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 50,422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESSIBLE | Sat Nov 29, 2008 | Easy to get into | Barry C. Silk |
| ARCCOS | Thu Sep 5, 2024 | Inverse trig function | Joe Deeney |
| CERAMISTS | Fri May 14, 1999 | Potters | Frank Longo |
| FATWALLET | Sat May 24, 2008 | It's stuffed with dough | Charles Barasch |
| FIRSTCRUSADE | Sun Jul 23, 2017 | 11th-century campaign [4] | Caleb Madison |
| GAMESOVER | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | "You lose!" | Clive Probert |
| GREENPEA | Sun Mar 25, 2007 | Edible spherule | Fred Piscop |
| HOTELRWANDA | Sun Apr 30, 2023 | 2004 Don Cheadle film set in Africa | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| HOUSEREDS | Fri Jun 13, 2025 | Basic wine list offerings | Evan Mulvihill |
| HUMDINGER | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Lollapalooza | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| ISOLATEDSPRINKLES | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | What you might find on the counter after making ice cream sundaes? | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| LEFTFORDEAD | Thu May 10, 2018 | Abandoned while there still might have been hope | Caitlin Reid |
| LYSSA | Wed Apr 15, 1998 | Rabies | Michael S. Maurer |
| MAYBELLE | Tue Oct 3, 2023 | Motormouth ___ ("Hairspray" role for Queen Latifah) | Troy Laedtke |
| NAACPIMAGEAWARD | Thu Feb 5, 2009 | Annual entertainment honor | David J. Kahn |
| NEVINS | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Civil War historian Allan | James Mulhern |
| ONESTRIPER | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Private | Raymond C. Young |
| PHOTOIDS | Wed Apr 20, 2022 | What driver's licenses serve as | Joseph Greenbaum |
| PLAYINGSOLO | Wed Mar 4, 2015 | What Harrison Ford was doing in 1977, 1980 and 1983? | Jeff Stillman |
| PLUMMETS | Wed Dec 24, 1997 | Dives | Nancy S. Ross |
| RANAS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | ___ an independent (eschewed the party label) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| RENAISSANCEMAN | Tue Jun 4, 2002 | Either 38- or 53-Across | Matthew J. Koceich |
| REPAYABLE | Sat Jul 2, 2016 | Like debts | Erin Rhode |
| RERAKE | Thu Dec 15, 1994 | Smooth again, as soil | Rich Norris |
| RETAILTHERAPY | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Shopping in order to improve one's mood | Robyn Weintraub |
| REVERSEBIDS | Tue May 13, 2003 | Contract bridge tactics | Todd McClary |
| RODGERSANDHAMMERSTEIN | Sun Mar 1, 2015 | Duo behind 118-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| ROUTESIXTYSIX | Sun May 15, 2022 | Theme of this puzzle, which winds its way nearly 2,500 miles through all the shaded squares herein | Daniel Mauer |
| RUNSFREE | Fri Oct 9, 2009 | Is not restrained | David Quarfoot |
| SHOWHOWITSDONE | Sun May 13, 2007 | *Demonstrate the method | Jim Page |
| SKIJUMPING | Sun Dec 27, 1998 | Winter Olympics event | Rich Norris |
| TALKSTRAIGHT | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Be completely candid | Grant Thackray |
| TENFORWARD | Wed Sep 9, 2015 | "Star Trek: T.N.G." lounge | Michael Hawkins |
| TIREGAUGE | Thu Jun 12, 2025 | Low pressure indicator | Daniel Bodily |
| TONOFBRICKS | Mon Mar 9, 2020 | What "it" may hit you like | John Lampkin |
| TREVIFOUNTAIN | Sun Jan 5, 2025 | Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday" | Kareem Ayas |
| UNFAIRLY | Fri Jul 15, 1994 | One way to get the blame | A.J. Santora |
| VICODIN | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Addictive pain reliever | Ryan McCarty |
| WASHDISHES | Sat May 6, 2017 | Be on K.P., in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| WILDIDEA | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Flight of fancy | Robert S. Gard |