAT | Tue Jul 20, 2004 | Buffet deal | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| BABYSHOES | Thu Mar 12, 2020 | Part 2 of the story | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| BLOODYSAM | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Nickname for director Peckinpah | Patrick Berry |
| BREAKLOOSE | Fri Oct 12, 2001 | Go wild | Manny Nosowsky |
| BXQ | Wed Mar 19, 1997 | Diagonal chess capture | Trip Payne |
| COASTGUARD | Tue Jan 15, 2008 | Its academy is in New London, Conn. | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| CODGER | Thu Nov 28, 2019 | Cantankerous sort | Timothy Polin |
| CREDITWORTHY | Thu Jun 1, 2023 | Reliable, to a lender | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| DIU | Wed May 23, 2001 | Island off India's coast | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GENUFLECTS | Sun May 22, 1994 | Pays homage | Randolph Ross |
| GEOMETRYCLASSES | Fri Nov 24, 2000 | Where to find compass directions? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| GETTINGCOLDFEET | Mon May 4, 2009 | Succumbing to second thoughts | Mark Milhet |
| HARDLINERS | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Uncompromising sorts | Trenton Charlson |
| HATTON | Tue Feb 2, 2021 | ___ Garden, London district known for diamond trading | Adesina O. Koiki |
| HENRYFIELDING | Wed Jul 24, 2013 | "Tom Jones" novelist playing baseball? | Erik Wennstrom |
| HITROCKBOTTOM | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Drop as low as possible | Trip Payne |
| HOLDOPEN | Sat Jun 19, 2021 | Not close | Sophia Maymudes |
| LAPROMENADE | Sat Nov 14, 2009 | Renoir at the Getty | Joe Krozel |
| LETFREEDOMREIGN | Thu Mar 17, 2005 | Patriotic cry | David Pringle |
| LOOKIN | Thu Sep 29, 2005 | Take a peek | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| LOVEDTOBITS | Tue Sep 10, 2019 | Absolutely adored | Ethan Cooper |
| MARXANDLENIN | Tue Jul 5, 2016 | Red giants | Jules Markey |
| MESSEDUP | Sun May 28, 2017 | Really not O.K. | Andrew Zhou |
| NITPICKED | Sat Sep 30, 2000 | Split hairs | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ONEDAYMORE | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | "Les Misérables" number with a number in its name | Kelly Morenus |
| ONELOAF | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | 15 slices, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| PAAVONURMI | Sat Dec 27, 2008 | Track gold medalist in three 1920s Olympics | Karen M. Tracey |
| RARENESS | Fri Aug 25, 1995 | Infrequency | Rich Norris |
| RATEATEN | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Be considered perfect | Robyn Weintraub |
| RYDELL | Thu Sep 14, 2017 | "Grease" high school | John Guzzetta |
| SAVETHEDAY | Tue Nov 19, 2024 | Find a way to avert disaster | Erik Agard |
| SCENICPANORAMAS | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | What Grand Canyon tourists enjoy | Chuck Deodene |
| SENSITIZE | Fri May 26, 1995 | Attune | Randolph Ross |
| SHORTRUN | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Near future | Michael Shteyman |
| STIRRINGS | Fri Jan 25, 2002 | Onset of wakefulness | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SWEEPSWEEK | Wed Mar 28, 2001 | Time for a blockbuster movie, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TALLAGE | Tue Apr 18, 1995 | Feudal tax | Christopher Page |
| THANKER | Thu Apr 27, 2000 | Polite guest | Greg Staples |
| VENTIDIUS | Sat Jan 22, 1994 | Friend of Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" | Raymond Hamel |
| WHATISTHAT | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Question of confusion or disgust | Stephen McCarthy |