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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASR | Sun Jan 30, 1994 | Air traffic controllers' sys. | Alex K. Justin |
| BEASSURED | Fri Feb 19, 2010 | Encouraging statement start | Victor Fleming |
| BESTFRIENDS | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | Outdo one's buddies? | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| BLOWDRY | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Salon request | Jeff Chen |
| BOYSTOWN | Wed Apr 5, 2000 | 1938 film starring 57-Across | Frances Hansen |
| BRUISEDRIB | Mon Apr 30, 2012 | Sparring injury, perhaps | Susan L. Stanislawski |
| BUNCOS | Fri Dec 11, 1998 | Scams | Joe DiPietro |
| CANIGETAWITNESS | Sat Dec 30, 2017 | Question that might precede "Hallelujah!" | Damon Gulczynski |
| CATHS | Sat Jul 5, 1997 | Many churchgoers: Abbr. | Rich Norris |
| CHOCOLATERABBIT | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | Certain Easter candy | Jack Mowat |
| CHRISTENS | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | Breaks a bottle on, maybe | Josh Knapp |
| DARKSPOT | Mon May 26, 2008 | Appearing and disappearing feature on Jupiter | Mark Sherwood |
| ELEPHANTMAN | Sat May 28, 2022 | 1980 black-and-white film that was nominated for Best Picture, with "The" | Joseph Greenbaum |
| ESTIMABLY | Thu Dec 7, 2000 | So as to deserve admiration | Henry Hook |
| EVILINTENTIONS | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | Bad designs | Lewis Dean Hyatt |
| FIRELINE | Sat Jun 6, 1998 | Open swath in a forest | Rich Norris |
| FOLLOWED | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Succeeded | Jules P. Markey |
| FREIDAPINTO | Tue Nov 21, 2023 | "Slumdog Millionaire" actress | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| GORGESON | Sun Jun 26, 2011 | Stuffs oneself with | David Levinson Wilk |
| JANETMOCK | Fri Mar 23, 2018 | Transgender rights activist and best-selling author of "Redefining Realness" | Erik Agard |
| LAYDOWNSALLY | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | "Time to show your cards, Ms. Field!" | Gary Cee |
| LEFTISTS | Fri Sep 5, 1997 | Greens, politically | Harvey Estes |
| MEMORIES | Sun May 11, 2025 | High school reunion topic | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MENTALNOTES | Wed Aug 4, 2010 | Unwritten reminders | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MORSI | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Mohamed ___, Egyptian president removed from power in July 2013 | Evan Birnholz |
| ORANGEWINE | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Fermented beverage used as an aperitif | David J. Kahn |
| OTTOOCTAVIUS | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Tentacled enemy of 115-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PHIZ | Sun Jan 13, 2008 | Illustrator for Charles Dickens | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| PLACEABET | Sat May 23, 2015 | Wager | Peter Wentz |
| PLOPPLOP | Sun Jun 10, 2007 | Initial sounds of a relief effort? | Bob Klahn |
| PROOFSPIRIT | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Hard stuff | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SECRETES | Wed May 16, 2012 | Generates, as fluids | Kevin Adamick |
| SELAS | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Ward and namesakes | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SHADINESS | Tue Jan 17, 2023 | Sketchy behavior | Erika Ettin |
| STEPONTHEGAS | Mon Sep 24, 2012 | "Hurry up!" | John Dunn |
| THEBIGSHORT | Fri Dec 14, 2012 | 2010 best seller by Michael Lewis | Paula Gamache |
| TOURNIQUET | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | Flow stopper, of a sort | Ryan McCarty |
| VOTING | Mon Apr 22, 1996 | November activity | S. B. Whitten |
| WEELASSIES | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | Young girls in Glasgow | Richard Chisholm |
| WOR | Thu Nov 25, 1999 | Flagship station of the old Mutual Broadcasting System | David J. Kahn |