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 50,840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHARAY | Sat Jan 28, 2012 | Product of some decay | Barry C. Silk |
| ASWITH | Wed Sep 12, 2018 | Just like | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| BEEFALOS | Sun Jul 21, 2002 | Low-fat meat providers | Trip Payne |
| BLOCKQUOTES | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Set-off chunks of text | Michael Hawkins |
| BRIDGET | Tue Dec 10, 2002 | One of the Fondas | John Underwood |
| CAMERAWORK | Mon Nov 16, 2020 | Job for a cinematographer | Jennifer Nutt |
| CHEVRON | Fri Aug 13, 1999 | Sergeant's badge | Frances Hansen |
| CONVENED | Fri May 26, 2017 | Met | Robyn Weintraub |
| COOPTED | Sun Feb 15, 1998 | Took for oneself | Rich Norris |
| DIDANUMBERON | Sat Jun 20, 1998 | Dyed brown? | Cathy Millhauser |
| FAMOUSPOTATOES | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Phrase on ID tags | Peter Gordon |
| FORTYTWO | Thu Jan 11, 2007 | Jackie Robinson wore it | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| GUINEVERE | Sun Apr 21, 2013 | Lover of Lancelot | Jonah Kagan |
| HEREDITARY | Tue Sep 16, 1997 | Like many titles | Christopher Page |
| HOHOKUS | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | New Jersey town with a hyphenated name | David J. Kahn |
| JETLAGGED | Fri Aug 21, 2020 | Suffering from desynchronosis | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| KEPTINTOUCH | Fri May 15, 2020 | Wasn't a stranger | Christopher Adams |
| LANKAN | Sat Dec 10, 2016 | Sri ___ | Byron Walden |
| LITERARYSOCIETY | Wed Apr 1, 1998 | CIRCLE | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NOKIDDING | Fri Jan 27, 2006 | "Is that a fact?!" | Sherry O. Blackard |
| OFFPEAK | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | Like late-night commuter trains | Michael David |
| OILYGOO | Fri Jun 25, 2004 | Greasy kid stuff | Manny Nosowsky |
| OUTOFSEASON | Mon Jan 2, 2012 | Like melons in spring, e.g. | Paula Gamache |
| PAAVONURMI | Sat Dec 27, 2008 | Track gold medalist in three 1920s Olympics | Karen M. Tracey |
| PASSEDGO | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Collected $200, say | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| POTLEAVES | Thu Sep 23, 2021 | Symbols often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it" | Simeon Seigel |
| PROMISERING | Sun Apr 21, 2013 | Commitment signifier | Jonah Kagan |
| PRYER | Mon Mar 29, 1999 | Snoop | Bill Ballard |
| RESTSUP | Sun Sep 9, 2001 | Takes a break | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| ROASTING | Thu Oct 8, 1998 | Very hot | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SHIRLEYMACLAINE | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Actress (1983), supporting actor (1999) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SHOULDER | Thu Jul 7, 2011 | Carry, as a burden | Caleb Rasmussen |
| SKATEBY | Fri Aug 7, 2020 | Do minimal work and succeed | Tom Pepper |
| SLIVERING | Sat Apr 22, 2017 | Reducing to splinters | Adam Fromm |
| STONECRAB | Wed Aug 8, 2012 | Creature prized for its claws | Peter A. Collins |
| TRACTILE | Thu Sep 8, 2011 | Able to be drawn out | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| VELVEETA | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Kraft product | Byron Walden |
| XSHAPED | Mon Dec 26, 2022 | Like old-fashioned railroad crossing signs | Kurt Weller |
| YOUTHHOSTEL | Thu Feb 24, 2000 | Thrifty traveler's stop | Manny Nosowsky |
| ZIGGY | Wed Sep 1, 2021 | ___ Stardust, alter ego of David Bowie | Sean Yamada-Hunter |