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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUNDLEOFNERVES | Fri Nov 18, 2005 | Jitters | Manny Nosowsky |
| BASETENANT | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Resident of a military installation? | Robert W. Harris |
| CITROUS | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | Like some juices | Christopher Hurt |
| COCOONED | Fri Jul 22, 2005 | Wrapped tightly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COMPARTMENT | Sun Dec 6, 2015 | Bedroom on a train, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| COSTREL | Wed Apr 24, 1996 | Eared flask | G. Dean |
| DALLOWAY | Sat Mar 5, 2022 | Surname in a Virginia Woolf title | Nam Jin Yoon |
| DATACOLLECTION | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Bulk of an experiment | Kameron Austin Collins |
| DRFRANKENSTEIN | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Famous body builder? | Henry Hook |
| DRYEYE | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Sign of impassiveness | Frank A. Longo |
| EARLYBIRD | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Kind of special | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EMIGRANTS | Sat Apr 1, 2017 | Ones moving far from home | Howard Barkin |
| EQUERRY | Fri Jun 30, 2006 | Royal aide in charge of horses | Manny Nosowsky |
| FOURSTARADMIRAL | Wed Aug 19, 2015 | Chester Nimitz or William Halsey | Timothy Polin |
| FREEDOMRIDES | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961 | Erik Agard |
| INADVANCE | Tue Nov 10, 2009 | Ahead of time | Alan Arbesfeld |
| KEPTWARM | Sun Feb 19, 2023 | Stayed toasty | Rebecca Goldstein |
| LANDEDON | Sun Jul 7, 2019 | Arrived at, as an answer | Jack Reuter |
| LIFEHACKS | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Using frozen grapes as ice cubes and binder clips as cable organizers, e.g. | Will Nediger |
| MAINPART | Wed Oct 29, 2008 | Lead role | Steven L. Zisser |
| MANICDEPRESSION | Wed May 25, 2011 | "An Unquiet Mind" subject | Jeff Dubner |
| MARGARITANOSALT | Sat Oct 15, 2005 | Cantina request | Paula Gamache |
| OPENCOMPETITION | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | Free-for-all | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PAINTBYNUMBER | Fri Oct 18, 2024 | Digital art? | Jesse Cohn |
| PASQUINADE | Fri Jan 28, 1994 | Lampoon | Manny Nosowsky |
| PINERA | Sat Aug 20, 2011 | Sebastián ___ (president of Chile beginning in 2010) | Byron Walden |
| POISONEDAPPLE | Tue Dec 16, 2008 | Gift that almost killed Snow White | Gail Grabowski |
| PONTOONED | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Nautically equipped, in a way | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| REDUCETOTEARS | Thu Jul 2, 1998 | Make cry | Pat M. Hugel |
| SENESCING | Sat May 25, 2002 | Growing old | Frank Longo |
| SHINING | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Illustrious | Cathy Millhauser |
| SITSAT | Tue Jun 8, 2021 | Occupies, as a desk | Christopher Adams |
| SUGARRAYLEONARD | Sat Sep 6, 2003 | Boxing legend | David J. Kahn |
| TERAOHM | Wed Jul 21, 2021 | Large unit of resistance | Alex Vratsanos |
| TETRODE | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Electron tube | Frank A. Longo |
| TOMWINGO | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | The Prince of Tides | Randolph Ross |
| TRAMPSHIP | Fri Oct 27, 2000 | Cargo liner for hire | Manny Nosowsky |
| TROYOUNCE | Sat Sep 29, 2018 | Gold standard | David Steinberg |
| VEGETABLE | Tue Feb 26, 2013 | 20 Questions category | Gary Cee |
| YANKSON | Sat Jan 3, 1998 | Tries to dislodge | Rich Norris |