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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIP | Wed Nov 13, 2013 | Have ___ (surreptitiously imbibe) | Jean O'Conor |
| APPLEBEES | Thu Jan 31, 2019 | Alternative to TGI Fridays | Peter A. Collins |
| BANANAREPUBLICS | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Much of Central America, once | Joe DiPietro |
| BEVEWYVEWYQUIET | Wed Nov 24, 1999 | With 58-Across, a famous Elmer Fuddism | Greg Staples |
| BOCKS | Sun Feb 28, 1999 | Strong beers | Dave Tuller |
| BYTHEBOOK | Thu Nov 24, 2011 | Not vary from proper procedure | Sharon Delorme |
| CHINWAG | Sat Nov 28, 2015 | Yak | Ned White |
| CONVERT | Sat Mar 17, 2018 | Persuaded one | Roland Huget |
| CRULLER | Sun Jun 9, 2002 | Bakery treat | Randolph Ross |
| DADDIES | Sat Apr 6, 2002 | Pops | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DARNSOCKS | Thu Oct 14, 2021 | "I keep losing things in the dryer!" | Matt Fuchs |
| DOGTREATS | Sun May 22, 2022 | Rewards for staying, maybe | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| ELION | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine Nobelist | Michael Shteyman |
| GALLIO | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Roman proconsul in a biblical dispute | Matt Jones |
| GOFORTHEGOLD | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Aurophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| HAIROIL | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Pomade | Patrick Berry |
| HEAROUT | Sat Jan 31, 1998 | Listen fully | Rich Norris |
| HOWRUDE | Fri Aug 9, 2019 | "Well, excu-u-use me!" | John Guzzetta |
| IRRESOLUTE | Fri Mar 1, 2013 | Waffling | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| JOEWALSH | Sun Oct 6, 2024 | Longtime guitarist for the Eagles | John Kugelman |
| KIOWAN | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | Of a Plains people | Manny Nosowsky |
| LUDICROUS | Wed Feb 11, 2015 | *"Chicken-n-Beer" rapper, to an overzealous copy editor? | Will Treece |
| MARSHLANDS | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Where bulrushes grow | David J. Kahn |
| MOTLEYCRUE | Sun Apr 24, 2011 | Group with the 6x platinum album "Dr. Feelgood" | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| NAPERER | Thu Nov 25, 1993 | Officer in charge of the king's table linen | Joy L. Wouk |
| NOLDE | Sat Sep 14, 1996 | German Expressionist Emil | Christopher Page |
| NOPIECEOFCAKE | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively | Tracy Bennett |
| ORIENTEXPRESS | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | See 15-Down | David J. Kahn |
| POSHLY | Sun May 22, 2016 | In a luxurious manner | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| RAGBAGS | Sat Mar 7, 2015 | Hodgepodges | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| SILESIANS | Fri Dec 9, 1994 | Dwellers on the upper Oder | Matt Gaffney |
| SOCIALCHAIR | Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Party leadership? | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| STRESSANDSTRAIN | Fri Jun 17, 2005 | Cause of gray hairs | Manny Nosowsky |
| STUFFEDSOLE | Mon Nov 18, 2002 | Surf serving #4 | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| THEMISSUS | Thu Feb 13, 2003 | A man's "better half" | Joe DiPietro |
| THEWIZARDOFMENLOPARK | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Nickname for 86-Across | Ian Livengood |
| TILLNEXTTIME | Wed Jun 5, 2013 | "Later" | Mark Bickham |
| TINNERS | Sun Oct 23, 1994 | Some smiths | Cathy Millhauser |
| TRENTAL | Sun Feb 21, 1999 | Series of 30 requiems, to Roman Catholics | Fred Piscop |
| TURNLEFT | Fri Jun 16, 2000 | "Haw!" | Manny Nosowsky |