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 50,260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICANSWALLOWS | Tue Sep 13, 2005 | "Monty Python" birds | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| ANOTHERTIME | Sat Oct 5, 1996 | "Later" | T. Payne |
| ANTICOLONIALIST | Sat Sep 23, 2023 | Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi | Robert Charlton |
| ASSOIL | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Pardon, once | Frank A. Longo |
| BANKACCOUNT | Thu Jul 18, 1996 | Noted Swiss item | W. R. Williams |
| BILLYGOATSGRUFF | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Grass-eating trio | Lynn Lempel |
| CHILOE | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Island off the west coast of South America | F. Hansen |
| CONCLUSIVEPROOF | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | It settles a case | Jake Halperin |
| EMILYSLIST | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | *Prominent left-leaning political action committee | Ross Trudeau |
| ERGONOMICCHAIR | Fri Aug 17, 2001 | Best seat in the house? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EVERCLEAR | Sat Aug 8, 1998 | 90's band with the hit "I Will Buy You a New Life" | Trip Payne |
| FARSIGHTED | Sun Oct 19, 2003 | The estate planner was ... | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FRONTAXLES | Sat Sep 15, 2007 | Steering system components | Brad Wilber |
| GOLDENRATIO | Thu May 5, 2022 | Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters] | Adam Wagner |
| HAILFROM | Tue Sep 26, 1995 | Are residents of | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| HAVEON | Sun May 3, 2009 | Wear | Caleb Madison |
| HAYDNSYMPHONIES | Wed Jul 19, 1995 | What this puzzle's numbers refer to | Nancy S. Ross |
| HEIMLICH | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | Eponymous doctor with a maneuver | Corey Rubin |
| KIDDY | Wed Feb 9, 2011 | Kind of pool or ride | Victor Barocas |
| LANDMASS | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | Australia, e.g. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| LIAISONS | Sun May 21, 2006 | Trysts | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| LOAMSOIL | Wed Aug 26, 2015 | Planter's bagful | Ian Livengood |
| LOWCARD | Sat May 3, 1997 | Deuce, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| MAKEUPTEST | Mon Aug 13, 2012 | What this crossword is, in a way? | Gareth Bain |
| ONEPOTATOTWOPOTATO | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Start of a counting rhyme | Michael Shteyman |
| OPTI | Wed Mar 29, 2017 | ___-Free (contact lens solution) | Jules P. Markey |
| PARKSODAM | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | Actress who played "Jessica" in "Parasite" | Paolo Pasco |
| PATENTEE | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Bell for the telephone, for one | Simeon Seigel |
| PRYAWAY | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Extricate with leverage | Byron Walden |
| RACEWALKS | Fri Jan 13, 2023 | Takes steps to compete? | Brad Wiegmann |
| RAPTUROUS | Fri Jan 26, 1996 | Carried away | M. Nosowsky |
| SACKRACES | Fri Feb 1, 2013 | They make people jump at picnics | Josh Knapp |
| SHRUGOFF | Wed Nov 10, 1999 | Dismiss disdainfully | Joan Yanofsky |
| SPANISHTUTORIAL | Thu Sep 10, 2020 | Exercise before a trip to Latin America, say [Sixth] | David J. Kahn |
| STOPMAKINGSENSE | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | 1984 Talking Heads concert film and hit album | David Levinson Wilk |
| SUGARMOMMA | Thu Aug 29, 2024 | Spouse to a trophy husband, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| SWASHBUCKLER | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Errol Flynn kind of role | Mary E. Brindamour |
| TRACESTO | Fri Apr 3, 2020 | Determines as the source | Joe Deeney |
| WITTS | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Olympian Katarina et al. | Manny Nosowsky |
| ZIGZAGS | Sat Dec 4, 1999 | Irregular courses | Rich Norris |