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 50,526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALESELLERS | Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Taverns and such | Mark MacLachlan |
| BATTINGAVERAGE | Sun Nov 17, 2019 | Baseball skill: C | Randolph Ross |
| BELOVE | Sun Jun 18, 1995 | "Could This _____?" (1990 song) | Rich Norris |
| BRAPAD | Tue Jan 22, 2019 | Bikini insert | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| COMPACTSUV | Mon Aug 16, 2021 | Kia Sportage or Ford Escape | Freddie Cheng |
| DAYDREAMERS | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | They're in la-la land | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DOUGLASADAMS | Mon May 30, 2016 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author | David Woolf |
| EXOTICISM | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Foreignness | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FOREWORDS | Mon Aug 1, 1994 | Preambles | Thomas W. Schier |
| FRENCHINDOCHINA | Thu Dec 14, 2000 | Vietnam was part of it | Peter Gordon |
| GROWTHHORMONE | Sun May 8, 2016 | Somatotropin, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| HOLDINGPATTERNS | Sat May 8, 2010 | They keep airliners aloft | Mark Diehl |
| IFIFELL | Sun Dec 22, 2013 | Beatles tune from "A Hard Day's Night" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INDISPUTE | Fri Aug 23, 2024 | Debated | Taylor Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| INSISTSUPON | Tue Jun 20, 2017 | Demands | Jason Flinn |
| ISMOREORLESSOK | Sun Feb 26, 2006 | Ambiguity ___ | Randolph Ross |
| JUNKY | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | Worthy of being tossed | Tim Croce |
| KRAB | Wed Mar 20, 2019 | The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob SquarePants's workplace) | Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| LEMONCREAM | Tue Aug 18, 2009 | Tangy pie filler | Tony Orbach |
| LIMEWEDGE | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Garnish for a Moscow mule | Robyn Weintraub |
| LOSINGASTEP | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | No longer at the top of one's game | Drew Schmenner |
| LOUIEANDERSON | Sun Oct 19, 1997 | Standup comedian who wrote "Letters From an Adult Child" | David J. Kahn |
| MRSOLEARY | Tue Feb 1, 2000 | Chicagoan in 1871 news | A. J. Santora |
| NONJURY | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Like some trials | Manny Nosowsky |
| PEARLFISH | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the name | Alex Vratsanos |
| PLAINES | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | Des___ | R. Wolfe |
| POISONIVY | Tue Dec 10, 2019 | Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be" | Eric Berlin |
| PRIVATEINVESTMENTS | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | G.I. dressed like a priest? | Randolph Ross |
| QUIBBLES | Fri Nov 16, 2007 | Nitpicking | Chuck Deodene |
| REVOLVERS | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | They're drawn in western scenes | Patrick Berry |
| RIVERBASIN | Tue Nov 1, 2022 | Central Brazil, for the Amazon | Bruce Haight |
| SEIZINGON | Tue Aug 10, 2021 | Suddenly taking up, as an idea | Anne Grae Martin |
| SIBERIANS | Tue Jul 4, 1995 | Remote Russians | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| SPIKER | Thu Nov 21, 1996 | Volleyball player, at times | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| THIRTYMINUTES | Thu Nov 23, 2017 | Halftime show? | Howard Barkin |
| TORTEN | Wed Oct 1, 2003 | Rich cakes, in Germany | A. J. Santora |
| TOUCHDOWNPASSES | Mon Jul 21, 2025 | Successful throws to the end zone | Katy Steinmetz and Rich Katz |
| VILLAGEIDIOT | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Bad occupation for Doc? | Adam Fromm |
| WAYNEMANOR | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Fictional home with a secret basement | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| WORKWITHAPASSION | Sun Nov 16, 2003 | Emulate some of Bach's composing? | Cathy Millhauser |