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 50,377 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGAINSTALLODDS | Mon Nov 21, 2016 | How an extreme underdog wins ... or this puzzle? | John Lieb |
| ALLELBOWS | Wed May 14, 2025 | Awkwardly lanky ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| ANYOLDWAY | Fri Oct 5, 2012 | In no particular order | Patrick Berry |
| CADDIED | Fri Nov 16, 2012 | Worked for a 40-Across | Victor Fleming |
| CARRACER | Sun Feb 26, 2006 | One in the fast lane? | Randolph Ross |
| DENTALINSURANCE | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | It covers bridges, typically | Mark Diehl |
| DOASTHEROMANSDO | Fri May 24, 1996 | Adapt, in a way | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| DOWNSTAIRS | Mon Feb 27, 2017 | On a lower floor | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DRUMMERS | Sat May 27, 1995 | Band members | A.J. Santora |
| EXOTICISM | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Foreignness | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GRAPESHOT | Fri Mar 29, 2013 | Small cannon balls | Josh Knapp |
| HUEVOSRANCHEROS | Fri Aug 30, 2013 | Alternative to a breakfast burrito | David Steinberg |
| INSTANTTAN | Thu Oct 13, 2016 | What a spray may provide | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| LAUNDEREDMONEY | Mon Jul 17, 2006 | Handled Mob finances, to a housekeeper? | Larry Paul |
| LIGHTPINK | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Color of many nurseries | Anna Shechtman |
| LIPIZZANER | Tue May 30, 2017 | Horse breed known for dressage [western writer] | Neville Fogarty |
| LOTSWIFE | Sun Jan 20, 2013 | Biblical figure punished for hindsight? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| MAHJONGTILE | Mon Jul 13, 2020 | Game piece on which 20-, 33- or 39-Across might be pictured | Erik Agard |
| MONTELL | Thu Sep 19, 2013 | R&B singer Jordan | Michael Blake |
| OTTOMANEMPIRE | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Constantinople was its capital | Andrew Zhou |
| OURLADY | Mon Apr 17, 2017 | Title for the Virgin Mary | Peter Gordon |
| PINTOBEAN | Sat Aug 25, 2018 | Tex-Mex morsel | Sam Ezersky |
| PIRATING | Sun Jun 23, 2019 | Using without paying royalties, say | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas |
| POWERFUL | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Strong | Mark Feldman |
| PRESSPOUND | Tue Sep 7, 2021 | Last step in telephone instructions, often | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| RARECOIN | Sat Mar 1, 2025 | Change you don't see very often | Ryan Judge |
| RECAGE | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | Confine again | David J. Kahn |
| REDOCK | Mon May 29, 1995 | Lay to at another marina | Bernice Gordon |
| SACROSANCT | Sat Dec 3, 2005 | Beyond criticism | Dana Motley |
| SKODA | Tue Jan 3, 2017 | Czech-made auto that's part of the Volkswagen Group | Michael Shteyman |
| SLUMPED | Sat Oct 1, 2022 | Had bad posture | Natan Last |
| SOTHIS | Sun Jul 20, 1997 | "___ Is Love" (1962 hit) | Rich Norris |
| SPILE | Sat May 13, 2017 | Tree-tapping spigot | Jeff Chen |
| TENNISBRACELET | Tue Jun 25, 2024 | Piece of jewelry consisting of a single line of diamonds | Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen |
| TESTKITS | Sun Nov 25, 2018 | Aids for determining pregnancy, e.g. | Joon Pahk |
| TRAININGBRAS | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Working on one's biceps and triceps in Toulon? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TRIGFUNCTION | Tue Mar 24, 2020 | The mathematicians met at a ... | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| UNAESTHETIC | Sat Sep 14, 2002 | Like an eyesore | Bruce L. Bliven |
| WELSHMEN | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | Tom Jones and Anthony Hopkins, by birth | Derrick Niederman |
| WETINK | Sun May 23, 2021 | Cause of a smudge | Jennifer Nebergall |