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 50,655 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICANTRAGEDY | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Book by 36 Across, with "An" | Joy L. Wouk |
| APOLOG | Tue Dec 27, 1994 | Moral fable: Var. | Ernie Furtado |
| AROSEFROMTHEASHES | Sun Nov 3, 2002 | Official flower of Phoenix? | Patrick Berry |
| ASPIRATION | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Hope | David Levinson Wilk |
| ASTIITALY | Fri Jan 22, 2010 | European wine center | Natan Last |
| AZERBAIJANI | Fri Dec 19, 2008 | Russian's neighbor | Natan Last |
| BASEBALLBATTERS | Tue Aug 3, 2010 | They're up | Paula Gamache |
| BLACKLISTING | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Banning from future work | Tom McCoy |
| BOOZEUP | Fri Jun 4, 2010 | Brit's bender | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BRIDGING | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Making ends meet? | Joe DiPietro |
| COMMUNISTSTATE | Sun Apr 17, 2016 | *Laos or Vietnam | Howard Barkin |
| DAVECHAPPELLE | Tue Aug 2, 2011 | Performer with a self-titled Comedy Central series from 2003 to 2006 | Albert R. Picallo |
| DEMOUNIT | Sat May 15, 2021 | iPhone on display at an Apple Store, e.g. | Sam Trabucco |
| DISPLEASED | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Frowning | Eric Berlin |
| EATONPLACE | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | "Upstairs, Downstairs" setting | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ELLENTERRY | Sat Dec 31, 1994 | Actress from Coventry, England | Alex K. Justin |
| EUROPEANS | Thu May 10, 2012 | Poles, e.g. | Jules P. Markey |
| FALSERETURN | Sat Feb 26, 2011 | Red flag for the I.R.S. | Bob Peoples |
| FLIEDOUT | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Batted the ball too high, perhaps | Joe DiPietro |
| FOOTBALLFIELD | Sun Nov 5, 2006 | Flag ___ Day | Derrick Niederman |
| FRANCES | Sat May 31, 1997 | 1973 Pulitzer winner FitzGerald | Frank Longo |
| GOSHDARNIT | Sat Jan 7, 2023 | "Shoot!" | Adam Aaronson |
| GREATBALLSOFFIRE | Wed Feb 11, 2026 | 1957 rock 'n' roll classic suggested by this puzzle's circled letters | Joseph Gangi |
| HAIRNETS | Fri Apr 20, 2001 | Mess headgear | Chuck Deodene |
| HEAPING | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Like a more-than-full spoonful | Derrick Niederman |
| IRSAUDITORS | Wed Aug 31, 2016 | Taxpayers' bugaboos | Ned White |
| LAYSITONTHELINE | Wed Jan 26, 2000 | What Hingis does? | Dan Reichert |
| LEFTFIELDER | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Ted Williams was one | Trip Payne |
| MAKINGENDSMEET | Sun Feb 12, 2023 | Economizing, as represented by the shaded squares? | Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MERKEL | Fri Apr 27, 2012 | First female chancellor of Germany | Patrick Berry |
| MINUETS | Fri Feb 27, 2015 | Dances in 3/4 time | Julian Lim |
| PRINTADS | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | Old-fashioned promotions | Patrick Berry |
| PROBABLE | Fri Aug 5, 1994 | In the cards | Daniel R. Stark |
| RELINKS | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Fixes, as broken 93-Down | Drew Schmenner |
| SCHOOLBOARD | Tue Jul 31, 2007 | *Education overseers | Allan E. Parrish |
| SIGNSIN | Fri Sep 26, 2003 | Records one's arrival | Eric Berlin |
| SINEDIE | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | How Congress might adjourn | Patrick Berry |
| SOMERSAULTED | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Flipped | Andrew Zhou |
| SPITZES | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Dogs that ought to be great swimmers? | Byron Walden |
| THEJOKEWASONYOU | Tue May 17, 2005 | Trickster's comment, after 17-, 33- or 42-Across | Sherry O. Blackard |