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 50,500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOITES | Fri Nov 20, 1998 | ___ de nuit (cabarets) | Manny Nosowsky |
| CALENDS | Sun May 5, 2002 | First day of the month, in ancient Rome | Patrick Berry |
| CHEETO | Thu Nov 18, 2021 | Cause of some orange fingers | Ori Brian |
| COMMONNAME | Thu Mar 13, 2008 | "Black rat" as opposed to "Rattus rattus" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DEARABBY | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Start for someone seeking advice | James F. C. Burns |
| DIDNTGETTHEMEMO | Sat Feb 1, 2020 | Was completely uninformed | Mark Diehl |
| DIRTBIKES | Tue Jul 22, 2014 | Off-road two-wheelers | Joel Fagliano |
| DONCORLEONE | Tue Jun 12, 2012 | Ruthless figure in "The Godfather" | Peter A. Collins |
| DONTLOOKATME | Fri Jun 26, 2020 | "Not my problem" | Robyn Weintraub |
| DROOLOVER | Tue Oct 6, 2015 | Find incredibly desirable | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DUCHESSOFCORNWALL | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Title for Prince Charles's Camilla | Kyle Dolan |
| ETERNALCITY | Mon Nov 11, 2013 | Rome's nickname, with "the" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GARLICFRIES | Sat Sep 2, 2023 | Top-selling concession item at San Francisco's Oracle Park | Rebecca Goldstein |
| GILTS | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Fancy embellishments | Manny Nosowsky |
| GRATEFULDEAD | Tue Nov 23, 1999 | Jerry Garcia's band, with "the" | Nancy Salomon |
| GTCARS | Tue Jan 2, 2007 | Sporty wheels | Sarah Keller |
| INQUIRY | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Fact-finding mission | Sam Ezersky |
| INTHEUSA | Wed Sep 16, 2009 | Where Springsteen was born | Maura B. Jacobson |
| JIPIJAPA | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Panama hat material | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| KUNDERA | Sat Jan 30, 2021 | Milan ___, author of 1984's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" | Nam Jin Yoon |
| LABORUNIONS | Thu Oct 22, 2020 | They put in long hours to get better hours | Sid Sivakumar |
| LEAVEITTOME | Sat May 15, 2010 | "You needn't worry about that" | Trip Payne & Patrick Berry |
| LEFTISH | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Having liberal political tendencies | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| LOOKINGSHARP | Thu Mar 3, 2016 | Dressed neatly and fashionably | Andrew Zhou |
| LOWPOST | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Area of a basketball court near the basket | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MAGICTRICK | Wed Jul 6, 2022 | Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. ... which happens three times in this puzzle | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| NOVISITORS | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Sign outside a hospital room, maybe | Hemant Mehta |
| ODORANT | Wed Mar 29, 2017 | Aromatic additive to natural gas | Jules P. Markey |
| OPTOMETRIST | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Pupil watcher | Bryant White |
| PEANUTOIL | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | What pad Thai is often cooked in | Kevan Choset |
| PRAYFOR | Sat Sep 23, 2000 | Request in earnest | Rich Norris |
| PUTTOAVOTE | Thu Mar 23, 2017 | Settle by calling the question | Sandy Ganzell |
| RESCUEOP | Sun Feb 18, 2024 | Lifesaving mission, for short | Sid Sivakumar |
| RIFLESCOPE | Wed Jan 6, 1999 | Marksman's aid | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| SCAMPERING | Sat Aug 21, 1999 | Like kids in a playground | Charles E. Gersch |
| SHOUTITOUT | Mon Jun 1, 2020 | "Don't hesitate to say what you want" | Erik Agard |
| SKIPSTOWN | Wed Feb 14, 2007 | Takes a powder | Paula Gamache |
| TEAMAKER | Sat Sep 23, 2000 | Social convenience | Rich Norris |
| TUCKET | Tue Jun 11, 2024 | Trumpet flourish | Chloe Revery |
| XRAYMACHINE | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | "Get an inside look at our booth" (Buffalo, 1901) | Kevin G. Der |