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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANDAPEET | Wed Feb 17, 2021 | "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" co-star | David Harris and Evan Kalish |
| ANTINODE | Tue Nov 29, 1994 | Part of a radio wave | Bernice Gordon |
| APOSTASY | Thu Dec 29, 1994 | Renunciation of faith | Jim Page |
| ATONALLY | Wed Oct 4, 2000 | In an unharmonious way | Adam Cohen |
| BARMAN | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | One who sets up shots | David J. Kahn |
| BASEONBALLS | Tue Apr 15, 2014 | Batter's reward after pitches like those described at the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across | Gary Cee |
| BULGES | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | Sticks out | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DREYERS | Thu Jan 25, 2024 | Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarkets | Sam Ezersky |
| EGOTISTIC | Fri Dec 22, 1995 | Hardly humble | A.J. Santora |
| FEDERALEXPRESS | Mon Apr 7, 2003 | UPS alternative | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| FORGOODNESSSAKE | Sun May 2, 1999 | "My stars!" | Jim Page |
| GETNASTY | Thu May 7, 2020 | Turn malicious | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins |
| GLIBNESS | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | Lack of gravity | Byron Walden |
| HAPPYGILMORE | Tue May 16, 2000 | 1996 Adam Sandler film | Peter Gordon |
| HUNTINGTON | Mon Jan 20, 2003 | Coal-mining city of West Virginia | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HYPNOTISTS | Sat Aug 5, 2023 | They make compelling suggestions | John Guzzetta |
| INDITERS | Sat Jan 13, 2001 | Poets | Rich Norris |
| INFIELDHIT | Mon Apr 5, 2021 | *Bunt single, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| INOCULATION | Fri Dec 21, 2018 | Shot | Peter A. Collins |
| ISDUETO | Fri Oct 3, 2014 | Results from | Tracy Bennett |
| LADYLOVE | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Woman of one's heart | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LOWROLL | Thu Sep 30, 2021 | [Cow] + [Thunder] = Snake eyes, e.g. | Rich Proulx |
| MACULAR | Sat Aug 17, 1996 | Blotched, as the skin | J. T. Paine |
| MUDVILLE | Tue Jan 30, 2007 | Joyless town after Casey struck out | Nancy Salomon |
| NOSTRADAMUS | Fri May 15, 1998 | Forward-looking man? | John Wolting |
| PERORATES | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Discourses | Frank Longo |
| PINSDOWN | Sun Jun 10, 2007 | Gets to commit | Bob Klahn |
| PLAUSIBLE | Sat May 31, 2008 | Not too much of a stretch | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RETHREW | Sun May 12, 2019 | Pitched over | Victor Barocas |
| ROILING | Tue May 23, 2023 | Making turbulent | Lee Taylor |
| SPREADTHEGOSPEL | Tue Jul 25, 2017 | Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do? | Alex Vratsanos |
| SWEEPSECONDHAND | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | It's in the same position every minute | Jim Page |
| TOASKYLARK | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | Shelley work | Dean Niles |
| TOASTEDBAGEL | Mon Nov 29, 1999 | Breakfast course #1 | Richard Chisholm |
| TOOTHGEL | Thu Aug 7, 1997 | Aim, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| TRADEROUTES | Tue Nov 28, 2017 | The Silk Road and others | Andrew J. Ries |
| TRANSLITERATION | Fri Jan 12, 2007 | Job for one doing character studies? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| VERRAZANO | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | First European to enter New York Bay | Chuck Deodene |
| WHITEFACE | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Clown's cover-up | Mark Feldman |
| WOZ | Sat Jun 24, 2023 | Apple co-founder Steve, familiarly | Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez |