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 50,655 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDIQUOTE | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | "Here's what they said ..." | Joe DiPietro |
| BIDPRICE | Sun May 14, 2023 | Prospective eBay buyer's figure | Sid Sivakumar |
| BRIBERIES | Sat Jun 14, 2008 | Boodlers' acts | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CINEPLEX | Thu Sep 6, 2007 | It has many pictures | Daniel C. Bryant |
| COCCUS | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Spherical bacterium | Frank Longo |
| CONDOMINIUM | Thu Jan 31, 2019 | Timeshare unit, often | Peter A. Collins |
| DNIESTER | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | Ukraine/Moldova border river | Joe Krozel |
| ENDRESULTS | Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Final outcomes | Sande Milton |
| FAIRHAIREDCHILD | Tue Feb 7, 2012 | One who's favorably looked upon | Mike Buckley |
| HALFMARATHON | Mon Nov 23, 2015 | Race just over 13 miles long | Parker Lewis |
| HERLIHY | Sun Feb 10, 2019 | Tim ___, frequent collaborator with Adam Sandler | Lee Taylor |
| HOOKINGUP | Fri Dec 9, 1994 | Attaching | Matt Gaffney |
| INDEPENDENCEHALL | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Longtime setting for 20-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INQUEUE | Sat Jul 16, 2005 | Waiting one's turn | Michael Shteyman |
| JAROMIR | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Many-time N.H.L. All-Star Jagr | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| KLEPTOCRACY | Fri May 1, 2009 | Government marked by rampant greed and corruption | Joon Pahk |
| LETHALWEAPON | Mon Nov 27, 2017 | 1987 Mel Gibson film | Kevin Christian |
| LOBSTERBIB | Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Tie one on at dinner | James Mulhern |
| MADEYOULOOK | Fri Apr 22, 2016 | Taunt to a head-turner | Robyn Weintraub |
| MERCYBUCKETS | Sat Mar 9, 2024 | "Thanks a lot!," in intentionally butchered French | John Guzzetta |
| MUNROE | Sun Jan 11, 2026 | Randall who created the webcomic "xkcd" | Dylan Schiff |
| ORDERONLINE | Fri Apr 22, 2016 | Make an Amazon visit, say | Robyn Weintraub |
| PEARLED | Sun Aug 29, 2004 | Dived for treasure? | Manny Nosowsky |
| PENNYPINCHES | Sun Apr 4, 2004 | Lenny makes buys while ... | Manny Nosowsky |
| PESSIMIST | Wed Jan 5, 2022 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues | Damon Gulczynski |
| PRESIDENTELECT | Wed May 23, 2018 | Choose in advance, expanded? | David Steinberg |
| PROMISING | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | Favorable | Barry C. Silk |
| PROXIMATE | Sun Jun 8, 2008 | Close | Will Nediger |
| RAFFLES | Sun Dec 5, 2004 | Some fund-raisers | David J. Kahn |
| REDWING | Mon Oct 9, 2000 | Detroit N.H.L.'er | Teresa M. Hackett |
| RICHARDII | Sun May 22, 1994 | Henry Bolingbroke's victim | Randolph Ross |
| SHOWERDRAIN | Wed Nov 25, 2009 | Where lost hair may accumulate | Allan E. Parrish |
| SHOWERED | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Didn't just spit | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| SLIMBUILD | Mon Sep 23, 2024 | Slender body type | Freddie Cheng |
| TEAPARTIER | Tue Jul 21, 2015 | *Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck, e.g. | David Phillips |
| TENORHORN | Sat Apr 29, 2000 | Brass brand member | Patrick D. Berry |
| THEMOLE | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | Former reality TV show first hosted by Anderson Cooper | Sam Trabucco |
| WALKINS | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Some closets | Rich Norris |
| WELCOMEHOME | Mon May 2, 2016 | Greeting to a returning soldier, maybe | Paula Gamache |
| WIGOUT | Wed Feb 4, 2009 | Freak | Paula Gamache |