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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOVETHEFRAY | Sat Dec 17, 2022 | Not getting involved in any nastiness | Christina Iverson and Tom Pepper |
| ACIDTAB | Mon Sep 30, 2024 | Dose for an LSD trip | Alexander Liebeskind |
| AWIDE | Fri Dec 31, 1993 | Cut____swath | Norman S. Wizer |
| BARCLAY | Sun Jun 4, 2000 | British banking name | Martin Schneider |
| BEARMARKETS | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | Where some N.F.L.ers shop? | Louis Sabin |
| BENDINGANELBOW | Mon May 6, 2002 | Having drinks | Peter Gordon |
| BLOOMBERG | Sat Nov 8, 2014 | Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to Independent | Barry C. Silk |
| BODING | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Ominous | Mark Diehl |
| BOXELDER | Wed Feb 5, 2003 | Tree of the maple family | Ron O'Hair |
| CARPALTUNNELS | Wed Jun 14, 2006 | Body parts never driven through | Lisa Wiseman |
| CHACHACHA | Fri Jan 20, 2012 | Dance trio? | Patrick Berry |
| CHANGEDONESMIND | Mon May 25, 2020 | Decided otherwise ... or a hint to the four sets of circled letters | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| COMESUPON | Fri May 17, 2002 | Finds | Joe DiPietro |
| EMPTILY | Sat May 3, 2008 | How one might stare into space | Patrick Berry |
| EWANMCGREGOR | Wed May 23, 2012 | Player of 36-/39-Across | Eric Williams |
| GOLDBERG | Sun Oct 21, 2012 | Secretary of labor who became a Supreme Court justice | Caleb Rasmussen |
| HAORIS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Japanese coats | John M. Samson |
| HONORING | Sat Jul 15, 2000 | Eulogist's activity | David J. Kahn |
| HOWITZER | Tue Jul 2, 2002 | Piece of field artillery | John R. Conrad |
| IFYOUPLEASE | Thu May 16, 2019 | Start of a polite request | Jeff Chen |
| LARGESS | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Gifts | R. M. Hopkins |
| LETITLOOSE | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Triple-platinum Gloria Estefan album with "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | Michael Ashley |
| LITTLEDEVILS | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | Mischief-makers (you'll find seven of them in the answer grid) | Doug Peterson |
| MOONSOFURANUS | Tue Sep 4, 2012 | 62-Across to an astronomer | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| OILWAY | Sun Oct 1, 2006 | Lubrication channel | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| ORCHESTRAPIT | Wed Apr 8, 2015 | Conductor's place | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PRUE | Wed Apr 12, 2023 | Celebrity chef ___ Leith | Olivia Mitra Framke and Brooke Husic |
| REFUDIATE | Fri Apr 29, 2011 | 2010 coinage meaning "to reject" | David Quarfoot |
| RETRODINER | Sat Aug 5, 2023 | Eatery with a 1950s vibe, say | John Guzzetta |
| RUBATOS | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Flexible musical tempos | Kevin G. Der |
| SAWINGALADYINHALF | Sun Aug 13, 2017 | Magic trick performed at 123- and 124-Across | Eric Berlin |
| SCAREDUP | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Found after some effort | F. Piscop |
| SCENEXIV | Fri Mar 23, 2018 | Part of Act 4 of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which Antony attempts suicide | Erik Agard |
| SECURITYLINE | Sun Aug 9, 2020 | *Airport logjam | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| SMACKEDUP | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | Hit hard | Byron Walden |
| TESTFOR | Sat Nov 30, 1996 | Try to find, in a doctor's office | R. Norris |
| THESPARKISGONE | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | Breakup line from Frankenstein's monster? | Daniel Grinberg |
| TRADEOFFS | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Considerations pro and con | S. Elliott |
| ULTRAFASTIDIOUS | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Like neat freaks | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| WAGONERS | Sat Jun 18, 1994 | Mule train drivers | Randolph Ross |