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 50,558 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFIANCED | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Engaged | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| APALE | Fri Aug 7, 2009 | "Behold ___ Horse" (William Cooper book) | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOXOFFICEHIT | Wed Sep 12, 2007 | Smash | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BROD | Sat May 22, 2010 | Kafka confidant Max | Will Nediger |
| CANNABISOIL | Sun Sep 26, 2021 | Hempseed product | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| CAUGHTREDHANDED | Fri Mar 18, 2005 | Like an unlucky thief | Ed Early |
| CHAINMAN | Sat Feb 19, 2000 | Part of a surveying team | Rich Norris |
| CRASSNESS | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Vulgarity | Frank A. Longo |
| ELBOWOUT | Thu Oct 24, 2019 | Displace by force | Matt Ginsberg |
| EUCALYPTUSTREES | Sat Dec 24, 2022 | Bush growths | Trenton Charlson |
| FOODPLAN | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | Nutritional regimen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GRAPEFRUITJUICE | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | Breakfast beverage | Allan E. Parrish |
| HINGEUPON | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Be determined by | Sarah Sinclair |
| KLEBAN | Fri Mar 28, 2014 | "A Chorus Line" lyricist Ed | David J. Kahn |
| LAMBASTED | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | Raked over the coals | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| LETBACKIN | Sat Jan 1, 2011 | See 34-Down | Mark Diehl |
| MCCOYS | Sun May 12, 2019 | Hatfield haters | Victor Barocas |
| MOUNTETNA | Sun Jan 24, 2016 | View from the Gulf of Catania | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NARROWUNDERPASS | Wed Jun 15, 1994 | Cautionary sign | Thomas W. Schier |
| NEWBEATS | Sat Oct 29, 2011 | Pop trio with the 1964 hit "Bread and Butter," with "the" | Barry C. Silk |
| NONCOMMUNICABLE | Thu Aug 18, 2016 | Sarge's "Sell my city bonds!" telegram? | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| NOVELTIES | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | Neckwear in a work of fiction? | Tom Pepper |
| OPENORDER | Sat Jul 10, 2004 | It remains effective until filled or canceled | Bob Peoples |
| OPENOUT | Thu Dec 12, 2013 | Operate like a fan | David Steinberg |
| PAINRELIEVERS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | They promise no hurt feelings | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| PANTSROLE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Term for a male opera character played by a woman | Ryan McCarty |
| PINERS | Wed Apr 2, 2003 | They yearn | Kelly Clark |
| PRESALES | Sun Nov 10, 2019 | Events for special customers | Peter Gordon |
| PRINTOUTS | Thu Mar 4, 1999 | Hard copy pages | Cathy Millhauser |
| RULEOFTHUMB | Sat Mar 1, 2025 | Sensible guide | Ryan Judge |
| RUSSELLBAKER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Penning pastry chef | Martin Schneider |
| SALEMOR | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | State capital north of Sacramento, CA | Daniel Grinberg |
| SCENESTEALING | Wed Apr 4, 2001 | One-upmanship on the set | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SEEMING | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | Supposed | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| SUAVER | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | More urbane | David J. Kahn |
| TINCANTELEPHONE | Fri Apr 26, 2024 | Device for an on-line conversation? | Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson |
| TOYCON | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Gathering like Brick Fest Live, informally | Byron Walden |
| TRADEPAPER | Fri Apr 10, 1998 | Variety, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNLEASHED | Fri Sep 12, 2003 | Let loose | Sherry O. Blackard |
| WHEELIES | Mon Oct 21, 2002 | Cyclists pop them | Peter Sarrett |