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 50,338 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOSALE | Sun Oct 20, 1996 | Datum for an economic indicator | R. Ross |
| BAREXAMINATION | Mon Sep 5, 2022 | Qualifying hurdle for practicing law | Adam Simpson |
| BATHROOMHUMOR | Tue Mar 3, 1998 | Lowbrow sitcom staple | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BEDHOGS | Thu Jul 28, 2022 | Ones always taking cover? | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| BUFFET | Fri Oct 4, 2024 | Self-serving arrangement? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BURNERACCOUNT | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Means of making untraceable social media posts | Will Nediger |
| CATSANDDOGS | Fri Feb 2, 2007 | See 25-Down | David J. Kahn |
| CHEMICALTESTING | Wed Mar 30, 2016 | Some lab work | Andrew Reynolds |
| COMPOUNDFRACTURE | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Serious break, after 48-Across? | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| DINEDOUT | Sun Nov 12, 2017 | Patronized a restaurant | Ed Sessa |
| EIGHTSIDED | Wed May 2, 2018 | Octagonal | Bryant White |
| ENDCUT | Fri Aug 21, 2015 | Most-cooked part of a prime rib roast | David Steinberg |
| FLORISTS | Thu Nov 3, 2016 | Glad handlers? | Mel Rosen |
| FROID | Wed Oct 11, 2017 | See 60-Down | David J. Kahn |
| HAMSTERWHEEL | Fri Apr 29, 2016 | Squeaker in a cage | Andrew Kingsley |
| HINDERERS | Sat May 15, 2004 | Roadblocks | Byron Walden |
| ICEMILKS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Low-fat dairy desserts | Paul Coulter |
| IFYOUCANTSTANDTHEHEAT | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | *"Timid types shouldn't be here ..." | John Ewbank |
| LANDDEAL | Tue May 27, 2003 | Large real estate purchase | PAtrick MErrell |
| LAPUENTE | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Los Angeles suburb | Joe DiPietro |
| LEOPOLDBLOOM | Wed Jun 16, 2004 | Hero in "Ulysses" | Paula Gamache |
| LONGHORNS | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | Some ranch cattle | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| MANQUE | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Having failed aspirations | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| MEALSONWHEELS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Cookbook for rotelle lovers? | Manaal Mohammed |
| MEOHMY | Mon May 19, 2003 | Quaint exclamation | Trip Payne |
| METSJERSEY | Wed Sep 21, 2016 | New York sports fan's purchase | Matthew Sewell |
| MOTORRACE | Mon Mar 16, 2020 | The Indianapolis 500, for one | Gary Cee |
| ONEINCOME | Fri May 27, 2022 | Like households with stay-at-home spouses, typically | David Distenfeld |
| PIGEONTOES | Mon Nov 6, 2017 | *Condition with feet turned inward | Max Lauring and Benjamin Lauring |
| RECORDKEEPER | Sun Nov 22, 2009 | #8: Disc jockey? | Patrick Merrell |
| SERVICELINE | Sun Oct 24, 2021 | "I'll be your waiter tonight," e.g.? | Katie Hale |
| SETTLESIN | Mon Sep 22, 2003 | Stays awhile | Marjorie Berg |
| SGLS | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | Ones: Abbr. | Cathy Millhauser |
| THEPOOR | Fri Sep 13, 2019 | Target demographic of many social programs | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| TIDELAND | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Beach | Martin Schneider |
| TOYSURPRISE | Wed Feb 9, 2011 | *Cracker feature | Victor Barocas |
| UNDERTAKE | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Assume | Daniel R. Stark |
| VENETIANBLINDS | Mon Jul 23, 2001 | Window covers | Ethan Cooper |
| VUDU | Tue Nov 1, 2022 | On-demand digital video brand | Bruce Haight |
| YEAROFTHEPIG | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | 2019, zodiacally | Joel Fagliano |