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 50,980 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALCROSSING | Wed Oct 2, 2024 | Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| ANIMUSES | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Hostilities | Harvey Estes |
| BRINED | Fri Dec 1, 1995 | Pickled, in a way | Manny Nosowsky |
| BUNDS | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | Political societies | W. Johnson |
| CAESURAE | Sat Sep 18, 1999 | Prosodic pauses | Joe DiPietro |
| CESARS | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | French Oscars | Christopher Page |
| CHIRASHI | Fri Dec 10, 2021 | Japanese dish of raw fish and vegetables over rice | Joe DiPietro |
| CLUBFACE | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Part of a driver, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| CRANEOPERATOR | Wed Jul 24, 2024 | Professional who might expect to do well with a 35-Across? | Shaun Phillips |
| CRAPOUT | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Lose at a gaming table | Andrew J. Ries |
| CREOSOTED | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Treated with a preservative, as telephone poles | Patrick Berry |
| DIAGONALPARKING | Wed Apr 21, 2010 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words | Peter A. Collins |
| FAITHHILL | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | Country singer with the #1 albums "Breathe" and "Cry" | Andy Kravis |
| FOXTV | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | "Family Guy" airer | Sam Ezersky |
| FREIGHTTRAINS | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | They're good for the long haul | Patrick Berry |
| GLADIOLUS | Sat Oct 13, 2001 | Sword lily | Jim Page |
| HIGHERED | Thu Sep 26, 2013 | Colleges and universities, informally | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| HONGKONG | Sat Feb 5, 1994 | City at the mouth of the Pearl River | Rand H. Burns |
| ILLTURNTHISCARAROUND | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | Mechanic's go-to parenting phrase? | Katie Hale |
| INSOLENTLY | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | With sauce | Blake Slonecker |
| IWILLNOT | Sat Nov 2, 2019 | Emphatic refusal | Paolo Pasco and Erik Agard |
| KEEPSCUTTINGOUT | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | The jigsaw ... | Steven Ginzburg |
| KNOWBYNAME | Mon Jan 11, 2016 | Be familiar with without having met | Howard Barkin |
| NBALOGO | Sat Nov 28, 2015 | It features the silhouette of hoops legend Jerry West | Ned White |
| ODDMENT | Sun Jun 26, 2016 | Leftover | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| OVERSEEN | Sat Jan 17, 2004 | Directed | Patrick Berry |
| PAMPASCAT | Sat Nov 25, 2017 | Striped or spotted animal named for its habitat | Kevin G. Der |
| PERSONALHISTORY | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Caseworker's compilation | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PLOWINTO | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Hit hard, as in an accident | Byron Walden |
| POC | Tue Dec 7, 2021 | African American or Asian American, e.g., for short | Margaret Seikel |
| PUMPERNICKEL | Sun Feb 3, 2013 | Alternative to white | Dan Schoenholz |
| SCHOOLTIES | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | Form of nepotism, symbolically | Christina Iverson |
| SEDATIVE | Sat May 22, 1999 | Hospital administration | A. J. Santora |
| SOCORRO | Thu Jan 9, 2020 | Texas city on the Mexican border | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| THEGENERAL | Fri Nov 20, 2020 | Classic Buster Keaton film set in Civil War times | Kameron Austin Collins |
| THERESAMAY | Fri Jan 17, 2020 | Head of the only government in U.K. history to be found in contempt of Parliament | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| UNIMPRESSED | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Apt to say "So?" | Henry Hook |
| VOLAR | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Relating to the palm of the hand | Adam Fromm |
| WHOOPINGITUP | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Carousing | Frank Longo |
| WOOLSHOP | Sun Feb 14, 2010 | Edinburgh tourist attraction | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |