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 50,794 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERIALMINES | Fri Jun 26, 1998 | Warplane's cargo | Frank Longo |
| AIRSTRIPS | Mon May 26, 2003 | Where fighter jets touch down | Lynn Lempel |
| ALIENCONTACT | Sun Jul 17, 2016 | ... about the search for extraterrestrial life? | Jerry Miccolis |
| ALLOCATOR | Fri Apr 16, 2004 | Budgeter, in a way | Ed Early |
| ALLTOOTRUE | Wed Oct 7, 2020 | "Regrettably, that's the case" | Ross Trudeau |
| ANDYHARDY | Sat Nov 27, 2004 | Popular character introduced in 1937's "A Family Affair" | Byron Walden |
| BADASSES | Wed Jul 16, 2025 | People you do not want to mess with | Jasin Cekinmez |
| BATHOILS | Sun Aug 27, 2000 | Aromatherapeutic additives | Dana Motley |
| BLUELAWS | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | Some shopping restrictions | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| BREAKERONENINER | Sat Sep 27, 2014 | Words from a good buddy | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| CHECKMARKS | Wed Feb 20, 2013 | Approval indicators | John Farmer |
| COOKBOOK | Tue Mar 11, 2014 | Volume that requires lots of preparations to compile? | Mel Rosen |
| CUETHEMUSIC | Mon May 8, 2017 | Order to get a soundtrack ready | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DIDNTSLEEPAWINK | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Tossed all night | Manny Nosowsky |
| DOWNLOAD | Thu Jul 26, 2012 | Many a modern purchase | Joel Fagliano |
| GETSSQUAREWITH | Sat Oct 2, 2004 | Pays all that is owed | David J. Kahn |
| HIGHROLLER | Tue Feb 27, 2001 | Vegas V.I.P. | M. Preston Sherwood |
| ILLUSIONS | Sun Aug 15, 1999 | Ignes fatui | David J. Kahn |
| INTERSTICE | Fri Nov 21, 2003 | Space between | David Ainslie Macleod |
| JEREZ | Sat Nov 14, 1998 | Spanish wine town | Matt Gaffney |
| JIPIJAPA | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Panama hat material | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| MUCHADOABOUTNOTHING | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | SNILTIR | Frank A. Longo |
| OFFDAYS | Thu Apr 1, 1999 | Times when you're not at your peak | Kelly Clark |
| PENALIZES | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | Puts in a box, maybe | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| PERJURED | Thu Jun 20, 2002 | Like some trial testimony | Steve Jones |
| SIGHERS | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | Some relieved people | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SKULLISLAND | Tue Jul 5, 1994 | King Kong's home | Raymond Hamel |
| SOUPEDUP | Sun Jan 13, 2002 | Extra-powerful | Nelson Hardy |
| SWATTEAMS | Mon Jul 28, 1997 | Specialized police units | Patrick Jordan |
| TAINA | Sun Sep 23, 2012 | 2001-02 Nickelodeon sitcom | Matt Ginsberg |
| TECHDATA | Fri Jan 4, 2013 | Fortune 500 microcomputer firm | David J. Kahn |
| TENTPACKING | Sun Jul 25, 2010 | Precamping preparation? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TIREMEN | Wed Feb 28, 2001 | Radial makers | A. J. Santora |
| TOPLESSDANCERS | Fri Oct 9, 2015 | Ones working near the poles? | David Steinberg |
| TOUGHONCRIME | Tue Apr 7, 2015 | Advocating long sentences, say | David J. Lieb |
| WATERRATS | Wed Aug 22, 2012 | Marsh rodents | Peter A. Collins |
| WAYBELOWPAR | Tue Feb 10, 2015 | The ailing golfer was ... | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| WINDOWSHADE | Thu Sep 18, 2008 | [See circles] | Mike Nothnagel |
| WOULDYOUBELIEVE | Mon Oct 3, 2005 | Catchphrase of 25-Across | Roy Leban |
| XORO | Thu Mar 20, 2008 | Tic-tac-toe choice | Stephen Edward Anderson |