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 50,681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOCORRECT | Sat Oct 18, 2014 | Aid for clumsy thumbs | Evan Birnholz |
| BAYONETING | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Taking a stab at? | Ryan McCarty |
| COLLISIONTHEORY | Wed Apr 16, 2014 | What scientists use to predict the rates of chemical reactions | Michael Dewey |
| DOAGOODTURN | Fri May 6, 2016 | Help someone | Julian Lim |
| DRIVETOWORK | Fri Sep 12, 2014 | Commute, in a way | Michael Wiesenberg |
| EARTHMOVER | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | Bulldozer | Sidney L. Robbins |
| FANJETS | Sun Jan 5, 1997 | Airplane engines | W. R. Williams |
| FELIXTRINIDAD | Wed Sep 3, 1997 | Longtime welterweight boxing champ | Hugh Davis |
| GOBSTOPPER | Tue Sep 14, 2021 | "Everlasting" candy from Willy Wonka | Christopher Adams |
| GOLDE | Fri May 10, 1996 | Tevye's wife in "Fiddler on the Roof" | M. Gaffney |
| HANDSPRING | Sat Aug 2, 1997 | Elated reaction | Ed Early |
| HOUSECLEANS | Fri Apr 7, 2017 | Minds one's place? | Patrick Berry |
| IMPULSEBUY | Fri Jan 16, 2009 | Many an item at a checkout line | Mike Nothnagel |
| INSOLUBLE | Thu Oct 14, 2004 | Like chalk in water | Mike Sikowitz |
| LAVENDER | Fri Jan 17, 2014 | Herb whose name is derived from the Latin for "to wash" | Kevin G. Der |
| LINOTYPE | Thu Dec 11, 1997 | Mergenthaler patent of 1884 | Trip Payne |
| MADAMEROSA | Tue Sep 12, 1995 | Simone Signoret role | Gregory E. Paul |
| MALMSEY | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | Sweet amber wine | Bryant White |
| MAYBEBABY | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | 1958 Buddy Holly hit | David Steinberg |
| NEGROS | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Philippine island | Rich Norris |
| NONSANE | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Irrational | John M. Samson |
| OCTENNIAL | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Occurring every other leap year, say | Patrick Berry |
| OHIOVALLEY | Tue Apr 10, 2012 | Wheeling, Cincinnati and Louisville are in it | Gregory Philip Butler |
| ONTHEOUTSIDE | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "It's Pariah ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| OPENINGSENTENCE | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...," e.g. | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| PAINRELIEVERS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | They promise no hurt feelings | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| PEACETOWER | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | Ottawa landmark completed just after W.W. I | Kyle Dolan |
| PENIS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | "The _____ mightier..." | Martin Schneider |
| PETFOOD | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Fare that's eaten hands-free | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PRETTYINPINK | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment] | David Kwong |
| PURLOINED | Wed Feb 15, 1995 | Like Poe's "Letter" | Harvey Estes |
| REACHESAVERDICT | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | What the jury does after deliberating | Mark Moldowsky |
| ROUGHUP | Wed Jul 17, 2024 | Knock around, say | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SECRETFILES | Fri Mar 26, 2021 | Parts of a leak | Daniel Larsen |
| SUSANNAH | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | York of "Tom Jones" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SWIMGOGGLES | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | Urban woe + squirms = pool accessory | Matt Ginsberg |
| THRALLS | Sun Jul 13, 2008 | Slaves | Matt Ginsberg |
| TIMBRES | Sat Jun 5, 2021 | Qualities in music | Peter Wentz |
| TOOKTEN | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Rested | Byron Walden |
| UNUSE | Sun Sep 4, 2016 | Neglect | Tom McCoy |