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 50,557 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENTS | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | Homes, for some | Harvey Estes |
| APPROPRIATE | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Take, or authorize to give | Matt Gaffney |
| AUGUSTAMAINE | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | Easternmost U.S. capital | Paula Gamache |
| BARBARY | Wed May 6, 1998 | North African region | Richard Hughes |
| BIGLOSER | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Zero | Roland Huget |
| CABLEBOXES | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle | Jules Markey |
| COHERENCE | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Babbler's lack | Joe DiPietro |
| COPPERPLATE | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | *Engraver's surface | Paula Gamache |
| ERRATAPAGE | Sat Jan 27, 2018 | Extra leaf in some books | Mark Diehl |
| FATWALLET | Sat May 24, 2008 | It's stuffed with dough | Charles Barasch |
| GENOVESE | Tue Jan 4, 1994 | Columbus, by birth | David A. Rosen |
| GERMANCHOCOLATE | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Schokolade | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GREENAROUNDTHEGILLS | Sun May 3, 1998 | Peaked | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GYMCLASSES | Fri Jan 17, 2014 | They often precede showers | Kevin G. Der |
| IDONTDRIVE | Thu Aug 20, 2009 | Excuse given for asking for a ride | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JULIETTEBINOCHE | Fri Nov 6, 2009 | "The English Patient" Oscar winner | Doug Peterson |
| MEALYMOUTHED | Mon Jun 20, 2011 | Inclined to mince words | Lynn Lempel |
| OPPONENTS | Sun Jun 25, 2017 | Bush and Gore, in 2000 | Jacob Stulberg |
| OXFORDUNIVERSITY | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Where Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry, after 108-Across? | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| PALEOLITHICDIET | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | Vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and meat, classically | Erik Agard |
| PEGLEGGED | Tue Mar 8, 1994 | Like Captain Ahab | Harvey Estes |
| PLOWINTO | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Hit hard, as in an accident | Byron Walden |
| POLISHZLOTY | Mon Oct 25, 2021 | Warsaw currency | Damon Gulczynski |
| POUTIER | Sun Sep 3, 2006 | Sulking more | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| PUTTOAVOTE | Thu Mar 23, 2017 | Settle by calling the question | Sandy Ganzell |
| RAISINY | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Like baba | Joe DiPietro |
| RETROCHIC | Sat Jan 14, 2017 | Back in | Andrew Kingsley |
| RIDIN | Sat Apr 11, 2020 | 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'" | Erik Agard and Wyna Liu |
| SAVEAFTERREBATE | Wed Jan 5, 2005 | Ad come-on #1 | Michael Shteyman |
| SCHNOZZLE | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Beak | Karen M. Tracey |
| SECONDCHANCE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Opportunity to make things right | Ryan McCarty |
| SEENINTO | Sun May 26, 2024 | Investigated | John Kugelman |
| SOLARIZE | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | Shed some light on? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STATEOFTHEUNION | Fri Nov 8, 1996 | Noted Washington address | M. Gaffney |
| STUDENTLOANS | Sat Dec 13, 2025 | Some of them may be forgiven | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SUPPERCLUB | Mon Mar 28, 2005 | Site for eating and entertainment | Elizabeth Babikan |
| TALKSBIG | Sat Feb 19, 2005 | Blusters | Brad Wilber |
| TAUTOU | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Actress Audrey of "Amélie" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| THRUSTS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Pushes with force | Derrick Niederman |
| TOPHIT | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | Finale of a radio countdown | Sam Ezersky |