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 50,872 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWERTHEPHONE | Wed Jan 18, 2023 | 59-Across from an anxious caller? | Lindsay McBride |
| ARIDZONE | Wed Nov 25, 2020 | Desert, e.g. | John Guzzetta and Jeff Chen |
| BALLYARD | Thu Jan 30, 2014 | Home is one corner in it | Dan Schoenholz |
| BLASTZONE | Mon Jul 11, 2016 | Detonation area | Freddie Cheng |
| CANOPYBED | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | What has good coverage for retirement? | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| CARDTRICK | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Entertainment from a magician | Ken Stern |
| CCLASS | Fri Sep 28, 2018 | Mercedes line | Kameron Austin Collins |
| CLIPPINGS | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | Scrapbook fodder | Byron Walden |
| CLUTCHPERFORMANCES | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Late rallies | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| DAMAS | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Leonardo's ladies | Matt Jones |
| DAVIDHO | Wed Sep 25, 2024 | AIDS researcher who was Time's 1996 Man of the Year | Peter Gordon |
| DEADONARRIVAL | Sun Apr 15, 2018 | Timely entrance? | Alex Bajcz |
| DEHISCE | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Burst open | Fred Piscop |
| EPILOGUE | Sat Feb 20, 2010 | Words after "The end" | Paula Gamache |
| ETYMO | Sat Jan 8, 1994 | Linguistic origins | Rand H. Burns |
| GAOLBREAK | Sat Oct 14, 2006 | Reading event? | Byron Walden |
| GETSINTOTROUBLE | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Has a brush with the law | David J. Kahn |
| HADAR | Sat May 28, 2005 | First magnitude star in Centaurus | Bob Peoples |
| HEYWOOD | Sat Sep 2, 1995 | "Begin the Beguine" pianist Eddie | Manny Nosowsky |
| IDYLLSOFTHEKING | Wed Apr 8, 1998 | Tennyson's 12-poem series | Nancy S. Ross |
| LIEAROUND | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Be idle | Joe Krozel |
| LORDLY | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Aristocratic | Dan Feyer |
| LOWELLS | Fri Dec 9, 1994 | Boston literary family | Matt Gaffney |
| MRSPEEL | Wed Aug 10, 2011 | Emma of "The Avengers" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PECULIAR | Fri Mar 30, 2012 | Funny | Joe Krozel |
| PICKEREL | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | Redfin fish | Jim Page |
| RANDOWN | Sun Jun 12, 1994 | Stopped ticking, as a clock | Frances Hansen |
| ROYHOBBS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | The Natural | Randolph Ross |
| SCARCEST | Sat Oct 12, 2019 | Like promethium, among all the rare earth metals | Andrew J. Ries |
| SECONDSTORYMAN | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Sequel writer's other job? | Craig Kasper |
| SELFRESTRAINT | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Control of one's actions [fall in great quantities] | Patrick Berry |
| SIGNSIN | Fri Sep 26, 2003 | Records one's arrival | Eric Berlin |
| STAYNIGHT | Thu Apr 10, 2003 | Attend a slumber party, literally? | Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro |
| TEARINGUSAPART | Wed Apr 13, 2011 | 1987 duet by Eric Clapton and Tina Turner | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TENNIEL | Thu Jan 12, 1995 | Dodgson's illustrator | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| THEYSEE | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Apt anagram for "the eyes" | Bob Klahn |
| TOMRIPLEY | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Sociopathic role for Alain Delon (1960), Matt Damon (1999) and John Malkovich (2002) | Mark Diehl |
| TRESLECHES | Fri Nov 8, 2024 | Dairy-heavy dessert popular throughout Latin America | Evans Clinchy |
| TWERKING | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Can-can dancing? | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| UNDREAMT | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Yet to be imagined | Byron Walden |