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 50,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGSURPRISE | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | "What a shocker" | Ashton Anderson |
| BOBSLEDTEAM | Thu Mar 13, 2003 | Downhill racers | David J. Kahn |
| BRASSIES | Tue Oct 4, 1994 | Number two woods | Stanley B. Whitten |
| BULLFINCH | Wed Jun 20, 2018 | Small Eurasian songbird | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CARNAP | Sun May 18, 2014 | Steal, as a vehicle | Joe DiPietro |
| CLEARING | Fri Sep 27, 2013 | Snow job? | Peter A. Collins |
| COLLIES | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | Some "bearded" dogs | Rafael Musa |
| DARESNOT | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | Is unwilling to risk | Manny Nosowsky |
| ELISABETHSHUE | Thu Sep 10, 1998 | Nicolas Cage co-star, 1995 | Christopher Hurt |
| ESTHS | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Tallinn natives | N. N. Joline |
| EVESDIARY | Thu May 15, 2025 | Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman | Simeon Seigel |
| FACTORED | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | Broken down | Randolph Ross |
| FIGHTSDIRTY | Fri Apr 18, 2025 | Claws or bites | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| FORGOES | Sat Jan 7, 1995 | Skips | Randolph Ross |
| FRITZI | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Nancy's 56-Down in the comics | Allan E. Parrish |
| GARDENTOOL | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 124-Across near Dover? | Charles M. Deber |
| GASHEATER | Fri Feb 17, 2023 | Room warmer of sorts | Jem Burch |
| GATEWAYS | Tue Dec 18, 2001 | Entry points | Sarah Keller |
| GOODFORNOTHING | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | "Much Ado About Virtue" by William Shakespeare | Randolph Ross |
| JEEPSAFARIS | Fri Sep 1, 2023 | Some adventures in the Serengeti | Robert Logan |
| LYFTDRIVER | Wed Feb 19, 2020 | One competing with Uber | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MANYS | Sun Feb 9, 2014 | "___ the time ..." | Charles M. Deber |
| NASHRAMBLER | Mon Dec 27, 2010 | Car in the Playmates' 1958 hit "Beep Beep" | C. W. Stewart |
| NURSECLINICIANS | Sat Apr 28, 2012 | They may perform minor surgeries | Gary J. Whitehead |
| PORKRIB | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | BBQ specialty | Sam Ezersky |
| RUNOUTOFTOWN | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | ROOT words? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SENSEOFFAIRNESS | Fri Jun 21, 2002 | Judge's need | Bob Peoples |
| SOCCERBALLS | Thu Oct 31, 2019 | They get kicked around a lot | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen |
| SOLVABLE | Fri May 18, 2018 | Like this puzzle, we hope | Ryan McCarty |
| STATESAVENUE | Fri Mar 25, 2016 | Pink property | Ian Livengood |
| SUREHANDED | Thu Nov 29, 2012 | Having firm control | Sharon Delorme |
| SWOUND | Sat May 9, 2009 | Faint, to Shakespeare | Brad Wilber |
| TANT | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | "___ pis!" ("Too bad!," in France) | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| TEDDER | Wed Feb 9, 2000 | Hay spreader | Charles E. Gersch |
| TENSORS | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Tightening muscles | R. Norris |
| TROUBLEDTIMES | Tue Jul 10, 2007 | Periods of unrest | Pete Muller |
| TWEAKED | Thu Jul 16, 1998 | Fine-tuned | Kelly Clark |
| VERYWELL | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | "Fine, have it your way!" | Jeff Chen |
| WHERESTHEREMOTE | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Universal query? | Peter A. Collins |
| WINNOWED | Tue Jul 16, 2024 | Slowly whittled down | Kelly Richardson |