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 50,730 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSTARCAST | Fri Jan 30, 2026 | Feature of a big-budget feature, perhaps | Robyn Weintraub |
| ANIMALPRESERVES | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Game settings | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ANYBODYHOME | Sun Jan 20, 2019 | Baseball scorekeeper | Richard Crowe |
| BELLIED | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | ___ up to (approached) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BELTOUTASONG | Mon Nov 4, 2024 | Perform karaoke with passion, say | Colin Adams |
| BIGHT | Sat May 18, 2002 | Shoreline curve | Trip Payne |
| BLEWIN | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Showed up | Joe DiPietro |
| BOWEDOUT | Sun May 5, 2013 | Withdrew | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BOXTURTLE | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Pet that hisses when frightened | Barry C. Silk |
| CAREERPATH | Sat Dec 2, 2023 | Work in progress? | Royce Ferguson |
| CASHORCREDIT | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | Modern choice #5 | Cathy Millhauser |
| COOLBREEZE | Fri Jun 26, 2020 | Summer refresher | Robyn Weintraub |
| EDGETOOL | Sun May 10, 2009 | One applied to a grindstone | Patrick Berry |
| ESPRESSOMACHINE | Fri Jan 12, 2001 | Noisy restaurant device | Mark Diehl |
| FIRSTHALF | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Opening 30 minutes of football | Jim Hilger |
| FRUITOFTHELOOM | Wed May 24, 2023 | Big name in underwear | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| GIRLFROMIPANEMA | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | The "she" in the lyric "And when she passes, I smile" | Byron Walden |
| HEARSES | Tue Aug 14, 2018 | Funeral vehicles | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| ISHOTTHESHERIFF | Fri Jun 13, 2014 | 1974 #1 hit written by Bob Marley | David Steinberg |
| ISSUEAMANIFESTO | Fri Jan 12, 2007 | Declare one's intentions publicly | Sherry O. Blackard |
| JAWER | Sun Jun 27, 2004 | Chatterbox | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn |
| MOBTIE | Fri Oct 9, 2020 | Connection to the underworld | Sam Buchbinder |
| NATIONALARCHIVES | Sun Jun 25, 2017 | Constitution holder | Jacob Stulberg |
| OBOEREEDS | Tue Jul 7, 1998 | Wind player's purchases | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PIMIENTOOLIVES | Thu Aug 3, 2017 | Stuffed garnishes | Timothy Polin |
| PLOVERS | Wed Apr 24, 1996 | Shorebirds | G. Dean |
| SHUFFLEOFF | Wed Apr 16, 2003 | Slowly depart | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SIDEWINDER | Thu Oct 7, 2010 | Southwestern rattler | Patrick Blindauer |
| SOBOL | Sun Apr 16, 1995 | Encyclopedia Brown creator | Matt Gaffney |
| STEELDOORS | Sat May 16, 2020 | Hefty barriers to entry | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| STEWARDESS | Tue Mar 8, 2011 | Old TWA hiree | Paul Hunsberger |
| SUGARPOP | Mon Oct 1, 2001 | Sweet drink | Janice M. Putney |
| TAKESTOTASK | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Reprimands | R. Hamel |
| THEOKLAHOMACITYDISASTER | Sun Dec 31, 1995 | CALAMITY! I SHOOK, SHATTERED | Bob Klahn |
| TOPSTHELIST | Tue Nov 30, 2010 | Is ranked #1 | Kristian House |
| TREATEDTODINNER | Sat Oct 26, 2002 | Took out, in a way | Rich Norris |
| TRUEORFALSETEST | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | Easy quiz to grade [5] | Andrew Zhou |
| UBAHN | Wed Nov 14, 2018 | German rapid transit system | Sam Trabucco |
| WIDEMOUTHED | Tue Apr 28, 1998 | Astonished | Manny Nosowsky |
| WRAPPARTIES | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Cast events after filming is done | Joe DiPietro |