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 50,921 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 |
| BROKERSTIP | Fri Jun 8, 2007 | "Buy now," e.g. | Randolph Ross |
| BURDIES | Sat Dec 6, 1997 | FRENCH WINES | David J. Kahn |
| CABLESITCOMS | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts | Finn Vigeland |
| CEMENTNAIL | Wed Jun 15, 2011 | Fastener for basement flooring, perhaps | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| COLORANT | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Shade provider | Robert H. Wolfe |
| COURIER | Thu Oct 27, 2016 | Package delivery person | Milo Beckman |
| DAC | Sat Apr 20, 1996 | ___ Lac (Vietnamese province) | R. Norris |
| DAMPISH | Sun Apr 5, 2026 | Like a wrung-out mop | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| DETESTERS | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Bigots, e.g. | Trip Payne |
| DOYOURWORST | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | "Go ahead. I'm not scared" | Michael Schlossberg |
| ELIMINATIONDIET | Sun Nov 7, 2021 | Nutritional plan involving controlled removal of foods | Sid Sivakumar |
| EQUIPPING | Wed Mar 22, 2000 | What makes people write LOL? | Richard Silvestri |
| FASTICE | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Freeze that extends out from a coastline | Sam Trabucco |
| FEEDINGONESFACE | Sat May 18, 2013 | Packing it in | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| GAMEMISCONDUCT | Sun Sep 30, 2007 | *Ice hockey penalty | Kelsey Blakley |
| GONEAHEAD | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Out to scout | Manny Nosowsky |
| GUERRILLA | Tue Sep 7, 1999 | Castro, prior to 1959 | David Ainslie Macleod |
| HANGONASEC | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | "Hold up ..." | Tom Pepper |
| HEELERS | Sat May 3, 2014 | Many party hacks | Sam Ezersky |
| HELLEN | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Greeks' ancestor | Cathy Millhauser |
| INTHELINEOFDUTY | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | While officially working | R. Norris |
| JUNKPILE | Thu Aug 1, 2019 | JKL | Patrick Merrell |
| LACIE | Sun May 18, 2008 | "Alice in Wonderland" sister | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LETSTAKEITSLOW | Tue Mar 31, 2020 | "We shouldn't rush this" | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
| MASERU | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | Capital of Lesotho | Nelson Hardy |
| NINEDOWNONETOGO | Fri Aug 23, 2002 | "Almost finished," as to a decathlete | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PANTSROLE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Term for a male opera character played by a woman | Ryan McCarty |
| PROKOFIEVSFIRST | Tue Feb 28, 1995 | "Classical" | Nancy S. Ross |
| RAISETHEPOT | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The marijuana dealer tried to | Michael Ashley |
| SKYETERRIER | Fri Nov 21, 2008 | Scottish dog breed | Patrick Berry |
| SLAVESHIPS | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | The Amistad and others | Manny Nosowsky |
| SPLITTHEBILL | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Go Dutch ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 37- and 44-Across | Emily Carroll |
| SUBCONTRACT | Tue Jun 24, 2014 | Outsource, as part of a job | Heather Valadez |
| TAKESTHEREINS | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Assumes control | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito |
| THECOMIC | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | 1969 film starring Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TINSMITHS | Wed Jan 21, 2015 | Some sheet metal workers | Jim Hilger |
| WEDDINGCHAPEL | Sun Jan 1, 2017 | Hitching post? | Matthew Sewell |
| WHITECOLLAR | Wed Feb 16, 2022 | Worker designation coined by Upton Sinclair | Rich Proulx |
| WIICONSOLE | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | Piece of Nintendo game equipment | Richard Chisholm |