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 50,360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARPAW | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | Large print source | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| BUNCOS | Fri Dec 11, 1998 | Scams | Joe DiPietro |
| CENTURYTWENTYONE | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Big name in real estate | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| CETACEAN | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | Air-breathing swimmer | Tim Croce |
| CHEESEHEAD | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Green Bay Packers fan | Bob Klahn |
| CYNTHIA | Wed May 26, 2010 | "Sex and the City" actress Nixon | Anna Shechtman |
| DIGRESSED | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Went off? | Jeff Chen |
| DRIVESAT | Wed Sep 13, 1995 | Attempts to convey | Eileen Lexau |
| DRIVETHROUGH | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Option at many a fast-food restaurant | Benjamin Kramer |
| DUKEANDDUCHESS | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | *Noble couple | Byron Walden |
| ERRANTRY | Fri Jul 17, 1998 | Old-fashioned adventurism | Randolph Ross |
| ETAH | Sun Jan 11, 2004 | Greenland base for many polar expeditions | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EXPERIENCE | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | Go through | Mel Rosen |
| FEVERISH | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Superexcited | Tim Croce |
| FOOTWORN | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Well-trodden, as a path | Jacob McDermott |
| GENTLEMENS | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Kind of agreement | Cathy Millhauser |
| GOODSPORT | Wed Oct 17, 2001 | Unselfish participant, or a mercantile harbor | Greg Staples |
| JIMMYFALLON | Sat Aug 31, 2013 | TV host who won a Best Comedy Album Grammy | Josh Knapp |
| LASTSECOND | Sat Mar 16, 2024 | The "wire," so to speak | Carly Schuna |
| LAUNDEREDMONEY | Mon Jul 17, 2006 | Handled Mob finances, to a housekeeper? | Larry Paul |
| MARCANTONY | Fri Jan 31, 1997 | Second Triumvirate member | M. Gaffney |
| MARLBOROS | Sun Apr 30, 2000 | They were once promoted with the slogan "Ivory tips protect your lips" | Cathy Millhauser |
| MEIOSIS | Thu Jun 20, 2024 | Process of cell division | Ella Dershowitz |
| MIRACLEMOP | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | So-called "self-wringing" cleaning implement | Erik Agard |
| MULLOVER | Wed May 15, 2013 | Reflect deeply on | David Sullivan |
| NEWYORKTIMES | Thu Dec 13, 2018 | Publishing debut of 1851, with "The" | John Westwig |
| NOTIFBUTWHEN | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Statement of inevitability | John Guzzetta |
| OMNIPRESENT | Fri Jul 25, 2014 | Like God | Peter A. Collins |
| ONEFOURTH | Fri Dec 19, 2003 | Generous slice of the pie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OUTSPRINT | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | *Defeat in a 100-meter dash, say | Simeon Seigel |
| RECITING | Sun May 15, 1994 | Not ad-libbing | Charles M. Deber |
| REMEMBERME | Sat Feb 19, 2011 | Reunion question | Tim Croce |
| STARKNESS | Sat Jun 24, 2000 | Desolation | Nancy Joline |
| STATINS | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Lipitor and such | Byron Walden |
| STRESSMARK | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Accent | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STUNTDOUBLE | Sun May 17, 2009 | Perfect job for Darren? | Oliver Hill |
| SUBWAYADS | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Pitches low and inside? | Natan Last |
| THEMUDVILLENINE | Sat Jun 26, 2021 | Literary team playing in front of "ten thousand eyes" | John Lieb and Brad Wilber |
| TOWNEE | Thu Aug 22, 1996 | Nonstudent living in a college community: Var. | R. Norris |
| WRYHUMOR | Thu Oct 10, 2024 | Trademark of deadpan stand-ups | Grant Boroughs |