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 50,246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AROAD | Sun Jul 27, 2003 | Rachel Field verse "___ Might Lead to Anywhere" | Michael Grudzielanek |
| BCELL | Sun Mar 9, 2003 | Lymphocyte found in marrow | Patrick Berry |
| BIGBREAK | Fri Nov 8, 2024 | Life-changing opportunity, maybe | Evans Clinchy |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Mon Dec 4, 1995 | Exposes corruption | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CANNONBALLS | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Some dives | Alfio Micci |
| CLAUDEDEBUSSY | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | "L'Isle joyeuse" composer | Frank A. Longo |
| CONCENTRATED | Thu Jun 12, 2003 | 63 + 64 + 65-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| CRUDENESS | Sun Oct 6, 2024 | Indelicacy | John Kugelman |
| DARTHMAUL | Fri Jun 2, 2017 | Main villain in "The Phantom Menace" | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| DUOMO | Wed Jun 28, 2017 | Cathedral of Florence | David Kwong |
| EDWARDTEACH | Thu May 16, 2002 | 52-Across of the Caribbean | David J. Kahn |
| ELLIMAN | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Yvonne with the 1978 #1 hit "If I Can't Have You" | Gary Cee |
| EXCERPTED | Mon Mar 9, 1998 | Quoted (from) | Randall J. Hartman |
| FINA | Sat Feb 21, 2004 | Purveyor of luxury tableware Michael C. ___ | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry |
| GROSBEAK | Thu Feb 26, 1998 | Rose-breasted bird | Lois Sidway |
| HINDGUT | Thu May 14, 1998 | Large intestine | Frank Longo |
| JOHNHERSEY | Thu Sep 20, 2001 | "Hiroshima" writer | David J. Kahn |
| KIDORY | Sat Feb 13, 2016 | Noted jazz trombonist's nickname | Peter Wentz |
| LANTANAS | Fri May 31, 1996 | Tropical shrubs | J. S. Marrone |
| LEYS | Fri Jul 15, 2011 | Simon who wrote "The Death of Napoleon" | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| LIFEONTHERUN | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | Travel edition of a classic board game? | Jake Halperin |
| LUTISTS | Wed Nov 14, 2012 | Minstrels, often | Joe DiPietro |
| NOTWHILE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | With 24-Across, song from 18-Across | David J. Kahn |
| PAYNIM | Thu Oct 12, 1995 | Heathen, once | Christopher Hurt |
| PEGLEGGED | Tue Mar 8, 1994 | Like Captain Ahab | Harvey Estes |
| PERMALLOY | Fri Apr 10, 2015 | Magnetizable nickel-iron combo | David Phillips |
| POLEAXES | Mon Feb 9, 1998 | Medieval weapons | Robert Dillman |
| QUILLER | Sat Nov 13, 1999 | English poet Sir Arthur ___-Couch | Jim Page |
| RECANES | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Fixes, as furniture | D. Niles |
| REMORSELESS | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | Showing no pity | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ROSEGARDENS | Wed Dec 29, 2004 | Places for American Beauties | Jay Giess |
| RUNSOFF | Sun Mar 5, 2006 | Shoos | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| SARRE | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Moselle feeder, to Moselle natives | Jim Hyres |
| SELFSOWN | Sun May 23, 2021 | Like many wildflower seeds | Jennifer Nebergall |
| SOUNDTHERETREAT | Fri Mar 11, 2011 | Signal withdrawal | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SPAGHETTICODE | Tue Sep 26, 2023 | *Slang term for convoluted and unstructured computer programming | Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein |
| STRAINCREDULITY | Thu Jun 1, 2006 | Exaggerate too much | Ethan Cooper |
| STUCKTOONESRIBS | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | Was satisfying, as a hearty meal | Joe Krozel |
| THROWNOUT | Tue Aug 13, 1996 | Fired, as a baseball player? | R. Hughes |
| TRACEELEMENT | Wed Nov 23, 2005 | Depict part of the periodic table? | Levi Denham |