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 50,875 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSINTH | Fri Aug 30, 2002 | Bitter liqueur: Var. | Patrick Merrell |
| ALLENTOWNPA | Tue May 27, 1997 | Sound system in the Keystone State? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| ANGLEFOR | Wed Nov 7, 2018 | *Seek surreptitiously | Timothy Polin |
| BEBESIDEONESELF | Thu Feb 8, 1996 | Display wrath | Alex K. Justin |
| BIGCOMPANY | Tue Oct 2, 2018 | Megacorporation? [1996, 1970] | Paul Coulter |
| CHAMPAGNECOOLER | Tue Mar 3, 2009 | Prison for vintners? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CHANUKAHMENORAH | Thu Apr 3, 2014 | December display | David Benkof and Jeff Chen |
| CHESTSOFDRAWERS | Wed Oct 26, 2005 | Bureaus | Adam G. Perl |
| CRACKSUP | Fri Jan 19, 2007 | Busts a gut | Karen M. Tracey |
| DENTALASSISTANT | Sat Jan 11, 2014 | Member of a drill team? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DIAMONDBACKS | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Chase Field team | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DRESSINGONTHESIDE | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Specification in a salad order | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| EARTHAKITT | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | "Batman" actress, 1967-68 | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| FANEDIT | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Film enthusiast's creative reinterpretation | Sid Sivakumar |
| FARINAS | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Fine meals | Manny Nosowsky |
| FERDELANCE | Tue Jun 17, 1997 | Tropical viper | Robert Zimmerman |
| FLEERED | Fri Aug 12, 2011 | Derided | Julian Lim |
| FZERO | Tue Aug 10, 2021 | Nintendo series with high-speed racers | Anne Grae Martin |
| GRAVAMEN | Thu Feb 28, 2008 | Grounds for legal action | Matt Ginsberg |
| HAVEAFIT | Mon Jan 11, 2010 | Lose one's temper | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| ISTHISGOOD | Tue Jan 7, 2014 | Question posed while pulling leftovers from the fridge ... or a query about the initial words of 18-, 24-, 33-, 43- or 50-Across? | Mark Bickham |
| KIDULT | Sat Nov 2, 2013 | Grown-up who's not quite grown up | Tom Heilman |
| LATHERER | Mon Feb 16, 2004 | One using lots of soap | Charles Barasch |
| MICROPHONE | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | The "thing" in "Is this thing on?" | Peter Koetters |
| OPENNOTE | Wed Jul 18, 2018 | Not requiring memorization, as a test | David Steinberg |
| PAUPERS | Sat May 6, 2000 | The poor | Rich Norris |
| PIGSOUT | Sat Oct 29, 2011 | Gorges | Barry C. Silk |
| RADIATORS | Fri Apr 22, 2016 | Cold remedies? | Robyn Weintraub |
| REALIZABLE | Tue Sep 13, 2005 | Within reach, as a goal | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| REBOUNDS | Fri May 27, 2005 | Court total | Manny Nosowsky |
| RETOUCHER | Thu May 13, 2004 | Spot remover? | Patrick Merrell |
| RODEWAYINN | Sun Jul 12, 2020 | Motel 6 alternative | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ROSEGARDENS | Wed Dec 29, 2004 | Places for American Beauties | Jay Giess |
| SAVESTHEDAY | Sat Jan 5, 2008 | Is a hero | Paula Gamache |
| SIZEDUP | Wed May 8, 2002 | Evaluated | Fred Piscop |
| STAYSANE | Sat Jul 30, 2022 | Keep it together | Lance Enfinger |
| THIOL | Fri Jun 6, 2008 | Compound added to natural gas to give it an odor | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| TUNEINNEXTWEEK | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Cliffhanger phrase | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WALKEDONTHEMOON | Wed Jul 20, 2005 | What 20- and 50-Across did on July 20, 1969 | Roy Leban |
| WHATSCOOKING | Wed Oct 6, 2021 | "How are plans coming along?" | Jules Markey |