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 50,427 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPOSING | Wed Jun 21, 1995 | Next-door | Dorothea E. Shipp |
| AWHITECHRISTMAS | Fri Mar 4, 1994 | The holiday gathering at actress Betty's was _____ | Betty Jorgensen |
| BLOWUPS | Wed Jun 10, 2015 | Angry outbursts | Tracy Gray |
| BREAKINGANDENTERING | Sun Dec 27, 2020 | Partners in crime | Daniel Grinberg |
| CARRENTAL | Sun Dec 14, 2014 | Orbitz offering | Jim Peredo |
| CDLV | Wed Dec 9, 2009 | Year the Vandals sacked Rome | Peter A. Collins |
| CIGARAFICIONADO | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | Magazine opposed to the Cuban trade embargo | David Murchie |
| COSIMO | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | ___ de' Medici, who founded the Medici dynasty | Michael Schlossberg |
| CUSIP | Sun Apr 1, 2007 | ___ number (ID on all stocks and registered bonds) | Paula Gamache |
| DOUBLES | Sun Oct 5, 1997 | < Season record for which Earl Webb had this number | Derrick Niederman |
| DOUBTFIRE | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Mrs. of film | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FAXPAPER | Sat Mar 26, 2011 | Office roll | Brad Wilber |
| FLICKOFTHEWRIST | Mon Aug 11, 2003 | Quick, easy motion | Randall J. Hartman |
| FLYINGINSECTS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Religious groups' traveling together? | Rich Norris |
| FLYSWATTER | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Buzzer beater? | Joel Fagliano |
| GOODLOSER | Mon Jul 24, 2023 | One who accepts defeat gracefully | John Ewbank |
| HOLDDOWNTHEFORT | Thu Jul 27, 2017 | Have charge temporarily ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's three starred clues | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ISITTIME | Sat Jun 12, 2010 | "Now?" | Joe DiPietro |
| LASTMANONEARTH | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | *Whom one might not marry no matter what! | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| LESSCOMPLICATED | Sat Apr 19, 2014 | Simpler | Stu Ockman |
| LOUDSPEAKER | Fri Aug 21, 2015 | One may be put in the corner of a classroom | David Steinberg |
| NEWSCOMMENTATOR | Mon Jul 9, 2012 | Rachel Maddow or Rush Limbaugh | C.W. Stewart |
| NOCTURNAL | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Like bats | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| ORGANDIE | Sat Jan 18, 1997 | Curtain fabric: Var. | D. Niles |
| PETARDS | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | Hoisting devices? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PLUMJOB | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Coveted position | Mark Diehl |
| RANKAMATEURS | Wed Sep 30, 2020 | They're the opposite of consummate professionals | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| RETROVIRUS | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Reverse transcriptase is found in it | Evan Birnholz |
| RUBELBOWS | Tue Sep 25, 2007 | Mingle (with) | Randall J. Hartman |
| SILKROAD | Fri Sep 21, 2018 | Marco Polo was on it for 24 years | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| STATESAVENUE | Fri Mar 25, 2016 | Pink property | Ian Livengood |
| SWITZER | Sat Apr 11, 2009 | Child actor Carl who played Alfalfa | Karen M. Tracey |
| TALKTOSTRANGERS | Sun Sep 18, 2011 | Don't ...! | Josh Knapp |
| TOMBOSLEY | Mon Mar 8, 2004 | Co-star of 36-Down | Allan E. Parrish |
| TRUSSESUP | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Binds tightly | Drew Schmenner |
| TVQUIZSHOW | Sat May 22, 2004 | Possible source of big winnings | Mark Diehl |
| UNWANTED | Sat Jun 17, 1995 | Like trash | Frank A. Longo |
| WENTTOETOTOE | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Faced off | Sam Ezersky |
| WINDOWSONTHEWORLD | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Bill Gates's favorite restaurant | Maura B. Jacobson |
| YUSEF | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | Jazz's ___ Lateef | Randolph Ross |