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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMATRONS | Wed Oct 23, 2019 | The T. rex in "Jurassic Park" and others | Jennifer Nutt |
| BACKUPQB | Tue Mar 19, 2019 | Substitute for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, informally [16,17] | Daniel Larsen |
| BEASPORT | Fri Oct 5, 2007 | "C'mon, do me this favor" | Lynn Lempel |
| BLOCKADES | Sat Aug 31, 2013 | Some trade barriers | Josh Knapp |
| BOXEDWINE | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | It's hardly Châteauneuf-du-Pape | Aimee Lucido |
| BUTTERFLYSHRIMP | Tue Sep 21, 2010 | Entree on many a Chinese menu | Adam G. Perl |
| CLAWFOOT | Fri Sep 8, 2023 | With 57-Down, old-fashioned bathroom fixture | Rachel Fabi and Ken Stern |
| CROWDSOURCE | Fri Aug 29, 2014 | Poll Internet users on, perhaps | Daniel Raymon |
| DIMMEMORY | Fri Mar 7, 2008 | It's hard to recall | Paula Gamache |
| DOORBUSTERDEAL | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | <em>Prop ax used in "The Shining," a valuable collectors' item, $200!</em> | Jeff Kremer |
| FLATRATEBOX | Sat Nov 5, 2016 | U.S.P.S. option advertised with the slogan "If it fits, it ships" | David Phillips |
| FREDEBB | Sat Apr 25, 2009 | "New York, New York" lyricist | Brad Wilber |
| FUELSSPECULATION | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Oil futures? | John Kugelman |
| GAZING | Tue Mar 12, 2013 | Staring | Bruce Sutphin and Neville Fogarty |
| HESITATER | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Lost one? | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| HOLLIES | Sun Dec 21, 2014 | Some Christmas decorations | Joel Fagliano |
| HONEYISHRUNKTHEKIDS | Sun Dec 13, 2020 | Short film? (1989) | Dan Margolis |
| HOWELL | Thu Jul 1, 1999 | Bell's partner, in film equipment | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ILTEMPO | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Big Italian daily | Alan Olschwang |
| INMYTRIBE | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | Platinum-selling 10,000 Maniacs album of the 80's | Patrick Berry |
| KEEPCLOSE | Wed Apr 19, 2023 | Not leave unattended | Joe Deeney |
| MERGELEFT | Thu Oct 6, 2022 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme | Simeon Seigel |
| MONODY | Sat Oct 5, 1996 | Poem of lament | T. Payne |
| MORALMAJORITY | Sun Mar 15, 1998 | Soprano Gluck kidnapped by a fundamentalist group? | Frank Longo |
| NEARMINT | Wed Oct 4, 2017 | Where "new" is in the dictionary? | Evan Mahnken |
| OARERS | Sat Sep 20, 2014 | Galley slaves, e.g. | Erik Agard |
| ONRESERVE | Fri Sep 16, 2016 | Put away for someone | Patrick Berry |
| OSCARARIAS | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Costa Rican president who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| PINUPGIRL | Tue Sep 8, 2015 | Figure on a soldier's poster in W.W. II | Jacob Stulberg |
| QUICKASAWINK | Tue Dec 6, 2005 | Pronto | Nancy Salomon |
| REPORTFORDUTY | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about where tariffs are imposed on incoming ships? | Jeremy Newton |
| SUBOUT | Wed Jun 19, 2019 | Give a break from the game | Sam Trabucco |
| SWASHER | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Daring adventurer | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TENTOMIDNIGHT | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | 1983 Charles Bronson thriller | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEGATESOFHELL | Tue Mar 9, 2010 | 15-/23-Across location | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TOUGHITOUT | Thu Aug 12, 1999 | Bravely endure | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TRANSMIGRATIONS | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Souls' post-death passages | Joe Krozel |
| UGLYDUCKLING | Sun Mar 20, 2011 | Chick lit book #2, with "The" (1843) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ULTERIORMOTIVE | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Reason for coyness, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| VERNACULAR | Sat Jul 6, 2002 | Street language | Nancy Joline |