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 50,484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNETYLER | Sat Jun 8, 1996 | "If Morning Ever Comes" author | M. Shenk |
| ASEXPECTED | Fri May 2, 2025 | "To nobody's surprise ..." | Robyn Weintraub |
| ATELIKEAPIG | Wed Apr 10, 2019 | Opposite of "consumed daintily" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BAMAKO | Fri Apr 18, 2014 | Capital on the Niger | James Mulhern |
| BEMIRED | Fri Dec 10, 2010 | Stuck, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CHITLINS | Wed Jul 26, 2000 | Southern taste treat | William I. Johnston |
| CLUNKED | Thu May 9, 2019 | Knocked, like heavy machinery | Lewis Rothlein |
| COURTJESTERS | Sun Mar 17, 2013 | Tennis players who clown around? | J. R. Leopold |
| CROISSANTS | Fri Jun 12, 2020 | Patisserie purchases | Robyn Weintraub |
| CRYYOUREYESOUT | Fri Feb 12, 2016 | Have a bawl | Brandon Hensley |
| DIALMFORMURDER | Tue Aug 2, 1994 | 1954 Hitchcock hit | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| DRUNKATHON | Sun Sep 8, 2019 | Prolonged period of excessive imbibing | Joe DiPietro |
| ENCROACHED | Sun May 20, 2018 | Intruded (on) | Will Nediger |
| EWENECK | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Conformation defect in a horse | Gary J. Whitehead |
| FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | Wed Jul 25, 2018 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? | Emily Carroll |
| INCHEDUP | Wed Sep 3, 2008 | Increased slowly | David J. Kahn |
| ISABROAD | Sun Sep 8, 1996 | Travels overseas | R. H. Wolfe |
| KOKOSCHKA | Mon Jul 24, 1995 | Expressionist artist Oskar | Amy Goldstein & Julian Ochrymowych |
| LAKEPLACID | Mon Sep 11, 2017 | 1980 Winter Olympics host | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| MANHATTANTRANSFER | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | Popular 1970's-80's vocal-harmony quartet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MOILED | Fri May 15, 1998 | Churned about | John Wolting |
| NINESPOT | Sat Apr 1, 2000 | Part of a Yarborough, maybe, in bridge | Manny Nosowsky |
| NIUE | Wed Feb 7, 1996 | Savage Island, now | Frank A. Longo |
| OOBLECK | Tue Mar 2, 2004 | Gooey green substance in the title of a 38-Across story | Charles Barasch |
| PANDACAM | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Producer of black-and-white footage? | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| PIGSOUT | Sat Oct 29, 2011 | Gorges | Barry C. Silk |
| PINTERESTBOARDS | Sat Dec 23, 2023 | Modern-day scrapbooks, of a sort | Will Nediger |
| PLEASETAKEASEAT | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Host's invitation | Joe Krozel |
| REDOX | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Certain chemical reaction | Sid Sivakumar |
| RELINED | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | Like some old coats | John Scott Marrone |
| REMINISCE | Sun Nov 29, 2020 | Look back fondly | Eric Berlin |
| REPELLENT | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Bug spray | M. Francis Vuolo |
| RIGHTLY | Sun Sep 22, 1996 | With justice | C. Millhauser |
| SIKKIM | Thu Jun 29, 1995 | Himalayan area | Matt Gaffney |
| STEGOSAURUS | Fri Aug 2, 2019 | Colorado's official state dinosaur | Andrew J. Ries |
| TELESCOPIUM | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Constellation named for the instrument it depicts | John Hawksley |
| UNHOLYMESSAGE | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Atheist's E-mail, maybe? | Rich Norris |
| WAKAFLOCKAFLAME | Wed May 24, 2023 | Rapper with the 2010 hit "No Hands" | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| WRECKINGBALL | Wed Nov 8, 2023 | 18-Across by Miley Cyrus, in two ways | Daniel Hrynick |
| YELLOWBELLIED | Mon Sep 18, 2017 | Deplorably cowardly | Tom McCoy |