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 50,417 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUGSLIFE | Sun Aug 25, 2013 | Pixar movie between "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" | Victor Barocas |
| BALLCARRIER | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Airline for Lucille? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| BARBARIAN | Tue Jun 11, 2013 | Conan, for one | Pete Muller |
| CAPITALR | Fri May 4, 2007 | You can always identify a Republican by one | Manny Nosowsky |
| COLDSPELL | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Follower of an arctic blast | Brandon Koppy |
| CROSSROAD | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Traffic light site, maybe | Michael Shteyman |
| DONOTWANT | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | "Hard pass" | Eric Warren |
| DONTCALLUSWELLCALLYOU | Thu Aug 22, 2013 | Audition rebuff | Stu Ockman |
| FALLINGSTARS | Thu Oct 11, 2007 | Wishful things? ... or a literal description of 16-, 17-, 32-, 44- and 60-Across | E. J. Platt |
| GABBANA | Fri Nov 20, 2020 | Dolce's partner in fashion | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HAVINGSECONDTHOUGHTS | Wed Mar 26, 2025 | Not so sure about a wedding, say | Nathan Hale |
| INCANDESCENTLIGHTBULB | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Development of 86-Across ... as depicted in the middle of this grid | Ian Livengood |
| JAVAAPPLET | Thu Feb 12, 2004 | Interactive part of some Web pages | Craig Kasper |
| LENSHOOD | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | Preventer of photographic glare | Tim Croce |
| LETHAVEIT | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Give the business | Joe DiPietro |
| LONGTONS | Wed Feb 17, 2010 | 2,240-pound units | Elizabeth A. Long |
| LOUSINGUP | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Botching | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| LUCYLIU | Sun Oct 27, 2024 | "Charlie's Angels" actress | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| MALEGENES | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | They're on the Y chromosome | Randolph Ross |
| MCINTYRE | Sun Jan 10, 1999 | Trapper John's last name | David J. Kahn |
| MORNINGRITUAL | Fri Aug 12, 2022 | Making one's bed, taking a shower and solving a crossword, say | Trent H. Evans |
| OFFICEGOSSIP | Thu Aug 10, 2023 | Dish near a water cooler? | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| OPENTHEDOOR | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | "Let me in!" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PAAK | Wed Sep 21, 2022 | Musician Anderson .___ | Matthew Stock |
| POKEAHOLEIN | Thu Jan 22, 1998 | ___ | Patrick Jordan |
| PREACHIER | Fri May 13, 2022 | More sententious | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| RECEPTACLES | Fri Jun 4, 1999 | Vessels | John Wolting |
| REFORMATION | Tue Oct 31, 2017 | See 17-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SAMLETS | Fri Jun 6, 1997 | Young salmon | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SHIRLEYMACLAINE | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Actress (1983), supporting actor (1999) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SIGNALFLARE | Mon Apr 19, 1999 | Trunk item | Gregory E. Paul |
| SPADIX | Wed Feb 16, 1994 | Floral spike | John Greenman |
| SUCCORER | Tue Apr 27, 1999 | Giver of relief | Fred Piscop |
| TATEMODERN | Fri Feb 16, 2018 | London museum whose oldest piece is from 1900 | David Steinberg |
| TEARSOPEN | Tue Oct 28, 2008 | Unwraps in a hurry | Allan E. Parrish |
| TENEBRAE | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Holy Week service, for Catholics | A. J. Santora |
| UNIFYING | Thu Apr 1, 1999 | Making whole | Kelly Clark |
| VINERY | Sun Dec 22, 2002 | Where grapes are grown | Frances Hansen |
| WATERUNDERTHEBRIDGE | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle? | Jeremy Newton |
| WAV | Thu Jul 10, 2003 | Form of music files on the Net | Michael Shteyman |