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 50,332 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALOHASHIRTS | Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Islands attire | Mark MacLachlan |
| BARKEEPER | Sat Oct 11, 2003 | Juice dispenser | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BEDROOMDOOR | Mon Jun 23, 2025 | Shut it! | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BEMA | Sun Aug 25, 2002 | Synagogue stage | Randolph Ross |
| BROKEREDASETTLEMENT | Sun May 1, 2016 | *Ted talks, say | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| BUTCHER | Thu Jun 5, 2025 | *Someone who knows how the sausage gets made? | Timothy Gaetz |
| BYPLAY | Tue Jun 14, 2011 | Incidental activity | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| CUTSUP | Thu May 22, 2008 | Misbehaves | Richard Silvestri |
| DOESFOR | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Completes at the request of | Finn Vigeland |
| EGONS | Sat May 18, 2013 | Painter Schiele and composer Wellesz | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EPL | Wed Oct 23, 2024 | Soccer org. for Chelsea and Manchester United | Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic |
| GIVEMESOMESPACE | Thu Mar 28, 2019 | Request needed to understand four clues in this puzzle | Damon Gulczynski |
| GUNROOM | Sun Sep 11, 2005 | Where many barrels are seen | Patrick Berry |
| HENRIII | Sat May 18, 1996 | Husband of Catherine de Medici | M. Nosowsky |
| HICKEY | Tue Jan 27, 1998 | Kiss mark | Manny Nosowsky |
| IFTHESHOEFITS | Sun Sep 9, 2007 | *"It's true, like it or not" | Patrick Berry |
| ILONG | Wed Aug 31, 1994 | "___ to Belong to You" (1939 song) | Christopher Hurt |
| JETAIRPLANE | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | N.F.L. transportation? | Louis Sabin |
| JOHNMADDEN | Mon Jul 15, 2002 | Leader of football's 31-Down | John Leavy |
| LANGUAGELABS | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Places with tapes | Joe DiPietro |
| LATERBRO | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | "Peace, dude!" | Ryan McCarty |
| LEEMAY | Sat Sep 20, 1997 | R.B.I. leader of 1976 | Bob Klahn |
| NAZCALINES | Sat Apr 20, 2024 | Mysterious ancient geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert | Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley |
| NBOMB | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Certain W.M.D. | Manny Nosowsky |
| PACIFICPALISADES | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Community abutting Santa Monica | Byron Walden |
| PALAVERS | Fri Feb 26, 1999 | Conferences | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PNEUMATICTIRE | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In a ___, there's a volume of ___ that keeps it firm | Patrick Berry |
| PREBOILED | Fri Feb 2, 1996 | Like some bratwursts | R. Hamel |
| ROCKINGHORSE | Wed May 11, 2022 | Tot's mount | Michael Paleos |
| RUNNINGSTART | Mon Nov 29, 2021 | Early advantage ... or what 20-, 28- and 45-Across each have? | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| RUNSAT | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Charges | Dan Feyer |
| SEVENHILLSOFROME | Wed Apr 22, 2020 | Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded | Jules Markey |
| SHAPABLE | Sun Dec 21, 2008 | Like Silly Putty | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHERIF | Sun Feb 26, 2017 | Muslim official | Josh Knapp |
| SPURIOUS | Sun Feb 23, 2025 | Not to be relied upon | Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa |
| THATCHER | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | *... for British prime ministers | Sam Trabucco |
| TOOBADFORYOU | Mon May 9, 2022 | Gloating words of mock consolation | August Miller |
| TRUCKLE | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | Bow (to) | Dana Motley |
| WHATIMEANTWAS | Thu Aug 20, 2020 | *"Er ... um ..." | Grant Thackray |
| YOUTUBECLIP | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Certain online video snippet | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |