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 50,712 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACARID | Sat Jun 14, 2008 | Tick, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARMPADS | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | Certain lacrosse gear | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| BEACHHOUSES | Thu Mar 3, 2022 | *Cape Cod retreats | August Lee-Kovach |
| BROCHETTE | Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Stick in the oven? | Rich Norris |
| CARGOBAY | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Storage spot in a ship | Sarah Sinclair |
| CHICAGOSUNTIMES | Fri Dec 9, 2016 | Where Roger Ebert's reviews appeared for 47 years | David Phillips |
| CITYPLAZA | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Urban open space | Mark Diehl |
| COPYPASTA | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Block of text duplicated and reposted online, in internet slang | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| CORDELLHULL | Wed Oct 6, 2004 | 1945 Peace Nobelist | Adam Cohen |
| CRUSTED | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Like Parmesan on baked chicken, typically | Bruce Haight |
| DONTGOAWAY | Mon Mar 18, 1996 | See 17-Across | S. L. Robbins |
| DROPPASS | Thu Mar 9, 2000 | Hockey or soccer maneuver | Myles Callum |
| DUETIME | Thu May 11, 1995 | Eventually, with "in" | Wayne Robert Williams |
| EASYVIRTUE | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | Noël Coward play | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ECAR | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | Green vehicle, briefly | Paul Hunsberger |
| GENTLEMANCALLER | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | Courter | Sherry O. Blackard |
| GINMARTINI | Sat Dec 2, 2023 | Two-ingredient cocktail usually served with an olive or lemon twist | Royce Ferguson |
| GUESSTIMATES | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Ballpark figures | Emily Carroll |
| INCLINER | Sun Sep 24, 1995 | Tower of Pisa, e.g. | Randolph Ross |
| JETPACKS | Thu Sep 24, 2009 | Aids for spacewalkers | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JUNGLES | Tue Nov 29, 2005 | Lions' "kingdoms" | Adam Cohen |
| KOLANUT | Sun Mar 1, 2026 | Source of caffeine | Matt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic |
| MEDSCHOOL | Thu Nov 9, 2006 | Center of operations? | Byron Walden |
| MODELROCKET | Sat Oct 15, 2016 | A child can have a blast with it | Mark Diehl |
| OSCARMADISON | Tue Dec 13, 2011 | "The Odd Couple" slob | Jonathan Gersch |
| OVERSOW | Sat Apr 15, 1995 | Plant too much | Bob Klahn |
| POMEGRANATE | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Apple devoured by an elderly relative? | Will Nediger |
| PRATTLEON | Thu Oct 25, 2007 | Talk, talk, talk | Susan Harrington Smith |
| RAMFIS | Fri Feb 25, 2011 | High priest in "Aida" | Henry Hook |
| RENDITION | Thu Jul 22, 2004 | Certain delivery | Greg Staples |
| RIDINGMOWER | Mon Dec 2, 2013 | Lawn tractor | Adam G. Perl |
| SCOTCHED | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Nixed | Mark Diehl |
| SETUPMAN | Wed Sep 28, 2011 | Eighth-inning hurler, often | Steve Salitan |
| STOODAPART | Sat Mar 19, 2011 | Distinguished oneself | Joe DiPietro |
| STUKA | Wed Jun 22, 1994 | W.W. II German bomber | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| TALKAT | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Lecture | Jake Bunch |
| TERRYCLOTH | Sun Jul 30, 2000 | ___, Towel Manufacturer | Randolph Ross |
| TINBADGE | Tue Dec 17, 2013 | *Sheriff's insignia, in old westerns | Paula Gamache |
| UNDOUBTEDLY | Mon Jan 4, 1999 | "Yes!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| WHATISTHEHANGUP | Mon May 19, 2014 | "Will you please hurry?" | Michael Hawkins |