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 50,414 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMELIORANT | Sat Mar 2, 1996 | Breeze on a hot day, e.g. | N. Joline |
| AUTOMOBILEMAKER | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | Saturn | Fred Piscop |
| BATTHIRD | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Precede the cleanup spot | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| BETAAPPS | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Downloads in the testing phase | Ross Trudeau |
| BIGTICKET | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Very expensive | A. J. Santora |
| BLUEDANUBE | Sat Dec 9, 2023 | Geographical inspiration for Strauss | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
| CATALINAISLAND | Sat Dec 25, 2010 | Santa ___ | Stanley Newman |
| COACTS | Sun Jan 29, 2006 | Works together | Rich Norris |
| COWPASTURE | Thu Apr 3, 2008 | Place for grazing | Kevin G. Der |
| CRYINGINTHERAIN | Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 1962 Everly Brothers hit | David Pringle |
| DARKENED | Sat May 20, 2017 | Became clouded over | Paolo Pasco and David Steinberg |
| DEARIEME | Fri Aug 4, 2006 | "Heavens to Betsy!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| EATONS | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | ___ Corrasable Bond (old typing paper) | Charles Deber |
| EURASIANS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Continental hybrids | R. Ross |
| FALLOUTFIT | Sun Jan 6, 2008 | *Dress for the return of cool weather | Lynn Lempel |
| IDAHOSTATE | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | School in the Big Sky Conference | Sam Trabucco |
| INTERNETECONOMY | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Google and Alibaba are parts of it | James Mulhern |
| LETSSTEPOUTSIDE | Wed Oct 9, 1996 | Fightin' words | R. Hughes |
| LHASAAPSOS | Mon Nov 30, 2015 | Tibetan watchdogs | Ian Livengood |
| MANUALTRANSMISSION | Thu May 16, 2013 | Clutch performer? | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| MINIMARTS | Tue May 2, 2023 | Gas station conveniences | Aimee Lucido |
| NEPOBABY | Sat Sep 30, 2023 | Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents | Ahmed Bayoumi |
| OFFDAYS | Thu Apr 1, 1999 | Times when you're not at your peak | Kelly Clark |
| PENALTYDECLINED | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Opposing team's turndown | Joe Krozel |
| PHRYGIA | Wed Feb 17, 2016 | Realm of King Midas | Kyle Mahowald |
| RUNPAST | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Present for the approval of | Byron Walden |
| SCHUL | Sun Apr 10, 1994 | Synagogue, in Yiddish: Var. | Trip Payne |
| SERVEUP | Thu May 28, 2009 | Produce and present | Gary Cee |
| SMASHHITS | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Chart toppers | Marjorie Berg |
| SUBARUFORESTER | Mon Jul 14, 2014 | Japanese compact S.U.V. | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| SUBWAYFARE | Wed Sep 16, 2015 | "The food court offers much more than just your typical ___" | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| SUNFLOWERS | Thu May 5, 2022 | Classic van Gogh subject | Adam Wagner |
| THESEVEN | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | "Men of honest report," in Acts | R. Ross |
| TILTUESDAY | Mon Sep 1, 1997 | "Voices Carry" pop group | Gregory E. Paul |
| TINKLES | Thu Feb 25, 2010 | Bell sounds | Holden Baker |
| TSQUARES | Fri Apr 24, 2009 | Drafting aids | Barry C. Silk |
| TVDETECTIVE | Mon Aug 16, 2010 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| VOYAGER | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | First spacecraft to reach Uranus and Neptune | Scott Atkinson |
| WENTTOSEA | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Set sail | Joe DiPietro |
| WORMEATEN | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Ratty | Patrick Berry |