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 50,638 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCIDENTPRONE | Fri Feb 15, 2002 | Klutzy | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ALECLEAMAS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold | Randolph Ross |
| ALLCOMERS | Sat Jan 12, 2008 | Cocky competitors might take them on | Frederick J. Healy |
| BOBKERREY | Sat Feb 7, 2015 | Former senator and presidential candidate who once dated Debra Winger | Byron Walden |
| BOSWORTH | Sat Mar 29, 2008 | Linebacker Brian banned from the 1987 Orange Bowl for steroid use | Mike Nothnagel |
| BRAIDERS | Thu May 9, 1996 | Corn row creators | C. Millhauser |
| BUTWHYCANTIWEARIT | Sun May 9, 1999 | ...on the first day of school | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CAMISE | Sun Jul 11, 2010 | Loose smock | Ed Sessa |
| CHANGEABLE | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Fickle | Daniel R. Stark |
| CHOWCHOW | Tue Sep 14, 2004 | Dog with an upturned tail | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| EHLERS | Sat Jan 7, 2012 | Longtime "Guiding Light" actress Beth | Joe Krozel |
| ENDORSEHERE | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Check phrase | Trip Payne |
| ESCAPECLAUSE | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | Stipulation that frees one of liability | Gary Cee |
| FADEINS | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Some transitional movie shots | Paul Coulter |
| FAUVISM | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Early 20th-century French art style | Rich Norris |
| HOPELESSCAUSE | Mon Mar 23, 2020 | What a last true believer might believe in | Ed Sessa |
| ITWORKED | Tue May 23, 2023 | Annoyed + 2 = "Success!" | Lee Taylor |
| IVORIAN | Sun May 7, 2023 | Person living between Liberia and Ghana | Will Nediger |
| JUDICIARIES | Fri Apr 16, 1999 | Court systems | John Wolting |
| KARLBENZ | Wed Mar 1, 2023 | German engineer who designed and built the first practical automobile (1885) | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| MONACOMONACO | Sun May 8, 2022 | Grand Prix city | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| MORTIMERMOUSE | Thu Aug 20, 2020 | *Mickey's rival for Minnie's affection | Grant Thackray |
| NUREYEV | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Frequent partner of Fonteyn | Patrick Berry |
| OILBOOMS | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | High times for the petroleum industry | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| PAYBACKTIME | Thu Jan 17, 2002 | What 17- and 54-Across indicate | Sherry O. Blackard |
| POLISHZLOTY | Mon Oct 25, 2021 | Warsaw currency | Damon Gulczynski |
| QUOTHA | Sun May 21, 1995 | "Indeed!" once | Dean Niles |
| RAPVIDEO | Sun Aug 17, 2014 | 50 Cent piece | Caleb Madison |
| REDSUNS | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | Scenes at dusk | Randolph Ross |
| REPLACED | Sat Nov 22, 2014 | Succeeded | David Steinberg |
| RESTRICT | Sat Mar 9, 1996 | Limit | R. Norris |
| RODEOBULL | Thu May 25, 2006 | It's worth at least a couple bucks | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SADDLEHORSES | Fri Jan 3, 1997 | Certain mounts | M. Nosowsky |
| SCIENCEPROJECT | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | Potato battery or model volcano, e.g. | Zachary Schiff |
| SILKBOXERS | Sat Oct 3, 2020 | Some pricey undergarments | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| SKINGRAFT | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | Procedure for a burn victim, perhaps | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SPYDOM | Wed Nov 18, 2009 | World of espionage | Paula Gamache |
| THWARTED | Sat Oct 10, 1998 | Stymied | Bob Klahn |
| TOUGHIE | Fri Jan 2, 2009 | Real poser | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| WATCHCAREFULLY | Mon Nov 4, 2024 | Keep a close eye on | Colin Adams |