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 49,117 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUL | Thu May 26, 1994 | Arabic name starter | Cathy Millhauser |
| ACEOFHEARTS | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Leader in a red suit | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| ADULTMOVIES | Fri Jan 2, 2015 | They may be marked with X's | David Steinberg |
| ALFAROMEOSPIDER | Fri Dec 28, 2018 | High-end Italian sports car | David Steinberg |
| ALLIGATORPEARS | Sat Nov 28, 1998 | Avocados | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ARTKARNAK | Wed May 14, 1997 | Egyptian second banana? | Norman S. Wizer |
| ASMASH | Sat Sep 29, 2001 | Quite the success | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BEETHOVENSFIFTHSYMPHONY | Sun May 7, 1995 | The BBC promoted V-for-Victory in musical Morse code by frequently broadcasting ___ | Bob Klahn |
| CELERYSTICK | Mon Jul 25, 2011 | Bloody Mary garnish | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| CHISELEDABS | Mon Mar 21, 2022 | Goal of some core workouts | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
| CLASSIFIEDAD | Mon Jul 21, 2014 | Small paid item in the back of a newspaper | Matt Fuchs |
| COUNTDRACULA | Wed Oct 27, 2010 | See 20-, 28-, 35- and 43-Across | Jay Kaskel |
| DEFENSEMECHANISM | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | Denial, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| ESD | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Either of two books of the Apocrypha: Abbr. | David J. Kahn |
| FLIESAT | Fri Oct 20, 2000 | Charges | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GOINGRATES | Sat Apr 15, 2023 | Payment standards | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GREATGATSBY | Tue Apr 10, 2007 | Excellent novel title character! | Kevan Choset |
| HITTINGTHESKIDS | Tue Mar 26, 2002 | Descending into ruin | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| HOMS | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | War-torn Syrian city | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| INAPOTHER | Fri Feb 29, 2008 | Agitated | Patrick Berry |
| INSTAGRAMFILTER | Fri Aug 16, 2019 | Digital photo add-on | Ori Brian |
| MAGICBEANS | Fri Feb 10, 2012 | What Jack got in exchange for a cow, in a children's story | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| NOLIKEY | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Informal "Ugh!" | Sam Trabucco |
| PETROLEUM | Sun Sep 24, 2023 | Major export of Venezuela | Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson |
| PUZZLEOUT | Fri May 23, 2014 | Solve | David Steinberg |
| RANAS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | ___ an independent (eschewed the party label) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| REDBUSH | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | Plant that's the source of a caffeine-free tea | Grant Thackray |
| RESPECTFUL | Fri Dec 3, 2021 | Reverent | Claire Rimkus |
| RETRIBUTION | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Payback | Alex Bajcz |
| ROUGHNECK | Wed Mar 31, 2004 | Rowdy sort | Randy Sowell |
| SILAGES | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Fermented fodders | Frank A. Longo |
| SNATCHANDGRAB | Thu Mar 31, 2016 | Double take? | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| TALKINGTURKEY | Mon Oct 15, 2007 | Negotiating in a no-nonsense way | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| TEDALLEN | Sun Sep 3, 2023 | Longtime host of Food Network's "Chopped" | Dylan Schiff |
| TIDERIP | Fri Feb 13, 1998 | Current phenomenon | Jim Page |
| TIRESIAS | Sat Feb 2, 2008 | Prophet of Thebes, struck blind by Athena when he accidentally saw her bathing | Natan Last |
| TOPEND | Sat Apr 1, 2023 | High-quality | Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano |
| VOXPOPULIVOXDEI | Sat Apr 6, 2002 | Alcuin's assertion to Charlemagne | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WEAVING | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Not staying in one's lane | John Farmer |
| YENSIGN | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | "Y" with a bar | Byron Walden |