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 50,525 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABATABLE | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Subject to reduction | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ABINITIO | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | From the start | Tim Croce |
| ALGARVE | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Portugal's holiday coast | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BIGTICKET | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Very expensive | A. J. Santora |
| BONDPAPER | Thu Feb 15, 2018 | Fine writing material | Peter Gordon |
| CANOPUS | Sun Nov 3, 2002 | Brightest star after Sirius | Patrick Berry |
| CAUSEWAY | Sun Nov 29, 2009 | Florida Keys connector | Will Nediger |
| CLAPPERS | Thu May 15, 2008 | Bell parts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COHERENCE | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Babbler's lack | Joe DiPietro |
| CORNCRIB | Tue Jan 23, 1996 | Farm storage site | B. Lubbers |
| COSTUMER | Fri Mar 10, 2017 | Backstage Broadway worker | Pawel Fludzinski |
| CPRTRAINERS | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Some E.M.T. personnel | Joe Krozel |
| DEERHUNTER | Thu Aug 16, 2018 | 64-/65-Across work of 1978, with "The" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DLC | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for short | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| DONOTOPEN | Sun May 30, 2021 | Warning on presents stashed in the closet | Adam Wagner |
| DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT | Sun Aug 8, 2004 | Call for help | Bill Zais |
| EHUDS | Wed Aug 12, 2009 | Israel's Barak and Olmert | Peter A. Collins & Joe Krozel |
| ENGENDERED | Sun Oct 12, 2003 | Gave rise to | David J. Kahn |
| HARASSMENT | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Badgering | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HOGARTH | Fri Feb 12, 1999 | "A Harlot's Progress" artist | Joe DiPietro |
| HOLDTHEDOOROPEN | Sun May 29, 2011 | Show a bit of courtesy (for) | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| ISAOS | Wed Aug 22, 2012 | Golfer Aoki and others | Peter A. Collins |
| JEDGAR | Fri Mar 8, 2019 | 2011 biopic about an F.B.I. director | David Steinberg |
| KIMBA | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | White lion of old cartoons | Matt Gaffney |
| MATZOTH | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | Passover fare | William I. Johnston |
| NFLDRAFT | Sat Oct 6, 2007 | Annual sports event with seven rounds | Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Fri Apr 24, 1998 | "The Good-Natur'd Man" playwright | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PAIROFACES | Tue Jun 22, 1999 | First of five poker hands | Nancy Salomon |
| PARSERS | Sat May 6, 1995 | Grammarians, at times | Randolph Ross |
| PEERLESS | Wed Sep 13, 1995 | Incomparable | Eileen Lexau |
| PEEWEEFOOTBALL | Thu Jun 12, 2025 | Gridiron game for young tykes | Daniel Bodily |
| PRAIRIESCHOONER | Sat Apr 3, 1999 | Oregon Trail sight | Pat M. Hugel |
| PRINCESSLEIA | Tue Jan 17, 2017 | Iconic role for 2-/51-Down | Timothy Polin |
| RETURNRECEIPT | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Mailer's request | Joe DiPietro |
| ROUSEY | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Ronda ___, mixed martial arts standout of the 2010s | Joe Krozel |
| SCHEDULECHANGE | Sun Apr 13, 2014 | I.R.S. update? | Dan Schoenholz |
| SCRUFFY | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | In need of a trim, say | Ryan McCarty |
| TAXEXILE | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybe | Paula Gamache |
| THEMESSAGE | Thu Jun 17, 2004 | "Understand?" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| WICKER | Wed Mar 1, 2006 | Chair material | Richard Silvestri |