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 50,527 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTMOVIES | Fri Jan 2, 2015 | They may be marked with X's | David Steinberg |
| AREYOUHIGH | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | "What?! That's absurd!" | Sam Ezersky |
| BANKROBBERS | Wed Oct 2, 2024 | Bonnie and Clyde, e.g. | Luke K. Schreiber |
| BRAZILIANS | Tue Apr 24, 2018 | Largest group of Portuguese speakers | Peter Gordon |
| CENTRALAC | Wed Jun 25, 2025 | Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle | Ben Zimmer and Zach Sherwin |
| CEREBELLUMS | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | They help maintain balance | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CORIANDER | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Cilantro source | Josh Knapp |
| DIAGNOSETHEPROBLEM | Thu Jun 24, 2010 | Find out what's wrong | John Farmer |
| DISAGREED | Sun Aug 6, 2000 | Didn't come to terms | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXTRACTOR | Tue Oct 17, 2006 | Farm equipment that's been put to another use? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FOGHORNLEGHORN | Tue Oct 13, 2015 | Looney Tunes character with a strong Southern accent | Patrick Berry |
| FREEZETAG | Tue Sep 24, 2019 | Playground game with teams | John Guzzetta |
| GLASSBLOWER | Fri Jan 5, 2007 | Worker around a furnace | Paula Gamache |
| GLEEFUL | Fri Jul 21, 2006 | Opposite of down | Kyle Mahowald |
| HOSEDDOWN | Thu Oct 28, 1999 | Rinsed, as a car | Patrick D. Berry |
| ILOVETHATFORYOU | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Trendy compliment with shady undertones | Jem Burch |
| LEMOKO | Sun Jun 24, 2001 | Classic French film "Pepe ___" | Randolph Ross |
| LEXICAL | Thu Apr 12, 2012 | Vocabulary-related | Michael Shteyman |
| LUNISOLAR | Wed Sep 5, 2018 | Concerning both the moon and sun's motions | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| MARKING | Sun Jul 24, 2016 | Stripe on a zebra, e.g. | David Steinberg |
| OCTAVOS | Fri Oct 31, 1997 | Book sizes | Matt Gaffney |
| OLDHABITS | Mon Jun 29, 2009 | Things that die hard | Paula Gamache |
| ONTHEMOVE | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Active | Trip Payne |
| OWEITTO | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Must give | Simeon Seigel |
| PERAMBULATE | Tue Jul 24, 2001 | It has "amble" and "ramble" inside | Gayle Dean |
| RESTUPON | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Overlie | Brandon Koppy |
| SABBATICAL | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Leave | N. N. Joline |
| SNICK | Thu May 1, 2008 | ___ and snee | Jim Leeds |
| SPARHAWK | Sun Jan 7, 2007 | Fictional knight named for a bird of prey | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| STOVER | Sun Nov 11, 2012 | Candy man Russell | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TALKTOSTRANGERS | Sun Sep 18, 2011 | Don't ...! | Josh Knapp |
| TELEPHONELINE | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | It may come down in a storm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THALAMI | Sat Mar 23, 2024 | Egg-shaped brain structures | Sam Ezersky |
| THEPIPER | Thu Jan 10, 2002 | Proverbial payee | Alex Vaughn |
| TITANESS | Fri Nov 24, 1995 | Phoebe, Rhea or Tethys | Bob Klahn |
| TURTLEDIARY | Sat Oct 12, 2013 | Glenda Jackson/Ben Kingsley film scripted by Harold Pinter | John Farmer |
| TVVIEWERS | Wed May 21, 2014 | Nielsen group | Mike Buckley |
| TWERENT | Fri Dec 6, 1996 | Old-fashioned contraction | M. Nosowsky |
| UNPOETIC | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Prosy | Andrew Zhou |
| ZARQAWI | Fri May 18, 2007 | Noted terrorist killed in June 2006 | David Quarfoot |