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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDTOTHEMIX | Sun Sep 11, 2016 | Toss in | Ned White and George Barany |
| BLOCKAGES | Thu Jan 7, 1999 | Artery problems | William I. Johnston |
| BOSTONMASS | Mon Oct 20, 2003 | Service for the Kennedys? | Lynn Lempel |
| BRAZO | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Spanish arm | B. White |
| BREWING | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | In the works | Byron Walden |
| COLORADOPLATEAU | Sat Feb 12, 2011 | Region with the highest concentration of national parks in the U.S. | Joel Fagliano |
| DARTING | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | Moving like hummingbirds | Joe DiPietro |
| FINISHINGSECOND | Tue Nov 8, 2005 | Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) | Gail Grabowski and Nancy Salomon |
| FORSWEAR | Thu Aug 6, 1998 | Abjure | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| GAINSGROUND | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "Here's where Mississippi Delta often ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| GINKS | Sat Jul 16, 2005 | Eccentric guys, slangily | Michael Shteyman |
| GOINGINTOHIDING | Tue Jan 27, 1998 | Holing up | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOTASECOND | Sat Mar 7, 2020 | "Hey, can I talk to you briefly?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| GREATWHITESHARKS | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | They might cost you an arm and a leg | John Duschatko |
| HANDOVERFIST | Mon Jan 23, 2012 | Fast and in large amounts | Sarah Keller |
| HOBBYHORSE | Wed Nov 25, 1998 | Tot's riding toy | Rich Norris |
| HUMORISTS | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Will Rogers and others | Jim Hyres |
| IEREI | Thu Dec 10, 1998 | Middle of a famous palindrome | Peter Gordon |
| IMPORTER | Wed Jun 16, 1999 | Tariff payer | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| LASERDISK | Sat Mar 14, 2009 | Passé video store offering | Barry C. Silk |
| LEGALOWNER | Fri Nov 26, 2021 | Entitled sort | Kate Hawkins |
| LIPIZZANER | Tue May 30, 2017 | Horse breed known for dressage [western writer] | Neville Fogarty |
| LYNCHING | Wed Sep 11, 1996 | The Ox-Bow Incident, e.g. | B. E. Quigley |
| NEATANDTRIM | Wed Jun 22, 2016 | What MARTINET can anagram to | Fred Piscop |
| ONONEFOOT | Sat Feb 21, 1998 | How to pirouette | Richard Hughes |
| ORANGEVODKA | Sun May 11, 2025 | Spirit with a citrus flavor | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PENNYPINCHES | Sun Apr 4, 2004 | Lenny makes buys while ... | Manny Nosowsky |
| PERTLY | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | With a saucy style | Nancy Salomon |
| PINIONS | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Steering system components | Patrick Berry |
| PUMPFAKES | Thu Apr 30, 2020 | Deceptive basketball moves | Caitlin Reid |
| REPAIRS | Sat May 4, 2024 | Concerns for a prospective homebuyer | Jacob McDermott |
| SAILMAKING | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | The cutting of one's jib? | Erik Agard |
| SETOFFFIREWORKS | Thu Oct 14, 1999 | Cause a big public disturbance | Joe DiPietro |
| SHAKENUP | Sat Aug 10, 1996 | Stunned | R. Norris |
| SKUNKCABBAGE | Mon Oct 29, 2018 | Foul-smelling swamp plant whose name includes a black-and-white animal | Peter Gordon |
| SLIMEEELS | Thu Dec 26, 2002 | Hagfish by another name | Cathy Millhauser |
| THELAUGHFACTORY | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | Stand-up chain started in Los Angeles | David Levinson Wilk |
| WATERBORNE | Fri Mar 28, 2008 | Like typhoid bacteria, often | Barry C. Silk |
| WHALEBLUBBER | Tue Mar 12, 2002 | Oil container #2 | Sarah Keller |
| ZIPITUP | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | "Shush!" | Lily Silverstein |