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 50,360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLTEL | Sun Jun 1, 2008 | Mobile phone company | Patrick Berry |
| APPROVED | Mon Jul 18, 2016 | O.K.'d | Jacob Stulberg |
| BITEMARKS | Tue Jun 28, 2016 | Things spiders leave | Alex Vratsanos |
| BORETHECOST | Fri Jan 12, 2024 | Covered expenses | Hemant Mehta |
| BORISES | Sat Mar 2, 1996 | Three kings of Bulgaria | N. Joline |
| BRAFITTING | Fri Mar 7, 2025 | Service for someone who needs support? | Malaika Handa |
| BROCK | Mon Sep 25, 2000 | Base stealer Lou | Peter Gordon |
| CLOISONNE | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Decorative enamelware | Peter Gordon |
| COFFEEPOT | Thu Jul 31, 2008 | One that's "perky" in the morning | Allan E. Parrish |
| DOBBY | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | House-elf in the Harry Potter books | Ricky Cruz |
| DREAMHOUSE | Wed Jul 26, 2023 | Ideal place to live | Mary Crane |
| FILETOFSOLE | Wed Nov 26, 2008 | Boneless entree | Harvey Estes |
| FIRMEST | Sat Nov 23, 2019 | Least giving | Trenton Charlson |
| GIGUE | Tue Oct 12, 1999 | Lively French dance | Ed Early |
| GIRLI | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | "The ___ Left Behind Me" (Civil War tune) | Mark Feldman |
| HEBRON | Wed Sep 20, 1995 | West Bank city | Randy Sowell |
| ITALIE | Fri Nov 16, 2018 | Neighbor of Suisse | Kyle Dolan |
| JETLAGGED | Fri Aug 21, 2020 | Suffering from desynchronosis | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| JIFPEANUTBUTTERSANDWICH | Sat May 10, 1997 | What a "choosy mother" might pack for lunch | Isabel Walcott |
| JUMBOS | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | 747 and Airbus A380, as jets go | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| JUVENILE | Wed Oct 17, 2018 | Minor | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| KISSUP | Tue May 30, 2000 | Act the toady, slangily | Fred Piscop |
| KRIPS | Sat Feb 24, 2001 | Austrian conductor Josef | Rich Norris |
| MONOTONOUS | Wed Jan 14, 2009 | Like a stereotypically bad professor | Oliver Hill |
| ONECLUB | Sun Dec 1, 2013 | Lowest bid in bridge | Alan DerKazarian |
| OVERANDABOVE | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | In addition to | Bob Klahn |
| PAGESIX | Fri Jun 28, 2024 | New York Post gossip section named for its location | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| PINCURL | Sun Jul 13, 1997 | A bobby pin may hold it | Fred Piscop |
| PTAMEETING | Mon Jul 25, 2005 | Mom-and-pop event and a hint to the insides of 17- and 41-Across and 11- and 40-Down | Lynn Lempel |
| RAINBOWTROUT | Thu Sep 13, 2018 | Colorful food fish | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RETICULAR | Wed Oct 30, 2002 | Netlike | Kumar Balani |
| RUNGIN | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Signaled, on a quiz show | Patrick Berry |
| SEVENCOMEELEVEN | Wed Jun 8, 2011 | Cry heard at a 37-/40-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| SMARTINVESTOR | Wed Nov 12, 2008 | Market-savvy sort | Peter A. Collins |
| SPEECHAID | Tue Jan 24, 2023 | Electronic device for a person with voice impairment | Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen |
| SWISSFAMILYROBINSON | Sun Apr 14, 2013 | Classic novel subtitled "Adventures in a Desert Island," with "The" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TALA | Sun May 31, 1998 | Indian percussion rhythm | Cathy Millhauser |
| UNNEAT | Tue Mar 26, 1996 | Messy | J. S. Marrone |
| VODKAGIMLET | Fri Sep 1, 2006 | Tart bar order | David Quarfoot |
| WIDESHOT | Sun Jul 31, 2022 | Big picture | Jesse Goldberg |