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 51,078 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAPTING | Tue Dec 24, 2013 | Evolving | David J. Kahn |
| AMESBROTHERS | Mon May 13, 2013 | "Rag Mop" hitmakers, 1950 | Allan E. Parrish |
| BARNACLES | Fri Apr 21, 1995 | Hull huggers | Rand H. Burns |
| BIMONTHLY | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Like AARP The Magazine | Kathy Wienberg |
| BODYODOR | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Secret target | Jim Peredo |
| BOUNDTOHAPPEN | Mon Jan 15, 2024 | Inevitable ... or a hint for 19-, 27- and 48-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| CERAM | Thu Jul 17, 1997 | Indonesian island | Wayne Robert Williams |
| CORDATE | Sun May 1, 2022 | Heart-shaped, as leaves | Brandon Koppy |
| DEMISES | Sat Jul 5, 1997 | Transfers, for a limited time, at law | Rich Norris |
| DEPECHE | Mon Mar 6, 2000 | Rock band ___ Mode | Gregory E. Paul |
| DNASAMPLING | Mon Nov 25, 2013 | Gathering of biological evidence after an arrest | Kevin G. Der |
| FIGHTERJETS | Tue Apr 21, 2020 | *Air Force aircraft | Andrew Kingsley |
| GOTWORSE | Thu Dec 8, 2011 | Went downhill | Daniel A. Finan |
| GUESTFEES | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Club charges for nonmembers | David J. Kahn |
| HOAXING | Sat May 30, 2009 | April Fools' Day activity | Matt Ginsberg |
| INREVIEW | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | "To sum up ..." | Peter A. Collins |
| INTERMIX | Thu Dec 7, 2006 | Mingle | Kelly Clark |
| KITANDCABOODLE | Thu Jun 27, 1996 | Everything | R. Norris |
| LEFTISH | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Having liberal political tendencies | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| LUNATICFRINGE | Tue Jun 3, 2014 | Extremist group | Susan Gelfand |
| NORAHJONES | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Her "Don't Know Why" was 2002's Record of the Year | Karen M. Tracey |
| ODETOMAN | Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..." | David Quarfoot |
| ORIENTATES | Fri Aug 8, 2003 | Gives freshman introduction, say | Myles Callum |
| OVERCOME | Fri Apr 19, 2019 | Triumph | Caleb Madison |
| PARADOXICALPAIR | Thu Mar 31, 2005 | 3- and 9-Down, e.g. | David Liben-Nowell |
| PARTITAS | Fri Feb 15, 2013 | Bach wrote three for violin | Tom Heilman |
| PEDAGOG | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | Teacher: Var. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| PERTHSHIRE | Sat Dec 27, 1997 | Former county in central Scotland | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PILINGON | Sun Aug 28, 2011 | Continuing to criticize unnecessarily | Patrick Berry |
| RIDEABLE | Thu Dec 1, 2016 | Tamed, as a bronco | Timothy Polin |
| SAYSCHEESE | Sat Mar 30, 2002 | Prepares to be shot | Mark Diehl |
| SENHORS | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Men of Manáos | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SHAITAN | Sat May 5, 2001 | Devil, to Muslims | Randolph Ross |
| SHROUDOFTURIN | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Pope Pius XII called it "a holy thing perhaps like nothing else" | Byron Walden |
| SURETO | Sat Feb 27, 2010 | Definitely gonna | Patrick John Duggan |
| TALLAGE | Tue Apr 18, 1995 | Feudal tax | Christopher Page |
| TAUBETAPI | Sat Jun 9, 2012 | Collegiate honor society of Bloomberg and Iacocca | David Quarfoot |
| UNBURDEN | Tue Jul 18, 2023 | Relieve of a load | Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| WARMUPTO | Thu Jan 24, 2002 | Become friendly with | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YOUCANBELIEVEME | Mon Aug 28, 2006 | "It's true!" (#3) | Stanley Newman |