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 50,755 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOUNTREP | Sat Sep 5, 2020 | Client's company contact, informally | John Guzzetta |
| ADAPTATION | Sat Jan 31, 2009 | Evolutionary process | Ken Bessette |
| ASKPRICES | Mon Jun 22, 2020 | Lowest acceptable offers, in stock market lingo | Sid Sivakumar |
| AVUNCULAR | Sun Mar 23, 2003 | Friendly, as an older relative, say | Con Pederson |
| BADBREAK | Thu Aug 13, 2015 | Bit of misfortune | Jim Hilger |
| BARBARY | Wed May 6, 1998 | North African region | Richard Hughes |
| BIVALVE | Thu Nov 20, 1997 | Oyster, e.g. | Raymond Hamel |
| BYAHAIRSBREADTH | Wed Mar 20, 1996 | Barely | G. Newman |
| CATANIA | Sat Apr 11, 1998 | Sicily's second-largest city | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| CHICANE | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Trick | Frank A. Longo |
| COLLARSTAIN | Wed May 12, 2004 | See note | Allan E. Parrish |
| DIRTYMARTINI | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *Gin, vermouth and olive juice concoction | Richard F. Mausser |
| DISMISSING | Sat May 21, 1994 | Letting go | Charles E. Gersch |
| ENVELOPES | Tue Jun 7, 2005 | Stuffed mailers | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| FRENCHANTILLES | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Island group near Dominica | Benjamin Kramer |
| GARO | Sat Nov 28, 2015 | 1960s-'80s placekicker Yepremian, who helped the Dolphins win consecutive Super Bowls | Ned White |
| GODIS | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | "As ___ my witness" | Randolph Ross |
| GREATSALTLAKE | Fri Mar 5, 2010 | West Jordan is near it | Louis Hildebrand |
| IRISED | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | Opened or closed like an eye, in film lingo | David Kwong |
| ISUZURODEO | Sat Jan 1, 2011 | Onetime Chevy Blazer competitor | Mark Diehl |
| KORANIC | Fri Oct 22, 1999 | Of a sacred text | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| LOVEDWOMEN | Wed Sep 17, 2008 | Burt Reynolds: "The Man Who ___" (1983) | Edward Safran |
| NARROWER | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | More restricted | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OEUFS | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Quiche ingrédients | Pete Mitchell |
| OUTOFTHEPICTURE | Tue Jun 14, 1994 | Like an inept photographer's subject? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| OUTTRAY | Wed Jun 12, 2024 | Spot for a pile of finished work | Simeon Seigel |
| PINEDFOR | Sat Sep 24, 2016 | Missed a lot | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| PLAYWRIGHT | Mon Mar 14, 2016 | "Wilbur, get in the game!" | Lynn Lempel |
| PUSSYCAT | Thu Apr 15, 2021 | Gentle, mild-mannered sort | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer |
| ROCKINGHORSES | Fri Sep 26, 2014 | Some carved Victorian toys | Patrick Berry |
| SAYITAINTSOJOE | Mon Feb 28, 2000 | Plaintive plea in the 1919 Black Sox scandal | Jerry E. Rosman |
| SECRETRECIPE | Fri Jan 29, 2021 | Something you can't get in a restaurant | Robyn Weintraub |
| SLIDINGDOOR | Sat Jul 30, 2022 | Future-altering decision point, metaphorically | Lance Enfinger |
| SLYSTALLONE | Thu Aug 13, 2020 | Actor with a "Rocky" performance, familiarly | Jon Olsen |
| SWAPSSTORIES | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | *Engages in some mutual gossip | Jim Page |
| THENANDNOW | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Phrase in an article on grown-up child stars, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares | Jake Halperin |
| TIRESOMEPERSON | Tue Dec 7, 1999 | Bore | Norman S. Wizer |
| USGRADEA | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Highest-quality, according to govt. food regulators | Trent H. Evans |
| WAKER | Sun Jun 27, 1999 | Morning alarm | Robert Malinow |
| WITHNOWARNING | Mon Dec 13, 2004 | Unexpectedly | Sarah Keller |