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 50,260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICASCUP | Tue Sep 18, 2001 | Yachting prize | Jay Livingston |
| ANTAWN | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Jamison of the N.B.A. | Frank Longo |
| BAJILLION | Wed Dec 12, 2007 | Huge amount, slangily | Daniel Kantor |
| BERNET | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Sotheby Parke ___ (auction house, formerly) | Joy L. Wouk |
| BIALYS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Polish rolls | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| BLONDER | Sat Mar 20, 2004 | One way to leave a hair salon | Byron Walden |
| CARACOLE | Sat Jul 6, 2013 | Dressage half-turn | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EFILER | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | One going paperless in April, say | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| EGGSSUNNYSIDEUP | Tue Sep 4, 2007 | Two ... | Manny Nosowsky |
| FALLEQUINOX | Fri Apr 15, 2022 | Occasion for Druids to gather at Stonehenge | Trenton Charlson |
| GIAS | Sat Aug 23, 2003 | Actress Scala and others | Rich Norris |
| GLT | Sun Mar 27, 1994 | Gold in color: Abbr. | Jeanette K. Brill |
| GOLDENJUBILEE | Sat Jun 25, 1994 | 5O's bash? | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOPS | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Quadrennial conventioners | M. Schneider |
| HELGAPICTURES | Thu Jan 17, 2013 | Noted series of paintings by Andrew Wyeth | Milo Beckman |
| HIDALGOS | Fri Nov 6, 1998 | Lesser Spanish noblemen | Bob Klahn |
| IKNOWRIGHT | Fri Sep 15, 2017 | "Seriously!" | Damon Gulczynski |
| INTHELINEOFDUTY | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | While officially working | R. Norris |
| ISTHATOK | Mon Mar 4, 2019 | "Bother you at all?" | Ellis Hay |
| LEASEHOLDER | Fri Apr 28, 2006 | Renter | Eric Berlin |
| MARTINSHEEN | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president | Andrew J. Ries |
| MASTERMINDS | Sat May 25, 2024 | Architects, so to speak | David P. Williams |
| MOTHBALL | Mon Jun 28, 2004 | Closet larvae repellent | Sarah Keller |
| MOTIVATOR | Wed May 13, 2015 | Speaker at many a corporate retreat | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| OLDWHATSHERNAME | Fri Jun 23, 2006 | "You know ... THAT woman" | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
| ORSOITSEEMS | Fri Dec 22, 2023 | "… apparently" | Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PAPELBON | Sat Sep 5, 2009 | Pitcher who struck out the final batter of the 2007 World Series | Mike Nothnagel |
| PITCHEROFWATER | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Order for a thirsty group | David J. Kahn |
| PUTPENTOPAPER | Fri Aug 10, 2018 | Begin writing | Damon Gulczynski |
| RIGHTFIELDERS | Wed Jul 5, 2000 | Al Kaline and Roberto Clemente | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ROUTING | Sat May 7, 2011 | Postal activity | Tim Croce |
| SEDIMENTED | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Deposited into a bank | Tim Croce |
| SEEATTACHED | Sat Apr 21, 2018 | Common two-word email | Daniel Nierenberg |
| SETOFCLUBS | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Course load? | Mark Diehl |
| SHOTOFF | Tue Mar 27, 2018 | Launched, as a missile | Peter Koetters |
| SPICULE | Sun Oct 1, 2006 | Skeletal support in a sponge | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| STREAMLINES | Sat Apr 7, 2001 | Maximizes efficiency | Trip Payne |
| SUBSOILS | Sun Nov 30, 2003 | Layers underground | Manny Nosowsky |
| TIGERMOTH | Sat May 31, 2014 | A woolly bear becomes one | John Lampkin |
| USERSFEES | Mon Oct 14, 2013 | Service charges | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols |