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 50,489 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCORN | Thu Feb 9, 2006 | Mississippi's ___ State University | Ethan Cooper |
| ANYLUCK | Tue Jan 15, 2019 | "Were you successful at all?" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ANYOLDTIME | Mon Apr 2, 2012 | "Whenever you feel like it" | Lynn Lempel |
| BEARSREPEATING | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | ... GRIZZLY GRIZZLY GRIZZLY ... | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| BETTINGTHERANCH | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Risking everything | Rich Norris |
| CHEATINGHEART | Tue Mar 19, 2002 | Sign of unfaithfulness | Louis Hildebrand |
| CNNNEWS | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | It's shown on TV monitors at many airports | Peter A. Collins |
| COLLARBONE | Wed May 17, 1995 | Shoulder part | Ed Early |
| DAMOZEL | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Young woman, old-style | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| DEQUATRE | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Pas _____ (dance for four) | A.J. Santora |
| ELEVENMEN | Sat May 11, 2002 | Side in football | Mark Diehl |
| ELMOROPER | Thu Feb 2, 1995 | George Gallup competitor | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| EYESOCKETS | Sat Jan 25, 2025 | Holders of orbs | Michael Lieberman |
| FAKEPUNT | Fri Jun 5, 2015 | Certain trick football play | James Mulhern |
| GODPAPA | Sat May 10, 2003 | Drosselmeier's title in "The Nutcracker" | Bob Klahn |
| GOLFTAN | Sun Jun 26, 2022 | Shade that one might find on the links? | Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland |
| GRIFTER | Sun Nov 27, 2022 | Con artist | Adam Wagner |
| HASITBOTHWAYS | Mon Sep 14, 2020 | Comes out ahead in either case ... as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across? | John Guzzetta |
| HOUSATONIC | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | River at Stratford, Conn. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| INAUGURATOR | Sat Dec 15, 2012 | Swearing-in figure | Will Nediger |
| JOINHANDS | Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Unite (with) | Karen M. Tracey |
| JUMPINGJACK | Tue Dec 10, 1996 | Single calisthenic | D. Niles |
| KEEPTHECHANGE | Fri Nov 3, 2023 | Tip line? | Robyn Weintraub |
| LEGGIEST | Fri Feb 23, 2007 | High-waisted to the extreme | Patrick Merrell |
| LITERARYSOCIETY | Wed Apr 1, 1998 | CIRCLE | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LONGARMOFTHELAW | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | Legal reach, metaphorically | Mark Moldowsky |
| LOUCOSTELLO | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | "That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted" | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| LOWNESS | Tue Dec 14, 2021 | Feeling of dejection | Tao Platt |
| MAPLESYRUP | Mon Nov 30, 2020 | *Pancake topping | Emma Craven-Matthews |
| MEANDMYBIGMOUTH | Thu Jul 1, 2021 | "I can't believe I said that" | Joe Deeney |
| PLAZASUITE | Mon Dec 29, 1997 | Title setting for a Neil Simon play | Gregory E. Paul |
| RESPRAYED | Sat May 27, 1995 | Handled further infestation | A.J. Santora |
| SHOEBLACK | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Person whose work shines | Joanne Sullivan |
| SITCOMMY | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Formulaically humorous | Byron Walden |
| SPACIER | Tue May 24, 2022 | More likely to daydream, say | Ella Dershowitz |
| TEACOSY | Sun Dec 15, 2013 | Often-decorative kitchen item, in Britain | Jeff Chen |
| THREWFORALOOP | Thu Jul 9, 2020 | Caught off guard | Joe Kidd |
| TROLLEY | Sun Feb 8, 2009 | Track runner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WHITEHOUSEDOG | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | What the answer to each of the six starred clues starts with | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WITHE | Tue Dec 6, 1994 | Willow twig | Wayne Robert Williams |