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 50,525 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANOTHERFINEMESS | Sat Nov 5, 2011 | 1930 Laurel and Hardy film | Kurt Mueller |
| ANTIQUARK | Sat Oct 5, 2019 | One of the two components of 5-Down | Trenton Charlson |
| APPROPRIATE | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Take, or authorize to give | Matt Gaffney |
| BAGJOB | Sat Aug 22, 2009 | Spook's break-in | Karen M. Tracey |
| BRIGHTEST | Sun Aug 25, 2013 | Superlative for Sirius | Victor Barocas |
| BUCKETOFBOLTS | Mon Jul 7, 1997 | Jalopy | Gregory E. Paul |
| BULGES | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | Sticks out | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CHOLOS | Sun Mar 20, 2005 | Barrio hooligans | Patrick Berry |
| CLAYPIPE | Wed May 22, 2024 | Quaint item for smoking | Martin Schneider |
| DARKSTARS | Sat Apr 12, 2014 | Relatives of black holes | Mel Rosen |
| DOAHATCHETJOBON | Tue Feb 5, 2002 | Critique roughly and unfairly | Alan J. Weiss |
| DRAWUP | Thu Aug 16, 2001 | Draft | Joe DiPietro |
| DURIAN | Thu May 4, 2006 | Malodorous Malaysian fruit | Rob Richardson |
| EMPHASIZE | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Spotlight | Andrew J. Ries |
| EXTRALARGEPIZZAS | Sun May 17, 2020 | Items in 18" x 18" x 1 3/4" boxes | Byron Walden |
| GREENAGE | Sat Jan 7, 1995 | Meadowlands | Randolph Ross |
| GUYFAWKESNIGHT | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | November 5, in Britain | Barry C. Silk |
| HELMUT | Fri Jan 10, 1997 | First name in German politics | A. J. Santora |
| HURRIER | Thu Jun 27, 2002 | The White Rabbit, notably | James R. Leeds |
| ISOLATEDSPRINKLES | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | What you might find on the counter after making ice cream sundaes? | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| LASHLINE | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Place to apply eye makeup | Bruce Haight |
| LAURELED | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | Like some ancient Greek victors | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LIFEONMARS | Fri Feb 4, 2022 | Bowie song that begins with the lyric "It's a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair" | Joseph Greenbaum |
| NOMINATION | Wed Nov 19, 2014 | Convention outcome | Jacob Stulberg |
| OFFICEHOURS | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor | Kareem Ayas |
| QUARTERTO | Sat May 19, 2007 | With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds | Byron Walden |
| RAJAB | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Seventh Muslim month | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| REBALANCE | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | Fix some ledger errors in | Kevin Adamick |
| SCARIFY | Sun Feb 13, 2005 | Severely criticize | Daniel C. Bryant |
| SEALSKINS | Thu Jun 27, 2002 | Arctic cover-ups | James R. Leeds |
| SHORTORDER | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Food that can be prepared quickly | Peter Gordon |
| SOFIRM | Wed Jun 14, 1995 | Like Lucky Strike, per old ads | Richard Hughes |
| STAYWITHIT | Mon Mar 10, 2003 | "Keep going!" | Gail Grabowski |
| STICKITOUT | Sat Mar 24, 2007 | Persevere | Rich Norris |
| SUMMARIZED | Fri Nov 9, 2001 | Digested | Chuck Menning |
| THERUB | Sun Jan 9, 1994 | Dreaming, to Hamlet? | Mel Rosen |
| TOOLBELT | Sun May 8, 2016 | Handyman's accessory | David J. Kahn |
| USSALASKA | Sun Nov 25, 2007 | W.W. II American naval cruiser | Trip Payne |
| WIREMEN | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Electricians | Patrick Berry |
| YACHTING | Mon Aug 1, 2016 | America's Cup sport | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |