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 50,638 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADIO | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | "Grazie ___!" (Italian for "Thank God!") | Joe Krozel |
| ATEONESWORDS | Fri Feb 23, 2024 | Had to recant | Larry Snyder |
| ATION | Mon Dec 26, 2016 | Suffix with valid | Jules P. Markey |
| BADFAITH | Sun Mar 3, 1996 | Treachery | B. Klahn |
| BOBWHITE | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Familiar avian call | John Duschatko |
| BRIMMER | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | Cup filled to the top | M. Gaffney |
| CLIMBINGGYM | Mon Sep 26, 2022 | *Indoor bouldering locale | Margaret Seikel |
| DAVIDCOPPERFIELD | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | 1850: 350,000+ words | Katie Hoody |
| DEREKJETER | Sat Feb 23, 2002 | 1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year | Rich Norris |
| DOBBYTHEHOUSEELF | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | Whom Harry Potter frees from serving Draco Malfoy's family | Sam Ezersky |
| DONKNOTTS | Thu May 22, 2008 | *Co-star of "The Andy Griffith Show" | Richard Silvestri |
| EDDO | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Taro root | David J. Kahn |
| ESCHEATOR | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Legal officer in charge of reversions of land | A. J. Santora |
| FEDERALEXPRESS | Mon Apr 7, 2003 | UPS alternative | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| FORCEDSMILE | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Expression in an uncomfortable situation | Hemant Mehta |
| GASOLINETAX | Thu Apr 2, 2009 | Levy at a BP or 69-Across station | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| IRONBOUND | Thu May 5, 1994 | Unyielding | Mel Taub |
| JOGTROT | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Relaxed gait | Adrian Johnson |
| JUMPSCARES | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Staples of horror movies | Carter Cobb |
| KIDLIT | Tue May 16, 2017 | "Curious George" books, e.g. | Bruce Haight |
| LIECHTENSTEINER | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Alpine native | Joe Krozel |
| MOTORBOAT | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Lake transit | Manny Nosowsky |
| MULCT | Fri Jun 5, 1998 | Swindle | Manny Nosowsky |
| NONINTERLOCKING | Wed Jun 27, 2012 | Like this puzzle's 37-Across | Mike Buckley |
| OREOTHINS | Fri Nov 2, 2018 | Spinoff Nabisco cookies | David Steinberg |
| OVERHEARD | Fri Apr 7, 2000 | Got an earful, in a way | Richard Silvestri |
| PROPOSEATOAST | Fri Apr 17, 2020 | Raise one's glass | Robyn Weintraub |
| RECYCLING | Fri Mar 1, 1996 | Environmentalist's activity | Charles E. Gersch |
| RIVERSEDGE | Mon Dec 27, 2010 | 1986 Keanu Reeves film | C. W. Stewart |
| SANDWICHBREAD | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Wonder product | Bob Klahn |
| SAVEPAR | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Avoid a bogey, barely | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| SIGHTRHYME | Mon Feb 19, 2001 | What the answer to each capitalized clue is | Peter Gordon |
| STANE | Sat Apr 9, 2011 | ___ Street (road from London Bridge to Chichester) | Scott Atkinson |
| STATEMOTTOES | Wed May 29, 2019 | Recite aphorisms? | Jules Markey |
| TABLESUGAR | Sun May 26, 2024 | Sucrose, by another name | John Kugelman |
| TEACHEREDITION | Sun Feb 15, 2026 | Version of a textbook designed for instruction | Michael Lieberman and Rebecca Goldstein |
| TEMPTATIONISLAND | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | Early 2000s Fox reality show | Erik Agard |
| TOMWAITS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear | Derrick Niederman |
| WARMEDOVER | Fri Apr 8, 2005 | Ostensibly fresh, but not really | Manny Nosowsky |
| WHOLEREST | Sat Apr 11, 2020 | Rectangle on a staff | Erik Agard and Wyna Liu |