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 50,417 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADNEXA | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Anatomical parts that touch, as eyelids to eyeballs | Frank Longo |
| ALTRUIST | Tue Feb 27, 2024 | One with unselfish motivations | Nate Cardin |
| BARRON | Wed Sep 2, 2015 | Surname on a financial weekly | Kevin Christian and Bradley Wilber |
| BEACHBALLS | Fri Aug 29, 2008 | They're blown up and thrown up | Mike Nothnagel |
| BOWLINGSCORE | Wed Apr 11, 2012 | Strike | David Kwong |
| CAPTIVEHEART | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | Michael Redgrave war movie, with "The" | David J. Kahn |
| CLIMBINGGYM | Mon Sep 26, 2022 | *Indoor bouldering locale | Margaret Seikel |
| CODEBREAKER | Mon Oct 26, 2020 | One reading secret messages | Eric Bornstein |
| DAISYDUCK | Thu Aug 2, 2012 | Disney character with long eyelashes | Xan Vongsathorn |
| ENDLESSLOVE | Thu Mar 19, 1998 | 1981 Ross/Richie #1 hit | Manny Nosowsky |
| FLYRODS | Thu Feb 7, 2002 | Casting choices? | Patrick Berry |
| GAWDS | Mon May 29, 2006 | "Oh, fer ___ sake!" | Alex Boisvert |
| GETSCOMFY | Mon Sep 22, 2003 | Snuggles in | Marjorie Berg |
| HEREXCELLENCY | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | *What to call a female ambassador [the Johnsons] | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ISLEOFCAPRI | Mon May 12, 2003 | Home of the Blue Grotto | Sarah Keller |
| JUDIDENCH | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Player of M in "GoldenEye" | Sam Trabucco |
| KEDROVA | Sun Oct 26, 2014 | Lila ___, Oscar winner for "Zorba the Greek" | Caleb Emmons |
| MADEBACK | Tue Oct 8, 2024 | Recouped, as an investment | Justin Werfel |
| PETROV | Thu Jul 23, 2009 | Alexander ___, Russian who popularized a chess opening | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| PROOXIDANT | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | Chemical substance that hastens aging | Daniel C. Bryant |
| QUOITS | Tue May 11, 2010 | Ringtoss game | Keith Talon |
| READOUTS | Fri Jun 11, 2010 | Some computer displays | John Dunn |
| REVERSEDUNK | Mon Mar 3, 2025 | Iconic basketball move of Kobe Bryant | Harrison Walden |
| SAIDBOO | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Uttered a sound | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SLACKJAW | Fri May 22, 1998 | Part of an astonished expression | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SLIMIEST | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Most vile | Harvey Estes |
| SOLENT | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Channel between mainland England and the Isle of Wight, with "the" | Randolph Ross |
| SOLVABLE | Fri May 18, 2018 | Like this puzzle, we hope | Ryan McCarty |
| SORORITYSQUAT | Fri Jun 24, 2022 | Group photo pose during a rush | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| SURGICAL | Wed Apr 22, 2020 | Like some caps and gowns | Jules Markey |
| TAILINGOFF | Wed Mar 9, 2011 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle | Peter A. Collins |
| THEPERFECTSTORM | Mon Mar 22, 2004 | Meteorologist's favorite movie of 2000? | Kyle Mahowald |
| THIRTYDAYS | Wed Apr 30, 2003 | Start of a roadside verse | Jerry E. Rosman |
| TVPILOT | Sat Dec 10, 2011 | Series starter | Corey Rubin |
| UNREQUITED | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Like some love | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| VEALRIB | Sat May 5, 2012 | Steak or chop choice | Ned White |
| WESTMONROE | Wed Jul 8, 2009 | Louisiana city named for the fifth U.S. president | Tim Wescott |
| WHATADOWNER | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | "Bummer!" | Tom Pepper |
| WIREFENCE | Fri Apr 10, 2015 | Backstop makeup | David Phillips |
| YELLOWFLAG | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Signal meaning "no disease on this ship" | Joel Fagliano |