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 50,868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIQUESHOP | Sat Mar 17, 2007 | An old secretary might sit in one | John Farmer |
| CAKIER | Thu Mar 2, 2017 | Having more clumpiness | Peter Gordon |
| CELERITY | Sun May 16, 2010 | Speed | Matt Ginsberg |
| CICHLIDS | Sat Jan 4, 2003 | Spiny-rayed fishes popular in aquariums | Patrick Berry |
| CONFISCATE | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| DANJOU | Wed Nov 15, 1995 | Pear variety | Matt Gaffney |
| DEADLETTERS | Mon Oct 31, 2022 | Mail that cannot be delivered or returned | Emily Carroll |
| DECLAIMED | Wed Jun 24, 1998 | Renounced? | Richard Silvestri |
| DIAPHANOUS | Sat May 10, 2003 | Gossamer | Bob Klahn |
| DIDNTBATANEYE | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Showed no emotion | N. N. Joline |
| FLOPSWEAT | Fri Aug 6, 2010 | It sometimes covers first-time performers | Patrick Berry |
| FOOLERY | Sat Dec 4, 1993 | Tom's behavior | Glenton Petgrave |
| GENTLEMEN | Tue Jan 10, 2017 | Twosome in a Shakespeare title | David Poole |
| GETSOPEN | Fri Mar 21, 2014 | Breaks away from a defender | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HOWDOILOOK | Fri Jun 23, 2017 | Question often asked after twirling | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| IHM | Sun Jul 24, 1994 | German pronoun | Matt Gaffney |
| INCLINEDTO | Sat Mar 8, 2025 | Thinking that one might | Joe Deeney |
| JOLLIES | Fri Aug 17, 2012 | Kicks | Peter Wentz |
| KTURN | Mon Jun 13, 2022 | Three-point driving maneuver | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| LUNISOLAR | Wed Sep 5, 2018 | Concerning both the moon and sun's motions | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| MADEINHEAVEN | Tue Mar 13, 2001 | Quip, part 2 | Michael S. Maurer |
| MIGRATES | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | 1,001 log holders | Ernst Theimer |
| MONICASELES | Mon Jul 27, 2015 | *Youngest French Open champion | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NATUREPRESERVES | Wed Mar 9, 2016 | Wildlife refuges | John Guzzetta |
| NOTWORRIED | Sun Sep 20, 1998 | Insouciant | Charles M. Deber |
| PICKER | Sun Jul 31, 2011 | Word with cherry or cotton | Pamela Klawitter |
| PLANETARYSYSTEM | Fri Jul 3, 1998 | Star's family, perhaps | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROSSELLINI | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | "Conclave" actress Isabella | Rich Proulx |
| SEALTEAMSIX | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | Navy special force in the bin Laden raid | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| STARTINGLINEUP | Wed Mar 29, 2000 | See 34-Across | Peter Gordon |
| SURFANDTURF | Thu Feb 23, 1995 | Menu option | Daniel R. Stark |
| THISISJEOPARDY | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | Classic game show intro | Zachary Schiff |
| TOUCHPAD | Sat Jun 23, 2018 | Microsoft Surface surface | Byron Walden |
| TRINIDADIANS | Sun Jun 16, 1996 | *West Indies residents | N. N. Joline |
| TURNSTOSTONE | Sun May 13, 2007 | *What someone who looks at Medusa does | Jim Page |
| ULTRAHIP | Sun Oct 19, 2014 | Cool and then some | David Phillips |
| VALUESYSTEMS | Tue Aug 1, 2006 | PC's for peanuts? | David Sullivan |
| VIL | Fri Oct 20, 2000 | Disney's Cruella De ___ | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WINTERIZE | Thu Feb 17, 2022 | Prepare for cold weather | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| WIREDUP | Sun Oct 11, 2009 | Very tense and excited | Randolph Ross |