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 50,425 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMADTEA | Sat Nov 4, 2017 | Alternative to Twinings | Michael Shteyman |
| ALIGNING | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | Tire shop work | Patrick Berry |
| AMOSNANDY | Tue Nov 22, 2016 | Old radio show set in Harlem | Andrew Zhou |
| ANTIGENIC | Fri Sep 1, 2000 | Like some immunological agents | Joe DiPietro |
| ASIATICELEPHANT | Sat Jan 7, 2012 | One traveling around India with a trunk | Joe Krozel |
| BIGBABY | Mon Mar 30, 2009 | Chronic whiner | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| BISMUTH | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | Its atomic number is 83 | Frank A. Longo |
| COTTONTIE | Sat May 30, 2020 | Lightweight option for a suit | Brian Thomas |
| DEXTERITY | Thu Oct 12, 2017 | Slight | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DOUBLEL | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Hollow center? | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| FACTORED | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | Broken down | Randolph Ross |
| FLIPFLOPSANDALS | Tue Jan 6, 2004 | Poolside wear | Kent Lorentzen |
| FOLLIES | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | 1971 musical about a reunion | David J. Kahn |
| HADATASTE | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Sipped | Randolph Ross |
| HYPEMAN | Sat May 18, 2024 | Crowd energizer at a hip-hop concert | Adrian Johnson |
| IMITATING | Fri Jun 1, 2018 | Skill of many "S.N.L." cast members | Andrew J. Ries |
| JACKETLAPEL | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Place for a pin | Byron Walden |
| JEWELLER | Sat Apr 23, 1994 | Glyptologist | Manny Nosowsky |
| JOBSEEKERS | Thu Nov 14, 2024 | Those who apply themselves? | Matthew Faiella |
| LIBELLOUS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | Like a column starting a row, perhaps | Michael Lieberman |
| MATCHBOXCAR | Mon Mar 22, 2021 | Collectible toy vehicle | Daniel Grinberg |
| MILKCAP | Sat Mar 7, 2015 | Toadstool that exudes latex when cut | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| OBNOXIOUS | Mon Feb 18, 2019 | Very annoying | Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PALESHERRY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Amontillado, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| PARTYGOER | Mon Jan 20, 2020 | One attending a shindig | Evan Kalish |
| PSYCHOANALYST | Tue Apr 12, 2022 | Dream job? | Dan Schoenholz |
| PUPPET | Mon Jun 5, 2023 | Lamb Chop or Miss Piggy | Eric Rollfing |
| REIS | Fri Jul 22, 1994 | Old Portuguese coins | Raymond Hamel |
| REPARK | Sun Oct 11, 2015 | Find another spot, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| RIDINGINTO | Sat May 22, 2010 | Entering on horseback | Will Nediger |
| SANDBARREL | Sat Jan 28, 2012 | Many a crash cushion at a construction zone | Barry C. Silk |
| SNOWYEGRET | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Bird whose feathers were once prized by milliners | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SPORTSNUTS | Mon Aug 28, 2023 | Ones with season tickets to football, baseball and basketball games, perhaps | Brian Callahan |
| SPRAYONTANS | Sat Feb 5, 2022 | Bronze producers | Kameron Austin Collins |
| STYLUSES | Fri Mar 13, 1998 | Needles | Shannon Burns |
| THECHIPMUNKS | Mon Jan 28, 2008 | Singing group suggested by the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across | Michael Blake |
| TRUSTIER | Mon Dec 15, 2003 | More reliable | Sarah Keller |
| TURNINGTHETRICK | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | Triumphing | Peter A. Collins |
| UMBRELLAPOLICY | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | Regulation regarding a 2007 #1 Rihanna hit? | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| UNHIRED | Fri Mar 2, 2001 | Jobless | Manny Nosowsky |