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 50,849 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFORTIORI | Tue Jul 21, 2009 | Even more certain: Lat. | Donna S. Levin |
| AJUG | Sun Feb 13, 2005 | "___ of Wine, a Loaf of Bread " | Daniel C. Bryant |
| BISTATE | Sat Aug 18, 2001 | Like some port authorities | Rich Norris |
| BONDTRADING | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Exchange for 007? | Charles Deber |
| BREAKINGTHERULES | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Cheating | Finn Vigeland |
| CHEESEBALL | Sat Sep 13, 2014 | Super-corny | Josh Knapp |
| CLASSROSTER | Mon May 6, 2024 | Sheet with student names | Malaika Handa |
| CONSUMING | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | Getting down | Byron Walden |
| DIVIDENDS | Fri Nov 1, 1996 | Bonuses | M. Rosen |
| EARTHMOVER | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | Bulldozer | Sidney L. Robbins |
| FENCING | Sun Jun 5, 1994 | Olympics event since 1896 | Dean Niles |
| GAILLARDE | Thu Sep 22, 1994 | 13-Down dance, in France | George Quincy |
| HEREOF | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | "...upon receipt ___" | Matt Gaffney |
| HOPETHATHELPS | Mon Nov 11, 2013 | Friendly comment after providing information | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INFLIGHTMAGAZINE | Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Publication where this puzzle might be found | Sande Milton |
| JEROMEDAVID | Wed Nov 27, 1996 | The "J. D." of J. D. Salinger | R. Hughes |
| JERRYRICE | Fri Jan 6, 2006 | Legendary 49ers receiver | David Levinson Wilk |
| LIFEPRESERVER | Fri Nov 22, 2013 | On-deck circle? | Patrick Berry |
| MAGAZINES | Tue Feb 22, 2011 | What the starts of the answers to the eight italicized clues are | Ian Livengood |
| METOOERA | Tue Dec 10, 2024 | Period of accountability since 2017 | Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf |
| NATATORIA | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Indoor swimming pools | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| ONEEYEDJACKS | Wed Mar 6, 2024 | Nicholson and Nicklaus, e.g.? | Brad Wiegmann |
| PEPPERPOTTS | Mon Sep 26, 2016 | *Iron Man's love interest | Timothy Polin |
| PERFECTSCORES | Sun Jan 5, 2020 | What composers do when they add the finishing touches? | Will Nediger |
| PERTLY | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | With a saucy style | Nancy Salomon |
| PIANISTE | Thu Jul 9, 1998 | Keyboard professional | Norman S. Wizer |
| PIANOHINGE | Thu Oct 21, 2010 | Cabinetmaker's hardware | Dan Naddor |
| RETAILSHOP | Mon Sep 30, 2024 | Mom-and-pop store, e.g. | Alexander Liebeskind |
| SCHOOLDANCE | Mon May 28, 2018 | Prom, e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SECURITIESANALYST | Sun Jun 24, 2007 | Wall Street worker | Eric Berlin |
| SNIFFER | Wed Oct 25, 2000 | Bloodhound, at times | Nick Grivas |
| SOLCERVEZA | Mon Jun 1, 2015 | Popular Mexican brew | David Woolf |
| THEEMMYS | Thu Apr 27, 2017 | Annual September TV event | Todd Gross |
| THELATELAMENTED | Fri Jul 18, 1997 | Descriptive words of honor | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TOMMYJAMES | Tue Jul 16, 1996 | 60's singer with the Shondells | R. Hamel |
| UNDERSPENDS | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | Is frugal | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VIVAVOCE | Thu Mar 7, 1996 | Orally | C. Millhauser |
| WHEEDLE | Fri Mar 3, 2006 | Inveigle | Tyler Hinman |
| WHIMWHAM | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | Gimcrack | Manny Nosowsky |
| WIREDAHEAD | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Provided electricity for the john? | Ed Early |