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 50,436 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONVERB | Sat Oct 3, 2020 | Spring or fall, e.g. | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| ANDRETHEGIANT | Sat Oct 28, 2006 | Wrestler once called the "Immovable Object" | David Quarfoot |
| BEACHHOUSES | Thu Mar 3, 2022 | *Cape Cod retreats | August Lee-Kovach |
| BEEFRIB | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | Barbecue cut | Andrew Zhou |
| BIGBANK | Sat Sep 28, 2013 | Occupy opponent | Joe Krozel |
| BLARNEYED | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Persuaded with flattery | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| BOOBTUBE | Fri Oct 31, 2014 | Idiot box | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| CASEBOOK | Sun Oct 29, 2000 | It has precedents | Karen Hodge |
| CATAMOUNT | Sat Mar 12, 2005 | Cougar | Byron Walden |
| CHIVALROUS | Tue May 8, 2012 | Gallant | Lynn Lempel |
| CLASPING | Fri Sep 13, 2013 | Holding | Patrick Berry |
| CORNERKICK | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | Soccer award | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CUTTHEMUSTARD | Thu Sep 18, 1997 | Hacked it, as a farmer? | Cathy Millhauser |
| DAMNABLE | Tue Jun 10, 1997 | Horrid | Fred Piscop |
| DONTTASEMEBRO | Fri Sep 25, 2009 | Memorable catchphrase of 2007 | Robert A. Doll |
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Memorable quote from 70-Across | Stephen McCarthy |
| EMILIOESTEVEZ | Mon May 7, 2007 | "The Breakfast Club" actor | Janet Bender |
| EVILLER | Sat Oct 18, 2003 | Not as good | Myles Callum |
| FALLINGBLOCKS | Thu Oct 25, 2012 | See 16-Across | Caleb Rasmussen |
| FREDS | Wed Aug 10, 1994 | Bandleader Waring et al. | Ernie Furtado |
| HONORBOUND | Sun Dec 10, 2000 | Obliged out of integrity | Rich Norris |
| ISNTITEXCITING | Wed Jul 22, 2020 | "Are you as jazzed as I am?" | Peter A. Collins |
| LIBELOUS | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Dangerous, as words | Joe DiPietro |
| LICIA | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Soprano Albanese | Raymond C. Young |
| LOAFINGONTHEJOB | Wed Aug 18, 1999 | Goldbricking | Nancy Salomon |
| LOTSWIFE | Sun Jan 20, 2013 | Biblical figure punished for hindsight? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| MIGNONETTE | Sat Sep 28, 2013 | Sauce often served with oysters | Joe Krozel |
| ONTHEGOLFCOURSE | Tue Feb 19, 2008 | Enjoying an outing, of sorts | Victor Fleming |
| PAULY | Thu Nov 27, 2008 | Actor Shore | Patrick Berry |
| PELAGIC | Thu Dec 1, 2016 | Of the open sea | Timothy Polin |
| POSTMORTEMS | Fri Jan 15, 1999 | Stiff examinations? | John Wolting |
| RAPTLY | Sun May 22, 2016 | With full attention | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| SOLLAL | Tue Feb 1, 2022 | Korean New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022 | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SUBSISTENCE | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | Kind of farming | Peter A. Collins |
| SWADDLES | Fri Jun 19, 2020 | Wraps | Greg Johnson |
| TOKYOBAY | Sat Feb 22, 2020 | Yokohama is on it | Trenton Charlson |
| TSHAPES | Thu Jan 31, 2013 | This puzzle's theme | Mike Buckley |
| TWELFTHMAN | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| VENTRICLE | Tue Mar 29, 2011 | Piece of one's heart | Peter A. Collins |
| WAXYCOATING | Fri Nov 25, 2011 | Cerecloth feature | Joe Krozel |