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 50,377 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLATED | Fri Dec 12, 1997 | Removed by melting, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| ALMONDROCA | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | Popular chocolate-covered toffee | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BESTTHINGFORYOU | Mon Nov 16, 1998 | 1950 Ethel Merman song | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| BIDPRICES | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Auction figures | Ryan McCarty |
| BRUSHPILES | Wed Jan 4, 2017 | The dentist sorted all the bristled instruments into ... | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CHIVIED | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Annoyed with persistent petty attacks | Peter A. Collins |
| CUTONESLOSSES | Fri Apr 16, 1999 | Bailed out, in a manner of speaking | John Wolting |
| DEBUTANTE | Tue Sep 18, 2012 | Cotillion V.I.P. | Andrew Reynolds |
| DOMINANTHAND | Thu Jan 6, 2022 | Cup holder, usually | Andrew Linzer |
| DONTIKNOW | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | "You said it!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EGGNOODLE | Fri Dec 16, 2016 | Pasta strip | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| EUGENIC | Wed Dec 26, 2001 | Concerned with good breeding | Ed Early |
| FORCES | Mon Mar 26, 2018 | Troops | Andy Kravis |
| FORETELLS | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Heralds | Tim Croce |
| GLOTTAL | Sun Jun 30, 2024 | Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist | Ginny Too |
| HAHAFUNNY | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Humorous as opposed to strange | Damon Gulczynski |
| IMPORTER | Wed Jun 16, 1999 | Tariff payer | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| LAUDABLE | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | Deserving praise | Joel Fagliano |
| MAKETHECUT | Mon Oct 14, 2019 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? | Gary Cee |
| MOUSEKETEERS | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Group that made their first TV appearance at the opening of 75-Down | David J. Kahn |
| MUFFINTOP | Sat May 9, 2015 | Effect of tightening an extra-tight belt, maybe | Kristian House |
| OXYGENATION | Thu Jun 23, 2022 | Photosynthetic process "inflating" 16-, 24-, 46- and 56-Across | Jeff Chen |
| PARADROP | Sat Dec 31, 2016 | Delivery of supplies by air, in a way | Jeff Chen |
| PEACESUMMIT | Sat Sep 9, 2017 | President Clinton hosted one in 2000 | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| POLARIZES | Sat Oct 22, 2005 | Sends to separate camps | Patrick Berry |
| POPSIN | Thu Nov 10, 2011 | Comes calling unexpectedly | Tim Croce |
| PROHIBIT | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Ban | Joe Krozel |
| QUADRATICS | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Branch of algebra | Randolph Ross |
| QUAG | Thu Aug 27, 1998 | Boggy area, for short | Henry Hook |
| RAINMAKERS | Sat Jul 10, 2004 | Pros at increasing profits | Bob Peoples |
| REAVES | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Splits, old-style | Frank Longo |
| REDBUG | Wed Jul 20, 1994 | Itch initiator | Harvey Estes |
| REDWOLF | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Cousin of the coyote | F. Hansen |
| SHOEREPAIR | Thu Jul 9, 2009 | HOSE? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| SIRSPEEDY | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | FedEx Office competitor | Byron Walden |
| SPACIEST | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Most airheaded | Mark Diehl |
| VIBRAPHONE | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Marimba lookalike | Kate Hawkins |
| WELLACTUALLY | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Nitpicker's lead-in … or a response to 20-, 28- and 49-Across, if they were posed as questions | Karen Lurie |
| WIIITIS | Fri Mar 22, 2019 | Joint pain from playing too many video games | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YELLOWBIRD | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | American goldfinch | Dana Motley |