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 50,262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTEDUPON | Thu Oct 3, 2019 | Affected | Ricky Cruz |
| APLUM | Thu Sep 28, 2006 | "... and pulled out ___" | Richard Chisholm |
| BELLICOSE | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Jingoistic | Rand H. Burns |
| CALENDARREFORM | Mon Oct 9, 2017 | The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? | Joe Deeney |
| CALLTHECOPS | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | "Get help!" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CANDLEPIN | Wed Nov 22, 2006 | *Target for some bowlers | Edward Alch |
| CERIA | Sun Jan 2, 2000 | Glass-polishing powder | Rich Norris |
| COMMISSION | Fri Jun 23, 2000 | Some people work on it | Noah Dephoure |
| CORNISH | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | From Land's End, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| CRUSHER | Fri May 9, 2003 | Final blow | Manny Nosowsky |
| DANCETUNE | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Jig, e.g. | Brandon Koppy |
| EAVESDROPS | Fri May 4, 2001 | Is nosy | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOLDEROLS | Wed Dec 11, 2002 | Gimcracks | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | Wed Mar 30, 1994 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) | Eileen Lexau |
| GHOSTEMOJI | Thu Mar 2, 2023 | Image in some "Happy Halloween!" texts | Malaika Handa |
| GRIPPERS | Thu Feb 10, 2011 | Tongs, e.g. | Derek Bowman |
| GRIZZLING | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | Turning gray | Peter A. Collins |
| HADAGOAT | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Tried | Byron Walden |
| HADAHANDIN | Fri Dec 16, 2016 | Was involved with | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| HOWAR | Thu May 29, 1997 | Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way" | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ITSELEMENTARY | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | "This doesn't exactly require a Ph.D." | Joe Krozel |
| JAMESWOODS | Sun Sep 21, 2003 | "The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___ | Randolph Ross |
| KILLEDIT | Sat Jun 25, 2022 | Slayed | Adam Aaronson |
| LOOKONESBEST | Tue Feb 17, 2015 | Dress to the nines, say | Bruce Haight |
| MILKFARM | Sat Jul 19, 1997 | Dairy | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MISSONESCUE | Tue May 6, 1997 | Err on stage | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ONEFORMYBABY | Sun Nov 15, 2009 | *Tony Parsons novel [1943 song] | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OUTOFREACH | Wed Mar 15, 2023 | Unobtainable | Michael B. Berg |
| OVENTHERMOMETER | Fri Dec 12, 2003 | It may go from 0 to 500 | Manny Nosowsky |
| RAISMAN | Tue Mar 15, 2022 | Gymnast Aly with three Olympic gold medals | Michael Lieberman |
| READABOOK | Fri Feb 14, 2014 | Classic parental advice to bored children | Bruce Haight |
| RIPOSTS | Fri Aug 14, 1998 | Counterstrokes: Var. | Shannon Burns |
| ROUGHLY | Mon Jun 7, 2010 | More or less | Lynn Lempel |
| SEEWHATHAPPENS | Sun Sep 29, 2024 | Let the situation play out | Joe Deeney |
| SKIPAGRADE | Sat Jun 18, 2011 | Outclass one's peers? | Joon Pahk |
| SPEECHTOTEXT | Thu Aug 15, 2024 | Technology used in writing the starred clues? | Damon Gulczynski |
| STARKNAKED | Tue Nov 6, 2018 | Iron Man without any clothes? | Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas |
| SURGEON | Wed Dec 4, 2002 | Walter Reed, e.g. | Richard Hughes |
| TWOIN | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | "... ___ the bush" | Joe Krozel |
| YOUTHERE | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | "Psst, hey!" | Joseph Gangi |