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 50,703 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEROMETERS | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | Measurers of gas properties | Eric Berlin |
| ARMANISUITS | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Parts of a fashionable "Collezioni" | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| ASPIRERS | Wed May 29, 2002 | Goal-oriented sorts | Alan Olschwang |
| BELOWPAR | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Like an eagle, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| BIRTHDAYPRESENT | Wed Mar 12, 1997 | Party item | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BLOODORANGE | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Fruit with crimson-colored flesh | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| CHIDING | Fri May 8, 2015 | Dressing down | Ian Livengood |
| CYGNUS | Tue Jan 29, 2008 | Stellar swan | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| DECREASES | Thu Aug 27, 2009 | Shrinks | Derek Bowman |
| DREAMHOUSE | Wed Jul 26, 2023 | Ideal place to live | Mary Crane |
| EDUCATIONOFHENRYADAMS | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | 1919 Pulitzer-winning autobiography, with "The" | David J. Kahn |
| EMERALDEARRINGS | Fri Dec 13, 2002 | Fashion accessory given in May, maybe | Bob Peoples |
| GABION | Sun May 15, 1994 | Pier support | Charles M. Deber |
| GIVERS | Sat Jul 1, 1995 | Angels | Eileen Lexau |
| HELENHAYES | Tue Oct 10, 2000 | Tony-, Oscar- and Emmy-winner born 10/10/1900 | Frances Hansen |
| IASSUMESO | Fri Aug 8, 2025 | "That would make the most sense to me" | Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock |
| KITHARA | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | Ancient harplike instrument | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LIVETWEET | Fri Aug 12, 2022 | Give updates on in real time, perhaps | Trent H. Evans |
| MAKESONESESCAPE | Sat Aug 31, 2002 | Flees | Trip Payne |
| MANEATINGSHARKS | Fri Jul 9, 2010 | Popular sea menaces of film | Patrick Berry |
| MANTISSA | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Decimal part of a logarithm | Alan Jay Weiss |
| MINIBIKE | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Small two-wheeler | Manny Nosowsky |
| NETGAINS | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Stockholders like to see them | Trip Payne |
| NONCOMS | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Sarges, e.g. | John Duschatko |
| ONCOMETONCUPID | Thu Dec 6, 2007 | Cry from Santa | Joe Krozel |
| PADRONI | Sat Feb 26, 1994 | Roles in "The Godfather" | Bob Klahn |
| PBSSHOW | Fri Jul 27, 2018 | "Nature" or "Frontline" | Bruce Haight |
| PLACEINTHESUN | Mon Aug 13, 2007 | 1951 Montgomery Clift/Elizabeth Taylor film, with "A" | Andrew Ries |
| POPINTOTHEOVEN | Sun May 8, 2005 | Warm up [Ford] | Jim Page |
| PUNCHCARDS | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In ___, you might see some ___ hanging around | Patrick Berry |
| REASONTOBELIEVE | Sat Jul 21, 2018 | What keeps you going when everything seems lost | Jason Flinn |
| REUTTER | Sat May 7, 1994 | Say again | Bryant White |
| SCURVE | Thu Dec 19, 2002 | Winding road section | Patrick Berry |
| SELFPITIERS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | "Woe is me!" types | Joe Krozel |
| SUNDAYWORLD | Sat Dec 21, 2013 | See 6-Across | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| THESHIPPINGNEWS | Wed Apr 29, 1998 | E. Annie Proulx novel | Gayle Dean |
| TIPSHEET | Sat Nov 2, 2013 | Offerer of stock advice | Tom Heilman |
| VENTILATE | Mon Sep 20, 2004 | Open the windows in | A. J. Santora |
| WNBATEAM | Thu Mar 26, 2020 | Mercury or Sun, e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| YUCKFACTOR | Thu Jul 15, 2021 | Metric of grossness | Max Carpenter |