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 49,787 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBITRONRATINGS | Sat Oct 14, 2006 | Numbers on the radio? | Byron Walden |
| BREAKINTOASMILE | Mon May 28, 2018 | What you might do if you sing 16-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| COMITY | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Courteous behavior, formally | Garrett Chalfin |
| CROSSESALLTHETS | Thu Jan 13, 1994 | See 35-Across | Harvey Estes |
| ELLIOTTGOULD | Fri Jan 13, 2006 | "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" co-star | Eric Berlin |
| ENGINEMOUNTS | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Attachment points under the hood | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FAKEPUNT | Fri Jun 5, 2015 | Certain trick football play | James Mulhern |
| FILTHYRICH | Mon Mar 24, 2014 | Not just well-off | Tom Pepper |
| GETTHEWRONGIDEA | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Misunderstand | Andrew Zhou |
| GOLDPLATE | Wed Nov 9, 1994 | Some tableware | Wayne Robert Williams |
| GRUFFNESS | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Surly manner | Paula Gamache |
| HELDINLOWESTEEM | Thu Dec 29, 2005 | Disrespected | David Pringle |
| HIGHWAYHYPNOSIS | Fri Feb 16, 2024 | Trancelike state during a monotonous drive | Colin Adams |
| HUMERUS | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | What the rotator cuff rotates | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| ICICLED | Wed Aug 31, 2011 | Like some eaves in winter | Peter A. Collins |
| IGOCRAZY | Sat May 19, 2012 | 1977 Paul Davis hit that spent 25 weeks in the Top 40 | Patrick Berry |
| IMSUREOFIT | Sat Oct 10, 2020 | "Believe me!" | Brian Thomas |
| ISHTARGATE | Sat Mar 27, 2021 | Entry point in the walls of Babylon | Michael Hawkins |
| ITSGREEKTOME | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | "I can't understand this at all" | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| JUDAEA | Sun Apr 10, 2016 | Jerusalem's province, to the Romans | Randolph Ross |
| MINOANS | Tue Aug 23, 2022 | Ancient inhabitants of Crete | Trey Mendez |
| OBSESSEDOVER | Fri Dec 31, 2021 | Couldn't let go of | Meghan Morris |
| ORSERS | Wed Oct 18, 1995 | Skater Brian and family | Nancy S. Ross |
| OVERPLAY | Sat Jul 4, 2020 | Give too much airtime, say | Peter Wentz |
| PATRIC | Thu Oct 30, 2003 | "Sleepers" co-star Jason | Patrick Berry |
| PEAKPERFORMANCE | Mon Dec 28, 2020 | Athlete's goal in competition | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| RICECAKES | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Crunchy snacks | Timothy Polin |
| ROBERTBROWNING | Wed Jul 24, 2013 | "Porphyria's Lover" poet with a pan of ground beef on the stove? | Erik Wennstrom |
| RUNBACK | Tue Mar 25, 1997 | Kickoff response | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RUNONSENTENCE | Wed May 12, 1999 | Lifer's beef? | Nancy Salomon |
| SADFACES | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Clowns sometimes put them on | Frank Longo |
| SCOTTBAIO | Mon Mar 8, 2004 | Co-star of 36-Down | Allan E. Parrish |
| SILENTBUTLER | Tue Dec 11, 2001 | Busboy's receptacle | A. J. Santora |
| SNITCHON | Thu Jun 28, 2012 | Betray, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STENOSE | Sun Sep 23, 2001 | Constrict, as a passage | Randolph Ross |
| SYRIAC | Wed Dec 25, 2013 | Ancient Mideast language | Jacob Stulberg |
| TSHI | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Ghanian language | Maura B. Jacobson |
| TWISTOFLEMON | Wed Aug 7, 2013 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue | Erik Wennstrom |
| WHITEKNUCKLED | Mon Sep 18, 2017 | Visibly tense | Tom McCoy |
| WITHARMSWIDEOPEN | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | Warm way to welcome someone | Todd Gross |