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 51,096 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADHERERS | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | They cling | Frank Longo |
| ALPHACHIRHO | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Group formed at Trinity College in 1895 | Patrick Berry |
| AROUNDTHEWORLD | Mon Jun 23, 2014 | Where Phileas Fogg traveled "in 80 days" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ASSOBERASAJUDGE | Fri Jul 31, 1998 | Grave | John Wolting |
| BERNIECE | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Children's author ___ Rabe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CLOWNNOSES | Sat Nov 2, 1996 | They sometimes get honked | J. DiPietro |
| COCACOLAS | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Some pops | Jesse Guzman |
| COINEDAPHRASE | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Added to the language | Robyn Weintraub |
| COLLODI | Sat Jun 28, 1997 | Carlo ___, creator of Pinocchio | Bob Klahn |
| EASYMAN | Sat Apr 13, 2024 | "Chill, bro" | Jess Rucks |
| EDWARDLEAR | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | LANDSCAPE PAINTER | Stanley Newman |
| ETILES | Sat Apr 25, 2015 | Most plentiful pieces in a certain board game | James Mulhern |
| EVILWOMAN | Wed Oct 21, 2020 | 1975 hit by the Electric Light Orchestra | Dory Mintz |
| FAIRSHAKES | Sat Jun 17, 2006 | Opposite of raw deals | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FOURBROTHERS | Tue Jan 16, 2007 | 2005 Mark Wahlberg movie | Dave Mackey |
| FRAULEINS | Mon Jun 6, 2005 | Berlin maidens | Raymond Hamel |
| GOTINTO | Fri Aug 13, 2004 | Took up | Harvey Estes |
| GRANDEE | Sun Oct 9, 2016 | Spanish nobleman | Michael Ashley |
| HITMEAGAIN | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Call in blackjack | Robert Dillman |
| HORSEFLIES | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Cow annoyers | Joe DiPietro |
| HOWRUDE | Fri Aug 9, 2019 | "Well, excu-u-use me!" | John Guzzetta |
| LAPROMENADE | Sat Nov 14, 2009 | Renoir at the Getty | Joe Krozel |
| LAWOFGRAVITY | Sun Jan 9, 2022 | Scientific contribution from 98-Down, discovered in a manner suggested by this puzzle's theme | Timothy Polin |
| OXPECKER | Thu Jun 15, 2006 | Bird that feeds on parasitic ticks | Adam Cohen |
| RAPUNZEL | Sat Sep 7, 2019 | One engaged in a hairy escape? | Trenton Charlson |
| REBUILT | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Put back up | Francis Heaney |
| REINCARNATION | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | Belief in Buddhism and Hinduism | Royce Ferguson |
| SCALESOFJUSTICE | Mon Jan 10, 1994 | Reno's piano practice? | Randolph Ross |
| SCUBADIVER | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Sort whose business is going way down? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SKIPARKA | Sat Aug 16, 2008 | Protection for someone on the run? | Byron Walden |
| SPORTSLAW | Thu Jul 15, 2010 | Judicial area dealing with athletes | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer |
| STAMPSON | Wed Sep 29, 1999 | Crushes with the foot | Patrick D. Berry |
| TACKSUP | Sat Oct 31, 1998 | Puts on the board | Joe DiPietro |
| TAKESTOTHESTUMP | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Begins campaigning | Manny Nosowsky |
| TEMPLETON | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | "Charlotte's Web" rat | Paul Hunsberger |
| TOMTITS | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | Small birds, in British lingo | Byron Walden |
| VOTINGRECORD | Mon Apr 27, 2026 | Congressional history | Neville Fogarty |
| WATERCLOCK | Wed Oct 7, 2020 | Something the ancient Egyptians used for keeping time | Ross Trudeau |
| WATERPIPE | Fri Oct 5, 2007 | Main, maybe | Lynn Lempel |
| WENTBARHOPPING | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |