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 50,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEZOS | Mon Aug 15, 2011 | Jeff who founded Amazon.com | Stan Newman |
| CHARLIEMCCARTHY | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Wisecracking dummy of old radio | Edward Sessa |
| CLIMBOVER | Wed Mar 3, 2010 | Traverse, as a mountain ridge | Peter A. Collins |
| DAYSEND | Sun Oct 22, 2023 | Nightfall | Robert Ryan |
| DISCOVER | Thu Apr 25, 1996 | Sleuth out | W. Canine |
| DRYROAST | Fri Nov 4, 2016 | Process, in a way, as peanuts | David Steinberg |
| EGERIAS | Sun Dec 22, 1996 | Women advisers | F. Hansen |
| EXCORIATED | Tue Jul 10, 2018 | Censured | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FLOWERGIRLS | Wed Jan 13, 2010 | Certain wedding participants ... or a hint to 17-, 28- and 46-Across? | Kevan Choset |
| GODOWNTHEAISLE | Mon Aug 4, 2014 | Get hitched | Joel Fagliano |
| HOCKED | Wed Apr 8, 2020 | Pawned | Sam Buchbinder |
| HONORTHYFATHER | Mon Feb 21, 2011 | 1971 Gay Talese title derived from one of the Ten Commandments | Ed Sessa |
| ICEBOATS | Fri Nov 23, 2001 | Transports over a slick surface | Byron L. Walden |
| INSTEPWITH | Fri Jul 20, 2012 | Conforming to | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ISINGLIKEIFEEL | Sun Apr 23, 2017 | Notable quote by 68-/70-Across | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| JOHNB | Sun Jun 18, 2000 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LACUNAL | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Having small gaps | Trip Payne |
| LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle | Hal Moore |
| MAINTENON | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Marquise de _____ (Louis XIV's second wife) | Randolph Ross |
| OFFPUT | Tue Mar 2, 2021 | Disconcerted | Ross Trudeau |
| OGO | Fri Oct 28, 1994 | U.S. scientific satellite of the 60's | Bryant White |
| OILBOOMS | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | High times for the petroleum industry | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| OVERAWE | Sun Jun 28, 2009 | Cow | Barry C. Silk |
| PALMSCARDS | Mon Aug 17, 2020 | Demonstrates some sleight of hand | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| QUADRUPED | Thu Jul 30, 1998 | Mammal, usually | Rich Norris |
| REVILES | Sun May 24, 2020 | Excoriates | Andrew Chaikin |
| REWORKS | Tue Jun 28, 2022 | Thoroughly overhauls | Scott Graham |
| SANTAFILOMENA | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Longfellow poem | John M. Samson |
| SATURNSRINGS | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Discovery of Galileo | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| SEATINGCHART | Sun May 5, 2019 | Position paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| SNATCHED | Sun Feb 3, 2002 | Kidnapped | Richard Silvestri |
| SPLASHDOWN | Thu Jul 3, 2014 | Landing for many an Apollo mission | Luke Vaughn |
| SWIFTLY | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | On the double | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TENPERCENTERS | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Actors' agents | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| TIGHTENDS | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Tersely edited epilogues? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| TURNASIDE | Tue Jun 13, 2000 | Avert | Peter Gordon |
| ULTRAMAN | Sun Oct 14, 2018 | Supervillain in DC Comics | Ross Trudeau |
| UNALLAYED | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Not calmed | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| UPPERCRUST | Mon Nov 14, 2022 | High-society, metaphorically | Taylor Johnson |
| VOLTAGESPIKE | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Electrical glitch | Jim Hyres |