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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICANA | Sun Oct 16, 2011 | Ashanti wood carvings, e.g. | Joel Fagliano |
| ANGORACATS | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Pets that commonly have different-colored eyes, such as one blue and one amber | John Guzzetta |
| ANSWERLESS | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Pleading the Fifth | Frank A. Longo |
| BEACHGOER | Tue Jul 23, 2013 | One packing up the answers to the seven starred clues, maybe | Jean O'Conor |
| BEKNIGHT | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Dub "sir" | Derrick Niederman |
| BOLSTERUP | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Support, redundantly | Byron Walden |
| BUGSPRAYERS | Wed Aug 7, 2002 | Insect's bedtime ritual? | Randolph Ross |
| COFFEEKLATCH | Sun Apr 16, 2000 | Gossip-filled gathering, typically | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COUNTYSEAT | Mon Apr 5, 2021 | *Home of many a courthouse | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| COURTINJUNCTION | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Municipal building located where major roads intersect? | Randolph Ross |
| DEBITED | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Charged | Manny Nosowsky |
| EATCAKE | Mon Feb 6, 2017 | What Marie Antoinette supposedly said to "let them" do | Andy Hinz |
| ERGOTIC | Sat Dec 7, 1996 | Like some alkaloids | R. H. Burns |
| FLAMERESISTANT | Wed Nov 19, 1997 | Like some Halloween costumes | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HEYLOOK | Thu May 12, 1994 | "Lo!" modern-style | A.J. Santora |
| HONEYNUTCHEERIOS | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | General Mills cereal | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JULIETAYMOR | Tue Jun 11, 2019 | Director of 23-Down on Broadway | David J. Kahn |
| LACKSPOTENTIAL | Thu Jul 20, 2006 | Isn't likely to succeed | Kevin McCann |
| LADIESTEES | Tue Mar 29, 2016 | What red markers may indicate on 59-Acrosses | Peter A. Collins |
| LEADINGASTRAY | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Walking the dogie? | Randolph Ross |
| OBSERVANT | Sun May 19, 1996 | DEV* | C. M. Deber |
| PAREDOWN | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Streamline, maybe | Robyn Weintraub |
| PENALTYSHOTS | Wed Jan 25, 2023 | Sports bar purchases? | Nancy Serrano-Wu |
| POUTINES | Sat Mar 12, 2022 | Popular dishes in Québécois cuisine | Natan Last |
| PREDATORDRONES | Wed Mar 18, 2015 | Aircraft in modern airstrikes | Timothy Polin |
| PULLAPART | Thu Nov 5, 2020 | Rend | Jeremy Newton |
| PUNSTER | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | Ogden Nash, notably | Allan E. Parrish |
| RATIONSOUT | Wed Jul 27, 2011 | Distributes stingily | Bill Thompson |
| REFED | Sun Aug 1, 2010 | Served seconds, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REVAMPS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Overhauls | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| ROPETRICK | Mon Oct 21, 2024 | Cowboy's feat with a lasso | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| SALTMINING | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Enterprise for Morton | Byron Walden |
| SHEAS | Sun Sep 4, 1994 | Skating gold medalist John et al. | Wayne Robert Williams |
| SIXYEAROLDS | Fri Apr 7, 2017 | Many first graders | Patrick Berry |
| SLIPSLOP | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Twaddle | Gerry Wildenberg |
| SNIFFED | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Examined, as a dog might | Carter Cobb |
| STALECEREAL | Wed Apr 17, 2019 | Menu item #1: A bowlful of Cap'n Crunch that's been on top of the fridge for four years | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| SUMMARIZED | Fri Nov 9, 2001 | Digested | Chuck Menning |
| TRAMPAS | Thu Dec 27, 2001 | "The Virginian" role | Patrick Berry |
| UPSTANDING | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | DRY CLEAN ___ ORDER FORM | Greg Staples |