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 51,180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMITSIT | Sat Nov 29, 2014 | Comes clean | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| APNOEA | Sun May 5, 2013 | Sleep problem, to Brits | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BION | Thu Oct 18, 2007 | One of a series of joint Soviet/U.S. space satellites | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| BPLOT | Mon May 20, 2024 | Secondary story, in TV lingo | Jack Scherban |
| CASEYKASEM | Sun Jan 27, 2019 | Longtime host of "American Top 40" | Randolph Ross |
| CATCHYOULATER | Tue Jul 28, 2026 | *"Until next time!" | Adam Vincent |
| CRIMEGROUP | Wed May 12, 2004 | See note | Allan E. Parrish |
| DIVS | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Depts. in depts. | Randolph Ross |
| DOUAY | Fri May 2, 1997 | Catholic Bible version | Matthew L. Jones |
| DREWAWAY | Thu Oct 14, 1999 | Recoiled | Joe DiPietro |
| ELPER | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Cockney's assistant | Cathy Millhauser |
| FOURPART | Thu Sep 26, 2013 | Like barbershop harmony | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| FUNERALS | Wed Jun 5, 2024 | "Obsequy" and "exequy" are fancy terms for these rites | David Rockow |
| HIRESACAR | Wed Jun 20, 2018 | Goes by livery taxi | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| IMSTILLCRAZYABOUTYOU | Sun Mar 4, 2012 | She said "After all these years ..." | David J. Kahn |
| INOZ | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | "Rinkitink ___" (L. Frank Baum book) | Paula Gamache |
| JERBOAS | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | Desert rodents | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| KAZOOTIE | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Lilliputian of early 50's TV | Bob Klahn |
| LAMINAE | Sun Jan 7, 2018 | Thin layers | David Steinberg |
| LAURELED | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | Like some ancient Greek victors | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LEMONMERINGUEPIE | Fri May 1, 2015 | Tangy dessert | David Steinberg |
| LIBERTYVALANCE | Tue Jun 11, 2024 | *Title role for Lee Marvin in a 1962 western | Chloe Revery |
| MABELS | Thu Feb 25, 1999 | Cabaret singer Mercer et al. | Jim Page |
| MRSWIGGINS | Mon Aug 26, 1996 | Bumbling Carol Burnett role | G. E. Paul |
| OARSWOMEN | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Some boat crew members | Sam Ezersky |
| OBSERVATIONDECK | Mon Feb 9, 2004 | Top of a tall building, maybe | Robert Dillman |
| OHIOPLAYERS | Wed Aug 12, 2020 | Chart-topping 1970s R&B/funk band suggested by the starts of 17-, 26-, 39- and 50-Across | Adesina O. Koiki |
| PLACEBET | Thu Feb 13, 2003 | Money put on a horse to finish second | Joe DiPietro |
| PUBLICAN | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | Tavern keeper | Louis Sabin |
| RAWNERVE | Sun Aug 14, 2022 | It's touchy to hit | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| RETAINSWATER | Thu May 14, 2026 | Gets bloated, say | Simeon Seigel |
| SALOONDOORS | Tue Aug 3, 2010 | Western entrances | Paula Gamache |
| SCRUMPTIOUS | Mon Aug 23, 2004 | "Dee-licious!" | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| SPERMBANK | Sun Mar 19, 2006 | It has frozen assets | Michael Shteyman |
| STUDIOEXECUTIVE | Sat Dec 23, 2017 | Hollywood V.I.P. | Matthew Sewell |
| SUASION | Sat Jan 4, 2003 | Effort to convince | Patrick Berry |
| VERALYNN | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" singer, 1952 | Randolph Ross |
| VOTEDFOR | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Supported, as a ballot measure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WILDIDEA | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Flight of fancy | Robert S. Gard |
| WOIM | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | Butch's "Our Gang" pal | Stanley Newman |