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 50,595 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERINDIANS | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Iroquois and others | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| ANIMATEDGIF | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | Many an internet meme | Jake Halperin |
| BIGUPSET | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Cinderella's calling card | Byron Walden |
| BIOTESTS | Sat Sep 21, 2002 | Experiments on organisms | Rich Norris |
| BLACKFORESTHAM | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | German deli meat / Discussion | David Tuffs |
| BOUGHT | Sun Oct 7, 2012 | Accepted as true | Zoe Wheeler |
| CAMERAEQUIPMENT | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | Screens, filters and such | Byron Walden |
| COMEUNDERFIRE | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Face attack | Jim Page |
| COMITY | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Courteous behavior, formally | Garrett Chalfin |
| CRUISELINE | Sun Oct 29, 2017 | Carnival, say, or a further hint to 42-Across | Ross Trudeau |
| CYBERFRIEND | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | Chat room pal | Ross Trudeau |
| DAHOMEY | Sun Jul 13, 2008 | Benin, until 1975 | Matt Ginsberg |
| DAYCARES | Sun May 14, 2023 | Toddler drop-off locales | Sid Sivakumar |
| DIZZIED | Fri May 23, 2014 | Confused | David Steinberg |
| DRINKME | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Label obeyed by Alice | Patrick Berry |
| HOCKEYGAME | Thu Jul 28, 2005 | It will sometimes have icing | Eric Berlin |
| INCIPIENT | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | Developing | Rich Norris |
| INHIBITOR | Fri Apr 23, 1999 | Anticatalyst | Harvey Estes |
| JOJOBA | Sat Jan 9, 2021 | Southwestern shrub that yields a cosmetic oil | Trenton Charlson |
| JORG | Wed Jul 13, 2022 | George, in Germany | Addison Snell |
| KIAOPTIMA | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Korean-made sedan since 2001 | Mark Diehl |
| LALOLLO | Sat Nov 5, 2005 | 1950's-60's sex symbol's nickname | Patrick Berry |
| LEADORES | Sun Apr 7, 2013 | Galena and cerussite | Matt Ginsberg |
| LIGURES | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Biblical gemstones | John R. Conrad |
| LONGLOSTFATHER | Wed Mar 23, 2016 | *Recurring soap opera plot device | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| NICOLET | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___ | Jim Hilger |
| OFFICETEMPS | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PANORAMAS | Sat Feb 1, 2025 | Broad views | Kate Chin Park and Rafael Musa |
| PESKIER | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | More vexing | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| REGISTRATIONFEE | Fri Apr 4, 2003 | Entrance money | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| REIMBURSE | Fri Nov 11, 2005 | Indemnify | Eric Berlin |
| RIDICULES | Sat Nov 25, 1995 | Ribs | Joe DiPietro |
| SCOTTI | Sat Sep 30, 1995 | Operatic baritone Antonio | Bryant White |
| SOYOU | Sun Dec 6, 2020 | "... or ___ think!" | Tony Orbach |
| SPANKED | Wed May 6, 2009 | Punished with a wooden spoon, say | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
| STANNO | Sun Sep 30, 2007 | Tin: Prefix | Kelsey Blakley |
| STEPSOVER | Sun Sep 5, 2004 | Crosses | Patrick Merrell |
| SWARMING | Tue Jan 5, 1999 | Bee activity | Lyell Rodieck |
| WINGATE | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | W.W. II British officer Orde _____ | Martin Schneider |
| WORKLOADS | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | Sets of tasks, as at an office | C. W. Stewart |