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 50,695 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADNATE | Fri Sep 23, 1994 | Congenitally attached | Bryant White |
| ADVISEE | Sat Sep 2, 1995 | Person getting counseling | Manny Nosowsky |
| ANIMALCROSSING | Wed Oct 2, 2024 | Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| BETTHERANCH | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | Go all in | David P. Williams |
| BLEWTHEJOINT | Sun Apr 27, 2014 | The demolitionist ... | John Lampkin |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Mon Dec 4, 1995 | Exposes corruption | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CARDPLAYER | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | One who wants in on the deal | Patrick Berry |
| CARRYABIGSTICK | Thu Apr 17, 1997 | Show authority, in a saying | Susan Smith |
| CASEBOOK | Sun Oct 29, 2000 | It has precedents | Karen Hodge |
| CONSUMERINTEREST | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Individual debtors pay it | Trip Payne |
| CORROSION | Sat Sep 20, 2003 | Chassis problem | Bob Peoples |
| DENTALSURGEONS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Bridge workers, perhaps | Joe Krozel |
| DEVAL | Fri Jul 5, 2013 | Massachusetts governor ___ Patrick | Paula Gamache |
| GARRISONS | Thu Apr 24, 2003 | Posts for privates | Paula Gamache |
| GAVOT | Fri Mar 8, 1996 | Dance of France: Var. | R. Ross |
| GLASSMENAGERIE | Thu May 22, 2003 | Hit Broadway play of 1945, with "The" | Dan Reichert |
| INNOCULATE | Sun Apr 27, 2008 | *Stick with a needle, maybe | Oliver Hill |
| LAKECOMO | Wed Jun 24, 2020 | Italian tourist destination | Joe Deeney |
| LIEDUNDEROATH | Fri Jun 3, 2005 | Was a bad witness | Jim Hyres |
| LOADTIME | Sun Jul 13, 2025 | Concern for a web game developer | Brandon Koppy |
| LOOKIELOO | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | A shopper, not a buyer, informally | Jonathan Daly |
| LUNULA | Fri Feb 16, 1996 | Fingernail crescent | M. Nosowsky |
| METALSTAMP | Sat Aug 20, 2016 | Imprinting tool | Mark Diehl |
| MIDWIFED | Sun Feb 4, 1996 | Assisted, in a way | D. J. Kahn |
| OHDRYUP | Wed Jul 7, 2021 | "Quiet, you!," quaintly | Peter A. Collins |
| OIKOS | Wed Aug 14, 2024 | Big name in Greek yogurt | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| OLEGCASSINI | Fri May 14, 1999 | "In My Own Fashion" autobiographer | Frank Longo |
| OPENMIKE | Fri Jan 17, 2014 | Opportunity for a singer or comedian | Kevin G. Der |
| PARODIED | Sat Sep 14, 2002 | Took off on | Bruce L. Bliven |
| POLIDENT | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Something to clean one's teeth with, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| PREENLIST | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Sign up early | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| QUAGGA | Sun Jul 16, 1995 | Ancestral zebra | Naomi Geller Lipsky |
| RADIOJOURNALIST | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | One making waves in the news business? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| STARVINGARTISTS | Tue Mar 24, 2026 | What you might punnily call 17-, 27- and 48-Across, given the paintings in their clues? | Killian Olson |
| STREETPROPHETS | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Ones spreading the gospel through rap music or graffiti | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SURGEPROTECTORS | Fri Jul 10, 2009 | They may avert computer damage | Joe Krozel |
| TALKSINAWHISPER | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Doesn't project one's voice, say | Royce Ferguson |
| TWINENGINEDPLANE | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | BEECHCRAFT BARON OR CESSNA 310 | David J. Kahn |
| UPSTANDING | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | DRY CLEAN ___ ORDER FORM | Greg Staples |
| WIICONSOLE | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | Piece of Nintendo game equipment | Richard Chisholm |