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 50,730 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTNESS | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Opposite of torpor | Barry C. Silk |
| ANNETYLER | Sat Jun 8, 1996 | "If Morning Ever Comes" author | M. Shenk |
| BALLETSLIPPERS | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | They may keep you on your toes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BARITONECLEFS | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Sheet music symbols | A.J. Santora |
| BENEFIC | Fri Dec 2, 2011 | Of some good | Ed Sessa |
| BURPEES | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Exercises with squat thrusts and jumps | Joseph Greenbaum |
| CASHINS | Sun Apr 23, 2000 | Redemptions | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CLUMPS | Wed Jan 17, 1996 | Nuggets | L. Sidway |
| COMPTON | Wed Sep 20, 2006 | City SE of downtown Los Angeles | Joe DiPietro |
| CONVERT | Sat Mar 17, 2018 | Persuaded one | Roland Huget |
| DAI | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Bao ___ (former Vietnamese emperor) | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| DOEUVRES | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Hors ___ | Joe Krozel |
| EIGHTTRACK | Tue Jun 26, 2012 | Old tape format | Mike Torch |
| FORYOURLOVE | Sat Jul 19, 2014 | 1965 Yardbirds hit | Barry C. Silk |
| FREEASABIRD | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | 1996 Beatles hit | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FRUITIER | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | Like a daiquiri vis-à-vis a shot of whiskey, say | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| GAINTIME | Thu Feb 26, 2026 | Stall, e.g. | Yitzi Snow |
| GOGOBOOTS | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Iconic part of Nancy Sinatra's early attire | Damon Gulczynski |
| GRANDBAHAMA | Mon May 20, 2013 | Caribbean resort island | Tim Croce |
| HIRESACAR | Wed Jun 20, 2018 | Goes by livery taxi | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| IMPERIALMEASURE | Fri Nov 14, 1997 | Bushel or inch, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| IPADAPPS | Mon Apr 14, 2025 | Notes, Photos, FaceTime, etc. | Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen |
| JCDITHERS | Tue Feb 4, 2014 | Dagwood Bumstead's boss | David Steinberg |
| LEMONSQUEEZER | Sun Nov 27, 2022 | Certain juicing need | Adam Wagner |
| MATURELY | Wed Feb 27, 2019 | How emotionally developed people handle things | Will Nediger |
| MOVIETRAILER | Sun Sep 24, 1995 | Goer or maker | Randolph Ross |
| NOTFIT | Sun Apr 20, 2025 | Out of shape | Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett |
| NOWWHEREWASI | Sun Sep 2, 2018 | Words after an interruption | Tom McCoy |
| OFFCOURSE | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | Not on track | Sam Ezersky |
| REASONTOBELIEVE | Sat Jul 21, 2018 | What keeps you going when everything seems lost | Jason Flinn |
| SACKED | Thu Oct 16, 1997 | Pink-slipped | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SALTCELLAR | Mon Jul 24, 2023 | Partner of a pepper mill | John Ewbank |
| SANTORINI | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | Island whose volcanic eruption is rumored to have destroyed Atlantis | Matt Ginsberg |
| SNACKTRAY | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Place for cookies or popcorn | Rich Norris |
| SUNNING | Sun Dec 19, 2021 | Solarium activity | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| THEREABOUT | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Roughly that | David J. Kahn |
| TIVOLIGARDENS | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Amusement park that was a model for 75-Down | David J. Kahn |
| UNIQUEUSER | Sun Aug 7, 2022 | Visitor to a website, in analytics lingo | Tina Labadie |
| URBANER | Sat May 14, 2005 | Relatively polished | Bob Peoples |
| WHATALAUGH | Wed Aug 27, 2014 | "That is SO stupid!" | Gareth Bain and David Poole |