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 50,361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOWLINGS | Wed Sep 20, 2006 | Very cool 1970's N.F.L.er? | Joe DiPietro |
| ANDREOTTI | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | Italian P.M. nicknamed Divo Giulio | Peter Koetters |
| BAHHUMBUG | Mon Feb 5, 2001 | Cynic's snort #1 | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| BEAUFORT | Sun May 16, 2010 | ___ Sea, north of Alaska | Matt Ginsberg |
| CAMPAIGNER | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | Person on a trail | John Scott Marrone |
| CHINESEZODIAC | Sun Jan 30, 2011 | Collection of animals featured in this puzzle | Kevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui |
| DEVELOPER | Sat Mar 22, 2003 | One with lots to think about | Rich Norris |
| DIALO | Tue Nov 27, 2012 | Connect with an operator | Peter A. Collins |
| DIDJUSTICETO | Fri May 4, 2007 | Treated fairly | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXTEMPORE | Sun Feb 20, 2005 | Off-the-cuff | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLOODPLAIN | Mon Aug 29, 2011 | Bad place to live when the river rises | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| FRESHENED | Fri Jul 26, 1996 | Deodorized | G. Newman |
| GROWINGCONCERN | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Farmer's emotion during a dry season? | Howard Barkin |
| HAPPYENDING | Sun Dec 8, 2013 | Satisfying finale coming to pass? | Patrick Berry |
| HIBERNATE | Sat Jun 14, 2025 | Go out in the winter? | Barbara Lin |
| HUMANBEINGS | Tue Jul 24, 2018 | Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| LEOPOLDIII | Sat Jun 21, 2003 | King of Belgium, 1934-51 | Dana Motley |
| LETTERN | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | End of discussion? | Eric Berlin |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | Sat Aug 7, 2021 | Insubstantial | Adam Aaronson |
| LONESTARFLAG | Wed Nov 5, 2008 | Sight at the Texas Capitol | Doug Peterson |
| MAJORLY | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | In a big way | Eric Berlin |
| MALLARDS | Sun Oct 2, 2011 | Green-headed water birds | Eric Berlin |
| OILBARREL | Fri Feb 5, 2021 | Unit officially defined as 42 gallons | Erik Agard |
| OILTUBE | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Engine line | Paula Gamache |
| PAIROFACES | Tue Jun 22, 1999 | First of five poker hands | Nancy Salomon |
| PRECIOUSGEMS | Thu Nov 15, 2018 | Contents of a treasure chest | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| QUIBBLES | Fri Nov 16, 2007 | Nitpicking | Chuck Deodene |
| QUITESURE | Thu Jul 14, 2011 | "Oh, that's definite" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood |
| RESAVES | Tue Nov 22, 2011 | Backs up another time, as computer data | Victor Fleming |
| SCUBATANK | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | *Smelled | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SECTIONED | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Partitioned | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| SUCKAT | Wed Jul 23, 2025 | Perform dreadfully, so to speak | Joseph Gangi |
| SUNRISESUNSET | Thu May 15, 2008 | Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEEVILEYE | Thu Feb 15, 1996 | Bewitching stare | Matt Gaffney |
| THEGRANITESTATE | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | New Hampshire | Jeff Chen |
| THEHONORABLE | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Mayor's introduction? | Byron Walden |
| THINKFAST | Tue Sep 23, 1997 | Dieter's credo? | Nancy Salomon |
| UPPERCUT | Wed Dec 7, 1994 | Potent punch | Chet Currier |
| WHYTHEBIGRUSH | Tue May 16, 2006 | Officer's query to a speeder | Nancy Salomon |
| WINGBEAT | Sun Jan 28, 2007 | A hummingbird has a fast one | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |