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 50,505 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPENDTO | Wed Aug 3, 2005 | Tack on | David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell |
| APRESMOI | Thu Mar 1, 2001 | Time for le déluge? | Nancy S. Ross |
| ARIGOLD | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | Movie agent on "Entourage" | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| BABYBLUE | Tue May 27, 2014 | *Like many a heartthrob's eyes | James Tuttle |
| CALLOUT | Sat Aug 11, 2001 | Yell | David J. Kahn |
| CAMETOSEE | Sat Jun 23, 2012 | Realized in the end | Laura Sternberg |
| CARDSELECTION | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Pick from a deck | Jim Page |
| CHEVROLETCAMARO | Fri Oct 14, 2005 | Rally Sport, e.g. | Michael Shteyman |
| CHICORY | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Plant also known as coffeeweed | Aimee Lucido |
| CHIEFOFSTAFF | Sun May 22, 1994 | Lewis's initial occupation? | Randolph Ross |
| CLOUDFORMATION | Tue Jan 8, 2008 | What you really saw? | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder |
| CRABWALK | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Proceed on all fours, in a way | Peter Broda |
| DAV | Mon May 19, 2025 | ___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants | Kiran Pandey |
| DRAGGEDON | Sun Jan 30, 2011 | Felt like forever | Kevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui |
| FLEECIEST | Sat Jul 8, 2000 | Most like a cumulus cloud | Randolph Ross |
| GODOWNINHISTORY | Mon Aug 13, 2018 | Leave a lasting legacy ... or do worse at school | Lynn Lempel |
| GRAUMAN | Wed Dec 2, 2020 | Creator of Hollywood's Chinese Theater | Will Nediger |
| GUSTAVHOLST | Sat Dec 2, 2006 | English composer of the opera "The Perfect Fool" | Bob Klahn |
| HEMMING | Tue Aug 20, 2013 | Fixing, as the bottom of a skirt | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| HIGHON | Fri Jul 5, 2002 | Enthusiastic about | Manny Nosowsky |
| INEPTLY | Wed May 31, 2006 | In a bumbling manner | Trip Payne |
| ITFACTOR | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | Personal magnetism | Sam Ezersky |
| JOHNLARROQUETTE | Sat Jul 11, 2009 | Winner of four consecutive Emmys for his sitcom role as a prosecutor | Karen M. Tracey |
| LEVISBLUEJEANS | Mon Feb 21, 2022 | Denim pants with a red tab label [#36] | Natalie Murphy |
| MAXIMUMSTRENGTH | Mon Jun 17, 1996 | Ad puff | S. L. Robbins |
| NONCOMS | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Sarges, e.g. | John Duschatko |
| NUREDDIN | Thu Oct 23, 1997 | "The Barber of Baghdad" tenor | Frances Hansen |
| PATRIOTSDAY | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | When an N.F.L.er is feted? | Louis Sabin |
| PREACHIER | Fri May 13, 2022 | More sententious | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| PRIERS | Sat Aug 2, 2014 | Snoopy sorts | Kristian House |
| PULPIT | Sun Jun 3, 2007 | Sermon site | Kelsey Blakley |
| REGULARS | Tue Feb 15, 2005 | Habitués | Gene Newman |
| RENDERER | Wed May 1, 1996 | Giver | F. Piscop |
| SERKIS | Sun Dec 4, 2022 | Andy who voiced Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" | Gustie Owens |
| SHOWEDNOEMOTION | Wed Aug 11, 2021 | Appeared poker-faced | Joe DiPietro |
| SMUGGLER | Sun Feb 9, 2020 | Customs target | Brian Kulman |
| SONOFTARZAN | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, with "The" | Byron Walden |
| STAMPPADS | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Ink holders | Mark Diehl |
| STUBBORNBEAST | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Change a letter in 46-Across to spell... | Henry Hook |
| UNLINK | Sun Nov 19, 2006 | Disconnect | Tony Orbach |