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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACLUB | Sat May 8, 2004 | "Not with ___ the heart is broken": Emily Dickinson | Bob Peoples |
| ALADY | Sun Jul 22, 2007 | Henry James's "The Portrait of ___" | David Levinson Wilk |
| AMBULATING | Mon Jul 10, 1995 | Walking | Sidney L. Robbins |
| APHELIA | Thu Aug 25, 1994 | Highest orbital points | Harvey Estes |
| BEONE | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Have spiritual unity (with) | Rafael Musa |
| BIRETTA | Thu Jul 16, 2015 | Cardinal's cap | Paula Gamache |
| BOILINGWATER | Mon Feb 8, 2010 | *What you drop uncooked spaghetti or a tea bag into | Paula Gamache |
| BORMAN | Wed Jun 10, 2009 | Apollo astronaut Frank | Richard Silvestri |
| BOULDERCOLORADO | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Setting for "Mork & Mindy" | Jeff Chen |
| CAPACITOR | Sat Dec 15, 2012 | Charge storer | Will Nediger |
| CAPEHORN | Wed Jan 15, 2014 | Southern tip of South America | Bernice Gordon |
| CHEESECAKEPHOTO | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | Provocative pic | Gary Steinmehl |
| CINNAMONSTICK | Fri Mar 2, 2007 | Dessert garnish | Eric Berlin |
| COHESIVELY | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | In a unified manner | Thomas W. Schier |
| DEMARCHE | Sat Nov 7, 2009 | Appeal from a diplomat | Bob Klahn |
| EREISAWELBA | Tue Jul 8, 2008 | End of a Napoleonic palindrome | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FRUITFILLING | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | Center of a cobbler | Sam Trabucco |
| GOOUTONALIMB | Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| ILLSTOP | Mon Jul 7, 2025 | "OK, that's enough out of me, sorry" | Daniel Raymon |
| IMBROGLIOS | Mon May 31, 2010 | Confused situations | Oliver Hill |
| INTERNALIZES | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Takes to heart | Ted Fulton |
| IODIDES | Thu Jun 4, 2009 | Salt add-ins | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| JOYLUCKCLUB | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | Best-selling novel of 1989, with "The" | Corey Rubin |
| KNOTTEDROPES | Thu Jun 21, 2007 | PROSE | John Sheehan |
| LEGALPROFESSION | Thu Jan 29, 2009 | See 66-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| LOVESLABORSLOST | Mon Nov 11, 1996 | Shakespearean comedy (original spelling) | S. Spadaccini |
| MANLESS | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Like a band of Amazons | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| MEGAPLEX | Sat Sep 3, 2005 | Place for many pictures | Bob Peoples |
| PEPPERMINTCREAM | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | Zingy cupcake filling | Robert H. Wolfe |
| PITTSBURGHPIRATES | Wed Dec 15, 1999 | Loser in the first World Series, 1903 | Ethan Cooper |
| POMPON | Sat Jul 1, 1995 | Dahlia type | Eileen Lexau |
| QIGONG | Sat Nov 7, 2009 | Chinese meditative practice | Bob Klahn |
| ROADTAR | Sun Dec 9, 2018 | Highway gunk | Ross Trudeau |
| ROTISSERIEOVENS | Fri Aug 13, 2021 | Revolutionary inventions in the cooking world? | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| RUMMAGED | Sat Apr 10, 1999 | Sifted (through) | A. J. Santora |
| SLEEPSOFAS | Sat Jul 29, 2000 | Some convertibles | Rich Norris |
| STREAKING | Sat Aug 6, 2016 | Activity for when there's nothing going on? | David Phillips |
| THEMALL | Tue Jan 14, 2003 | Teen's hangout, perhaps | Adam G. Perl |
| TORNINTO | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Raked over the coals | Mike Nothnagel |
| ZITCOM | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | Adolescent program, slangily | Kristian House |