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 50,686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADANGEROUSPLACE | Fri May 20, 2011 | 1978 Daniel Patrick Moynihan memoir | David Levinson Wilk |
| ANTIFLU | Sat Aug 3, 2024 | Like some targeted winter meds | Rich Norris |
| ARLOGUTHRIE | Fri Aug 7, 1998 | Woodstock performer, 1969 | Frank Longo |
| BIGSAM | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Tara's foreman, in "Gone With the Wind" | Byron Walden |
| BROWNSUGAR | Sat Mar 2, 2013 | First cut on the album "Sticky Fingers" | Barry C. Silk |
| CATYEARS | Thu Sep 27, 2012 | Age calculation at a vet clinic | Joel Fagliano |
| COALCAR | Sun Oct 16, 2016 | Mine craft? | Tom McCoy |
| CORWIN | Sun Dec 9, 2001 | N.F.L.'s ___ Brown | Cathy Millhauser |
| CURRICULA | Sun Jan 14, 2024 | Plans of study | John Kugelman |
| CUTABOVE | Sat Apr 9, 2016 | Better than, with "a" | David Phillips |
| DECLUTTER | Fri May 13, 2022 | Say goodbye to many a 34-Across à la Marie Kondo | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| DEVELOPMENTAREA | Fri Jun 30, 2000 | Locale receiving investments | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DISTILLED | Wed Jun 6, 2001 | Uncultivated? | Richard Silvestri |
| EIGHTOUNCE | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Sizable, as a hamburger patty | Byron Walden |
| ELILILLYANDCOMPANY | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Pharmaceutical giant | Frank A. Longo |
| ENDOWERS | Sat May 20, 2000 | Philanthropic types | Rich Norris |
| FLASHFLOOD | Fri Jan 3, 2025 | Sudden weather phenomenon | Colin Adams |
| HOTELRWANDA | Sun Apr 30, 2023 | 2004 Don Cheadle film set in Africa | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| JUDOMAT | Fri Aug 5, 2016 | You might be thrown on it | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LAKEPLACID | Mon Sep 11, 2017 | 1980 Winter Olympics host | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| LASTSTEP | Fri May 15, 2020 | What to do just before you're done | Christopher Adams |
| LINDENS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Trees with heart-shaped leaves | Rich Norris |
| LORDLY | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Aristocratic | Dan Feyer |
| MACLEOD | Thu Aug 31, 2017 | Gavin of "The Love Boat" | Zachary Spitz |
| MEANSTEST | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | It determines if help is needed | Patrick Berry |
| MINDBOGGLING | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Beyond comprehension | Brandon Koppy |
| MINORTEAM | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets | Jeremy Newton |
| NLMVPS | Sun Feb 1, 2026 | Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| PENHOLDERS | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | Jail cells? | Nancy Salomon |
| PIFFLE | Tue Oct 5, 1999 | "Nonsense!" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| RELIABLE | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | Stalwart | Byron Walden |
| RICEPUDDING | Mon Dec 15, 2008 | Writer Anne's favorite dessert? | Susan Gelfand |
| SKIINGLESSONS | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Alpine instruction | Randolph Ross |
| SOLARA | Wed Aug 8, 2007 | Toyota Camry model | Donna S. Levin |
| SOUPDUJOUR | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Restaurant special | John Farmer |
| SQUIRTFLOWER | Tue May 17, 2005 | Third trick | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SWAGBAGS | Sun Sep 25, 2016 | Party handouts | Jim Holland and Jeff Chen |
| THRASHMETAL | Fri Nov 2, 2018 | Genre for Anthrax and Megadeth | David Steinberg |
| TRALALAS | Sat Jan 10, 1998 | Chorus parts | Mark Diehl |
| WELCHERS | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | Debt disregarders, slangily | Dana Motley |