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 50,256 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANALECTS | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | "The ___ of Confucius" | Patrick Berry |
| ASPIRESTO | Wed May 17, 2023 | Aims for | Parker Higgins |
| BOULDERERS | Mon Feb 3, 2025 | Recreational rock climbers | Jack Scherban |
| BYYOURLEAVE | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Request for permission | Patrick Berry |
| CACHINNATE | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | Laugh uproariously | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| CHAWON | Wed Jun 14, 1995 | Eat none too daintily | Richard Hughes |
| COURSED | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Ran | Roland Huget |
| DANICA | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Auto racer ___ Patrick | Paul Coulter |
| DRESSDOWNDAYS | Tue Oct 17, 2023 | Casual office occasions | Dominic Grillo |
| DREWALONGBREATH | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Inspired (very much so!) | Manny Nosowsky |
| ENDTABLES | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | They may sit next to sofas | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| ETCETERAETCETERA | Sun May 8, 2022 | "... you get the point" | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| FLUORESCE | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Glow, in a way | Jacob Stulberg |
| GOWIRELESS | Sat Feb 19, 2011 | Eliminate lines of communication? | Tim Croce |
| JDANFORTHQUAYLE | Mon Nov 5, 2007 | Vice president who once famously mashed "potato" | Jeremy Horwitz |
| JULIEADAMS | Sat Jul 31, 2021 | "Creature From the Black Lagoon" co-star | Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic |
| LEFTRIGHTAWAY | Tue Mar 7, 2023 | *Made a hasty exit | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| LICENSOR | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Legal trademark user | Charles M. Deber |
| LOTTOBALLS | Fri Nov 17, 2023 | Focus of a get-rich-quick scheme? | Hemant Mehta |
| MARTINSHEEN | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president | Andrew J. Ries |
| MOONSHADOW | Mon Apr 8, 2024 | 1971 Cat Stevens hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across | Peter Gordon |
| MOVEBACK | Fri Apr 11, 2014 | Retreat | Peter Wentz |
| OUGHTS | Thu Jun 19, 2008 | Possible name for the first decade of the century | Joe Krozel |
| PABARKER | Fri Feb 26, 2016 | His wife and sons were Depression-era criminals | Paula Gamache |
| PAPERLACE | Sun May 18, 2014 | Band with the 1974 #1 hit "The Night Chicago Died" | Joe DiPietro |
| PHAIR | Fri Dec 16, 2011 | Rocker Liz | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| PLEASESTOP | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | "Enough!" | Sam Trabucco |
| PLUMTOMATO | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | Common ingredient in pasta sauce | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REAUMUR | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | 18th-century French inventor of a temperature scale | Byron Walden |
| RETURNEES | Sun Aug 29, 2010 | Soldiers home from service, e.g. | Derek Bowman |
| ROVING | Sat Feb 9, 2002 | Not specifically assigned | Rich Norris |
| SAYSNOTO | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Refuses | Joe DiPietro |
| SLEEPINGBAGS | Sun Apr 28, 2002 | Product of a Serta/Louis Vuitton merger? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STARTERKIT | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Basics to build with | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic |
| TAHITIANS | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Papeete's people | Frank Longo |
| TERNARY | Fri Feb 16, 2007 | Threefold | Charles Barasch |
| TROPHIES | Thu Jul 13, 2000 | Den decorations | Rich Norris |
| ULTERIORMOTIVE | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Reason for coyness, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| USEABLE | Sat May 19, 2007 | Fit | Byron Walden |
| WINDROW | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Line of drying hay | Frank A. Longo |