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 50,585 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATCHEDIT | Tue Feb 13, 2018 | Lived like a single guy | Bruce Haight |
| COMECORRECT | Mon Jul 16, 2018 | Approach respectfully, in modern parlance | Erik Agard |
| CUETHEMUSIC | Mon May 8, 2017 | Order to get a soundtrack ready | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DONTGETCUTE | Fri Sep 25, 2020 | "Be serious!" | Rachel Fabi |
| DOWJONESAVERAGE | Wed Feb 20, 2002 | Business statistic | Marjorie Richter |
| DRESSIEST | Sat Jun 11, 1994 | Most elegant | Daniel R. Stark |
| DROPSDOWN | Wed Feb 5, 2025 | Opens, as a menu ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? | Kiran Pandey |
| ELIXIROFQUIETUDE | Thu Apr 4, 2024 | 57-Across, per E.B. White | Kevin Curry |
| EMPIRESTATEBUILDINGTOUR | Sun Apr 29, 2001 | See 10-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ESCAPEMECHANISMS | Fri May 1, 2015 | They'll help you out | David Steinberg |
| FASTPACE | Sat May 17, 2014 | Gallop | Brad Wilber |
| FOLLOWSLEADS | Sun Jul 16, 2000 | A diligent police detective ___ | David J. Kahn |
| FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP | Sun Dec 4, 2005 | 14A + 6A | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| FRITTATA | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | 9-Down variety | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| GIBERS | Sun Jun 16, 2013 | Razzers | Mel Rosen |
| GODUNOV | Sun May 27, 2012 | "Boris ___" | Byron Walden |
| HADRIANS | Thu Jun 7, 2001 | ___ Wall | Randolph Ross |
| HELPLINE | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | A counselor may be at the end of one | Rafael Musa |
| HOTCHOCOLATE | Mon Jan 19, 2009 | Drink with a marshmallow | Tracey Snyder |
| HUXTABLES | Wed Nov 6, 2019 | 1980s-'90s sitcom family | Ross Trudeau |
| IRONHATS | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | rust-colored minerals deposits | F. Longo |
| ISDUETO | Fri Oct 3, 2014 | Results from | Tracy Bennett |
| JUSTTRYME | Wed Dec 23, 2009 | "I dare you" | Jonathan Porat |
| LARONDINE | Thu Jan 8, 1998 | 1917 Monte Carlo premiere | Nancy S. Ross |
| LESSOF | Thu Jul 8, 2010 | Thinks ___ (disesteems) | John Farmer |
| NATIONALPARKSERVICE | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Federal agency established on August 25, 1916 | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| OVERMATCH | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Surpass | Raymond Hamel |
| PIANOTEACHER | Fri Jul 3, 2020 | Coach for the bench players? | Hal Moore |
| REASSESSES | Sun Mar 3, 2002 | Gets a whole new view of | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROBOTSUMO | Sun Dec 7, 2014 | Engineers' competition set in a ring | Jeff Chen |
| ROCKMYWORLD | Mon Dec 1, 2014 | "You really ___!," said the adoring seismologist | John Guzzetta |
| SAILONSAILOR | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | 1973 Beach Boys song | Peter A. Collins |
| SETSFOOTIN | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | Enters | Eric Berlin |
| SIXHIGHSTRAIGHT | Tue Jun 22, 1999 | 24-Across beater | Nancy Salomon |
| SONGANDDANCE | Sat May 12, 2007 | Evasive tactic | Rich Norris |
| SUCHTHAT | Mon May 14, 2012 | So | John Dunn |
| SUGARMOMMA | Thu Aug 29, 2024 | Spouse to a trophy husband, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| TESLACARS | Fri Nov 17, 2017 | They get charged for trips | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TIBBS | Mon Jan 8, 1996 | Mr.___ (Poitier role) | N. Steinberg |
| XBOXLIVE | Sat May 21, 2011 | Online multiplayer gaming service | Barry C. Silk |