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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIMEES | Wed Jul 13, 1994 | Anouk, et al. | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| AMRADIOS | Sun Nov 26, 2006 | Uncommon sources of music nowadays | Manny Nosowsky |
| BIRMINGHAM | Thu May 24, 2012 | 65 + 20 | Derik Moore |
| BOSSYPANTS | Wed Jan 8, 2014 | 2011 Tina Fey autobiography | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| CANVASTARP | Sat Jul 6, 2013 | It may cover all the bases | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHORDED | Sun Apr 8, 2001 | Like guitar music | Randolph Ross |
| DARKTAN | Fri May 18, 2001 | Beach bum's acquisition | Joe DiPietro |
| DISLODGE | Wed Jan 9, 2002 | Knock loose | Susan Harrington Smith |
| DODGINGTHEPRESS | Sat May 24, 1997 | Avoiding publicity | Rich Norris |
| DOGTAIL | Fri Sep 27, 2002 | It may be chased by its owner | Michael Shteyman |
| DONNAREED | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | 1950s-'60s sitcom headliner | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| FERRYBOAT | Sat Feb 22, 2003 | Banks' go-between | Dana Motley |
| FOURINCHHEELS | Mon Mar 15, 1999 | They're hard to walk on | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HYER | Sun Sep 23, 2012 | Actress Martha who played Sinatra's love interest in "Some Came Running" | Matt Ginsberg |
| ICECOLDBEERHERE | Fri Sep 15, 2023 | Draft announcement? | David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis |
| KAHNS | Fri Oct 3, 2003 | Actress Madeline and others | Manny Nosowsky |
| MARLBOROMAN | Tue Jun 5, 2007 | 38-Across, in a sense | Barry C. Silk |
| MCXC | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Year that Emperor Frederick I died | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| MICROBREWERY | Mon May 15, 2023 | Heineken or Pabst | Tomas Spiers |
| MINDGAMES | Sun Oct 14, 2001 | Psychological manipulation | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NOITSNOT | Fri May 31, 2024 | "Nuh-uh!" | Aidan Deshong |
| ONTHELASTDAY | Fri Jan 10, 2020 | When some contest entries are submitted, just in time | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OUTERBANKS | Sat Jul 9, 2016 | North Carolina vacation area | Josh Knapp |
| PACKLIGHT | Mon Apr 26, 2010 | Common advice to travelers | Lynn Lempel |
| PENANG | Fri May 2, 2025 | Malaysian state or island | Robyn Weintraub |
| PIRANA | Fri Oct 20, 2000 | Amazonian menace: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| POORSHOT | Thu May 17, 2007 | Hardly a marksman | Alan Arbesfeld |
| RAMSON | Sat Dec 7, 1996 | Garlic variety | R. H. Burns |
| RELOCKS | Fri Apr 18, 1997 | Bolts over | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RESUSCITATE | Fri May 14, 1999 | Bring back | Frank Longo |
| ROADTESTS | Sat Jan 27, 2007 | Indicators of comfort and handling | Karen M. Tracey |
| SIGNALFLARE | Mon Apr 19, 1999 | Trunk item | Gregory E. Paul |
| SKITRACKS | Fri Apr 16, 2021 | Evidence of having gone on a run | Tom Pepper |
| SOBSISTERS | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Overly sentimental writers | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| TAKESFORGRANTED | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Assumes | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| TIPTOETHRUTHETULIPS | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Hit song lyric of 1929 and 1968 | R. Hamel |
| TOTALLOSS | Sun Dec 2, 2007 | It's beyond repair | Seth A. Abel |
| UNWANTED | Sat Jun 17, 1995 | Like trash | Frank A. Longo |
| VAPEJUICE | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Liquid found in some pens | Sam Ezersky |
| YEANING | Sun Jan 9, 2011 | Bringing forth young, as sheep | Patrick Berry |