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 50,685 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLBEARING | Thu May 31, 2001 | In-line skate part | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BODYCAST | Sat Nov 6, 2010 | Wear after a serious spill | Brad Wilber |
| CALLSTIME | Mon Aug 15, 2011 | Gives teams a short break | Stan Newman |
| CHERRYBOMBS | Mon Oct 22, 2001 | Big bang makers | Denise Neuendorf |
| COMPAQCENTER | Thu Jan 12, 2012 | Old name of the San Jose Sharks' arena | Gareth Bain |
| CONVULSES | Sat Oct 8, 1994 | Writhes | Rand H. Burns |
| DANCINGONMYOWN | Sun Feb 21, 2021 | Singles bars? [Robyn] | Matthew Stock |
| DESOXYRIBONUCLEICACID | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Part of 26-Down, old-style | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DRIVEUP | Sat May 30, 2009 | Convenient kind of window | Matt Ginsberg |
| DRYCELL | Sun Apr 28, 1996 | Kind of battery | D. C. Baldwin |
| ENERGYVAMPIRE | Mon Aug 7, 2023 | "Monster" who drains people emotionally | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| FIREAXES | Fri Sep 8, 2017 | Tools for escaping the heat? | Sam Trabucco |
| FIREENGINE | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Bright shade of red | Joel Fagliano |
| FOURIRON | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | It has a smaller degree of loft than a mashie | Bob Klahn |
| FRATPARTY | Fri Aug 7, 2015 | Event that one might rush to attend? | Peter Wentz |
| GAUZEPAD | Fri Jul 11, 2014 | It may cover a tear | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| GOLCONDA | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Rich mine or other source of great wealth | Bob Klahn |
| GOLOCO | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Totally lose it | John Kugelman |
| GOODNOTGREAT | Wed Apr 9, 2025 | Three-star review of the Friday before Easter? | Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein |
| HISTORYBUFF | Sun Jan 29, 2012 | Expert at a TV station? | Ian Livengood |
| KISSA | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | "Once You ___ Stranger" (1969 thriller) | Cathy Millhauser |
| LESSESSENTIAL | Sun May 13, 2007 | *Not so important | Jim Page |
| MOUNTAINPINKS | Tue Jun 23, 1998 | Plants with small, fragrant flowers | Rich Norris |
| NUUK | Sat Oct 19, 2024 | Greenland's capital | August Miller |
| OBSCENELY | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | To an excessive degree | Hemant Mehta |
| OFALLKINDS | Thu Nov 12, 2015 | Ranging widely | David Kwong |
| ORNITHOLOGIST | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | 3-Down, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POTALE | Sat May 19, 2001 | Residue left after alcohol has been distilled | Dana Motley |
| RACEMES | Sun Feb 2, 1997 | Flower clusters | R. Silvestri |
| ROACHES | Mon May 5, 2008 | Targets of Raid | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| SANTALETTERS | Mon Jun 24, 2019 | Mail addressed to the North Pole | Ross Trudeau |
| SCENTING | Sat Apr 29, 2000 | Bloodhound's skill | Patrick D. Berry |
| SLENDERER | Sat Apr 12, 2003 | Relatively rawboned | Robert H. Wolfe |
| THETIDE | Sun Feb 21, 2021 | It's turned, in a phrase | Matthew Stock |
| THETUDORS | Sun May 12, 2019 | Former Showtime series about Henry VIII | Victor Barocas |
| TOXS | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | How drunks drink | Patrick Berry |
| VISTULA | Fri Jul 4, 1997 | Warsaw's river | Manny Nosowsky |
| WEEKENDATBERNIES | Sun Jun 9, 2002 | ___.com (e-mail address for a 1989 movie comedy) | Randolph Ross |
| WELLBLOWMEDOWN | Mon Mar 17, 2008 | What the Big Bad Wolf said ...? | C. W. Stewart |
| ZIGZAGGED | Sat Apr 8, 1995 | Went like lightning? | A.J. Santora |