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 50,793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIENCONTACT | Sun Jul 17, 2016 | ... about the search for extraterrestrial life? | Jerry Miccolis |
| ANDBE | Fri Apr 25, 2014 | "Watch ___ amazed" (magician's phrase) | Joel Fagliano |
| BALEENS | Fri Sep 20, 1996 | Whalebones | J. Page |
| BANKRUPT | Fri Aug 14, 2020 | "Wheel of Fortune" spin on either side of "ONE MILLION" | Nam Jin Yoon |
| BEARTHATINMIND | Sat Dec 13, 2025 | "Remember ..." | Gene Louise De Vera |
| CHORO | Thu Nov 10, 1994 | Brazilian dance band | Alfio Micci |
| CLOSELY | Sun Apr 2, 2017 | In an attentive manner | Jerry Miccolis |
| COINSURERS | Wed Jul 26, 2000 | Policy mates | William I. Johnston |
| COMMOTION | Thu Jan 19, 2012 | *Turmoil | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller |
| DOEUVRES | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Hors ___ | Joe Krozel |
| DRINKIN | Sun Aug 15, 2021 | Absorb the beauty of, as a scene | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| ENIGMATOLOGIST | Mon Mar 29, 2004 | Fancy term for a 36-Across | Barry Silk |
| GIP | Sun Aug 2, 1998 | Con: Var. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| HEDGENETTLE | Sun Jan 19, 2020 | Wildflower with spiky, purplish blooms | Victor Barocas |
| INAUGURALS | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Office addresses? | Evan Birnholz |
| INCLINER | Sun Sep 24, 1995 | Tower of Pisa, e.g. | Randolph Ross |
| IRREGULARS | Thu Nov 21, 1996 | Baker Street group | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| LAMBSKIN | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Glove material | Eric Berlin |
| MONOPLANE | Fri Sep 24, 2021 | Aircraft with low drag | Stella Zawistowski |
| MOTOROIL | Sat Dec 7, 2024 | What helps grease the wheels? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| MRNOVAK | Fri Sep 9, 1994 | Franciscus TV drama of the 60's | Bob Klahn |
| NATLS | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | Big-time competition: Abbr. | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| NICKJR | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | Cable channel for kids | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PARTYPLATFORMS | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Event coordinator's shoe purchase? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| POLLUTERS | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | They're not green | Robert H. Wolfe |
| PUNTING | Sat Jun 25, 1994 | Play mainly for defense | Manny Nosowsky |
| RETRAP | Tue Dec 23, 2008 | Snare again | Joe Krozel |
| RUFFIANS | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Brutes | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| SAPSAGO | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Cheese with a greenish tint | Patrick Berry |
| SEWARDS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | _____ Folly | Martin Schneider |
| SILKROAD | Fri Sep 21, 2018 | Marco Polo was on it for 24 years | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SINEADOCONNOR | Sat Feb 23, 2013 | Dublin-born singer with a 1990 #1 hit | Todd Gross |
| STOUR | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Great ___ River, through Canterbury | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| TECHNERD | Sat Aug 30, 2003 | Putdown for a computer whiz | Patrick Berry |
| THROWTO | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Target, as a football receiver | Randolph Ross |
| WELCOMETOMYLIFE | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | "And I get dumped on again" | Sam Trabucco |
| WHATAPITY | Thu Mar 17, 2016 | "That's too bad" | David Woolf |
| WORKON | Sun Mar 16, 2003 | Try to fix | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WROTEOFF | Sun May 10, 2020 | Dismissed out of hand | Adam Fromm |
| WUPATKI | Sat Jan 15, 2011 | Arizona national monument with Pueblo ruins | Barry C. Silk |