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 50,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFROLATINA | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Singer Celia Cruz or actress Rosie Perez | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| AMUNDSEN | Mon Feb 6, 2006 | South Pole explorer Roald | Sheldon Benardo |
| APRI | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | 2nd qtr. starter | Randolph Ross |
| BARKCLOTH | Sun Apr 18, 2010 | Retro upholstery material | Randolph Ross |
| BICORNES | Sun Apr 28, 2024 | Hats worn by Napoleon | Mike Ellison |
| COSTUMESHOP | Sat Jun 8, 2019 | Room backstage at a playhouse | Andrew J. Ries |
| DROWSINESS | Sat Mar 2, 1996 | Somnolence | N. Joline |
| EASTERNMOST | Sat Aug 26, 2006 | First to see the sun, maybe | Henry Hook |
| EDITORIALCHAIRS | Fri Aug 8, 1997 | Posts in the Hearst empire | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
| FOURINONE | Wed May 20, 2009 | Multipurpose, somehow | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| GETCAUGHTINAMOUSETRAP | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Hit a dead end mazewise? | Patrick Merrell |
| GINSENGROOT | Sat Apr 25, 1998 | Chinese medicine | Jim Page |
| HEARTRENDING | Tue Nov 19, 2002 | Extremely sad | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MALLMANAGEMENT | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Store overseers | Byron Walden |
| MISTRIALS | Tue Jan 25, 1994 | Results of some errors | Joel Davajan |
| MUN | Sun Oct 2, 1994 | Of city govt. | Frances Hansen |
| NINETOONE | Fri Nov 4, 2005 | Long odds | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NOORT | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | Flemish painter Adam van ___ (teacher of Rubens) | David J. Kahn |
| NOREFUNDS | Fri Nov 11, 2022 | "You bought it? It's yours" | Brooke Husic and Erik Agard |
| NURSECLINICIANS | Sat Apr 28, 2012 | They may perform minor surgeries | Gary J. Whitehead |
| ONEOFTHEGUYS | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Jasmine's family member | Randolph Ross |
| OVERMAN | Wed May 18, 2011 | Provide with too much staffing | David J. Kahn |
| PLAYME | Mon Sep 24, 2007 | Benchwarmer's plea | Fred Piscop |
| RANANERRAND | Sat Mar 29, 2014 | Copied the page? | Barry C. Silk |
| RAOS | Tue Jun 6, 2023 | Tomato sauce brand named for a famed restaurant in East Harlem | Daniel Jaret |
| REALBOY | Thu May 3, 2018 | Pinocchio, by the film's conclusion | Emily Carroll |
| RETARGETS | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Sets a new goal | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| RIGHTCLICKS | Sun May 14, 2017 | Brings up a menu with a PC mouse | Will Nediger |
| ROUGHSTART | Thu Jan 12, 2023 | Inauspicious beginning | Grant Thackray |
| SAYSYOU | Sun Jan 4, 2026 | "All right, but that's not my opinion" | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SEMBLANCES | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Aspects | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SONOTTRUE | Sun Apr 27, 2025 | Emphatic words of denial | Jacob Reed |
| SOOTHER | Fri Oct 1, 2010 | Balm | David J. Kahn |
| SPLITLEVELRANCH | Thu Mar 2, 1995 | Bowler's home? | Raymond Hamel |
| STENOPOOLS | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Groups of assistants in some old offices | Kelvin Zhou |
| STOCKTIP | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | "Buy" or "sell," say | David J. Kahn |
| STOPORDER | Tue Apr 19, 2016 | "Buy" or "sell" directive at a specified price | David J. Kahn |
| TABLING | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Putting aside temporarily | Patrick Berry |
| TAILBACK | Wed Jul 20, 2005 | Offensive football position | Roy Leban |
| WATERBALLET | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | After midnight: Synchronized swimming | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |