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 50,594 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASMUD | Tue Sep 16, 2008 | Clear ___ (hard to understand) | Michael Langwald |
| CARHORNS | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | Things often hit during rush hour | Ali Gascoigne |
| CASHES | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | Takes one's profits, with "in" | Patrick Berry |
| CHARLESSLAW | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Principle involving the temperature and density of gases | Randolph Ross |
| CHITTERCHATTER | Thu Nov 1, 2018 | *Small talk | Matt Ginsberg |
| CONCHA | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Bowl-shaped part of the ear | Joe Krozel |
| CONSIDERITDONE | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | "Right away, boss" | Byron Walden |
| DEFANGS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Takes the bite out of? | Joe Krozel |
| DONNYBROOK | Thu Apr 14, 2016 | Free-for-all | Jason Flinn |
| DREDGEDUP | Fri Sep 13, 1996 | Brought to the surface | M. Nosowsky |
| DRFEELGOOD | Mon Jul 21, 1997 | British rock group since the mid-70's | Gregory E. Paul |
| EBER | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Hairstylist José | Trip Payne |
| FLAPPERS | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Charleston ladies | Stanley Newman |
| GOLFCLUB | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Iron, e.g. | Bryant White |
| GOODFORNOTHING | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | "Much Ado About Virtue" by William Shakespeare | Randolph Ross |
| GROSBEAK | Thu Feb 26, 1998 | Rose-breasted bird | Lois Sidway |
| HOWOFTEN | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | "With what frequency?" | Alex Bajcz |
| ILLUMINATE | Sat Mar 31, 2012 | Put in the spotlight | Scott Atkinson |
| IMITATING | Fri Jun 1, 2018 | Skill of many "S.N.L." cast members | Andrew J. Ries |
| KUSHNER | Sun Mar 25, 2018 | Tony who won a Tony for "Angels in America" | Finn Vigeland |
| MOVESASIDE | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Gets out of the way | Byron Walden |
| MULHOLLANDDRIVE | Mon Feb 1, 2016 | Title locale in a 2001 David Lynch thriller | Gary Cee |
| NEWSNOW | Sat Mar 6, 2010 | Ski resort forecast | Barry Silk |
| NOTSOMUCH | Wed Mar 15, 2017 | Only a little | Bruce Haight |
| ODARKTHIRTY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Very early morning, in slang | Mark Diehl |
| OLIPHANT | Thu Oct 2, 1997 | Op-ed artist Pat | Christopher Hurt |
| ONEMETER | Wed Jun 10, 2020 | Approximately 39 inches | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| ONTHEFIRSTCOUNT | Mon Sep 28, 1998 | Judge's query to a jury | Robert Dillman |
| RIFLERS | Sun Jan 5, 1997 | Ransackers | W. R. Williams |
| SITSFOR | Thu Nov 17, 2005 | Takes, as an exam | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STEALSAKISS | Mon Sep 27, 2010 | Shows affection unexpectedly | Janice M. Putney |
| SUPERSIZED | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Enlarged, as an order of fries | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| T | Thu Jan 9, 2014 | ___-square | Caleb Emmons |
| TAKEARIDE | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | Not go by foot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TERREVERTE | Sat Dec 21, 2002 | Grayish-green palette pigment | James E. Buell |
| TONEDITDOWN | Wed Dec 9, 2020 | Stopped being so loud | Owen Travis and Jeff Chen |
| TWEEST | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Most affectedly dainty, to a Brit | Erik Agard |
| ULTRARED | Sat Nov 24, 2001 | Part of the invisible spectrum, old-style | Rich Norris |
| WILLIAMHURT | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Oscar winner who would make a lousy anesthesiologist? | Andrew J. Ries |
| ZEROWASTE | Sat Jun 13, 2015 | Ultra-environmental policy | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |