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 50,482 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDAN | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | "It is a nipping _____ eager air": Shakespeare | Dean Niles |
| ASIANLONGHORNEDBEETLE | Sun Jun 25, 2017 | Tree-damaging pest accidentally introduced to the U.S. in 1996 | Jacob Stulberg |
| BEATAHASTYRETREAT | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| BLOWOVER | Mon May 14, 2012 | Pass without effect, as a storm | John Dunn |
| BLOWSAPART | Fri Nov 23, 2018 | Explodes | Temple Brown |
| BOOKOFMORMON | Mon Sep 8, 2014 | 2011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The" | Dan Schoenholz |
| BREACHES | Sun Apr 8, 2012 | Security crises | Daniel A. Finan |
| BRINGSUPTOSPEED | Thu Nov 7, 2024 | Fills in with the latest | Joe Deeney |
| CHANGEHANDS | Mon Dec 26, 2022 | Pass to a different owner, as a business | Kurt Weller |
| COMPASSES | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | Circle makers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CONJOBS | Wed Aug 14, 2013 | Scams | Sarah Keller |
| DOINGASTRETCH | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | "I merely went to my yoga class, and now I'm ___!" | Patrick Berry |
| DOUSER | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Fire extinguisher | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DUMPEDON | Fri Jun 12, 2009 | Bad-mouthed | Patrick Berry |
| FTENS | Thu Nov 24, 2005 | U.S. military planes | Michael Shteyman |
| GETSATIP | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Is rewarded for service | Ryan McCarty |
| HUTMENT | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Group of rude dwellings | Patrick Berry |
| LIPRING | Fri Jan 22, 2021 | Facial piercing | Daniel Larsen |
| MAKEMERRY | Fri Jul 1, 1994 | Whoop it up | Mel Taub |
| MELDING | Sat Apr 19, 2014 | Putting one's cards on the table, in a way | Stu Ockman |
| METEORITES | Sun May 22, 1994 | They're seen after a shower | Randolph Ross |
| MINDBENDING | Tue Apr 14, 2020 | Like hallucinogenic drugs | Joe Hansen |
| MONEGASQUE | Wed Jun 1, 1994 | MONACO: _____:: ... | Bob Lubbers |
| MONEYBALL | Sun Nov 3, 2019 | Michael Lewis best seller with the subtitle "The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" | Kristian House |
| NOWWEARESIX | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | A.A. Milne title | Randolph Ross |
| PEAKING | Mon Apr 23, 2012 | Ruler in a vegetable garden? | Michael David |
| PETBIRD | Sat Mar 10, 2018 | Iago vis-à-vis Jafar, in "Aladdin" | Ryan McCarty |
| POETICFEET | Sun Jul 29, 2001 | Versifier's condition? | Michael Ashley |
| REMOTEPOSSIBILITY | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about why to buy an air purifier? | Jeremy Newton |
| RETUSE | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Rounded and notched, as a leaf | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| RINGBELLFORSERVICE | Sun May 24, 1998 | Steeple musician's job? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| SEAOFAZOV | Fri Mar 13, 2009 | It's shared by Russia and Ukraine | Joon Pahk |
| SHEREES | Tue May 2, 1995 | Actress North and others | Susan Smith |
| SRILANKAN | Sat Feb 11, 2006 | Rupee earner | David Quarfoot |
| TRANSPLANT | Fri May 14, 1999 | Noted Barnard undertaking | Frank Longo |
| UNDERLINGS | Fri Apr 18, 2003 | Flunkies | Tyler Hinman |
| WETMOPS | Tue Jul 25, 2000 | Does a swab's job | Patrick Jordan |
| WHITS | Sat Mar 15, 2003 | Minuscule amounts | Adam Cohen |
| WINDROW | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Line of drying hay | Frank A. Longo |
| WITHCARE | Thu Mar 23, 2000 | Cautiously | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |