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 50,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONABLE | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Worth trying? | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| ALEICHEM | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | "Shalom ___" (Hebrew greeting) | Kevin G. Der |
| BOUNCESBACK | Sun Feb 20, 2022 | Echoes | Victor Barocas |
| BRIDGING | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Making ends meet? | Joe DiPietro |
| BROADWAYHIT | Sun Sep 10, 2023 | Adam Wagner | |
| CAPTURERS | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | Successful hunters | Raymond Hamel |
| CARNIVORE | Sat Aug 2, 2003 | T. Rex, for one | Dana Motley |
| CHICAGOHOPE | Wed Feb 1, 1995 | "E.R." rival | Chet Currier |
| CIRCUIT | Tue Oct 1, 2024 | Lecture tour | Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen |
| COFFEEPOTS | Thu Oct 15, 2020 | Things with perks? | Lindsey Hobbs |
| DEFJAM | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Rihanna's record label | Raymond C. Young |
| DESERTMIRAGES | Thu Jan 19, 1995 | Lakes in the distance | Bryant White |
| EDINBURGH | Sun Oct 21, 2001 | Castle Rock site | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EMONO | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | See 81-Across | Natan Last |
| GENOSMITH | Sat Mar 23, 2024 | Veteran N.F.L. quarterback whose name anagrams to SOMETHING | Sam Ezersky |
| GREASEPAINT | Sun Aug 22, 2021 | It might be put on for stage PAGEANTRIES | Stephen McCarthy |
| GREYMATTER | Tue May 30, 2017 | Brains ... or this puzzle's four shaded names? | Neville Fogarty |
| HANDEDOUT | Tue May 23, 2000 | Distributed | Monica Krausse |
| HURRYUP | Sat Sep 6, 2008 | Shout to a 25-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| ICALLBS | Fri Nov 1, 2024 | "Yeah, you're lying" | Spencer Leach |
| LANDSALES | Thu Jul 27, 2017 | Some real estate business | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| MAKEUPARTISTS | Tue Dec 10, 2024 | Some movie set workers ... or what you do when filling in the shaded squares? | Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf |
| MAXIMUS | Fri Oct 31, 1997 | Circus follower | Matt Gaffney |
| MERCURYLYNX | Tue Feb 25, 1997 | Former Ford offering | Gregory E. Paul |
| NATALIEPORTMAN | Wed Mar 11, 2009 | *"Star Wars" actress who's a Harvard grad | Caleb Madison |
| NIANTIC | Tue Jan 4, 2000 | Connecticut town near New London | Joy L. Wouk |
| NONSANE | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Irrational | John M. Samson |
| PRENTICE | Sat Jun 17, 1995 | Noted name in book publishing | Frank A. Longo |
| QUANTUM | Sun Mar 18, 2018 | Kind of leap | Daniel Raymon |
| QUBIT | Fri Jul 8, 2022 | Portmanteau unit of computing information | Kyle Dolan |
| RHYTHMSTICK | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Elementary school percussion instrument | Patrick Berry |
| ROTINHELL | Wed Feb 5, 2025 | "Damn you!" | Kiran Pandey |
| SNLALUMNI | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Will Ferrell and Tina Fey | Sam Trabucco |
| SPUNKY | Mon Jul 8, 2002 | Spirited | Sheldon Benardo |
| SUSPENDER | Thu Dec 27, 2001 | Buy-one-get-one-free item? | Patrick Berry |
| THEHAVES | Sat Oct 29, 2022 | Those with means | Daniel Okulitch |
| THEREDCARPET | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Star Trek | Brandon Koppy |
| THISEVENING | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Later, perhaps | Frank Longo |
| VODKAS | Thu Nov 2, 1995 | Russian shots | Wayne Robert Williams |
| WHIPSAWS | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Swings violently | Elizabeth C. Gorski |