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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERMIC | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | Heatless | David J. Kahn |
| BAYONETING | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Taking a stab at? | Ryan McCarty |
| BORNAGAINCHRISTIAN | Sun May 25, 2025 | Many an evangelical | Dylan Schiff |
| CABLEBOXES | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle | Jules Markey |
| CASTAWAY | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | One sending a message in a bottle, maybe | Joe Krozel |
| CATANIA | Sat Apr 11, 1998 | Sicily's second-largest city | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| CHATBOTS | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Some customer service agents nowadays | Blake Slonecker |
| CHOWCHOW | Tue Sep 14, 2004 | Dog with an upturned tail | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| CORNSALAD | Wed Feb 13, 2008 | Summer side dish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DEFROSTS | Wed Feb 18, 2015 | Gets out of the freezer, say | Ed Sessa |
| DEWCLAW | Sat Dec 21, 2013 | Canine vestigial structure | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| EATLUNCH | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Nosh at noon, say | Jim Peredo |
| EHRE | Mon Nov 28, 1994 | Honor: Ger. | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| ELVISPRESLEY | Fri Jun 1, 2007 | Subject of some sightings | David Quarfoot and Katy Swalwell |
| EUCALYPTUS | Fri Oct 29, 2004 | Source of heavy timber wood | Sherry O. Blackard |
| FATLY | Sun Sep 20, 1998 | Broadly | Charles M. Deber |
| FLORIDASUNSHINE | Mon Dec 23, 1996 | Attraction for winter vacationers in the South | S. J. Walther |
| GLOBULIN | Fri Sep 30, 2016 | Major blood protein | James Mulhern |
| GOATYOGA | Sat May 11, 2024 | Fitness class often put on by a farm | Billy Bratton |
| GOINGOVERTHETOP | Sun Oct 13, 2024 | … a primer on playing dreidel? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| HAVEANICETRIP | Fri Jul 4, 2014 | Send-off for the dear departed? | Patrick Berry |
| HOTMARSHMALLOW | Mon Jun 24, 2013 | Ingredient in a 38-Across | Robert Seminara |
| INFIELDGOAL | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Covering first, second and third base? | Dan Feyer |
| KIPLING | Thu May 29, 2025 | Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" | John Kugelman |
| LEANEDINTO | Sat Sep 24, 2022 | Didn't shy away from | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MASSASOIT | Sun Dec 27, 1998 | Chief who negotiated peace with the Pilgrims | Rich Norris |
| PARTEDHAIR | Sat Apr 24, 1999 | Locks around a line | Joe DiPietro |
| PNCPARK | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Pirates' home | David Levinson Wilk |
| PUNISHERS | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | Disciplinarians, at times | Ryan McCarty |
| SHIMMERS | Sat Mar 16, 1996 | Glistens | G. R. Ferguson |
| SINOJAPANESEWAR | Sat Apr 22, 2017 | Historic conflict in and around the Yellow Sea | Adam Fromm |
| SLIPANDFALL | Tue Jul 12, 2016 | Take a tumble | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| SMOKEFREE | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | Like areas where cigarettes are not permitted | Kareem Ayas |
| STAINLESSSTEELS | Fri Feb 12, 2010 | They're dishwasher-safe | Kevin G. Der |
| THEBIGSTEAL | Sun Aug 13, 1995 | Base runner's shining moment? (1949) | Nancy Salomon |
| TORCHED | Sun May 12, 2019 | Set aflame | Victor Barocas |
| UNCOUPLES | Mon Aug 28, 2023 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? | Brian Callahan |
| WARINESS | Wed Feb 5, 1997 | Suspicious quality | J. Schmalzbach |
| WENTKABOOM | Tue Jan 9, 2024 | Exploded | Adam Wagner |
| WINSOUT | Fri Jun 8, 2001 | Has the last laugh | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |