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 50,601 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMITE | Fri Oct 11, 2002 | Nudist | A. J. Santora |
| BETELNUTS | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Tropical kernels | Frank A. Longo |
| BRAININJURY | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Smartest one to consider a case? | Randolph Ross |
| CHERRYCHAPSTICK | Fri Jul 29, 2011 | It can make for fruity kisses | Paula Gamache |
| COATRACKS | Sat Oct 8, 2011 | Ones holding wraps in restaurants | Tim Croce |
| DONTBOTHERME | Tue Dec 26, 2000 | More 60-Across | Gene Newman |
| DOYOURWORST | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | "Go ahead. I'm not scared" | Michael Schlossberg |
| DRINKINGAGE | Wed Feb 16, 2011 | 21 | Michael Barnhart |
| EGGCUPS | Sun Oct 4, 2009 | Breakfast dishware | Todd McClary |
| ELATH | Wed Dec 21, 1994 | Ancient city on the Gulf of Aqaba | Alfio Micci |
| EXCELSIOR | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | New York's state motto | Roland Huget |
| FADEBACK | Thu Jan 18, 2001 | Prepare to pass, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| GASFIRE | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Certain stovetop hazard | Kevin G. Der |
| GETFUZZY | Wed Apr 13, 2016 | Comic strip featuring Satchel Pooch and Bucky Katt | Tony Orbach |
| GOESFOR | Wed May 25, 2005 | Likes a lot | Nancy Salomon |
| GOINGTOETOTOE | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | In direct competition | Jonathan Kaufman |
| GUNMEN | Wed Jun 28, 2017 | Mob hit participants | David Kwong |
| HEALTHFUL | Wed Oct 14, 2015 | Salubrious | Joel Fagliano |
| ITSBEENREAL | Sun Jul 2, 2023 | "This was fun, but I gotta go" | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| LEAVEMEALONE | Tue Dec 26, 2000 | Still more 60-Across | Gene Newman |
| LOOPIEST | Sun Jul 26, 2020 | Most eccentric | Trenton Charlson |
| LUNTS | Sun Feb 14, 2010 | Lynn Fontanne and her husband | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| MAKESNOISE | Fri Aug 3, 2018 | Complains vocally | David Steinberg |
| MOONGOD | Sat May 18, 2013 | Chandra, in Hindu belief | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NECKOFTHEWOODS | Mon May 23, 2016 | Locale | Ori Brian |
| NONFACTORS | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | They don't come into play | Matthew Sewell |
| ONCEUPONATIMEINMEXICO | Sun Jan 2, 2011 | 2003 film "Érase una Vez" | David Levinson Wilk |
| PARAPHRASE | Fri Dec 11, 2015 | Put in new words | Barry C. Silk |
| PEARLRIVERDELTA | Wed Jul 4, 2018 | Dense megalopolis that includes Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou [Greek alphabet] | Freddie Cheng |
| PIRIPIRI | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | Hot sauce with a reduplicative name | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| PLATERACK | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Kitchen organizer | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| PRONOM | Sun May 9, 2004 | Il or elle, in Paris | Charles M. Deber |
| RUPTURED | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | Tore | Larry Shearer |
| SEGNI | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | 59-Acrosses, in Italian | Raymond C. Young |
| SENDSTO | Sat Mar 29, 2003 | Mails | Michael Shteyman |
| SHUNTED | Sun May 29, 2011 | Pushed (aside) | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| SNOWPACK | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Layered buildup in the Arctic | Ross Trudeau |
| SUDSER | Sun Jan 4, 2009 | Afternoon serial, informally | Daniel A. Finan |
| TRIALVENUE | Mon Feb 9, 2009 | Courtroom | Randall J. Hartman |
| YOUNGGIRL | Sat Mar 30, 2013 | 1968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line" | Gareth Bain |