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 50,483 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRMILE | Fri May 22, 2009 | Frequent flier's credit | Manny Nosowsky |
| APARTMENTHOUSES | Tue Oct 25, 2011 | Multiple-dwelling buildings | C. W. Stewart |
| BAWLER | Tue May 16, 2006 | Crybaby | Nancy Salomon |
| BIAXIAL | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Like orthorhombic crystals | Barry C. Silk |
| CHECKEREDCAREER | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Cab driving, e.g.? | J. Page |
| COLLARDGREENS | Tue Jun 23, 1998 | Leafy dish | Rich Norris |
| CUDDLEUP | Tue Mar 3, 2015 | Get cozy together | Kristian House |
| CUKOR | Tue Aug 25, 1998 | "My Fair Lady" director George | Randy Sowell |
| DIKTATS | Sat Feb 20, 2016 | Orders | James Mulhern |
| DIVS | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Depts. in depts. | Randolph Ross |
| ERLENMEYERFLASK | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something conical in a chemistry lab | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| EXPRESSTRAIN | Fri Oct 22, 2021 | Local alternative | Robyn Weintraub |
| FAUSTA | Sun Mar 31, 1996 | Wife of Constantine the Great | J. Savage |
| FISCALPERIODS | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Quarters for a business, e.g. | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| GALEA | Tue Dec 11, 2001 | Helmetlike flower petal | A. J. Santora |
| GETSTHEBALLROLLING | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Kicks things off | David Steinberg |
| HASKITTENS | Tue May 23, 2017 | Throws a fit | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HULLED | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | Like much processed wheat | Mike Selinker |
| LADUKE | Wed May 1, 2002 | Nader's 2000 running mate | Steve Jones |
| LEOROSTEN | Sun Nov 11, 2007 | "The Joys of Yiddish" author | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LINEDANCER | Thu May 25, 2017 | One who might get down to Alabama? | Erik Agard |
| MINDSEYE | Wed Feb 23, 2022 | Imagination | Rose Conlon |
| MOUSIER | Wed Aug 7, 2024 | More timid | Meghan Morris |
| NOTICABLE | Sun Apr 27, 2008 | *Conspicuous | Oliver Hill |
| ONCEUPONAHONEYMOON | Sun Jun 23, 2013 | 1942 Cary Grant comedy | Patrick Berry |
| OOBLECK | Tue Mar 2, 2004 | Gooey green substance in the title of a 38-Across story | Charles Barasch |
| PANOV | Wed Nov 1, 1995 | Israeli dancer Valery | D. J. DeChristopher |
| PERIHELION | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun | Peter A. Collins |
| POURIN | Mon Feb 18, 2008 | Enter en masse | Lynn Lempel |
| PROMPOSALS | Sun Jan 29, 2023 | Portmanteau invitations | Rich Katz |
| REARGUARD | Sat Apr 25, 1998 | Like some military actions | Jim Page |
| RECREATED | Thu Oct 3, 1996 | Played | J. R. Leeds |
| SHERMANSMARCH | Sun Mar 12, 1995 | Headline of #4,110 (Nov. 25, 1864) | Charles M. Deber |
| SOAPEDUP | Sat May 20, 2017 | Got into a lather | Paolo Pasco and David Steinberg |
| STRAIGHTA | Fri Feb 23, 2001 | Kind of student | Joe DiPietro |
| THECAST | Sat Sep 6, 2003 | Movie credits caption | David J. Kahn |
| TIMOTHYLEARY | Wed May 30, 2007 | Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across | Mike Nothnagel |
| TORTUROUS | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | ... that is spelled entirely from the last dozen letters of the alphabet | Stu Ockman |
| TURBOPROP | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Commuter aircraft, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| UNAIRABLE | Sat Oct 11, 1997 | In need of bleeping | Fred Piscop |