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 50,408 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSTRACTIONISTS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Pollock and Kline, e.g. | R. Ross |
| AERIALRECON | Thu Dec 27, 2018 | Drone's job | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| ARCDE | Thu Sep 2, 2004 | ___ Triomphe | David J. Kahn |
| AUTHORPUBLISHER | Sat May 15, 2010 | Writer who doesn't need an agent | Trip Payne & Patrick Berry |
| BALDCAPS | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Parts of Mr. Clean and Lex Luthor costumes | Natan Last |
| BLEACHES | Sun Jul 27, 1997 | Whitens | June Boggs |
| COMEINTOTHEOPEN | Sat Jan 21, 2012 | Emerge | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COMPASSNEEDLE | Sun May 2, 2021 | C-sharp? | Dan Schoenholz |
| CORIOLISFORCE | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres | Jeff Chen |
| DOROTHYDIX | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | Her advice column debuted in 1896 | Henry Hook |
| EFFERVESCE | Sun Aug 19, 2001 | Show some enthusiasm | David J. Kahn |
| EKU | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Richmond, Ky., coll. | Cathy Millhauser |
| ELECTIONEERED | Sat Feb 4, 2017 | Helped someone move into an office, say | Patrick Berry |
| EMBATTLE | Tue Jul 1, 1997 | Fortify, as a town | Fred Piscop |
| EUGENETMALESKA | Mon Apr 11, 1994 | Noted name in puzzling | Martin Schneider |
| FABULOUS | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Second part | Patrick Berry |
| GAINSGROUND | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "Here's where Mississippi Delta often ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | Wed Mar 30, 1994 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) | Eileen Lexau |
| GOODCITIZENS | Mon Nov 4, 1996 | Part 3 of the comment | P. Wilson |
| HALLMARKHOLIDAY | Fri Dec 15, 2023 | Term for an overly commercialized celebration | Alex Tomlinson |
| HANAUMABAY | Sat Jul 11, 2009 | Snorkeling spot near Honolulu | Karen M. Tracey |
| JASMINEGUY | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | "A Different World" actress | Byron Walden |
| KISSINGKIN | Thu Feb 19, 2004 | Close cousins | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) |
| KROGERS | Sat Aug 18, 2012 | Some markets | Dana Motley |
| LUE | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Tyronn ___, N.B.A. champion as both player and coach | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| MOVEITORLOSEIT | Mon Oct 11, 2021 | "Get out of the way!" | Ben Pall |
| OCEANTIDES | Tue Aug 28, 2007 | They're controlled by the moon | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| OZEMPIC | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | Antidiabetes drug taken by many for weight loss | Jeremy Newton |
| PEACEGARDEN | Mon Jun 22, 1998 | North Dakota tourist attraction | Shannon Burns |
| PONTIFIC | Fri Feb 22, 2002 | Like a pope, old-style | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POOLPUMP | Tue Dec 30, 2014 | Certain water circulator | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| PROTECTOR | Tue Apr 3, 2012 | Knight, to a damsel | Paula Gamache |
| STEEPHILL | Thu Jun 17, 2004 | Marathoner's challenge | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SUREASSURECANBE | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Absolutely confident | Alan Jay Weiss |
| THEREBELS | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Ole Miss, athletically | Ian Livengood |
| THERIGHT | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | Conservatives | Stanley Newman |
| TOERINGS | Fri Oct 5, 2012 | What married women in India traditionally wear | Patrick Berry |
| TOPLOADER | Thu Feb 24, 2022 | Washing machine that opens upward | Jake Halperin |
| VARICOSEVEIN | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Vessel seen just below the surface? | Peter A. Collins |
| WINTERERS | Sun May 9, 2004 | Some seasonal Florida residents | Charles M. Deber |