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 50,937 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUTES | Tue Dec 10, 1996 | Accents in "resume" | D. Niles |
| AGRADES | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | Top marks | Simeon Seigel |
| ANDWHATNOT | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | "... plus all the rest" | Adrian Johnson |
| BARMAGNET | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | It has two poles | Timothy Polin |
| BEAMENDS | Sat Dec 30, 2006 | Deck support borders | Rich Norris |
| BUTWHYCANTIWEARIT | Sun May 9, 1999 | ...on the first day of school | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CENSUSTAKER | Mon Apr 21, 2014 | Decennial official | John Lieb |
| CODICILS | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | Add-ons, of a sort | David J. Kahn |
| COZYCOUPE | Sun Dec 20, 2020 | Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus | Randolph Ross |
| DAYINANDDAYOUT | Mon Jul 24, 2000 | Nonstop | Gregory E. Paul |
| DISCOINFERNO | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | The Trammps torch song? | Matthew Sewell |
| DUVALLS | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Robert and Shelley | Bette Sue Cohen |
| EPINEPHRINE | Fri Oct 11, 1996 | Asthma sufferer's relief | F. Longo |
| EWGROSS | Tue Dec 24, 2024 | "That's disgusting!" | Sarah Sinclair |
| FINA | Sat Feb 21, 2004 | Purveyor of luxury tableware Michael C. ___ | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry |
| GOODOLDDAYS | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Yesteryear, nostalgically | John Farmer |
| GOOGLETIME | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Friday | Ekua Ewool |
| HIGHSPIRITS | Thu Aug 4, 2022 | Gaiety | Ella Dershowitz |
| ICECORES | Sun Mar 17, 2019 | Some Antarctic samples | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen |
| IDOLIZER | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | More than an admirer | Maura B. Jacobson |
| ITSABIGIF | Tue Feb 11, 2020 | "Things may well not happen the way you suppose" | Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen |
| JOMARCH | Sat May 22, 2010 | Literary tomboy | Will Nediger |
| LEFTRIGHT | Wed Feb 28, 2018 | When repeated, marching orders? | Peter A. Collins |
| LIGHTPENS | Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Implements for "writing" on computer screens | Jim Page |
| LOUISII | Sat May 17, 2008 | Holy Roman Emperor, 855-75 | Mike Nothnagel |
| MEOHMY | Mon May 19, 2003 | Quaint exclamation | Trip Payne |
| ORMOLUS | Wed Sep 10, 2003 | Goldlike alloys | Patrick Berry |
| PLAYEDCUPID | Tue Oct 4, 2022 | Set up a couple on a blind date, say | Joe Deeney |
| RESPAN | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | Cross over | David J. Kahn |
| RISIBLES | Sun May 8, 2011 | Sense of humor | Daniel A. Finan |
| ROACHMOTEL | Fri Jan 1, 1999 | Extermination station | Joe DiPietro |
| ROUNDHOLE | Sat Oct 7, 2006 | See 17-Across | David Quarfoot |
| SKELETOR | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Archenemy of Mattel's He-Man | Alex Vratsanos |
| STICKONS | Sun Aug 14, 2022 | Post-it notes, e.g. | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| STIRSUPDRAMA | Sun Dec 4, 2022 | The cooking show contestant ... | Gustie Owens |
| TESTINESS | Sun May 4, 2003 | Short fuse | Tyler Hinman |
| THECOLORBARRIER | Sat Jun 14, 2003 | See 17-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOOKTIME | Sun Mar 17, 2024 | Deliberated (on) | Simeon Seigel |
| UNCLETOMSCABIN | Mon Jan 2, 2006 | 1852 book | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| UNIRONICALLY | Wed Oct 19, 2022 | "I'm worried I may have anemia," said Tom ___ | Ryan Patrick Smith |