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 50,836 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERATING | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Infusing with a soda maker | Alan Olschwang |
| AXILLAR | Sat Feb 1, 1997 | Pertaining to the armpit | R. H. Burns |
| BOLLWEEVILS | Sun Sep 7, 2014 | Southern farm concern | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| BRAIDEDMANE | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | Fancy equine coif | Paula Gamache |
| CANTGO | Sat Aug 15, 2020 | Terse turndown to an invitation | Joe DiPietro |
| CEREBELLUMS | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | They help maintain balance | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| COERCES | Fri Dec 2, 2016 | Arm-twists | Andrew Kingsley |
| CORRELATES | Sat Aug 21, 2004 | Spots connections between | Patrick Berry |
| DEERTICK | Sun Nov 1, 2015 | Lyme disease transmitter | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DONTEVENGOTHERE | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | "That subject's off the table!" | Peter A. Collins |
| FLOATINGCAPITAL | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | Uncommitted money | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FOREVERANDEVER | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | In perpetuity | Nancy Salomon |
| GETTHEWRONGIDEA | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Misunderstand | Andrew Zhou |
| GOLLUM | Sun Mar 15, 2009 | "The Lord of the Rings" ring bearer | Patrick Berry |
| HASTINGS | Sun Jun 19, 2005 | Where William the Conqueror conquered | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOTELRATE | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Topic of a traveler's inquiry | Manaal Mohammed |
| ILLEGALLY | Sun Apr 21, 2013 | Under the table, maybe | Jonah Kagan |
| INSANELY | Fri Feb 15, 2019 | Without a bit of sense | Wyna Liu |
| KEELER | Wed Feb 4, 1998 | Old Broadway star Ruby | Fred Piscop |
| LITTLETRAMP | Sun May 12, 2013 | Charlie Chaplin persona, with "the" | David J. Kahn |
| MARIOPARTY | Sat Jun 19, 2021 | Nintendo offering with more than 10 installments | Sophia Maymudes |
| MISSJAPAN | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Tokyo beauty, maybe | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| MUSCULAR | Fri Sep 19, 1997 | Powerful | Rich Norris |
| NADAS | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | Nothings | D. Niles |
| NOTQUITERIGHT | Sun May 3, 2026 | 114-Across, oddly? | Mark Diehl |
| ORGANICMATERIAL | Sat Mar 30, 2019 | It was discovered on Mars in 2018 | Greg Johnson |
| ORNAN | Wed Dec 1, 1999 | ___ the Jebusite, of I and II Chronicles | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| OUTSCORES | Fri Sep 29, 2023 | Does a better job than at making points | Malaika Handa |
| PAHLAVI | Sun Mar 31, 1996 | Iranian royal name | J. Savage |
| PORTAUPRINCE | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Caribbean capital | Paolo Pasco |
| PROFANERS | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Sacrilegious types | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| READSAHEAD | Fri May 17, 2024 | Outpaces the syllabus, say | Hemant Mehta |
| RETEAR | Mon Mar 31, 1997 | Open up a rip again | Janet R. Bender |
| SATANICVERSES | Sun Jun 5, 1994 | 1989 best seller, with "The" | Dean Niles |
| SKIJACKET | Mon Oct 18, 1999 | Picabo Street's outerwear | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| SKIPACKAGE | Sun Nov 26, 2023 | Resort offering that might include a lift ticket | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| SKITCH | Fri Feb 22, 2002 | Bandleader Henderson | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STOCKBROKER | Fri Feb 17, 1995 | Cattleman? | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| TAGOUT | Wed Aug 18, 2004 | Catch between bases, say | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| TWOBITSWORTH | Thu Jan 13, 2005 | Quarter's value | Robert Zimmerman |