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 50,818 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEVANS | Thu Mar 2, 2006 | Brewery wagons? (D.E.) | Patrick Merrell |
| ALLABOUTME | Sat Jan 4, 2020 | Bio header | Adam Aaronson |
| AWKWARDLY | Wed Jan 19, 1994 | Betraying clumsiness | Stanley Newman |
| BEARCRAWLS | Sun Sep 4, 2022 | Boot camp exercises performed on all fours | Tracy Gray |
| BIGNO | Wed Nov 1, 2023 | Firm refusal | Steve Weyer |
| BONEASH | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Material in some china | Kevin G. Der |
| BUMPINTO | Thu Apr 27, 1995 | Meet by chance | Lois Sidway |
| CLASPEDHANDS | Fri Jun 27, 2003 | Symbol of solidarity | Manny Nosowsky |
| DANI | Wed Dec 4, 2024 | "___ California" (Grammy-winning Red Hot Chili Peppers hit) | Daniel Raymon |
| DEACONS | Tue Jun 4, 2002 | Priests' subordinates | Matthew J. Koceich |
| DOESNTWORK | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Fails | Myles Callum |
| EXOILER | Fri Aug 27, 1999 | Wayne Gretzky, for one | Joe DiPietro |
| FIVEGUINEA | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | Like an old English coin worth 105 shillings | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| FLAGELLATE | Fri May 28, 1999 | Whip | Joe DiPietro |
| FLEETOFFOOT | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | Swift | Byron Walden |
| GUESSWHOSBACK | Thu Nov 9, 2017 | "Uh-oh, here they are again" | Bruce Haight |
| HEAPON | Thu Jun 7, 2012 | Add liberally to | Joe Krozel |
| IFIVETOLDYOUONCE | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | Start of an exaggeration | Peter Gordon |
| IMPOSSIBLEBURGER | Sat May 9, 2020 | Vegan serving in a bun | Erik Agard and Miriam Estrin |
| INACTIVATE | Sat Apr 4, 2009 | Energize | Matt Ginsberg |
| LETUSPRAY | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | "Bow your heads ..." | Steve Overton |
| LEXICAL | Thu Apr 12, 2012 | Vocabulary-related | Michael Shteyman |
| MOONDOG | Sat Sep 12, 1998 | Bright spot on a meteorological halo | Daniel R. Stark |
| NARRAGANSETTBAY | Sat Sep 7, 2002 | Providence locale | Patrick Berry |
| PHILANDER | Wed Mar 3, 2010 | Fool around | Peter A. Collins |
| POKIEST | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | Most laggardly | Patrick Blindauer |
| POORREPUTATION | Tue Dec 28, 1999 | Black eye | Randall J. Hartman |
| PREMONITION | Tue Jan 23, 2018 | Foreboding | Jim Hilger |
| REGULARS | Tue Feb 15, 2005 | Habitués | Gene Newman |
| SALMONROE | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | *Some reddish-orange caviar | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| SCHAAP | Sat Mar 5, 2005 | "Steinbrenner!" author Dick | Bob Peoples |
| SHRUGSOFF | Sun Jul 22, 2007 | Doesn't get bothered by | David Levinson Wilk |
| SNAKECHARMER | Tue Jun 4, 2013 | Indian pipe player, maybe | Kristian House |
| STONEFLY | Thu May 30, 2024 | Large aquatic insect | Royce Ferguson |
| TAKETHEMONEYANDRUN | Sun May 24, 1998 | Politician's job? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| TOHAVE | Thu Jul 16, 2009 | Start of a Hemingway title | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TWIRLS | Mon May 4, 2020 | Spins, as a baton | Emily Carroll |
| UNIATES | Sun Apr 18, 1999 | Some Christians | Frank Longo |
| XYPLANE | Sat Sep 10, 2011 | Setting of many plots | David Quarfoot |
| YOUWHAT | Thu Mar 30, 2023 | Potential response to "Look! I colored on the walls!" | Adam Wagner and Brooke Husic |