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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSCOTT | Sun Apr 12, 2020 | Player of Ben Wyatt on "Parks and Recreation" | Joel Fagliano |
| ANTIACID | Thu Aug 29, 1996 | Stomach calmer: Var. | R. Ross |
| ARCHAEOLOGICALDIG | Sun May 26, 2024 | "My dog could translate an ancient Mesopotamian tablet faster than you" | John Kugelman |
| AUNTEM | Sun Mar 22, 2020 | Literary character whose house is uprooted by a tornado | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BURSTATTHESEAMS | Wed Jun 13, 2018 | Not be contained anymore | Michael Hawkins |
| BUTHEY | Tue Sep 1, 2020 | "Nevertheless ...," informally | David Steinberg |
| CIRCLEOFLIFE | Tue Jun 11, 2019 | Song that opens and closes 23-Down and whose title is literally described in this puzzle's center | David J. Kahn |
| CLIN | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Health facility: Abbr. | Frank A. Longo |
| CLYDESDALE | Thu Jan 9, 2025 | Charlie horse | David P. Williams |
| COTILLARD | Sat Jul 23, 2022 | Marion ___, Best Actress winner for "La Vie en Rose" | John Lieb |
| DEVOUT | Thu Dec 25, 1997 | Pious | A. J. Santora |
| DOUBLESTUFOREO | Mon Jul 14, 2014 | Sandwich cookie with abundant filling | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| FIXIEBIKE | Sat Feb 20, 2016 | Single-speed two-wheeler | James Mulhern |
| GETANAFOREFFORT | Fri Oct 27, 2017 | Have one's hard work recognized | David Steinberg |
| GIVEPROPS | Mon May 27, 2024 | Offer kudos, in modern lingo | Christopher Youngs |
| GLOBALWARMING | Mon Apr 22, 2024 | One symptom of climate change | David J. Kahn |
| JIMMYHOFFA | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Labor leader dropping off? | Henry Hook |
| MADCOW | Sun Mar 21, 2021 | Bovine disease | Julian Kwan |
| METLIFESTADIUM | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "Nosebleed seats - but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!" | Tracy Gray |
| OILLEAK | Sun Mar 17, 2024 | Cause of a driveway stain | Simeon Seigel |
| OSLOFJORD | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PATHFINDERS | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | Nissan S.U.V.s ... or, diverged: Emotional appeal | Natan Last |
| PORTAGES | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Overland routes | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| PUREBREDDOGS | Thu May 6, 2021 | Poodles, but not schnoodles or doodles | Ed Sessa |
| RAWPOWER | Fri Aug 23, 2002 | Brute strength | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REAROUSE | Sat Dec 30, 2000 | Get excited over? | Rich Norris |
| RELIGIOUSRITE | Mon Jul 1, 2024 | Bat mitzvah, for example | Margi Stevenson |
| RENNY | Fri Apr 7, 2006 | "Die Hard 2" director Harlin | Adam Cohen |
| SECRETRECIPES | Sat Jan 11, 2020 | Things that might be kept covered in a kitchen | Andrew J. Ries |
| SLASHPINE | Fri Jul 11, 1997 | Turpentine source | Bob Klahn |
| STILLATIT | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Not yet done | Patrick Merrell |
| STRANGELOOP | Mon Apr 12, 2021 | Cyclical paradox discussed in "Gödel, Escher, Bach" | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| TAXEXILE | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybe | Paula Gamache |
| THEMANILOVE | Sun Mar 24, 1996 | Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" | J. K. Brill |
| THEVERYIDEA | Wed Dec 23, 2015 | "Nonsense!" | Jim Peredo |
| TNS | Wed Jan 22, 2014 | Weigh station wts. | Jared Banta |
| UNLAY | Tue Sep 9, 2003 | Separate the strands of, as rope | Robert Zimmerman |
| WINTERGREENMINTS | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Strong breath fresheners | Jeremy Newton |
| XORO | Thu Mar 20, 2008 | Tic-tac-toe choice | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| YEAHIBET | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | "A likely story!" | Bruce Haight |