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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERTAX | Sun Aug 14, 2022 | Like some 401(k) contributions | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| ALYS | Tue Sep 19, 1995 | Playboy Khan et al. | Janet R. Bender |
| ANTIDEPRESSANT | Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Prozac, for one | Daniel A. Finan |
| BEACHFRONT | Mon Aug 17, 2020 | Property along the ocean ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| BOOTLACE | Sat Nov 10, 2001 | Clodhopper's securer | William I. Johnston |
| CANTONOHIO | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | 1920 birthplace of the N.F.L. | Barry C. Silk |
| DARKMONEY | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Campaign contributions that are given anonymously | Robyn Weintraub |
| DONTIKNOW | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | "You said it!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EUROPEANCAPITAL | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | See 23-Across | M. Gaffney |
| FEAROFMISSINGOUT | Sun Aug 2, 2020 | What was causin' the doctor to check for joint pain? | David Levinson Wilk |
| FORCEOFNATURE | Sun Jan 9, 2022 | Unforgettable, unstoppable sort | Timothy Polin |
| HERBIVORES | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | "Friendly" dinosaurs | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HOWDOILOOK | Fri Jun 23, 2017 | Question often asked after twirling | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| ITISABEAUTEOUSEVENING | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | 1807 Wordsworth poem | Peter Gordon |
| KOREN | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | "The New Yorker" cartoonist Ed | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| LAGRANGE | Tue Apr 29, 2008 | Georgia city or college | Will Nediger |
| LAWBOOK | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Compendium of case reports | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| LEASINGTO | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | Giving quarters, say | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| LIMBOBAR | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | *Challenge for an under-achiever? | Daniel Bodily |
| MACKE | Sat Aug 25, 2001 | Artist August ___ of the Blaue Reiter school | Frank Longo |
| MEANSTEST | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | It determines if help is needed | Patrick Berry |
| MORECOWBELL | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Classic line from the Blue Öyster Cult sketch on "S.N.L." | Johanna Fenimore |
| MORTUARIES | Sat Jan 25, 2025 | Body shops? | Michael Lieberman |
| NANNA | Thu Dec 20, 2007 | Norse goddess married to Balder | Peter A. Collins |
| PETOWNERS | Thu Sep 18, 2003 | Vets often see them | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PETROV | Thu Jul 23, 2009 | Alexander ___, Russian who popularized a chess opening | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| RAPTURED | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Ecstatic | Ed Early |
| REFINEDSUGARS | Wed Dec 3, 1997 | Domino products | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROSETTI | Sat Mar 18, 2017 | Mozart contemporary Antonio ___ | Roland Huget |
| ROUSEY | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Ronda ___, mixed martial arts standout of the 2010s | Joe Krozel |
| SANTACON | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Annual December pub crawl | David Woolf |
| SICSON | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Sends after | Erik Agard |
| SNORKELERS | Thu Nov 20, 2014 | They're hooked up to breathing tubes | Timothy Polin |
| SOUTHBENDIN | Tue Jun 19, 2007 | Home of Notre Dame | John Underwood |
| SWERVES | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Sudden turns | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| TAKESPAINS | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Makes an extra effort | James F. C. Burns |
| THEBATCAVE | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Locale below 17-Across, as suggested by three images in this puzzle's grid | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| TURNEDTHEHEATON | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | Put under pressure | Joe Krozel |
| WEBGEMS | Sat Nov 11, 2006 | "Baseball Tonight" segment featuring the day's best defensive plays | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WIDEEYED | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Innocent | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |