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 50,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVABLE | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Within reach | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| APPOSING | Wed Jun 21, 1995 | Next-door | Dorothea E. Shipp |
| BELLYLAUGHS | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | The gastroenterologist got many ___ | David J. Kahn |
| BENITOMUSSOLINI | Sat Oct 7, 2000 | World leader who wrote a novel, "The Cardinal's Mistress" | Chuck Menning |
| BOSSMAN | Wed Sep 2, 2015 | Head honcho | Kevin Christian and Bradley Wilber |
| BYEFORNOW | Tue Aug 29, 2006 | "Later!" | David Pringle |
| CORONACH | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Funeral song in Scotland | Adam Fromm |
| DEACONS | Tue Jun 4, 2002 | Priests' subordinates | Matthew J. Koceich |
| DISACCHARIDE | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | Double sugar / Travel freely? [merger] | Patrick Berry |
| DODY | Sun Sep 6, 2009 | Goodman of "Splash" and "Grease" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FORDUMMIES | Thu May 3, 2018 | Self-deprecatingly titled instructional book series | Emily Carroll |
| FREESUP | Fri Apr 25, 2003 | Unencumbers | Randolph Ross |
| GETONONESNERVES | Mon Jan 8, 2001 | Exasperate, as a neurologist? | Gregory E. Paul |
| GOESTOPIECES | Fri Aug 9, 2002 | Cracks up | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| GOODFOOD | Mon Feb 19, 2001 | WHAT A GOURMET ENJOYS | Peter Gordon |
| HANGERSON | Sat Jul 16, 2011 | Coattail riders | Patrick Berry |
| HAWES | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Adventure story writer Charles | Christopher Page |
| ILLSHUTUP | Sat Jul 13, 2024 | "Sorry, that's enough out of me" | Eli Cotham |
| ITSWORTHTHERISK | Mon Apr 12, 2010 | "Let's take that gamble" | Ian Livengood |
| JOLLYSTNICK | Sun Dec 21, 2008 | December 25 answer to 69-Across? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LAZIO | Sat Jul 26, 2014 | Region of Italy that includes Rome | Julian Lim |
| MANLESS | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Like a band of Amazons | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| MANSERVANT | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Maid's counterpart | Courtenay Crocker III |
| NEUTRONSTAR | Mon May 30, 2022 | Ultradense galactic body | Alexander Liebeskind |
| OPENEDONESHEART | Fri Dec 4, 2009 | Became emotionally receptive | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| OPENTOALL | Wed Nov 9, 2011 | Needing no invitation | Paula Gamache |
| ORNURSES | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | Workers who must maintain a sterile environment, in brief | Rafael Musa |
| OUTHOUSES | Thu Apr 17, 2014 | Heads for the woods? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| PEAFOWLS | Mon Jul 16, 2001 | Parkland birds | Peter Gordon |
| PERSONALBAGGAGE | Wed Jul 23, 2014 | *One's physical or emotional burdens | Howard Barkin |
| PRETERITS | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Past tenses | Randolph Ross |
| PROVINGGROUND | Tue Dec 4, 2012 | Weapons-testing area | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAGGEDYANDY | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister | Ryan McCarty |
| RAVISH | Sun Sep 3, 2000 | Captivate | David J. Kahn |
| SPECTATOR | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Eventgoer | Jim Hyres |
| TABRIZ | Sat Apr 19, 1997 | Valued Persian carpet | Rich Norris |
| THATSSOYOU | Fri Jan 7, 2022 | Dressing room encouragement | Robyn Weintraub |
| THEFLYINGTOMATO | Tue Aug 9, 2011 | Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White ... or some airborne soup? | Tony Orbach |
| TIMOTHYHUTTON | Sun May 11, 1997 | 1980 Oscar winner | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| YUKONGOLD | Sun May 30, 2021 | Potato cultivar that was developed in Ontario, despite its name | Adam Wagner |