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 50,478 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAPTATION | Sat Jan 31, 2009 | Evolutionary process | Ken Bessette |
| ADIAMONDISFOREVER | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Classic marketing tagline | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ASGOD | Fri Apr 19, 1996 | "___is my witness..." | A. Micci |
| ASHEEP | Sun Nov 10, 2002 | Answer to the folk riddle "Over the hills, over the hills / Goes a fur coat" | Cathy Millhauser |
| ASIGHTFORSOREEYES | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | You love to see it | Tracy Gray |
| BAILIWICKS | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Areas of expertise | Patrick Berry |
| BEAUTYICON | Sun Dec 29, 2019 | Marilyn Monroe or Beyoncé | Andrew Chaikin |
| BEERBELLIES | Wed Dec 13, 2000 | They show guts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BEYONDONESGRASP | Wed Sep 1, 2021 | Difficult to understand | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| BOOKYOURSEATNOW | Tue Nov 30, 2004 | With 48-Across, practical advice for attending the lecture | Joan Yanofsky |
| BOYSLIFE | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Scout's magazine | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| BUTGOOD | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | In spades | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| CHESSBOXER | Sat May 31, 2025 | Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn | Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz |
| CIRCUITRIDER | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | Itinerant minister | Louis Sabin |
| CRESCENTS | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | Symbols on the flags of Algeria and Azerbaijan | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| DESERTRAT | Thu Jan 4, 2024 | Rodent in an arid environment | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson |
| DIVORCED | Sun Feb 20, 2022 | Split | Victor Barocas |
| EVECURIE | Fri Sep 20, 2019 | Journalist whose mother, father, sister and husband all won Nobel Prizes | Luke Vaughn |
| GOLDNUGGETS | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Valuable finds suggested by the circled letters | Gerry Wildenberg |
| GOLFCLAP | Mon Feb 8, 2016 | Gesture of sarcastic support | Paolo Pasco |
| HELPMENUS | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Some computer aids | Joe Krozel |
| HIGHDAY | Mon Mar 12, 2007 | Religious time | Kevin Der |
| HONEYBUNS | Fri Jan 21, 2000 | Tootsy-wootsies | John Wolting |
| HOODWINK | Mon Mar 26, 2012 | Snooker | Ray Fontenot |
| ICECAVES | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Some permafrost features | Paula Gamache |
| ILOVEYOUBECAUSE | Thu Apr 2, 1998 | 1963 Al Martino hit | Alex K. Justin |
| ITSELECTRIC | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | Title for this puzzle | Allan E. Parrish |
| KNOWINGTHESCORE | Sun Oct 13, 2024 | Title for a tutorial on musical composition? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| NEGOTIATES | Sat Feb 28, 2009 | Manages to get through | Frank Longo |
| OHLORDY | Fri Dec 27, 2019 | "Heavens!" | Sam Trabucco |
| OPTICALFIBER | Mon Oct 15, 2018 | Cable material that transmits data using light | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| OSIERED | Thu May 1, 1997 | Made of certain twigs | Martin Schneider |
| SANDOVAL | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | Pablo ___, 2012 World Series M.V.P. nicknamed "The 44-Down" | Jason Flinn |
| SECULARS | Sun Aug 8, 2004 | Laypersons | Bill Zais |
| TIEINSALE | Fri Jul 26, 2002 | Two-for-one deal, say | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOLLER | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Quasimodo, notably | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TZARS | Tue Feb 3, 1998 | Russian autocrats: Var. | Nancy Salomon |
| USERRESEARCH | Thu Jan 30, 2025 | Focus of a product development test | Joe Marquez |
| VAGUEIDEA | Sat Jun 18, 2022 | Inkling | Brooke Husic |
| XANTHOUS | Sat Jan 15, 2000 | Yellowish | Matt Gaffney |