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 50,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOUCHOFTHEPOET | Tue Oct 10, 2000 | Play starring 62-Across, 1958 | Frances Hansen |
| AURORABOREALIS | Wed Jan 8, 2020 | Radiant display also called the Northern Lights | Amanda Yesnowitz and Joon Pahk |
| CHICKENTENDERS | Sun Jan 14, 2024 | Farmers? | John Kugelman |
| DOGRUNS | Wed Mar 5, 2025 | Off-leash areas | Rebecca Goldstein |
| DRUGWARS | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Subject of the 2015 film "Sicario" | David Steinberg |
| ENTRENCH | Sun Aug 9, 2020 | Dig in | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| FAINTNESS | Sun Sep 20, 2015 | Quality of voices in the distance | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| FISHWRAP | Wed Feb 6, 2002 | Third-rate newspaper, slangily | Joe DiPietro |
| GATORBOWL | Fri Apr 29, 1994 | December 31 event | Randolph Ross |
| GERALDORIVERA | Fri Jan 21, 1994 | TV host | A.J. Santora |
| HULKOUT | Sun Dec 27, 2009 | Become enraged, as a comic book figure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JURISTS | Tue Jun 13, 2017 | Legal authorities | Lynn Lempel |
| KEEPLEFT | Mon Jul 31, 2017 | Liberal's favorite road sign? | David Steinberg |
| KETTI | Sun May 7, 1995 | "Look Homeward, Angel" dramatist _____ Frings | Bob Klahn |
| LUCKYDOGS | Sun Mar 5, 2017 | Ones getting all the breaks | Timothy Polin |
| MALABO | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | Equatorial Guinea's capital | Patrick Berry |
| MAYIGONOW | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | "Are we finished?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MINIMARTS | Tue May 2, 2023 | Gas station conveniences | Aimee Lucido |
| NOLUCKSOFAR | Sat Mar 9, 2024 | Possible response to "Did you find it?" | John Guzzetta |
| OLDIRONSIDES | Sat Oct 10, 2009 | What the Constitution is called | Natan Last |
| OUTDUEL | Sat Jun 20, 2009 | Best in a one-on-one | Brad Wilber |
| PAIDACTOR | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Person giving a video testimonial, perhaps | Michael Lieberman |
| PAULSEN | Sun Feb 15, 1998 | "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 | Rich Norris |
| PERFUMES | Thu Feb 16, 2006 | Makes good cense? | Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon |
| QUIDS | Sat Aug 5, 2000 | Portions of chewing tobacco | Manny Nosowsky |
| SCR | Sat May 11, 2013 | TV or monitor part: Abbr. | Matt Ginsberg |
| SEEINGEYESINGLE | Sat Jun 6, 2009 | Soft ground ball that finds its way between infielders | Doug Peterson |
| SHERRIES | Sun Feb 13, 2005 | Spanish wines | Daniel C. Bryant |
| SHRINKYDINKS | Sun Jun 17, 2018 | Arts-and-crafts kit trendy in the 1970s-'80s | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| SPATREATMENTS | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | What cucumber slices and seaweed can be part of | Jonathan Kaufman |
| STATESAVENUE | Fri Mar 25, 2016 | Pink property | Ian Livengood |
| STEPPARENT | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | Cinderella's mother, e.g. | Frank A. Longo |
| TIEMEUP | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | 1990 movie "_____ Tie Me Down!" | Matt Gaffney |
| TORNOPEN | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | Ripped, as a box | Randolph Ross |
| UNMIXED | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Segregated | Joe Krozel |
| URBANAREAS | Tue Nov 29, 2022 | Traditional habitats for pigeons | David Rockow |
| WELLANYWAY | Mon May 29, 2006 | Conversation filler #1 | Alex Boisvert |
| WILDGINGER | Sun Jan 22, 2023 | Fragrant medicinal plant also called colic-root | Garrett Chalfin |
| WOODCHAT | Fri Mar 22, 2002 | European shrike | Randall J. Hartman |
| XTS | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | Old IBM PC's | Elizabeth C. Gorski |