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 50,731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTHERAP | Wed Jul 10, 2013 | Escape conviction | Ed Sessa |
| BLACKKNIGHT | Thu Feb 25, 1999 | Mysterious "Ivanhoe" character, with "the" | Jim Page |
| BOOSTERCABLE | Thu Oct 31, 1996 | Car trunk item | L. Sidway |
| BRAINDOCTOR | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Neurologist | Ned White |
| CALLMEMADAM | Mon Oct 30, 1995 | Irving Berlin musical | Gregory E. Paul |
| CHID | Thu Dec 13, 2001 | Reproached, uncommonly | Manny Nosowsky |
| CLOISONNE | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Decorative enamelware | Peter Gordon |
| COMESUPON | Fri May 17, 2002 | Finds | Joe DiPietro |
| CORLEONES | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | Sonny and Fredo, for two | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| DEFERSTO | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | Humbly goes along with | Michael Ashley |
| EMBARKON | Tue Dec 26, 2023 | Begin, as an adventure | Neil Shook |
| FONTAINE | Tue Nov 24, 1998 | Actress Joan of "Rebecca" | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| GROUTER | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Mason, at times | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HOMEMATCH | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | What you can never win going away | Kevin G. Der |
| IDONTDRIVE | Thu Aug 20, 2009 | Excuse given for asking for a ride | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JUSTMYLUCK | Fri Jan 27, 2012 | "Figures I'd have this problem!" | Joe Krozel |
| LATERGRAM | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social media | Kyle Dolan |
| LEGALFORCE | Mon Feb 24, 2020 | What a law that hasn't been repealed still has | Jacob Stulberg |
| LORDHOWE | Thu Jul 12, 2001 | Resort island northeast of Sydney | William I. Johnston |
| MIGRANTS | Sun May 20, 2001 | Certain farm help | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MISCOUNT | Sun Mar 21, 2010 | Election problem | Adam Fromm |
| MOONISH | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Fickle | M. Skolsky |
| NATIVESOIL | Sat Jan 21, 2023 | Home country, poetically | David Distenfeld |
| OLDFORD | Fri Feb 23, 1996 | Model T, e.g. | A. J. Santora |
| OSCARNOMINATION | Sat Jan 18, 2025 | One of 12 for Katharine Hepburn | Scott McMahon |
| OUTSWIM | Mon Jul 21, 2008 | Defeat by a stroke? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| PETTURTLE | Fri Dec 11, 2020 | Terrarium inhabitant, maybe | Ari Richter |
| PILASTERED | Sat Feb 21, 2004 | Having columns set into a wall | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry |
| PRISONBREAK | Thu Nov 22, 2012 | Why the press release has to wait? | Joel Fagliano |
| PROPCOMIC | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | One with a thing for laughter? | Patrick Berry |
| REMITTANCE | Sun Jan 2, 2022 | Payment sent | Paolo Pasco |
| ROTAL | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Relating to wheels | Joe DiPietro |
| SNARKED | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Made an irreverently sarcastic comment | Robert S. Gard |
| SOLEDAD | Sun Mar 24, 1996 | California city | J. K. Brill |
| STAYTUNED | Fri Aug 16, 2024 | "More to come ..." | Kate Hawkins |
| THEREITIS | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | "Knew that was coming" | Erik Agard |
| THESPINNERS | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | Spider-Man's favorite band? | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| TIGHTENED | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | Wound (up) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UNCOAT | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Strip of paint | Randolph Ross |
| UNDERSCORE | Fri Nov 30, 2007 | Indication of stress | Henry Hook |