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 50,390 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVER | Sat Dec 11, 1993 | Success story | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ALLTHETRIMMINGS | Tue Jun 3, 2014 | What Thanksgiving turkey may come with ... as suggested by parts of 17-, 22-, 38- and 51-Across? | Susan Gelfand |
| ANYOF | Wed Mar 13, 2002 | "Don't give me ___ your lip!" | Ed Early |
| BOBBERS | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Certain sled riders | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| CHANGETO | Tue Dec 1, 2020 | Replace with | Byron Walden |
| CIVILLAW | Sat Sep 18, 2004 | Basis on which many suits are pressed | Bob Peoples |
| COEDDORMS | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Buildings often segregated by floor | Patrick Berry |
| COSMICJOKE | Sat Oct 21, 2017 | Twist of fate you can't help but laugh at | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| COSSETED | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Spoiled | Patrick Berry |
| CRACKDOWNS | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Police actions | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CRULLERS | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Deep-fried doughy treats | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| ENSALADA | Thu May 9, 2002 | It's tossed at Spanish restaurants | Cathy Millhauser |
| EVCREDIT | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | *Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say | Joe Deeney |
| FACINGIT | Sat Aug 23, 2003 | Not running away from a challenge | Rich Norris |
| FREDPERRY | Sun Feb 14, 2021 | British tennis champ who invented the sweatband | Lisa Bunker |
| GRACKLES | Fri Jul 1, 2011 | Cousins of blackbirds | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| INTERROBANG | Fri Jan 16, 2015 | ?! | Michael Wiesenberg |
| IRISHCREAM | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Baileys, for one | Jamey Smith |
| IVANREITMAN | Fri Aug 21, 2009 | Director of "Meatballs" and "Stripes" | Patrick Berry |
| LASHUP | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Makeshift arrangement | Kelvin Zhou |
| NICEQUALITY | Thu Sep 29, 2011 | [See blurb] | Ben Fish |
| OFNOCONSEQUENCE | Sat Mar 27, 2004 | Eliciting a "So what?" | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ONMYOWN | Wed Aug 4, 2021 | 1986 #1 hit for Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald | Brandon Koppy |
| OUIMONSIEUR | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | Polite assent in Paris | Richard Chisholm |
| PARTCOMPANY | Tue Jun 2, 2020 | Go their separate ways ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 35- or 47-Across? | John Guzzetta |
| PEARLFISH | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the name | Alex Vratsanos |
| PENDENT | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Suspended | Rich Norris |
| PREMEDITATEDACT | Sat Oct 11, 2003 | Something planned | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RAYMONDCARVER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Scribbling sculptor | Martin Schneider |
| SANDWICHBAG | Fri Aug 18, 2017 | Sometimes-zippered container | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SEMICIRCULAR | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Junk mail a trucker might get? | Patrick Merrell |
| SHAWARMA | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Street food prepared on a rotisserie | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| STORAGESPACE | Tue May 11, 2021 | *What closets and attics provide | Kevin Patterson |
| SUNNYSIDEUP | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | *Egg order [the Obamas] | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SWEAROFF | Sun Nov 9, 2008 | Renounce | Paula Gamache |
| TAKESTOTHESTUMP | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Begins campaigning | Manny Nosowsky |
| TITRATES | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Determines the concentration of a dissolved substance | Tom McCoy |
| WHININESS | Thu Mar 27, 1997 | Puling | Alex Vaughn |
| XRAYMACHINE | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | "Get an inside look at our booth" (Buffalo, 1901) | Kevin G. Der |
| YELLOWTAIL | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | Game fish | Frank A. Longo |