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 51,014 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSEMBLESTOGETHER | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | Congregates? | Frank A. Longo |
| ATMFEES | Thu Oct 24, 2024 | Costs of withdrawing | Ella Dershowitz |
| BILLYJOEL | Mon Jan 10, 2022 | Singer/songwriter nicknamed "Piano Man" | Lynn Lempel |
| BONUSQUESTIONS | Sun May 18, 2008 | Test extras | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CUTAPOORFIGURE | Sun May 28, 2017 | Step 5: Look pretty schlubby | Andrew Zhou |
| DEMITASSE | Wed Mar 30, 1994 | After-dinner drink | Eileen Lexau |
| DESALINATE | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | Make drinkable, in a way | Matthew Sewell |
| DISLODGE | Wed Jan 9, 2002 | Knock loose | Susan Harrington Smith |
| EIGHTOUNCE | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Sizable, as a hamburger patty | Byron Walden |
| EPHA | Thu Feb 26, 1998 | Biblical dry measure: Var. | Lois Sidway |
| EXITFEES | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | Going rates? | Byron Walden |
| FARMING | Thu Mar 9, 2006 | Husbandry | John Farmer |
| FLASHBULLETIN | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Photographers' newspaper? | Cathy Millhauser |
| GIVING | Wed May 31, 1995 | Generous | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| GROUPDATES | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Situations involving multiple romantic partners | Garrett Chalfin |
| HANGONASECOND | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | "Hold up ..." | Rafael Musa |
| HIDDENFIGURES | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| HOSTCOUNTRY | Mon Mar 18, 2024 | France, for the 2024 Olympics | Trent H. Evans |
| IHAVETOASK | Fri Apr 21, 2023 | "OK, there's something puzzling me ..." | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| IMAGEMAKERS | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | IIIII | Charles M. Deber |
| INCARNATION | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | A pharaoh vis-à-vis Horus, in Egyptian myth | Raymond C. Young |
| INSOUCIANT | Sat Jul 29, 2006 | Carefree | Bob Klahn |
| INTERMIX | Thu Dec 7, 2006 | Mingle | Kelly Clark |
| ISLANDHOPPED | Sun Apr 19, 2026 | Traveled from Syros to Naxos to Mykonos, say | Michael Lieberman |
| LAHDIFRICKINDAH | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | "Well, aren't you so darn special!" | Seth A. Abel |
| LIKEHELLITIS | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | "You're so wrong about that!" | Brad Wiegmann |
| LOOKEDUPON | Fri Jun 15, 2001 | Regarded | Manny Nosowsky |
| OBSEQUY | Fri Sep 10, 2010 | Burial rite | Peter Wentz |
| ORNAMENTAL | Sat Aug 6, 2005 | Like some shrubs | Frank Longo |
| PEATIEST | Sun Apr 20, 1997 | Most like sphagnum | Charles M. Deber |
| PICKACARD | Sun Aug 11, 2024 | Magician's request | Caryn Robbins |
| PRIMLY | Sun Apr 5, 2015 | With formal properness | Tom McCoy |
| RICHARDRODGERS | Wed Jun 11, 1997 | "Blue Moon" composer | Rich Norris |
| SHARPEDGE | Mon Dec 22, 2014 | What a whetstone gives a knife | Lynn Lempel |
| TEAMLEADER | Sat Jul 16, 2016 | Captain | Byron Walden |
| THATSNOTBAD | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | "I kinda like it!" | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein |
| THINLINE | Sun Jul 15, 2012 | Love/hate separator, they say | Randolph Ross |
| UNMUTES | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | Prepares to speak, in a modern meeting | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| VENTILATTE | Wed May 9, 2018 | Aerate, when 59-Across? | Jeff Chen |
| YOUREMYONLYHOPE | Tue Jan 17, 2017 | See 18-Across | Timothy Polin |