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 50,504 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJFOYT | Sun Dec 20, 2015 | Driver who won the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Le Mans | Peter Wentz |
| BABYBACKS | Mon Mar 27, 2006 | Some ribs | Janice M. Putney |
| CCLEFS | Sun May 10, 2009 | Symbols seen on viola music | Patrick Berry |
| COCOABEANS | Sat Jun 24, 2006 | Ivory Coast export | Harvey Estes |
| CRIMESCENES | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Where many prints may be found | Mike Nothnagel |
| DIAGON | Mon Nov 21, 2016 | ___ Alley, shopping area for Harry Potter | John Lieb |
| DONTIKNOWYOU | Wed Jul 31, 1996 | Pickup line | J. Schmalzbach |
| DORRITS | Fri Jul 15, 2011 | Family in a Dickens novel | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| DRAMAMAJOR | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Performer in a campus production, often | Will Nediger |
| FALLSASLEEP | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | What spouse does, step 3 | William I. Johnston |
| FILTHYRICH | Mon Mar 24, 2014 | Not just well-off | Tom Pepper |
| GROWFAT | Sat Feb 24, 1996 | Balloon | M. Shenk |
| GUARANTOR | Thu Nov 6, 2014 | Co-signer, say | Matt Ginsberg |
| GUERILLAWARFARE | Mon Aug 1, 2022 | Tactic employed by the Vietcong | Garrett Chalfin |
| HOTASBLUEBLAZES | Fri Jun 27, 2014 | Sizzling | Peter A. Collins |
| KIDBROTHERS | Tue Jun 20, 2000 | Baby goat siblings? | Nancy Salomon |
| LAPDANCES | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | Bachelor party entertainment | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| LOCKHORNSWITH | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | Oppose | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| LOQUACITY | Tue Feb 19, 2008 | Talkativeness | Victor Fleming |
| MALARIAL | Wed Jun 3, 2009 | Like some fevers | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| NONUNION | Thu Sep 15, 2011 | Lacking bargaining power, maybe | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| PERSPIRES | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Sweats | Adrian Johnson |
| POUNDERS | Tue May 29, 2012 | Quarter ___ (McDonald's orders) | Daniel A. Finan |
| PRANCEDAROUND | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | Cavorted | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| REACHABLE | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Not on the highest shelf | Frank A. Longo |
| SAMDONALDSON | Thu Feb 21, 2008 | Longtime ABC newsman | Peter A. Collins |
| SERVESYOURIGHT | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Merits at least a 20% tip? | Joe DiPietro |
| SHESAIDYES | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | 1996 Rhett Akins country hit | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| SILKROBE | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Luxurious wrap | Mark Diehl |
| SOLAN | Sat Sep 3, 1994 | Web-footed bird | Raymond Hamel |
| SOSPICY | Fri Jan 28, 2022 | "Whew, that's hot!" | Jem Burch |
| SQUAMATA | Sat Sep 17, 1994 | Snakes and lizards, taxonomically | Rich Norris |
| STATAL | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Relating to national governments | Kevin G. Der |
| STATEREGENTS | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | University officials | Charles E. Gersch |
| STRIPLINGS | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | Youth | Todd Gross and Doug Peterson |
| THEYREOFF | Wed Dec 7, 2005 | Track cry after "and" | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOEACHHISOWN | Thu Dec 31, 2009 | "Different strokes for different folks" | Frank Longo |
| TOMTITS | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | Small birds, in British lingo | Byron Walden |
| TWITTERY | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Giggling nervously | Edward Sessa |
| WITHNOWARNING | Mon Dec 13, 2004 | Unexpectedly | Sarah Keller |