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 50,477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKRUN | Mon Aug 6, 2012 | *Result of a financial panic | Lynn Lempel |
| BITMAPS | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Alternatives to GIFs | Carter Cobb |
| BUTTERS | Mon Oct 11, 2004 | Flatters, with "up" | Jim Hyres |
| CELTICCROSS | Wed Jan 15, 2003 | Irish symbol | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CLUBBY | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Intimate | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| COLLUDED | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Caballed | F. Longo |
| COUPONCODE | Fri Mar 11, 2022 | Characters at checkout | Robyn Weintraub |
| DIGHT | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Adorn, in old literature | Matt Ginsberg |
| DOMESTICATE | Sat May 1, 2021 | Break | Ryan McCarty |
| DROPPASS | Thu Mar 9, 2000 | Hockey or soccer maneuver | Myles Callum |
| EFFACED | Fri Feb 7, 2020 | Erased | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| EFFUSIVE | Sun May 30, 1999 | Overflowing | Cathy Millhauser |
| ENGLISHTRIFLE | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | Layers of sherry-soaked torte, homemade custard and fruit served chilled in a giant stem glass | Tracy Bennett |
| FEELSUPTOIT | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Is ready for the task | Byron Walden |
| FLASHBULLETIN | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Photographers' newspaper? | Cathy Millhauser |
| FREESAMPLE | Fri Jul 7, 2023 | Counter offer? | Adrian Johnson |
| GOLDSTRIKE | Sun May 10, 2020 | Discovery that might cause a rush | Adam Fromm |
| GUILDS | Tue Feb 21, 2017 | Trade associations | Timothy Polin |
| HANDGRIP | Mon Feb 19, 2018 | HARDING + P = Squeezable exercise tool | Bruce Haight |
| HIGHIQS | Tue Jun 23, 2009 | 140 and up, say | Caleb Madison |
| HOYDEN | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | Tomboy | Grant Thackray |
| INAUGURALS | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Office addresses? | Evan Birnholz |
| JOHNNIE | Sun Sep 2, 2012 | Cochran who defended O. J. | Joel Fagliano |
| LUREDON | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Tempted | Ned White |
| MINUTEST | Sun May 31, 2009 | Least | Kelsey Blakley |
| NIPPIEST | Thu May 2, 1996 | Most chilly | D. J. Kahn |
| PECCADILLOES | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Minor indiscretions | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| PUBQUIZ | Sat Mar 1, 2008 | Event in which teams may drink rounds during rounds | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RADIONEWS | Thu Jan 17, 2013 | Top-of-the-hour broadcast, maybe | Milo Beckman |
| REBALLOT | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Take another vote | F. Longo |
| SANCTIONING | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Making binding | Trip Payne |
| SIDERO | Sun Jun 22, 1997 | Iron: Prefix | Matt Gaffney |
| SMARVELOUS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Elided phrase in a Gershwin song | Joe Krozel |
| STABLY | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | How Jenga blocks are placed, hopefully | Joseph Gangi |
| STIGMATA | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Blemishes | Alfio Micci |
| SUFFIXED | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | Added at the end, like the "-ness" in "kindness" | Gia Bosko |
| TOOTHSOME | Sun May 3, 1998 | Delicious | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TWOTHOUSANDTWO | Tue Jan 1, 2002 | See 4-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNBAKED | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Not yet in the oven | David Levinson Wilk |
| UNINHIBITED | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | *Freely expressive | David Steinberg |