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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLUE | Tue Sep 29, 1998 | Once in ___ moon | Thomas W. Schier |
| ADBLOCK | Thu Aug 30, 2018 | Popular browser extension ... or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle | Grant Thackray |
| BIOFUEL | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Algae, at times | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| BRAINWASH | Sun Oct 16, 2005 | Indoctrinate | Con Pederson |
| BROUHAHAS | Wed Mar 20, 1996 | To-dos | G. Newman |
| BULIMIAC | Sat Sep 14, 2002 | Problem eater: Var. | Bruce L. Bliven |
| BUSAWAY | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Transport to a distant neighborhood, say | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CENSUSBUREAU | Tue Jan 27, 2015 | Group you can rely on when it counts | James Tuttle |
| DISGRUNTLED | Wed Jul 14, 1999 | End of the question | Nancy Salomon |
| EXPARTNER | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Split personality? | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| GSUITE | Sat Feb 13, 2021 | Set of programs including Drive and Docs, once | Will Nediger |
| HAPPENSON | Sun Apr 8, 2018 | Discovers by chance | Patrick Berry |
| HAVEABEEF | Mon Feb 20, 2006 | Feel aggrieved | Doug Peterson |
| HOMECOOK | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Competitor on "MasterChef" | Byron Walden |
| INDEEDY | Wed Jul 15, 2020 | Informal "yes" | Lee Higbie and Jeff Chen |
| IRISHPUB | Fri Jul 4, 2014 | Cork bar | Patrick Berry |
| JAPANESELANTERN | Sat Nov 21, 2009 | Party lighting option | Gary J. Whitehead |
| JERSEYBOYS | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Hit 2005 Broadway musical made into a 2014 film | Peter A. Collins |
| LATTEN | Thu May 16, 2013 | Thin sheet metal | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| LEIFERICSSON | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | *Turn-of-the-millennium explorer | Peter A. Collins |
| LIGHTSUPTHEROOM | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | Makes a dazzling entrance | Byron Walden |
| MADELINE | Thu Feb 13, 2014 | Title girl in a children's book series set in Paris | Daniel Landman |
| MARSHMALLOWS | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Pac-Man and the ghosts, in Pac-Man cereal | Byron Walden |
| MEALYAPPLE | Wed Apr 17, 2019 | Menu item #3: A Red Delicious, assuming you find sawdust delicious | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| MILITARYACADEMIES | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | General mills? | Matthew Stock |
| MITY | Tue Dec 19, 1995 | Infested, in a way | Marie Heller |
| NATURALIST | Wed Dec 19, 2018 | *A trails nut | Seth A. Abel |
| NEWYORKGIANTS | Tue Feb 3, 2009 | Pro football team based in New Jersey | Katie Yeager |
| PRESHRUNKSHIRTS | Thu Oct 16, 1997 | Tongue twister #3 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SCARYMOVIE | Sat May 9, 2026 | 2000 parody of a 62-Across | Katie Hoody |
| SCRATCHER | Sun May 6, 2007 | Cat, at times | Charles M. Deber |
| SIDELINES | Mon Dec 10, 2012 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? | Michael David |
| STANDSINTHEWAY | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | "I can't get past this witness box!" | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| SWINGERA | Fri Mar 13, 2026 | The 1930s-'40s, to a jazz aficionado | James McCarron and Rachel Souza |
| TWINBORN | Thu Jul 5, 2007 | Like Romulus and Remus | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VOLTAGE | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | Appliance rating | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| WALTDISNEYWORLD | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Home to Main Street, U.S.A. | Evan Birnholz |
| WENTBARHOPPING | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |
| WENTEASYON | Fri Aug 14, 2015 | Cut some slack | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| WINEHOUSE | Tue Nov 5, 2013 | *Singer Amy with six Grammys | Paula Gamache |