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 50,248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCHORSAWEIGH | Mon Jun 14, 2021 | U.S. Naval Academy anthem | Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson |
| BAFFLES | Sat May 5, 2007 | Stumps | David Quarfoot |
| BATSFIVEHUNDRED | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | "Dracula has lived half a millennium!" | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| BOYSOFSUMMER | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Donna's sons | Randolph Ross |
| CUTABOVETHEREST | Fri Aug 12, 2005 | Superior, after "a" | Manny Nosowsky |
| DROPPEDTHEBALL | Wed Jan 9, 2013 | Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony? | David Ben-Merre |
| DROWSINESS | Sat Mar 2, 1996 | Somnolence | N. Joline |
| ENDLESSNIGHT | Tue Nov 3, 1998 | 1967 Agatha Christie thriller | Ed Early |
| FRONTENTRANCE | Sun Dec 3, 2023 | Walk in place? | Tracy Bennett |
| FUNERALDIRECTOR | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | DEADLINE | David J. Kahn |
| GASSERS | Tue Jan 19, 1999 | Hilarious jokes | Kelly Clark |
| HALLOWEENII | Sat Jan 19, 2019 | Film with the tagline "The nightmare isn't over!" | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| HEROOFSANJUANHILL | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | *Nickname for Theodore Roosevelt | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HOKEYNESS | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Corn-filled state | Mark Diehl |
| INKSTONE | Sat Mar 26, 2016 | Calligrapher's grinding mortar | Damon Gulczynski |
| LIFEPRESERVER | Fri Nov 22, 2013 | On-deck circle? | Patrick Berry |
| LOCALINHABITANT | Sat Dec 31, 2005 | Townsman | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LOWLANDS | Mon Aug 9, 2021 | Opposite of 25-Across? | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MARKETPRICE | Fri Jul 9, 2021 | On menus, it's often by the lobster | Robyn Weintraub |
| MUTOMBO | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe ___ | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| NORAHJONES | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Her "Don't Know Why" was 2002's Record of the Year | Karen M. Tracey |
| OPERAARIAS | Mon Nov 30, 2015 | Songs for divas | Ian Livengood |
| OPIUMPOPPY | Thu Nov 28, 2002 | Drug source [right only] | Patrick Merrell |
| PERIPHERALS | Mon Dec 5, 2016 | Keyboard, monitor, mouse and other devices | Ned White |
| PETSAT | Fri May 6, 2022 | Took care of a dog or cat, maybe | Aaron Ullman |
| PETTRICKS | Mon Aug 17, 2020 | "Stupid" segments on old David Letterman shows | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PILLOWCASE | Fri May 10, 2002 | White sale purchase | Manny Nosowsky |
| POWERLINES | Thu Aug 8, 2019 | Casualties of violent storms | Timothy Polin |
| READSON | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | Turns the page, say | Simeon Seigel |
| SIDEARMED | Fri Oct 26, 2018 | Pitched horizontally | Evan Kalish |
| SLUGITOUT | Fri Apr 4, 2014 | Go a couple of rounds | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| SLURPEES | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | 7-Eleven treats | David Steinberg |
| SMOGGIER | Fri Jan 17, 2014 | Harder to see through, say | Kevin G. Der |
| SNOWSTORM | Sun Jan 9, 2000 | Hank & Gail's favorite weather? | Charles M. Deber |
| STEALTHEPICTURE | Wed May 1, 2002 | Upstage everyone, maybe | Steve Jones |
| SUGARIEST | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Most cloying | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TEASEAPART | Sat Jun 10, 2017 | Separate, as strands of hair | Mark Diehl |
| TOBACCOS | Mon Jan 2, 2017 | Crops used in making cigarettes | Chuck Deodene |
| TRICORDERS | Fri Aug 9, 2013 | Hand-held "Star Trek" devices | Patrick Berry |
| ZEBRAFINCH | Fri Jul 26, 2019 | Bird named for its black-and-white markings | Trenton Charlson |