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 50,695 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASENSEOFLOSS | Fri Oct 15, 1999 | The bereaved feel it | Mark Diehl |
| AVISCARRENTAL | Sun Apr 11, 2004 | #2 with lots | Patrick Merrell |
| BEARSWATCHING | Tue Jan 30, 2001 | Has a promising future in a zoo? | David J. Kahn |
| BLEWIN | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Showed up | Joe DiPietro |
| BOLTCUTTER | Sat Jan 11, 2020 | Tool used on a padlock | Andrew J. Ries |
| BOUNCES | Thu May 30, 2002 | Ejects | Peter Gordon |
| CAMBERS | Sat May 19, 2018 | Slight upward curves, as in roads or beams | John Guzzetta |
| CHICKENSTOCK | Thu Dec 15, 2022 | Five cups, after lengthy simmering | Bruce Haight |
| CLEVELANDBROWNS | Mon Dec 9, 2019 | Only N.F.L. team that doesn't have a logo on its helmets | Ellis Hay |
| CONTROLLINGPARTNER | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | "Honey, you're wearing THAT?" | Joe DiPietro |
| CRACKED | Thu Apr 6, 2006 | Like the Liberty Bell | Ed Early |
| DEEPPURPLE | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | Group with the 1968 hit "Hush" | Joey Weissbrot |
| DOLLIED | Sun Oct 3, 2010 | Moved on wheels, as a movie camera | Daniel A. Finan |
| DRYLAW | Mon May 9, 2011 | Prohibition of alcohol sales | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| EMPIREWAIST | Fri Oct 2, 2009 | Dress style that appears to lengthen the body | Brad Wilber |
| EUCALYPTUSTREES | Sat Dec 24, 2022 | Bush growths | Trenton Charlson |
| FISCALQUARTER | Fri May 25, 2007 | Subject of a financial report | Mike Nothnagel |
| GTCARS | Tue Jan 2, 2007 | Sporty wheels | Sarah Keller |
| IPHONESEVENPLUS | Wed Jul 29, 2020 | Mobile device that debuted in 2016 | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| JEFFERSONOREGON | Mon Feb 17, 1997 | 97352 | R. Hughes |
| KEPTQUIETABOUT | Wed Mar 28, 2018 | Didn't speak of, as a touchy subject | Peter Gordon |
| LOWCARD | Sat May 3, 1997 | Deuce, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| MAMALEONES | Tue Nov 15, 2005 | Classic New York City eatery | Sarah Keller |
| MESSAGEBOARD | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Where trolls may lurk | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| NORHYMEORREASON | Thu Aug 9, 2018 | Q: "Can I write both a poem and an essay?" A: "___" | Patrick Merrell |
| OSLOFJORD | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PAGERANK | Sat Oct 1, 2011 | Subject of search engine optimization | David Quarfoot |
| PAYSATTENTION | Fri Apr 21, 2006 | Focuses | Manny Nosowsky |
| QUONSETHUT | Fri Mar 28, 2008 | W.W. II shelter | Barry C. Silk |
| RELOCKS | Fri Apr 18, 1997 | Bolts over | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RESETTLEMENT | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Vital component of the global refugee process | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger |
| SIGHSOFRELIEF | Mon Dec 16, 2002 | "Ahhh" and "Whew, that was close!" | Jim Hyres |
| SMOOCHING | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | Some amorousness | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| SURREALIST | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | How 122-Across is usually described | Andrew Zhou |
| TENLEGS | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | What lobsters and crabs have | Mike Selinker |
| THEPRINCEANDTHEPAUPER | Sun Dec 1, 1996 | Mark Twain novel whose plot is encapsulated in this puzzle | D. J. Kahn |
| TOPOTHEMORNIN | Thu Jan 19, 2017 | Cork opener? | Jacob Stulberg |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |
| WRITESTO | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | E-mails, e.g. | Ned White |
| WRITEUP | Fri Mar 30, 2001 | Newspaper report | Manny Nosowsky |