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 50,836 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTTHREE | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | When "To be or not to be" is recited | M. Francis Vuolo |
| ADZING | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | Shaping wood using a curved blade | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| AHIS | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Large food tunas | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| ARAGORN | Sat Jun 25, 2022 | King in "The Return of the King" | Adam Aaronson |
| ASALLGETOUT | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | Like you wouldn't believe | Bruce Haight |
| BEEROCLOCK | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | When it's acceptable to start downing brews | Barry C. Silk |
| BLOWOUTS | Thu Nov 10, 1994 | Elaborate affairs | Alfio Micci |
| BOOSTERCABLE | Thu Oct 31, 1996 | Car trunk item | L. Sidway |
| COLORFULCHARACTER | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Interesting person ... or what's included, phonetically, five times in this puzzle | Sid Sivakumar |
| COMPOSES | Sun Apr 15, 2001 | Calms | Richard Silvestri |
| DARKARTS | Wed Aug 17, 2016 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle | Mark McClain |
| DIAPERED | Fri Feb 10, 2017 | Tended to, as a baby | Kyle Mahowald |
| DOGROSES | Fri Jun 16, 2006 | Pink-flowered plants often used as grafting stock | Alan Olschwang |
| DOXOLOGY | Sat Jan 27, 2001 | Hymn of praise | Rich Norris |
| ELECTRICSHAVERS | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | Bathroom buzzers | Frank Longo |
| ELUCIDATES | Sun Nov 30, 2014 | Clarifies | Matt Ginsberg |
| EXCHANGES | Wed Aug 17, 2016 | M # # # # | Mark McClain |
| FITSTOATEE | Sat Jul 20, 2019 | Is perfect, clothing-wise | Sam Trabucco |
| GOINGATIT | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Brawling | M. Skolsky |
| HAVEUP | Sat Oct 2, 1999 | Escort, as to one's flat | Rich Norris |
| JUNIPERS | Sun Aug 27, 2023 | Trees whose berries flavor gin | Rich Katz |
| LATERBRO | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | "Peace, dude!" | Ryan McCarty |
| LICENSOR | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Legal trademark user | Charles M. Deber |
| LITHESOME | Tue Mar 19, 2013 | Like ballerinas | Mike Buckley |
| MILLEFEUILLE | Wed Sep 12, 2018 | *Literally, "thousand-leaf" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| NARROWSTHEGAP | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | Gains ground | Robert Logan |
| NOSMOKING | Fri Jan 25, 2002 | ___ area | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| PENNILESS | Wed Sep 2, 2020 | Flat broke | Margaret Seikel |
| PLINKS | Sun May 16, 2010 | Xylophone sounds | Matt Ginsberg |
| PREWWI | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reign | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PUTDOWNCASH | Thu Feb 11, 1999 | Criticize singer Johnny? | Cathy Millhauser |
| REEDITED | Sun Jan 16, 2005 | Did a third draft of | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| ROGEROVERANDOUT | Fri Aug 27, 2004 | Communication ender | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEXYANDIKNOWIT | Fri Apr 28, 2017 | 2012 #1 hit by LMFAO | David Steinberg |
| SHALLOTS | Thu Nov 2, 2000 | Onions' kin | Henry Hook |
| SKYHOOK | Wed Feb 3, 2010 | Abdul-Jabbar's trademark shot | Kristian House |
| TALCOSE | Sat Apr 6, 1996 | Like some powder | R. Norris |
| TOADFISH | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Grunting, slimy-skinned swimmer | Karen M. Tracey |
| WINDFALL | Tue Apr 9, 2002 | Source of sudden wealth | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| ZUMA | Fri May 17, 2013 | Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009 | Josh Knapp |