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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDUCTED | Fri Dec 7, 2001 | Like earthlings, sometimes, in sci-fi | Joe DiPietro |
| ADVERTISE | Sat Aug 28, 2010 | Throw out pitches? | Xan Vongsathorn |
| BATPUP | Sun Jan 5, 2025 | Baby in a cave | Kareem Ayas |
| BENTTHEKNEE | Fri Mar 13, 2026 | Showed subservience, in a way | James McCarron and Rachel Souza |
| BIRDCALL | Sat Oct 30, 1999 | Quack, for one | Rich Norris |
| BRONXZOO | Sat Nov 21, 1998 | JungleWorld locale | Joe DiPietro |
| BUSTRIPS | Fri Mar 3, 2000 | Some school excursions | Joe DiPietro |
| CAROUSAL | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Bacchanalian activity | B. White |
| CHRISPAUL | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Basketball legend nicknamed the "Point God" | Ryan McCarty |
| CLEVERDICK | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Know-it-all, in Britspeak | Byron Walden |
| DEFROSTER | Sun Feb 11, 2001 | Refrigerator device | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| EASTERLILY | Tue Jul 12, 2011 | Holiday bloom | Bill Thompson |
| EMA | Thu Mar 11, 2010 | ___ Savahl (couture label) | John Farmer |
| ERRORCODES | Sat Sep 5, 2015 | Wrong numbers? | Byron Walden |
| FRANZEN | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | Author of 2001's "The Corrections" | Evans Clinchy |
| HASANOSEFORNEWS | Fri Nov 29, 1996 | Is rather like Rather | B. White |
| HEALTHINSURANCE | Tue Jan 1, 2008 | Common employment benefit | Adam G. Perl |
| JOBOFFER | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Cause for switching positions | Brandon Koppy |
| LAVENDERSACHETS | Tue Oct 6, 1998 | Scented pouches | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LOOKIGETIT | Thu Mar 19, 2026 | "Hey, no argument here" | John Kugelman |
| MIGHTS | Sat Jul 31, 1999 | Powers | Fred Piscop |
| MISADAPT | Fri Jun 19, 2015 | Not acclimate properly | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MISTBOW | Sat Oct 14, 2000 | Colorful fog phenomenon | Rich Norris |
| MOTHERWIT | Sun Nov 14, 2021 | Common sense | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| OFFSITE | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Like much freelance work | Ed Sessa |
| OILBASE | Mon May 8, 2006 | Primer type | Norm Guggenbiller |
| ONLYSON | Thu Aug 13, 2020 | Sole heir, perhaps | Jon Olsen |
| PACKETS | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Couriers' deliveries | A.J. Santora |
| RETRACES | Sun Aug 18, 2002 | Goes back over | Michael Ashley |
| SCORPIONS | Wed May 6, 1998 | Saharan stingers | Richard Hughes |
| SHOPFOR | Sun Nov 2, 2014 | Try to buy | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STRIPSEARCHES | Sun Jun 6, 2004 | Means of finding cartoon signatures? | Patrick Merrell |
| SUGARCONE | Sat Aug 28, 2010 | Alternative to a cup | Xan Vongsathorn |
| THEFRUG | Sat Dec 20, 2008 | 1960s dance showcased on "Laugh-In" | Brad Wilber |
| TONEPOET | Fri Nov 2, 2018 | Composer of symphonic "verse" | David Steinberg |
| TRANQUIL | Sun Feb 14, 2021 | Calm | Lisa Bunker |
| TRIAXIAL | Fri May 3, 2013 | Kind of cable in TV production | David Kwong |
| TWODRINKMINIMUM | Tue May 19, 2026 | Requirement at some comedy clubs ... or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? | Brad Wiegmann |
| TYRONES | Sat Feb 15, 1997 | Family in O'Neill dramas | J. Clonick |
| UNCRATE | Thu Aug 22, 2002 | Open, as shipped goods | Cathy Millhauser |