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 50,565 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEGER | Sun Oct 19, 2014 | Plaintiff, e.g. | David Phillips |
| ANOINTINGS | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Acts in some rituals | Peter A. Collins |
| BAKEOFF | Sat Jan 21, 1995 | Contest on the range | Charles E. Gersch |
| CARWINDOW | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | It's lowered in the drive-thru line | Joe Deeney |
| COMEOUTANDPLAY | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Job for a debutante? | Nancy Salomon |
| EDGARALLANPOE | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | Arthur Gordon Pym's creator | Frank Longo |
| EDITORINCHIEF | Fri May 28, 2021 | Post master? | Andrew J. Ries |
| EXCITABLE | Mon Oct 6, 2014 | Easily enthused | Robyn Weintraub |
| FOXTAIL | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | Meadow grass with brushlike spikes | Matthew Stock |
| GOATCHEESE | Fri Nov 23, 2007 | Greek salad ingredient | Paula Gamache |
| GREENGIANT | Sun Jul 28, 2024 | Brand in the frozen food section | Paolo Pasco |
| HAPPENS | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Comes about | Daniel R. Stark |
| HELLONURSE | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Old vaudevillian catcall | Joe DiPietro |
| HEXAGRAM | Tue Nov 12, 2002 | Star of David, essentially | Adam Cohen |
| HIGHERED | Thu Sep 26, 2013 | Colleges and universities, informally | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| HOSCALE | Thu Aug 10, 2006 | Common model railroading spec | Todd McClary |
| HOTMEAL | Sat Aug 15, 2015 | One letting off steam at the dinner table? | Jeff Chen |
| HOWLIN | Mon Jan 13, 2003 | Bluesman ___ Wolf | Gregory E. Paul |
| HUMANA | Thu Sep 5, 2024 | Aetna alternative | Joe Deeney |
| JANEGREY | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days) | Kyle Dolan |
| JERKSAROUND | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | "Watch out for that bully!" | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| JUDES | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | St. ___ (children's hospital) | M. Francis Vuolo |
| KNUR | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | Tree protuberance | Randolph Ross |
| LASERPEEL | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | Treatment that reduces wrinkles | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| LATEXPAINT | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Wall covering that's washable with soap and water | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| LOGGINS | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | "Footloose" singer, 1984 | Randolph Ross |
| MAJORROLES | Sat Mar 4, 2023 | Leads, e.g. | Ryan McCarty |
| MARTINCRUZSMITH | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | "Red Square" novelist | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| MEISTER | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Expert, slangily | Byron Walden |
| NAPOLEONSOLO | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | The man from U.N.C.L.E. | Gary Steinmehl |
| OREGONTERRITORY | Sat Oct 25, 2025 | Where gold "beaver coins" were used as currency | Byron Walden |
| PTOWN | Sat Nov 15, 2025 | L.G.B.T.Q. vacation destination on Cape Cod, for short | Kyle Dolan |
| RIGHTONRIGHTON | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | "Ni-i-ice!" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SAMMICH | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Slangy lunch fare | Carter Cobb |
| SGTSCHULTZ | Sat Nov 30, 2013 | 1960s sitcom character with the catchphrase "I see nothing!" | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| TAKENBY | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Impressed with | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TAKENTOTASK | Fri Jan 7, 2011 | Censured | Joe DiPietro |
| TESTBED | Tue Nov 12, 2019 | Experimental setting, as for a new initiative | Gabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat |
| TOGGLES | Sat Sep 10, 2011 | Goes back and forth, in a way | David Quarfoot |
| VPPICK | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Major political announcement before a convention, informally | Jeremy Newton |