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 50,448 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDINSULTTOINJURY | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Wound + dis | Paul Coulter |
| AIGHT | Thu Nov 8, 2018 | "Sounds good," in informal pronunciation | Sam Ezersky |
| AONEANDATWO | Wed May 7, 2014 | Lawrence Welk intro words | Kurt Mueller |
| ASSWEETASPIE | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Incredibly nice | Joe DiPietro |
| ATALK | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Have ___ with | Mark Feldman |
| BALKSAT | Wed Mar 10, 2021 | Refuses to carry out | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| BELIEVEIT | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | "Seriously!" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| CAROLCHANNING | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Saucer-eyed Broadway star | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CENIS | Wed Aug 2, 1995 | Mont ____, Alpine invasion route to Italy | James Neal |
| CHERRYWOOD | Mon Aug 5, 2024 | Expensive cabinet material | Andy Walker |
| CLEANING | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | Making a big profit, with "up" | David J. Kahn |
| COINDEALER | Fri Jan 14, 2011 | One who knows the value of a dollar | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CRADLETO | Fri Mar 27, 1998 | With 15-Across, lifetime | Alan Jay Weiss |
| CRAZYLEGSHIRSCH | Wed Sep 18, 1996 | Elroy of football fame | D. J. Kahn |
| DJAKARTA | Fri Jan 26, 1996 | Capital city once called Batavia | M. Nosowsky |
| DOEEYES | Sun May 22, 2016 | They impart an innocent look | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| DRIVEROD | Sun Jun 11, 2017 | Part of a machine assembly | Charles M. Deber |
| DURBAN | Sun Mar 14, 2010 | South African city of 2.5+ million | Caleb Madison |
| ELATH | Wed Dec 21, 1994 | Ancient city on the Gulf of Aqaba | Alfio Micci |
| ETONBLUE | Sun Oct 27, 2024 | Color named for a famed prep school | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| FATTENUP | Tue Apr 22, 2008 | Add some meat to the bones | Nancy Salomon |
| FIVECENTS | Tue Nov 6, 2007 | Nickel | John Underwood |
| FORI | Mon Jun 8, 2015 | "Forgive me, Father, ___ have sinned" | Peter A. Collins |
| FUNNYBONE | Mon Jan 25, 2016 | *Inaptly named part of the elbow | Ian Livengood |
| HASTAMANANA | Fri Jun 19, 2009 | South-of-the-border sign-off | David Levinson Wilk |
| HIGHWAYOVERPASS | Mon May 31, 2004 | Bridge | Gregory E. Paul |
| IMSHORT | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Remark from the financially or vertically challenged | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| KEVAN | Sun May 20, 2007 | N.F.L. running back Barlow | Seth A. Abel |
| KOWALSKI | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Brando's role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" | Sam Ezersky |
| MADEFACES | Thu Mar 5, 2020 | Mugged for the camera, maybe | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PASTMASTER | Fri May 21, 1999 | Expert in a field | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PERSPIRES | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Sweats | Adrian Johnson |
| PISMOBEACH | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Town south of San Luis Obispo | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SEARAT | Sun Sep 4, 2016 | Pirate, in old slang | Tom McCoy |
| STRUNGOUT | Tue Mar 21, 2006 | Debilitated from drugs or alcohol | Levi Denham |
| TALKTOYOULATER | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | 93-Down, relatively | Daniel A. Finan |
| THEBUSHES | Sat Apr 21, 2007 | Subject of 2004's best seller "American Dynasty" | Byron Walden |
| VOCODER | Fri Oct 17, 2003 | Speech synthesizer | Bob Peoples |
| WINTERGREEN | Mon Jan 23, 1995 | "Of Thee I Sing" role | Sidney L. Robbins |
| YOUCANCOUNTONIT | Sat Dec 19, 2009 | "Absolutely" | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |