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 50,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFREE | Mon Sep 10, 2012 | "It's ___ country!" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ALLOVERAGAIN | Mon Dec 20, 2004 | End of 17-Across | Kyle Mahowald |
| ANONYMITY | Mon Dec 14, 1998 | Fame's opposite | Randy Sowell |
| CADDYSHACK | Fri Feb 1, 2002 | Chase scenes abound in this movie | Pat M. Hugel |
| CICHLID | Sun Apr 11, 1999 | Spiny-rayed aquarium fish | Matt Gaffney |
| COLEUS | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Mint-family plant with bright-colored leaves and blue flowers | Brad Wilber |
| CRABBALLS | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Shellfish hors d'oeuvres | Jean O'Conor |
| DONTLIETOME | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Demand for honesty | Hemant Mehta |
| EVERESTBASECAMP | Fri Jun 2, 2023 | It's an uphill climb from here | John Ewbank |
| GOONTHELAM | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Take flight | James E. Buell |
| HANDOUTS | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Fliers, e.g. | Bob Klahn |
| HOLLOWVICTORY | Mon May 19, 2008 | Win that brings little actual gain | Mike Nothnagel |
| INTENDER | Sat Apr 29, 2006 | Person with a plan | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ITSALLRIGHT | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Reassuring words | David J. Kahn |
| JAMESWOODS | Sun Sep 21, 2003 | "The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___ | Randolph Ross |
| LANDOFNOD | Fri Sep 21, 2001 | Retiree's destination? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LEGOPERSON | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | Toy brick figurine | Claire Rimkus |
| LOFTIER | Sun Jan 24, 2021 | Higher, as ambitions | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
| MAJORFIXERUPPER | Wed Aug 24, 2022 | "The space has endless possibilities!" | Colin Ernst |
| MANEATINGSHARK | Thu Apr 11, 2024 | "Jaws" menace | Dan Caprera |
| MOUNTAINPINKS | Tue Jun 23, 1998 | Plants with small, fragrant flowers | Rich Norris |
| MUTTONHEADED | Tue Jun 5, 2018 | Stupid | Peter Gordon |
| NEARLYWEDS | Sat Oct 22, 2022 | They're about to say "I do" | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| NOTABIGDEAL | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | "It's all good" | Sam Trabucco |
| NUTMEGGER | Sat Aug 5, 2006 | Connecticut resident | Trip Payne |
| OLYMPIADS | Tue Jul 6, 2004 | Quadrennial events | Matt Skoczen |
| PEACEDEAL | Fri Sep 6, 2024 | One might be reached at a summit | Adrian Johnson |
| PODRACER | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Anakin Skywalker flew one in "Star Wars Episode I" | Trip Payne |
| REAIRING | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Showing again | David J. Kahn |
| SINEBAR | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Angle-measuring instrument | Tracy Gray |
| SOLEHEIR | Fri Aug 13, 2021 | Person who is willfully alone? | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| STEERSCLEAR | Wed Mar 3, 2021 | Avoids, with "of" | Ann Shan |
| TAUTOLOGICAL | Wed Feb 21, 2024 | Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| TITLETRACK | Thu May 18, 2006 | "Hey Jude" or "Help!" | Peter A. Collins |
| UPPERRIGHT | Thu Mar 13, 2008 | Northeast, on a map | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WAGONMASTER | Thu Dec 31, 2015 | Sickly-looking overlord? | Ben Tausig |
| WARI | Sun Dec 4, 1994 | African board game | Robert H. Wolfe |
| WEAKTEA | Wed Aug 26, 2020 | Insubstantial beverage ... or argument | Carl Larson |
| WIFELY | Thu Sep 7, 2000 | Uxorial | Manny Nosowsky |
| YALEALUMNI | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | Presidents Taft, Ford, Clinton and both Bushes | Andrew Zhou |