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 50,887 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANOIA | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | Extreme mental deficiency | Bryant White |
| AWAVE | Sun May 25, 2014 | Catch ___ (surf) | Dan Schoenholz |
| BALLGIRLS | Fri Mar 29, 2002 | Some court workers | Kevin Hagen |
| BESTIARIES | Thu Oct 1, 2015 | Books that may depict dragons, unicorns and griffins | John Guzzetta |
| BOOMMIKE | Fri Jun 13, 2003 | It looms over many actors | Todd McClary |
| CHARGES | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Discover usages | Joe DiPietro |
| CLANGCLANGCLANG | Mon Jan 16, 2012 | How the trolley went in a 1944 song | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| COMMERCE | Mon Jan 16, 1995 | Cabinet department | Walter Covell |
| CROSIER | Sat Oct 9, 1999 | Staff resembling a shepherd's crook | Manny Nosowsky |
| ENCINOMAN | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | 1992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro-Magnon | Ross Trudeau |
| FANTABULOUS | Thu Jan 7, 2010 | Absolutely terrific | Xan Vongsathorn |
| GOESOUT | Fri Aug 18, 2000 | Has dates | Patrick D. Berry |
| HOLDSWAY | Thu Aug 23, 2001 | Rule | Peter Gordon |
| IMNOUSE | Thu Oct 14, 2021 | "What's the point in me even trying" | Matt Fuchs |
| INJURED | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Hurt | Drew Schmenner |
| KICKEDUP | Sat Dec 25, 1999 | Started again unexpectedly | John Scott Marrone |
| MCNAMARASBAND | Tue Mar 17, 2009 | 1946 Bing Crosby hit | Richard Chisholm |
| MULTIMILLIONAIRES | Thu Dec 23, 2004 | Fat cats | Nancy Salomon |
| PETERJENNINGS | Sun Feb 8, 2009 | One of the former Big Three in news | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PIGTAILS | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Queues in salons | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PIPPEN | Fri Feb 6, 2004 | 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team member | Joe DiPietro |
| POUNDERS | Tue May 29, 2012 | Quarter ___ (McDonald's orders) | Daniel A. Finan |
| PREDIAL | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | Relating to land, old-style | Matthew Stock |
| QUAYSIDE | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | Land near a wharf | Bruce Haight |
| RUNSINTO | Fri Aug 1, 2003 | Meets | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEEACTION | Sat Feb 28, 2004 | Participate in military combat | Byron Walden |
| SNARFDOWN | Thu May 12, 2022 | Inhale | Ross Trudeau |
| SOOTHER | Fri Oct 1, 2010 | Balm | David J. Kahn |
| SPORTSMEN | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | Guys who fish or hunt, say | Ed Sessa |
| STEERSTO | Fri May 25, 2012 | Points in the direction of | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TESTKITS | Sun Nov 25, 2018 | Aids for determining pregnancy, e.g. | Joon Pahk |
| THEONSET | Wed Aug 4, 2010 | Robert Frost poem about a snowfall | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TWOPHASE | Sat Apr 17, 2004 | Dual | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| UNPRICED | Wed Mar 21, 2012 | Yet to be tagged, say | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| UPSWEPT | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Not resting on the shoulders, say | Henry Hook |
| VIOLATED | Fri Jul 21, 2000 | Broken | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WEEKENDWARRIORS | Sat Nov 29, 2014 | They play hard on Saturday and Sunday | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WINEMAKING | Fri May 18, 2018 | Industry filled with press releases | Ryan McCarty |
| WITHHOLD | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Refuse to hand over | Finn Vigeland |
| WRISTPADS | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | Cushions in front of a computer keyboard | Kareem Ayas |