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 50,525 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACV | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Hovercraft, for short | Daniel R. Stark |
| ALIGHTS | Fri Nov 3, 1995 | Descends | David J. Kahn |
| ALLSWELL | Mon Jul 31, 2006 | "Things are fine " | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ASSISTING | Wed Mar 7, 2001 | Aide's job | Noah Dephoure |
| BASHO | Sat May 19, 2012 | Poet credited with popularizing haiku | Patrick Berry |
| BEATTHERAP | Wed Jul 10, 2013 | Escape conviction | Ed Sessa |
| BIBLIO | Wed Jan 19, 2005 | Book lover's prefix | Leonard Williams |
| CANDLEINTHEWIND | Wed Nov 5, 1997 | Diana tribute | A. J. Santora |
| CREPEY | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Saggy and crinkled | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| DEACONJONES | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Religious Rams end? | Raymond Hamel |
| GARDENPARTY | Wed Nov 16, 2011 | Outdoor affair | Gary Cee |
| GINANDTONIC | Wed Jun 22, 2016 | What NOTICING can anagram to | Fred Piscop |
| GREENCHEESE | Tue Jul 4, 2023 | Moon's makeup, fancifully | Barbara Lin |
| ICANTSTOP | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | Addict's plaint | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| IDIOSYNCRASY | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Kojak's love of lollipops or Reagan's love of jellybeans, e.g. | Alex Vratsanos |
| IWILLSO | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | Insistent comeback | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| JETHROTULL | Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung" | Bill Thompson |
| MUDSLIDES | Tue Mar 26, 2002 | Malibu menaces | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| OREST | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | "Elektra" baritone | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| OXTONGUE | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Kind of stew | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PARISMAINE | Wed Jan 7, 2009 | Birthplace of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin | William Frank Macreery |
| PASSAMILESTONE | Tue Jan 24, 2023 | Go through one of life's significant moments | Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen |
| PIQUANT | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Pleasingly tangy | Matthew Sewell |
| REDIVIDE | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Multiply like an amoeba | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| ROSEMILK | Wed Sep 4, 2024 | Floral bubble tea flavoring | Kareem Ayas |
| SCARIFY | Sun Feb 13, 2005 | Severely criticize | Daniel C. Bryant |
| SEWINGON | Sat Feb 28, 2004 | Attaching, in a way | Byron Walden |
| SHIRELLES | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" group, with "the" | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| SHOTINTHEDARK | Tue Jun 14, 1994 | Night photographer's work, with "a"? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| SMOKEUP | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Opposite of "make clear" | Rich Norris |
| SOUPDUJOUR | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Restaurant special | John Farmer |
| STUFFY | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Pompous | Frank A. Longo |
| TEABASKET | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | Picnic container in Britain | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TEENWOLF | Sun Jul 9, 2017 | Movie starring Michael J. Fox as a lycanthrope | Will Nediger |
| THEMASTERS | Sat Jun 6, 2015 | Annual Augusta event | Jason Flinn |
| TITLEDEED | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Monopoly card with property info | Ryan Mccarty |
| TOORICHFORMYBLOOD | Thu Jan 24, 2019 | "I'm out" | Stu Ockman |
| VAGUEIDEA | Sat Jun 18, 2022 | Inkling | Brooke Husic |
| WIDEOUT | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | Football receiver | John Westwig |
| WOR | Thu Nov 25, 1999 | Flagship station of the old Mutual Broadcasting System | David J. Kahn |