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 50,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATION | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Offering to an idol | Byron Walden |
| ADVERBIAL | Wed Jul 23, 1997 | Kind of clause | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BICYCLETIRES | Thu Mar 15, 2001 | "Health club exercise is so boring!" | Cathy Millhauser |
| CHUBBY | Mon May 28, 2012 | A little on the heavy side | Kurt Mueller |
| COLBYCOLLEGE | Mon Nov 3, 2014 | Liberal arts school in Waterville, Me. | Janet R. Bender |
| COMEX | Tue Dec 30, 1997 | One of the financial markets, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COMFITS | Thu Apr 13, 2023 | Candied fruits or nuts | Robin Yu |
| COSMONAUT | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Popovich or Gagarin, e.g. | Bryant White |
| CRYPTIC | Sun May 26, 2019 | Puzzling | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| DEATHTOSMOOCHY | Wed Oct 22, 2003 | 2002 Robin Williams film | Judy Cole |
| DECIARE | Fri Mar 9, 2001 | 10 square meters | Mitch Komro |
| DEHISCE | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Burst open | Fred Piscop |
| DISHEDOUT | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Served | Kevin G. Der |
| DODGEMONACO | Thu Jun 11, 2015 | *Model of the Blues Brothers' Bluesmobile | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| DRYUP | Tue Sep 5, 1995 | Evaporate | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| FACTOTUM | Sun Jul 6, 2014 | General servant | Daniel C. Bryant |
| GOURMETCOOKS | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | High-level course planners? | Jim Page |
| HERMAJESTY | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Lead-in to some royal names | Barry C. Silk |
| HOPERS | Sun Apr 24, 2005 | Optimistic types | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HOWDOYOUPLEAD | Mon Feb 24, 2003 | Judge's query | Gregory E. Paul |
| IMPUDENCE | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Brass | Rich Norris |
| INFOIL | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | How Hershey's Kisses are wrapped | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JAPANESELANTERN | Sat Nov 21, 2009 | Party lighting option | Gary J. Whitehead |
| LESSOF | Thu Jul 8, 2010 | Thinks ___ (disesteems) | John Farmer |
| MISCOUNT | Sun Mar 21, 2010 | Election problem | Adam Fromm |
| MOPEDAROUND | Tue Jun 24, 1997 | Ride an engine-powered bike? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| MOTORCITY | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Center of the U.S. auto industry | Erik Agard |
| NODOPE | Wed Aug 29, 2012 | A real smarty | Tony Orbach |
| NOTUPTOSPEED | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Doing poorly at the marathon | Randolph Ross |
| PALADINS | Fri Jun 17, 2022 | Heroic knights | Pao Roy |
| PITMASTER | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | Head honcho at a barbecue | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| PLAYPOSSUM | Mon May 23, 2022 | Feign sleep | Simon Marotte |
| QUEENSUGAR | Sat Sep 2, 2017 | Oprah Winfrey Network show about a family farm | Erik Agard |
| SICEMBOY | Tue Mar 15, 2011 | Order to Rex | Jeremy Newton |
| SNIFFED | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Examined, as a dog might | Carter Cobb |
| SPRINGES | Sat Sep 14, 1996 | Snares | Christopher Page |
| TOMATOBASE | Sat Oct 15, 2022 | What makes clam chowder "Manhattan" rather than "New England" | John Hawksley |
| WAKEME | Sat Oct 28, 2023 | Napper's request | Ryan McCarty |
| WHENI | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | "___ Fall in Love" (1961 hit by the Lettermen) | Kurt Mueller |
| YUCA | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | ___ fries (South American side) | Ryan McCarty |