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 50,247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTIARIES | Thu Oct 1, 2015 | Books that may depict dragons, unicorns and griffins | John Guzzetta |
| BETAGAINST | Sun May 19, 2019 | Not like the odds of, say | Natan Last |
| BINGEWATCHER | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | A Man for All Seasons | Brandon Koppy |
| DELUDED | Sat Dec 17, 2011 | Like suckers | Tom Heilman |
| DEVELOPER | Sat Mar 22, 2003 | One with lots to think about | Rich Norris |
| DUPONTS | Sat Dec 19, 2015 | Influential industrial family | Damon Gulczynski |
| DUROCS | Fri Jun 15, 2007 | Some hogs | Nancy Joline |
| EDWINMEESE | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Former attorney general in the Iraq Study Group | Patrick Berry |
| EMBLAZONED | Sat Dec 31, 1994 | Brilliantly decorated | Alex K. Justin |
| ESSAYMILL | Sat Mar 4, 2023 | Seedy business for college applicants | Ryan McCarty |
| FLANKSTEAK | Fri Oct 16, 2009 | London broil, often | Karen M. Tracey |
| FOILPAPER | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | It's brilliant in handicrafts | Byron Walden |
| GLACIERS | Sun Feb 27, 2022 | They have massive calves | Sheldon Polonsky |
| GODWE | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Words on a quarter | David J. Kahn |
| INDIANAJONESADVENTURE | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Any story in a certain movie serial ... or a 75-Down attraction | David J. Kahn |
| INSTANTCOFFEE | Mon Jun 25, 2012 | Drink made with crystals | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| INTREPIDS | Fri Mar 21, 1997 | Dodge cars | Shannon Burns |
| JOBOPENING | Mon Feb 11, 2008 | Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across | Ken Bessette |
| JUMPINTHESHOWER | Mon Jan 15, 2024 | Wash oneself quickly | Peter A. Collins |
| MASTERBUILDER | Tue May 23, 2006 | See 27-Across | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MATELOT | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | Sailor, in British slang | Bryant White |
| MERCYMERCYMERCY | Mon Jul 3, 1995 | Cannonball Adderley tune | Fred Piscop |
| MIDIRON | Sun Apr 30, 2023 | 5, 6 or 7, in golf | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| MILOOSHEA | Mon Jan 8, 2018 | "Ulysses" star, 1967 | Sam Ezersky |
| MISTRUST | Sat May 17, 1997 | Doubt | Daniel R. Stark |
| OFAMAN | Sun Sep 18, 1994 | "The true measure ___ ..." | Merl Reagle |
| PLATTED | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Like surveyors' charts | Robert W. Harris |
| PLEASUREPALACES | Fri Nov 20, 1998 | Exotic recreation sites | Manny Nosowsky |
| RESHOW | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | Play again, as a TV special | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| REVILES | Sun May 24, 2020 | Excoriates | Andrew Chaikin |
| SCAVENGES | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Dumpster-dives | Byron Walden |
| SCISSORLIFT | Thu May 20, 2021 | Movable aerial platform | Trenton Charlson |
| SIZETWO | Tue May 24, 2016 | Petite dress specification | Jonathan Gersch |
| TESTMATCH | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | International cricket event | Patrick Berry |
| THEGLOVEDONE | Sun May 28, 2000 | Michael Jackson biopic? | Richard Silvestri |
| THEMALL | Tue Jan 14, 2003 | Teen's hangout, perhaps | Adam G. Perl |
| THEMUPPETSHOW | Mon Dec 11, 2006 | TV program for which 59-Across won an Emmy, 1977 | David J. Kahn |
| TOOKILL | Sun May 18, 2014 | Got sick | Joe DiPietro |
| VEXERS | Thu Feb 5, 2009 | Annoying types | David J. Kahn |
| WAGELABORERS | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Ones exploited in a capitalist system, per Marx | Ryan McCarty |