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 50,654 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSCRAYS | Fri Aug 12, 2022 | Gets the heck out of odgeday | Trent H. Evans |
| BANOS | Wed Jan 11, 2017 | Spanish baths | Peter A. Collins |
| BIPOLARDISORDER | Wed Aug 15, 2018 | PARBOIL | Kathy Wienberg |
| BLOOMBERG | Sat Nov 8, 2014 | Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to Independent | Barry C. Silk |
| BOOTJACK | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | *Tool for removing heavy footwear | Ed Sessa |
| CHERVIL | Sat Mar 17, 2001 | Aromatic herb used in soups and salads | Rich Norris |
| CLASSROSTER | Mon May 6, 2024 | Sheet with student names | Malaika Handa |
| CRENEL | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Opening in a battlement | Paul Coulter |
| DASHIN | Thu Nov 7, 2019 | Enter quickly | Joe DiPietro |
| DONNISH | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Professorial | Kurt Mueller |
| FLIESTO | Sun Apr 15, 2018 | Reaches by plane | Alex Bajcz |
| HIKINGGEAR | Mon Jul 27, 2020 | It may include a backpack, boots and a water bottle | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ICEFISHING | Wed Nov 7, 2007 | Catching cold? | Richard Chisholm |
| INONESGLORY | Fri Apr 10, 1998 | Very pleased with oneself | Manny Nosowsky |
| KETTLEBELL | Tue Feb 14, 2023 | Fitness weight with a handle | Ella Dershowitz |
| LESSEROF | Thu Jan 5, 2012 | ___ two evils | Dan Schmiedeler |
| LIFESPAN | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | About a month, for a fruit fly | Kevin G. Der |
| MUESLIS | Sun Jan 30, 2011 | Cereal mixes | Kevin G. Der and Jessica A. Hui |
| MUGSY | Sun May 22, 2011 | Cartoon criminal | Bob Klahn |
| NARWAL | Wed Feb 21, 1996 | Arctic whale: Var. | F. & L. Sabin |
| OHBEQUIET | Mon Aug 12, 2019 | "Hush, you!" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ONTHEBOARD | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | Helping to manage a nonprofit, say ... or where to find the answers to the starred clues? | Alana Platt |
| PINSANDNEEDLES | Fri Mar 16, 2007 | Feeling of excited anticipation | Eric Berlin |
| PLAYFUL | Wed May 18, 2022 | Like a frisky puppy | Andy Kravis |
| POETRYREADING | Sun Feb 12, 2017 | Suggestion to a bored short story writer? | Lynn Lempel |
| REDSQUIRREL | Tue Apr 19, 2005 | Arboreal rodent | Lisa Bunker |
| SALMAHAYEK | Fri Jul 31, 2009 | Oscar-nominated portrayer of Frida Kahlo | Mike Nothnagel |
| SAMUELBUTLER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Sonnetizing servant | Martin Schneider |
| SHIBA | Thu Nov 2, 2023 | ___ Inu (Japanese dog) | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson |
| SHIPSTO | Sun May 18, 2014 | Targets for a delivery | Joe DiPietro |
| SLIMEEELS | Thu Dec 26, 2002 | Hagfish by another name | Cathy Millhauser |
| SPOONFULS | Sun May 22, 2022 | Amounts of sugar, perhaps | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| STARLOG | Sat Oct 5, 1996 | Popular Trekkie zine | T. Payne |
| SURFTHEWEB | Fri May 17, 2002 | Browse, in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| TACKEDON | Thu Feb 10, 1994 | Added as an afterthought | Manny Nosowsky |
| THANKER | Thu Apr 27, 2000 | Polite guest | Greg Staples |
| TURKEYBASTER | Wed Apr 8, 2020 | Aid for a Thanksgiving chef | Sam Buchbinder |
| WASABIMAYO | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Poke bowl condiment | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| WATERSDOWN | Mon Feb 26, 2018 | Dilutes | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| YERBABUENA | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Trailing evergreen related to savory | Karen M. Tracey |