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 50,897 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTORBAR | Sat Aug 29, 1998 | Where Mimmsie Starr got pinched, in a Cole Porter lyric | Jim Page |
| BANANASFOSTER | Fri Nov 27, 2020 | Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce | Robyn Weintraub |
| BASSCLEFS | Sat Apr 29, 2000 | Some staff openings | Patrick D. Berry |
| BREADNUT | Thu Jan 9, 2003 | Mexican tree with large, edible seeds | David J. Kahn |
| BUFFETMENU | Mon Oct 17, 2022 | Bill of fare at a smorgasbord | Caryn L. Robbins |
| BYNOMEANS | Fri Dec 5, 2008 | Not at all | Joe Krozel |
| CAREERIST | Wed Sep 16, 2015 | Ladder climber | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| DININGSET | Mon Feb 7, 2022 | Matching table and chairs in a kitchen | Rebecca Goldstein |
| DONTWALK | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Pedestrian's intersection warning | Lynn Lempel |
| EDITORIALWE | Fri Dec 2, 2022 | First person plural? | Scott Earl |
| EVERGLADE | Sun Oct 5, 1997 | Swampy tract | Derrick Niederman |
| FATTEDCALF | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | *Symbol of rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return | Henry Hook |
| FERNWOOD | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Mary Hartman's TV hometown | Mark Feldman |
| GEORGETENET | Mon Jul 27, 2015 | *C.I.A.'s second-longest-serving director | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HARDYBOYSSERIES | Mon Aug 17, 2015 | Mysteries starting with "The Tower Treasure" and "The House on the Cliff" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| HAZMATSUIT | Fri Mar 7, 2014 | Requirement for special handling? | Matt Ginsberg |
| HOMILIES | Fri Jul 8, 2005 | Mass communication? | Eric Berlin |
| IDEALITIES | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Traits that rate 10's | F. Longo |
| KINGTUTEXHIBIT | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | Traveling show of the 1970s and 2000s that originated in Cairo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LEONIDAS | Fri Apr 30, 1999 | Defender of Thermopylae | Pat M. Hugel |
| LOUISII | Sat May 17, 2008 | Holy Roman Emperor, 855-75 | Mike Nothnagel |
| MACLES | Thu Jun 6, 1996 | Sparkly minerals | A. J. Santora |
| MAGGIESMITH | Thu Jul 10, 1997 | Best Actress of 1969 | Matt Gaffney |
| MINDGAME | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | Psychological trick | Ashton Anderson |
| MOSCOWIDAHO | Wed Jan 7, 2009 | Hometown to college football's Vandals | William Frank Macreery |
| NEIGHBORS | Tue Sep 27, 2022 | Fencing partners? | Peter Koetters |
| NOOVENUSE | Wed Feb 13, 2019 | Safety warning for some kitchenware | Ross Trudeau |
| ORNITHOLOGIST | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | 3-Down, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OWLETMOTH | Wed Sep 30, 2015 | Flying nocturnal insect | Freddie Cheng |
| PANHELLENIC | Fri May 22, 2009 | Of fraternities and sororities collectively | Manny Nosowsky |
| PEPPERMINTTWIST | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | Wrist exercise at a candy factory? | John Lampkin |
| PRESSGANG | Wed Jul 6, 2005 | Group forcing men into military service | Raymond Hamel |
| ROSEMILK | Wed Sep 4, 2024 | Floral bubble tea flavoring | Kareem Ayas |
| SERVICELINE | Sun Oct 24, 2021 | "I'll be your waiter tonight," e.g.? | Katie Hale |
| SPYSHIP | Fri Apr 5, 2024 | Lurker in international waters | Rebecca Goldstein |
| STARGELL | Thu Feb 1, 1996 | Former Pirate slugger Willie | L. Sidway |
| TIMTAM | Sun Jul 6, 2025 | Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under | Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry |
| VAUGHAN | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | 1982 Grammy-winning singer for "Gershwin Live!" | Rich Norris |
| VEALER | Sun Dec 16, 2018 | Calf raised for its meat | Sam Ezersky |
| WITHERINGLY | Mon May 18, 2015 | "You forgot to water the plants," Tom said ___ | Gene Newman |