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 50,523 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEYLINCOLN | Sun Feb 14, 1999 | 50's-90's jazz singer | Elizabeth Gorski |
| ARCHENEMIES | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | The Joker and Batman, e.g. | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| BEEHONEY | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Natural sweetener | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOTCHES | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | Messes up | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRIBEE | Fri Sep 18, 1998 | Graft recipient | Frank Longo |
| CASHTRADE | Thu Apr 20, 2023 | Off-the-books business, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| CHICKENALAKING | Tue Jun 9, 1998 | Popular dish often served with rice | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| FAIRANDSQUARE | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | On the level | James F. C. Burns |
| FIFTYCENT | Thu Jan 8, 2026 | "In da Club" rapper | Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang |
| FORFEITS | Thu Jul 19, 2001 | Loses the right to | Marjorie Richter |
| FRIENDSINHIGHPLACES | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Useful people to know ... or what 50-Across depicts literally | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| GETITTOGETHER | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | "With patience and perseverance you're sure to ___" | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| GHOTI | Thu Dec 23, 2010 | "Fish" | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| HOARIER | Fri Sep 20, 1996 | Less fresh | J. Page |
| HOWITZER | Tue Jul 2, 2002 | Piece of field artillery | John R. Conrad |
| IVYLEAGUER | Sat Jan 7, 1995 | Eli, for one | Randolph Ross |
| KAFFEEKLATSCH | Sun Feb 3, 2013 | Informal social gathering | Dan Schoenholz |
| KOBU | Sun Jun 24, 2001 | ___-Jutsu (Japanese martial art) | Randolph Ross |
| LAYABED | Tue Jun 17, 2003 | Lazy one, slangily | Susan Harrington Smith |
| LIONSMANE | Fri Sep 17, 2021 | Monkey head mushroom, by another name | Matthew Stock |
| MARSHLAND | Tue Mar 18, 2003 | Everglades | William Schaub |
| MICROBLADING | Fri Jul 31, 2020 | Eyebrow-filling technique | Claire Rimkus and Erik Agard |
| MISPLACES | Sun Feb 21, 2016 | Loses | Patrick Berry |
| NHLGOALIES | Thu Mar 4, 2010 | Masked men with blades | David J. Kahn |
| NICERINGTOIT | Wed Feb 19, 2003 | End of the quote | Sarah Keller |
| ODETOMAN | Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..." | David Quarfoot |
| OPENCOMPETITION | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | Free-for-all | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RANCHDRESSING | Tue Dec 28, 2021 | Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings' Southfork? | Kathy Wienberg |
| REALESTATESALES | Fri Jun 20, 2014 | Focus of HGTV's "House Hunters" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SCINTILLAE | Fri Feb 12, 1999 | Slightest traces | Joe DiPietro |
| SCOUTSIGN | Wed May 20, 2009 | Half-salute | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| SELFDENIAL | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Asceticism feature | Rich Norris |
| SEXSYMBOL | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Rihanna or Sharon Stone | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| SHELLY | Tue Nov 28, 1995 | Country singer West | Norman S. Wizer |
| SLOWLEAK | Thu Nov 10, 2016 | Start of a flat, maybe | Jonathan M. Kaye and Jeff Chen |
| SOTHEBY | Wed Apr 15, 2015 | Auction house eponym | Joel Fagliano |
| TAKESOFF | Fri May 4, 2018 | Becomes successful | Michael Hawkins |
| TRUEWEST | Fri Jul 10, 2020 | Sam Shepard play about warring brothers | John Lieb |
| WICKER | Wed Mar 1, 2006 | Chair material | Richard Silvestri |
| WOLFGANG | Fri Jun 15, 2012 | Puck, for one | Mark Diehl |