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 50,946 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTICDOOR | Sat Oct 14, 2017 | One way to the top | Sam Ezersky |
| BANKRATE | Sat Feb 8, 2003 | Percentage interest on a C.D., e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| CAERPHILLY | Sat Oct 31, 2020 | Cheese from Wales, not southeastern Pennsylvania | Stella Zawistowski |
| CHICKENHEARTED | Tue Aug 20, 1996 | Yellow | S. Spadaccini |
| COOWNERS | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | Joint proprietors | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DCLIV | Sun Jun 8, 1997 | Year St. Eugene became Pope | Richard Silvestri |
| FACEBOOKSTALKING | Tue Jun 25, 2013 | Being an online creep, in a way | Joel Fagliano |
| FIRESAT | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Tries to shoot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLONASE | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | Brand of allergy spray | Gary Larson |
| FREEJAZZ | Fri Dec 26, 2008 | Bop alternative | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FREEZERBURN | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Kitchen concern with an oxymoronic name | Eric Warren |
| FRENCHCOLONY | Thu Jan 4, 2007 | Haiti, once | Alan Olschwang |
| FROWNEDUPON | Tue Jul 18, 2017 | Discouraged | Michael Hawkins |
| GUMPS | Sun Nov 5, 1995 | Forrest's folks | Dean Niles |
| HALFCOCKED | Fri Dec 25, 2015 | Impetuous | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| HORSEFLIES | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Cow annoyers | Joe DiPietro |
| INQUISITOR | Thu May 28, 2009 | One in search of heretics | Gary Cee |
| INSIDEJOBS | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | Some traitorous transgressions | Robyn Weintraub |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | Wed Jun 17, 2015 | Playwright who refused an 8-/57-Down in 1964 | Molly Young and David J. Kahn |
| KHLOEKARDASHIAN | Mon Mar 21, 2022 | Reality star sister of Kim and Kourtney | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
| KIDSAROUND | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | Joshes | Joe DiPietro |
| LEGATOS | Wed Jan 17, 2024 | Musical passages with smooth, connected notes | Morton J. Mendelson |
| MAILCAR | Sun May 15, 2011 | Train part where sorting was once done | Cathy Allis |
| MAKEANOFFER | Mon Aug 1, 2005 | Start a negotiation | Kendall Twigg |
| MIMICKED | Tue Jun 7, 2022 | Did an impression of | Carly Schuna |
| ODU | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Sch. in Norfolk, Va. | Randolph Ross |
| OVERBUDGET | Tue Nov 1, 2022 | Costlier than projected | Bruce Haight |
| OVERREACH | Sat Aug 14, 1999 | Exceed | Joe DiPietro |
| PHILOSOPHY | Tue Jun 22, 2010 | Field of Plato and Aristotle | Barry C. Silk |
| PICKUPS | Fri Mar 13, 2009 | Light haulers | Joon Pahk |
| PLANC | Fri Jul 1, 2011 | Alternative fallback position | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| PORTOBELLOROAD | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | London flea market site | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| RABBITSFEET | Mon Mar 1, 2010 | Good luck charms | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RESTSIGN | Thu Nov 9, 2023 | Indication to stop playing, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| SALTMARSH | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Brackish coastal habitat | Paul Coulter |
| SHUNTER | Sun Jun 5, 1994 | Railroad mechanism | Dean Niles |
| SIGHSOFRELIEF | Mon Dec 16, 2002 | "Ahhh" and "Whew, that was close!" | Jim Hyres |
| UNDERS | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Over-and-___ (two-barreled firearms) | Frank A. Longo |
| USVISAS | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | They're issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs | Ryan McCarty |
| VERRAZZANO | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524 | Karen M. Tracey |