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 50,501 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUTFACES | Fri Feb 17, 2023 | Drill switches? | Jem Burch |
| ALECLEAMAS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold | Randolph Ross |
| BOSSTWEED | Sat Oct 23, 1999 | Thomas Nast target | Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley |
| BUTOFCOURSE | Mon Jan 4, 1999 | "Yes!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| CHAPERONS | Sat Mar 8, 1997 | Some supervisors | Rich Norris |
| CLEAREDUP | Sat Mar 16, 2013 | Became fair | Julian Lim |
| EMAJORETUDE | Tue Jun 18, 1996 | Part of Chopin's Opus 10 | E. C. Gorski |
| EQUABLE | Tue Mar 28, 2000 | Steady | Fred Piscop |
| FANCLUBS | Thu Nov 19, 2015 | Zine distributors, perhaps | Andrew Zhou |
| FART | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Brain ___ | Kameron Austin Collins |
| FINISHAHEADOFSCHEDULE | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | COMPLETE PLAN | Joe DiPietro |
| FOODSTAPLE | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Corn or rice | Michael Hawkins |
| GEORGIANS | Mon Feb 1, 2021 | Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, for two | Soleil Saint-Cyr |
| GOBOS | Sat Jul 19, 2008 | Recording studio sound shields | Todd McClary |
| GRANTOR | Tue Apr 23, 2013 | Many a benevolent organization | Severin T. Nelson |
| GRASPEDATSTRAWS | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | What tots did in the malt shop? | A. J. Santora |
| HOLDEVERYTHING | Wed Mar 1, 1995 | "Stop!" | Lois Sidway |
| ITSTOODEEPFORME | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | Comment when something is over your head | Harvey Estes |
| JEBSTUART | Thu Sep 30, 1999 | Battle of Bull Run general | Matt Gaffney |
| JEWISON | Sat Jul 11, 2015 | Norman who directed "In the Heat of the Night" | Joe DiPietro |
| MATTHEWS | Sat Apr 17, 2021 | Dave of rock | Leslie Rogers |
| MINNEAPOLIS | Mon Apr 8, 2002 | St. Paul's twin | Richard Chisholm |
| MOMCAVE | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Certain zen retreat | John Hawksley |
| OMINOUSLY | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | In a foreboding manner | Kristian House |
| PEDDLING | Wed Dec 7, 2005 | Pitching, in a way | Manny Nosowsky |
| PSYCHOLOGIST | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | HEADLINE | David J. Kahn |
| REARWIPER | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Clearer in hindsight? | Byron Walden |
| RIVERSTYX | Fri May 1, 2020 | It always goes to hell | Trenton Charlson |
| ROOTLETS | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Ivy supporters | Tim Croce |
| SCROUNGY | Wed Aug 2, 1995 | Disheveled | James Neal |
| SETNO | Sun Apr 3, 1994 | _____ store by | Ernie Furtado |
| SHININGSEA | Sun Jul 2, 1995 | See 80-Across | Alex K. Justin |
| SKYPER | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | One having a certain video chat | Chuck Deodene |
| SPYCATCHER | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Controversial 1987 exposé by ex-MI5 agent Peter Wright | Patrick Berry |
| STRITCH | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | "Bus Stop" star: 1955 | Randolph Ross |
| SURDS | Sat Dec 25, 2004 | Irrational numbers, in math | Byron Walden |
| SWEEPSECONDHAND | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | It's in the same position every minute | Jim Page |
| THEATREDISTRICT | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | London's West End, e.g. | Gary Cee |
| TUTELAGE | Fri May 2, 2008 | Charge | Barry C. Silk |
| ZOMBIES | Sat Jun 28, 2008 | Corps of corpses | Byron Walden |