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 50,494 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAHSAT | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Verbally reacts to in awe | Paul Coulter |
| ALLFIREDUP | Tue Jul 21, 2020 | Raring to go | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ARGENTINEAN | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Sabatini or Vilas | Randolph Ross |
| AUDITIONED | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Tried out | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BARITONECLEFS | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Sheet music symbols | A.J. Santora |
| BATBOYS | Tue May 16, 2006 | Dugout gofers | Nancy Salomon |
| BROACHED | Thu Jun 26, 2014 | *___ Motel | Pawel Fludzinski |
| COPIEDDOWN | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | Transcribed | Mark Diehl |
| COZIEST | Tue Sep 18, 2007 | Most comfy | Chuck Deodene |
| DIVEINHEADFIRST | Mon Aug 31, 2015 | Attack an endeavor vigorously | Michael Dewey |
| EATFROM | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Use, as a dish | David Woolf |
| EMPERORPALPATINE | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | Film villain who says "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side" | David Steinberg |
| FIVETIMECHAMP | Wed Jul 9, 2003 | [Prediction:] Lance Armstrong, at the end of the 2003 20-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| FLATHEADSCREW | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented | Tom McCoy |
| GOITERS | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | Neck swellings | Raymond Hamel |
| GRUBBER | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Scrounging sort | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ITELL | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | "___ you what ..." | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| LAPIDARY | Fri Aug 5, 1994 | Stonecutter | Daniel R. Stark |
| LATESTFAD | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | It's in right now | Samuel Smalley |
| LIGHTPINK | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Color of many nurseries | Anna Shechtman |
| MAGICA | Sat Mar 15, 2003 | Ars ___ (sorcery) | Adam Cohen |
| MUSICALCOMEDY | Sun Jun 24, 2007 | Broadway's "The Producers," e.g. | Eric Berlin |
| NOTMY | Fri Mar 30, 2012 | Words before problem or department | Joe Krozel |
| OKISEE | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | "Ah, got it now!" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ORRISOIL | Sat Oct 31, 2009 | Perfume ingredient | Robert H. Wolfe |
| PAYASYOUGO | Sat Oct 8, 2016 | Type of mobile phone plan | Julian Lim |
| PECLASSES | Sat Jan 25, 2025 | They support many student movements | Michael Lieberman |
| REMOVING | Thu Oct 7, 2004 | With 37-Across and 38-Down, step taken after an airline accident | Patrick Merrell |
| SAIDAPRAYER | Fri Jun 17, 2011 | Spoke up with one's head down? | Paula Gamache |
| SHOERACK | Sun Jul 14, 2019 | Sole supporter? | Caitlin Reid |
| SORRYSIGHT | Sun Jun 19, 2011 | "It was all my fault, gun attachment!" | Patrick Berry |
| SQUADRONED | Sat Mar 18, 2000 | Formed defense groups, of a sort | Rich Norris |
| SWORDDANCE | Sun May 10, 2020 | Scottish tradition before battle | Adam Fromm |
| TIMOTHYS | Thu Dec 22, 2005 | Hollywood's Dalton and Hutton | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOOKABEATING | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | Anvils | Paula Gamache |
| TRUEORFALSETEST | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | Easy quiz to grade [5] | Andrew Zhou |
| VIZORS | Sun Jan 20, 2002 | Golfers' wear: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WINDSOFWAR | Tue May 14, 1996 | Herman Wouk novel, with "The" | G. E. Paul |
| YEEHAW | Sun Feb 5, 2023 | Cowboy's cry of excitement | Jeremy Newton |
| ZIPMEUP | Sat May 3, 2025 | Request from someone getting dressed | Michael Lieberman |