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 50,259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCRUER | Thu Mar 15, 2007 | Accumulator | Michael Shteyman |
| ADORINGLY | Sat Jul 17, 1999 | One way to gaze | Rand H. Burns |
| ALIWONG | Thu Jul 3, 2025 | "Baby Cobra" comedian | Adam Wagner |
| ARLBERG | Tue Sep 29, 1998 | Austrian Alpine pass | Thomas W. Schier |
| BREAKINGASWEAT | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Per spire | Paul Coulter |
| BRIDGET | Tue Dec 10, 2002 | One of the Fondas | John Underwood |
| CACAONIBS | Sat Feb 8, 2025 | Crunchy, chocolaty smoothie add-ins | Alina Abidi |
| CRAPGAMES | Tue Sep 8, 2015 | Casino activities with dice | Jacob Stulberg |
| CUCHIFRITO | Sat Feb 16, 2008 | Small, deep-fried pork cube | Tony Orbach |
| DARTMOUTHFANS | Tue Mar 17, 1998 | Ivy League rooters in green | Nancy Salomon and Bob Klahn |
| DOCTOROFLETTERS | Thu Jun 5, 1997 | Graduation day award | David J. Kahn |
| DUETIME | Thu May 11, 1995 | Eventually, with "in" | Wayne Robert Williams |
| EDSHEERAN | Fri Aug 3, 2018 | Singer whose "Thinking Out Loud" won the 2015 Grammy for Song of the Year | David Steinberg |
| ESTIMABLE | Thu Mar 10, 2005 | Worthy of respect | Ed Early |
| FORWHOMTHEBELLTOLLS | Sun Jan 15, 2023 | Tale about soldiers and treachery in southern Europe [1940, 1603] | Michael Schlossberg |
| GLT | Sun Mar 27, 1994 | Gold in color: Abbr. | Jeanette K. Brill |
| GOTFREE | Sat Mar 1, 2008 | Broke out | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GREEDO | Sun Jul 28, 2019 | Bounty hunter shot by Han Solo in "Star Wars: A New Hope" | Christopher Adams |
| GROUSES | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Complains | A.J. Santora |
| GROWLER | Sun Aug 25, 1996 | Cur | R. Silvestri |
| HEREGOESNOTHING | Thu Jan 21, 2010 | Daring person's cry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ICEBEARS | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Knoxville hockey squad | Damon Gulczynski |
| IDOWHATICAN | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Modest reply to a compliment | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| KOOLAIDDRINKERS | Sat Oct 8, 2011 | Unquestioning adherents | Tim Croce |
| MERIMEE | Sat Nov 22, 2008 | Writer whose novella "Carmen" is the basis of Bizet's opera | Frank Longo |
| MRRIPLEY | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | "Talented" title character portrayed by Matt Damon | Jules Markey |
| NOBACKSIES | Sat Aug 17, 2024 | "A deal's a deal!" | Brandon Koppy |
| ONETHOUSANDAD | Fri May 28, 1999 | M | Joe DiPietro |
| OPENNOTETESTS | Tue Nov 22, 2022 | *Exams that value analysis and understanding more than rote memorization | Wendy L. Brandes |
| PILSENERS | Tue Dec 14, 1993 | Bohemian beers | Joel Davajan |
| POORSPORT | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Person who just can't lose? | Patrick Berry |
| QUICKIE | Fri Oct 26, 2012 | Rush job | Peter A. Collins |
| RETIREMENTAGE | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | + 43 | Jim Page |
| SCHAAP | Sat Mar 5, 2005 | "Steinbrenner!" author Dick | Bob Peoples |
| SKIDROWS | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Lush locales? | Matt Ginsberg |
| SLEPTAROUND | Sat May 16, 2015 | Bed-hopped | Byron Walden |
| SOLARARRAY | Sat Oct 26, 2013 | Collection of green panels | Barry C. Silk |
| STEEPSLOPE | Mon Sep 21, 2015 | What a nearly vertical hill has | Bruce Haight |
| THESHELLSEEKERS | Fri Feb 28, 1997 | Rosamunde Pilcher novel made into a TV movie | Bob Klahn |
| WELLDONEOLDCHAP | Mon Dec 20, 1999 | Compliment from a Brit | Nancy Salomon |