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 50,751 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOZENREDROSES | Wed Feb 11, 1998 | Valentine present? | Nancy S. Ross |
| ANATOLIANS | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | Asian Turks | Joe Krozel |
| ARMPITS | Sun Feb 19, 2023 | Tickler's targets | Rebecca Goldstein |
| ASPREE | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Frolicking, after "on" | David J. Kahn |
| AVERAGER | Sat Jan 7, 1995 | Mean person | Randolph Ross |
| CARPAYMENT | Sat May 21, 2022 | Rolls dough, perhaps? | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| CONIES | Sun Aug 13, 2017 | Furs from rabbits | Eric Berlin |
| CONVENED | Fri May 26, 2017 | Met | Robyn Weintraub |
| COYOTESTATE | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | South Dakota | Manny Nosowsky |
| DILLYDALLYING | Thu Sep 22, 2011 | Taking one's sweet time | Jeff Dubner |
| DISTANTCOUSINS | Tue Mar 30, 1999 | Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, e.g. | Randy Sowell |
| DJJAZZYJEFF | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Half of a hip-hop duo | Frank Longo |
| DRESSINGONTHESIDE | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Specification in a salad order | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| FORTHEFIRSTTIME | Wed Oct 18, 2023 | "Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness something extraordinary that has never been seen or attempted before!" (go to 34-Down) | Joseph Gangi |
| GNARLIER | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | More difficult, in slang | Eric Berlin |
| HYDRATES | Mon Jun 17, 2013 | Infuses with water | Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| INSTAS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short | Manaal Mohammed |
| JIMMIECRACKCORN | Mon Jun 3, 2002 | Repeated lyric in a children's song | Gregory E. Paul |
| JOHNCANDY | Mon Jun 12, 2017 | Comic actor who was an original cast member of SCTV | Dan Margolis |
| LETTERDROP | Wed Feb 8, 2017 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues | Ned White |
| LOUISLAMOUR | Sun Sep 27, 1998 | He should have written "Love Story" | Randolph Ross |
| LUNISOLAR | Wed Sep 5, 2018 | Concerning both the moon and sun's motions | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| OCTENNIAL | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Occurring every other leap year, say | Patrick Berry |
| OFFOF | Tue Oct 15, 2024 | No longer taking, as a medication | Lindsay Rosenblum |
| PENHOLDERS | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | Jail cells? | Nancy Salomon |
| POLSKA | Fri Dec 21, 2018 | Warszawa's land | Peter A. Collins |
| PUNINTENDED | Thu Dec 3, 2020 | Parenthetical comment after an ambiguous witticism | Jake Halperin |
| SATURNALIA | Sat May 10, 2003 | Unrestrained revelry | Bob Klahn |
| SCROLLSBY | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Skips over, as with a mouse | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| SETATODDS | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Pitted against one another | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| SHARETT | Sun Mar 27, 1994 | Israeli Prime Minister, 1953-55 | Jeanette K. Brill |
| SKULLISLAND | Tue Jul 5, 1994 | King Kong's home | Raymond Hamel |
| THANKSTO | Sat Oct 17, 2009 | Through the efforts of | Chuck Deodene |
| THELONGKISSGOODNIGHT | Sun May 24, 2015 | 1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4] | Kevin G. Der |
| TOLLING | Thu May 3, 2001 | Sexton's duty | Trip Payne |
| TRUCKLOAD | Thu Apr 11, 2002 | Six cubic yards of dirt, say | Greg Staples |
| UNCOUPLES | Mon Aug 28, 2023 | Disconnects ... or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? | Brian Callahan |
| UNHOLYMESSAGE | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Atheist's E-mail, maybe? | Rich Norris |
| UNSEX | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | Emasculate, say | Raymond C. Young |
| ZAS | Wed Sep 2, 2020 | Some pepperoni orders, informally | Margaret Seikel |