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 50,746 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOCORRECT | Sat Oct 18, 2014 | Aid for clumsy thumbs | Evan Birnholz |
| BADMINTONNET | Wed May 10, 2017 | Divider in this puzzle's game | Ned White |
| BOGGLES | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Mystifies | Randolph Ross |
| CENTURIES | Sat Dec 10, 2022 | Cricketer's 100-run streaks | Sid Sivakumar |
| CHACHACHA | Fri Jan 20, 2012 | Dance trio? | Patrick Berry |
| CHIANTIS | Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Tuscan red wines | Hal Moore |
| CHORUSES | Sun Nov 16, 1997 | Glee clubs | Frank Longo |
| CUTTOTHECHASE | Sat Feb 4, 2023 | Make a long story short | Kate Hawkins |
| DEPORTEES | Fri Sep 27, 1996 | National personae non gratae | B. Sefick |
| DONTBETONIT | Sun Apr 18, 2010 | *Sure loser | Randolph Ross |
| DUCKLEGGED | Tue Nov 18, 1997 | Like one's fun house mirror image, maybe | Peter Gordon |
| ESOPHAGI | Thu Jul 11, 2002 | Internal passageways | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FENETRE | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | Maison window | Bryant White |
| HEATDAMAGE | Sat Sep 15, 2007 | Blow-drying problem | Brad Wilber |
| HILLARYCLINTON | Mon Feb 17, 2020 | Author of the memoir "Living History" (2003) | Sally Hoelscher |
| IMHERETOHELP | Sat Aug 10, 2019 | "Let me assist you" | Anna Gundlach and Erik Agard |
| INFORMALTALKS | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Unofficial discussions | James F. C. Burns |
| INKING | Fri Aug 16, 2019 | Giving a tattoo | Ori Brian |
| LGELECTRONICS | Sat Sep 20, 2014 | "Life's Good" sloganeer | Erik Agard |
| MYSTICAL | Sat Mar 30, 1996 | Numinous | D. R. Stark |
| NETLEASES | Fri Apr 18, 2008 | Certain rental arrangements | Joe DiPietro |
| NOPLACETOGO | Sat Apr 1, 2006 | What some of the letters in this puzzle seemingly have | Kevan Choset and David Kwong |
| NURSESHARK | Sat Mar 30, 2002 | Shallow-water predator | Mark Diehl |
| OVERGROW | Mon Jan 26, 2004 | Exceed the bounds of | Patrick Merrell |
| OVERWATERED | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Afflicted with root rot, perhaps | Mark Feldman |
| PROBOWLS | Mon Feb 21, 2011 | Annual games for football's elite | Ed Sessa |
| RELOCATIONS | Thu Apr 23, 2020 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? | Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard |
| REMINDUS | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | "Please jog our memory ..." | John Hawksley |
| RUDEWORD | Fri May 14, 2004 | Bit of indelicacy | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SATURDAYSABBATH | Tue Apr 21, 2015 | Jewish observance | Gerry Wildenberg |
| SENIORITY | Sun Feb 15, 2009 | It has its privileges | Jim Leeds |
| SILKINESS | Thu Dec 28, 2006 | Hair quality promised by some shampoos | Ed Early |
| SUSPICION | Wed Dec 27, 1995 | Slight trace | David J. Kahn |
| SWIGGED | Wed Dec 21, 2016 | Drank, as from a flask | Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman |
| TUMBLEDRY | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Not leave on the line? | Barry C. Silk |
| TWELVEHOUR | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Like some cold medicines | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| URUGUAY | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Smallest country ever to win the FIFA World Cup | Eric Warren |
| VESCO | Sat Mar 25, 2000 | Fugitive financier since the early 70's | David J. Kahn |
| WRINGOUT | Thu Sep 26, 2019 | Dry, as a washcloth | Doug Peterson |
| YEARNFOR | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Want badly | Edward Sessa |