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 51,195 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATION | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Offering to an idol | Byron Walden |
| AONEANDATWO | Wed May 7, 2014 | Lawrence Welk intro words | Kurt Mueller |
| ARTEST | Fri Jan 13, 2023 | Onetime N.B.A. star Metta Sandiford-___ | Brad Wiegmann |
| BEAL | Thu Oct 30, 1997 | See 45-Across | Cathy Millhauser |
| BLISTERS | Thu Aug 8, 2002 | Sore spots | Patrick Merrell |
| CLOSENESS | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Proximity | M. Francis Vuolo |
| COFFEEANDDANISH | Mon Jun 17, 2002 | Two for breakfast? | Janice M. Putney |
| DAYTRIP | Fri Aug 11, 2023 | Travel that doesn't require a hotel reservation | John-Clark Levin |
| FIFO | Wed Aug 9, 1995 | Inventory system, for short | Richard Hughes |
| FOODPYRAMID | Tue Oct 7, 2008 | Diagram of nutritional needs | Kevin G. Der |
| GRIFFIN | Wed Apr 15, 2020 | Mythical beast that's half lion and half eagle | John-Clark Levin and Jeff Chen |
| GRUNION | Sun Oct 16, 1994 | Fish that spawns at high tide | Raymond Hamel |
| GUERILLA | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Kind of warfare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GUINNESSONTAP | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Obi-Wan Kenobi actor's thoughts about Gregory Hines? | Joe DiPietro |
| HENMAN | Sun Apr 20, 2008 | 1990s-2000s English tennis star Tim | John Farmer |
| HOOPSTER | Thu May 7, 2009 | B-ball player | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INSPORT | Tue May 15, 2012 | Playfully | Susan Gelfand |
| LEDUCTHO | Tue Nov 12, 2002 | Vietnamese official who declined a Nobel Peace Prize | Adam Cohen |
| LICENSEFEES | Sun May 1, 2016 | Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departments | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| LIFESIZE | Fri Apr 6, 2007 | Not enlarged or shrunken | Will Nediger |
| MANCAVES | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | Some garage conversions | Tom Pepper |
| MIGRATOR | Tue Oct 21, 2014 | Seasonal traveler | Patrick Blindauer |
| MOG | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Pet cat, in British lingo | Will Nediger |
| NINESEVEN | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Score after a tie-breaking safety | Joe DiPietro |
| NOTAPEEP | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | "Shut your mouth!" | Claire Rimkus |
| ONRELIEF | Sun Jan 9, 2011 | Getting help, in a way | Patrick Berry |
| PARSI | Thu Nov 10, 1994 | Zoroastrian | Alfio Micci |
| PECUNIA | Sun Oct 23, 1994 | Money: Lat. | Cathy Millhauser |
| PENPUSHER | Sun Jul 23, 2017 | One doing routine office work, informally [5] | Caleb Madison |
| PENTAS | Fri Dec 9, 1994 | Some hotels | Matt Gaffney |
| PROLOGS | Sat Oct 22, 2005 | Prefatory parts | Patrick Berry |
| PUMPERNICKEL | Sun Feb 3, 2013 | Alternative to white | Dan Schoenholz |
| RIGHTSMART | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Considerably large, in Appalachian dialect | John Westwig |
| SCRUFFY | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | In need of a trim, say | Ryan McCarty |
| SLICEABLE | Fri Jul 22, 2011 | Like deli meats | Todd McClary |
| VOODOOS | Sat Mar 18, 1995 | Magic systems | Manny Nosowsky |
| WAITFORTHETONE | Thu Sep 8, 2005 | Advice on a fitness instructor's answering machine message? | Ben Tausig |
| WBOSON | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Subatomic particle named for the weak force | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| WIFIPASSWORD | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Deterrent to squatting | Byron Walden |
| WILLYOUMARRYME | Wed Jan 7, 1998 | 1992 Paula Abdul hit, with Stevie Wonder on harmonica | Bob Klahn |