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 50,360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERONAUTS | Sun Nov 9, 2003 | They go up and down | Patrick Berry |
| AIRLETTER | Sat Aug 12, 1995 | Piece of first-class mail | A.J. Santora |
| AJAB | Tue Dec 10, 1996 | Take ___ at (criticize) | D. Niles |
| APPROBATION | Fri Oct 8, 1999 | Blessing | Nancy Salomon |
| ARMANDS | Sun Jul 7, 1996 | Actor Assante et al. | R. H. Wolfe |
| ARTAUD | Tue Dec 29, 1998 | French dramatist Antonin ___ | Susan Harrington Smith |
| BADTHING | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Demerit | Byron Walden |
| BARGAMES | Fri Jan 31, 2025 | Pool and darts, often | Adrian Johnson |
| CANTERED | Sun Jul 26, 2015 | Loped | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| CROSSFIT | Tue Apr 26, 2016 | Popular strength-training program | Finn Vigeland |
| DACHSHUNDS | Fri Jan 8, 1999 | They have their ears close to the ground | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Quigley |
| DANAUGUST | Mon Jan 29, 1996 | Burt Reynolds TV title role | G. Paul |
| DOCTORSNOTE | Sat Jul 1, 2023 | Absence excuser | Ben Tolkin |
| DOWNMARKETS | Sat Oct 9, 1999 | Where bears fare well | Manny Nosowsky |
| EVERGREENTERRACE | Sun Jul 24, 2022 | Home of the Simpson and Flanders households | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| FEELINGILL | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Queasy, perhaps | Karen Lurie |
| FOURSQUARED | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | 16 | David J. Kahn |
| GOUTS | Thu Mar 8, 2001 | Inflammatory diseases | Peter Gordon |
| GRIFTER | Sun Nov 27, 2022 | Con artist | Adam Wagner |
| GROCERYSTORE | Sun Jan 1, 2017 | Farmer's market alternative | Matthew Sewell |
| LEMONCREAM | Tue Aug 18, 2009 | Tangy pie filler | Tony Orbach |
| MUSICSCENE | Mon Jun 27, 2022 | What draws recording artists to Nashville and jazz lovers to New Orleans | Drew Schmenner |
| NEILGAIMAN | Sat Apr 27, 2019 | English author of "Stardust," "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book" | Joe Deeney |
| OLFACTORY | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Kind of nerve | Daniel R. Stark |
| OOZEDOUT | Sun Nov 26, 2006 | Leaked, as from a container | Manny Nosowsky |
| OVERRANK | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Assign too high a rating to | Matt Jones |
| PADEREWSKI | Wed Jul 30, 1997 | Pianist born in Kurilovka, Poland | John D. Leavy |
| PALESHERRY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Amontillado, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| PERFECTCUBE | Tue Sep 4, 2012 | 62-Across to a mathematician | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| PITTSBURGHPIRATE | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | What gumshoes charge in the City of Bridges? | Robert W. Harris |
| QUESTION | Fri Jun 19, 1998 | Doubt | A. J. Santora |
| REGGIES | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Pro greats Jackson and White | Randolph Ross |
| RINSESOUT | Tue Dec 12, 2023 | Removes the shampoo from, say | Peter Gordon |
| SETSUPSHOP | Fri Aug 3, 2001 | Begins a business | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHORTERDAYS | Thu Dec 17, 1998 | Winter feature with a hint to today's puzzle theme | David J. Kahn |
| SOFTPEDALS | Mon Aug 21, 2006 | Plays down, as an issue | Elayne Cantor |
| SORANDOM | Fri Dec 16, 2022 | Like … all over the place | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SQUIRRELBAFFLE | Sat May 21, 2011 | Bird feeder protector | Barry C. Silk |
| STAGLINE | Thu Nov 28, 2019 | Bachelor contingent at a cotillion | Timothy Polin |
| UNACCENTED | Wed May 10, 2017 | Not stressed | Ned White |