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 50,346 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICANSTUDIES | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | Interdisciplinary college major | Byron Walden |
| ASLARGE | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | Comparatively bulky | David J. Kahn |
| BARKLEY | Sat Nov 11, 2023 | N.B.A. great nicknamed "Sir Charles" | Blake Slonecker |
| CASEWORKERS | Mon Nov 13, 1995 | Welfare office employees, e.g. | Norma Steinberg |
| CELEBRATE | Fri Jan 23, 2004 | Observe | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CHALKUP | Sat Apr 19, 1997 | Ascribe (to) | Rich Norris |
| CHARIER | Sun Feb 20, 2000 | More circumspect | Trip Payne |
| CHUCKJONES | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Artist and co-creator of 91- and 110-Across | Daniel Grinberg |
| COINDEALER | Fri Jan 14, 2011 | One who knows the value of a dollar | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DECIMETERS | Fri May 10, 2019 | There are just over three in a foot | Andrew J. Ries |
| DESCRIBES | Sat Jul 21, 2018 | Characterizes | Jason Flinn |
| DEWCLAW | Sat Dec 21, 2013 | Canine vestigial structure | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| EQUOID | Thu Feb 1, 2001 | Pertaining to primitive horses | Frances Hansen |
| FOAMPEANUT | Wed Aug 27, 2014 | Bit of packaging detritus | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
| FRONTALATTACK | Fri Apr 27, 2001 | No behind-the-back criticism | Mark Diehl |
| GETSEVENWITH | Sun Dec 30, 2001 | Pays back | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GNAWEDAT | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Gradually corroded | Joe DiPietro |
| HANGINGAROUND | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Loitering | Joe Krozel |
| HOPTOAD | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Critter with a sticky tongue | Courtenay Crocker III |
| HYDROGEN | Sun Feb 12, 1995 | #1 on a table | Alex & Victoria Black |
| IRISHWOMAN | Thu Jul 5, 2001 | Edna O'Brien or Sinéad O'Connor | Peter Gordon |
| LIRI | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Italian river valley in W.W. II fighting | Robert Dillman |
| MARRER | Sat Oct 31, 2009 | Graffitist, e.g. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MILOOSHEA | Mon Jan 8, 2018 | "Ulysses" star, 1967 | Sam Ezersky |
| ORONYM | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream" | Brandon Koppy |
| PUNCHLINES | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | If successful, they're laughed at | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| QUILTER | Thu Nov 17, 1994 | Sewing machine attachment | Rich Norris |
| RAVISHING | Sat Oct 26, 2024 | Gorgeous | Peter A. Collins |
| RIDEALONE | Fri Mar 3, 2006 | Not car-share | Tyler Hinman |
| SAILEDIN | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | Came to port | David J. Kahn |
| SECRETRECIPE | Fri Jan 29, 2021 | Something you can't get in a restaurant | Robyn Weintraub |
| SEXSYMBOL | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Rihanna or Sharon Stone | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| SHAHDOMS | Sun Nov 8, 1998 | Iran, once, and others | Fred Piscop |
| SNAPDECISIONS | Tue Jun 14, 1994 | Photojournalists' choices? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| STAGERIGHT | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Common entry point | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| STATEMENTS | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Showers of purchases | Karen M. Tracey |
| TIMDUNCAN | Wed Apr 20, 2022 | <em>Aptly named N.B.A. M.V.P., in a manner of speaking</em> | Joseph Greenbaum |
| UPPEDTHEGAME | Sat Jun 5, 2021 | Took things to a whole new level | Peter Wentz |
| USTROOPS | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | G.I.'s | Byron Walden |
| WATTEAU | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | "Embarkation of Cythera" artist | Bryant White |