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 50,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APTITUDES | Fri Feb 7, 1997 | Talents | R. Norris |
| ARCHING | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Forming an upward curve | Natan Last |
| AWIDE | Fri Dec 31, 1993 | Cut_____swath | Norman S. Wizer |
| BLACKASTAR | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Jet | Patrick Berry |
| CAPRESE | Mon May 1, 2023 | Kind of salad made with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil | Alina Abidi and Matthew Stock |
| COTANS | Sun Aug 4, 2019 | Trig ratios | Will Nediger |
| CREWMATES | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins | Mark Diehl |
| DIMMERSWITCHES | Mon Mar 25, 2002 | Light modifiers | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| FALLINGBLOCKS | Thu Oct 25, 2012 | See 16-Across | Caleb Rasmussen |
| FREEWAYS | Mon Feb 13, 2006 | Most interstates | Janet R. Bender |
| GARYPLAYER | Sun Mar 27, 1994 | Fitting name for a golfer | Jeanette K. Brill |
| GOODTASTE | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Opposite of kitsch | Robyn Weintraub |
| GOTUPSET | Sat May 17, 2014 | Couldn't keep cool | Brad Wilber |
| HEREDITY | Thu Feb 8, 2007 | Biology topic | Dan Reichert |
| IMPUMPED | Sat Jun 8, 2013 | "Can't wait!" | David Quarfoot |
| IMTOBLAME | Fri Oct 6, 2023 | "That's on me" | Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper |
| LABORDAY | Mon Jul 23, 2007 | Jerry Lewis telethon time | Randall J. Hartman |
| LASTMANONEARTH | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | *Whom one might not marry no matter what! | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| LOGICGATE | Sat Jul 23, 2022 | Circuit building block | John Lieb |
| MORSECODESIGNAL | Fri Oct 25, 2013 | One may be tapped out | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MOVEDIN | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | Took up residence | Christopher Hurt |
| ONASADNOTE | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | "This isn't very pleasant, but ..." | Will Nediger |
| ONRESERVE | Fri Sep 16, 2016 | Put away for someone | Patrick Berry |
| OVERFEEDS | Sat Nov 8, 1997 | Stuffs | Jim Page |
| PALEOLITHICDIET | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | Vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and meat, classically | Erik Agard |
| PROFITEERS | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Ones jacking up prices, maybe | Joe Krozel |
| REGULATES | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Checks or balances, say | Byron Walden |
| REMARKET | Sun Dec 24, 2006 | Sell to a new audience, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REPROOFS | Sat Aug 20, 2011 | Reprimands | Byron Walden |
| RUNACROSS | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Stumble upon | Mark Feldman |
| SETTHETABLE | Tue Mar 8, 2016 | Lay out plates, silverware, napkins, etc. | David Steinberg |
| SHEBANGS | Sun Sep 16, 2012 | 2000 Ricky Martin hit | David Steinberg and Barry Haldiman |
| SPIDERNEST | Wed Sep 6, 2006 | Queen's place, in fiction | Manny Nosowsky |
| STONEWORK | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | Masonry | Peter A. Collins |
| SUGARSUBSTITUTE | Thu May 11, 2000 | Theme of this puzzle | Peter Abide |
| TEATASTING | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | Where to try out some gunpowder? | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| THINSKINNED | Mon Jun 20, 2011 | Easily offended | Lynn Lempel |
| TOBLAME | Sat Jun 18, 1994 | Culpable | Randolph Ross |
| TRYITON | Sat Nov 17, 2001 | Haberdasher's suggestion | Bob Peoples |
| VERMI | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | Worm: Prefix | Chuck Deodene |