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 50,499 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCHORTENANT | Tue Sep 4, 2018 | Big department store in a mall, e.g. | Bruce Haight |
| APOSTOLIC | Wed Dec 28, 2011 | Pontifical | Louis Zulli |
| ASTRADDLE | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Riding, in a way | A. J. Santora |
| ATRAINS | Thu Aug 19, 2010 | Carriers from northern Manhattan to Far Rockaway | Kristian House |
| BELLONA | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | Roman war goddess | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BOXOFFICEHIT | Wed Sep 12, 2007 | Smash | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BRAKEREPAIR | Wed May 15, 2013 | Midas service | David Sullivan |
| CACKLER | Sun May 6, 2007 | Hen, at times | Charles M. Deber |
| CORELESS | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Uncentered? | Frank A. Longo |
| CRABBED | Fri Oct 17, 1997 | Found fault with | Alan Jay Weiss |
| DABBLEIN | Thu Jun 4, 2020 | Casually try | Barbara Lin |
| DRUGTEST | Sun Nov 6, 2016 | New employee requirement, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| FACEBOOKPROFILE | Fri Oct 14, 2011 | Where to see the writing on the wall? | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class |
| FRIENDSGIVING | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | Feast for "holiday orphans" | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| FUELSPILLS | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Slick ones? | Joe DiPietro |
| GOOBSOLETE | Fri Apr 5, 2024 | Fade from use | Rebecca Goldstein |
| HARDSELLS | Fri Jan 20, 2012 | Flogs | Patrick Berry |
| HIGHANDLOW | Fri Aug 1, 1997 | Everywhere | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| IAMDRINKINGTHESTARS | Sun Dec 27, 2009 | Purported cry from 100-Across upon discovering this puzzle's subject | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ICANTTELLYOUWHY | Mon Oct 3, 2011 | "It's a mystery to me" | Stanley Newman |
| LEAKEDFOOTAGE | Wed Jun 7, 2023 | "___ appears to show that the ship has been damaged" | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| LINEDANCER | Thu May 25, 2017 | One who might get down to Alabama? | Erik Agard |
| LUNARCYCLE | Fri Dec 26, 1997 | 19 years, roughly | Bob Sefick |
| MADEMILLIONS | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | Became loaded | M. Francis Vuolo |
| MOTHERMAYI | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Cousin of Simon Says | Kyle Dolan |
| NIAGARARIVER | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Its falls are quite dramatic | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| NORITE | Sun Nov 1, 2020 | Coarse-grained igneous rock | Julian Lim |
| NOUGHTS | Thu Sep 30, 1999 | Ciphers | Matt Gaffney |
| NUCLEARENGINEER | Thu Dec 26, 2013 | Many a Manhattan Project worker | Tim Croce |
| OSCARDELAHOYA | Tue Sep 15, 1998 | 1990's boxing champion | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| OUTSPRINT | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | *Defeat in a 100-meter dash, say | Simeon Seigel |
| PELLICLE | Sun Apr 5, 1998 | Thin skin | David J. Kahn |
| PROMPTLY | Mon Nov 24, 2014 | Right away | Robert Seminara |
| SAUSAGEROLL | Tue Oct 20, 2009 | Pastry sold at pizzerias | Gary Cee |
| SAWPITS | Fri Dec 13, 1996 | Holes over which timber is cut | J. Page |
| SETSINMOTION | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Initiates | Timothy Polin |
| WALTERREED | Wed Apr 3, 1996 | Washington medical center | M. Gaffney |
| WASPISH | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Petulant | Jake Halperin |
| WENTTOSEA | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Set sail | Joe DiPietro |
| WHISKEYGLASSES | Tue Oct 11, 2011 | Tumblers | Ed Sessa |