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 50,847 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOPTIONS | Mon Oct 24, 2016 | Humane Society successes | John Guzzetta |
| ALLTOGETHER | Tue Sep 4, 2018 | In unison | Bruce Haight |
| ASPECTRATIO | Sat Sep 20, 2014 | 16:9, say | Erik Agard |
| BATCHES | Wed Oct 2, 2019 | Units of cookies | Mangesh Ghogre |
| BEDHOP | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Sleep around | Ian Livengood |
| BROLLIES | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | Rain protectors, in London | A. D. Cover |
| CHATSHOW | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | British afternoon TV fare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DAWNON | Sun May 18, 2014 | Suddenly strike | Joe DiPietro |
| DRUGTEST | Sun Nov 6, 2016 | New employee requirement, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| ESSI | Fri May 1, 1998 | They, in Italy | John Wolting |
| FEASTING | Thu Mar 25, 2021 | Opposite of [circled letters] | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FROMSOUPTONUTS | Thu Jun 27, 1996 | Everything | R. Norris |
| GLACIATED | Sat May 3, 2003 | Frozen | John Scott Marrone |
| GROWLERS | Thu Jan 26, 2023 | Beer containers | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| GUMMYBEAR | Fri May 11, 2018 | Chewy, fruity candy | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| HAIRTIES | Sun Apr 3, 2011 | Scrunchies | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| HANGSIN | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Perseveres | Manny Nosowsky |
| HEATRAYS | Sun Feb 14, 2010 | Weapons in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| HIGHPOINT | Wed Dec 7, 2005 | Acme | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOPELESSCAUSE | Mon Mar 23, 2020 | What a last true believer might believe in | Ed Sessa |
| ISLAMITE | Sat Oct 4, 1997 | Iraqi, most likely | Rich Norris |
| LEGOBLOCK | Sun Dec 16, 2018 | Plastic construction piece | Sam Ezersky |
| MAYITRY | Fri Jan 31, 2025 | Request following some failed attempts | Adrian Johnson |
| MKAY | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | "All right," folksily | Adam Aaronson |
| MOURNING | Sun Oct 11, 2009 | Sad time | Randolph Ross |
| MRB | Thu Oct 19, 2006 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel" | Raymond C. Young |
| PANTSONFIRE | Fri May 15, 2020 | Lowest rating for PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter | Christopher Adams |
| REENDORSE | Wed Feb 7, 1996 | Sign again | Frank A. Longo |
| SCRATCHILY | Thu Jan 20, 1994 | "I sat in some poison ivy," said Tom _____ | Lois Sidway |
| SECRETMENUITEMS | Fri Jul 2, 2021 | In-N-Out Burger's "Animal Style" burgers and fries, e.g. | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle |
| SHOVERS | Wed Aug 28, 2024 | They pu_ _ _ _ _ _ _tuff | Jesse Goldberg |
| SMOOCHING | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | Some amorousness | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| STARTEDIN | Fri Oct 4, 2002 | Began | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| STARTERHOMES | Fri Jan 9, 2015 | Inaugural addresses? | Patrick Berry |
| SUFFICES | Fri Oct 6, 2006 | Will do | Nancy Joline |
| THESIGHTS | Thu Jul 29, 1999 | What tourists see | David J. Kahn |
| THESTOCKMARKET | Tue Jun 11, 2002 | Wall Street Journal beat | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| TRIALDATES | Thu May 5, 2022 | Judgment days? | Adam Wagner |
| WATERBALLET | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | After midnight: Synchronized swimming | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |