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 50,501 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACESATEST | Sun Oct 21, 2012 | Scores 100 | Caleb Rasmussen |
| ADVANCEPAY | Thu May 1, 2003 | Early check, perhaps | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ALEAJACTAEST | Sat Dec 11, 2010 | "The die is cast," to Caesar | Paula Gamache |
| ARRIVER | Sun Jan 27, 2008 | One pulling in | Mike Nothnagel |
| BILLGATES | Fri Mar 29, 2002 | "The Road Ahead" author | Kevin Hagen |
| BOUNDUPIN | Thu Apr 19, 2001 | Deeply connected with | Manny Nosowsky |
| CAPITALB | Sat Jun 2, 2018 | eBay feature | Trenton Charlson |
| CONTAMINATED | Sun Jun 14, 2020 | Sign at a chemical plant: "This facility is ___ -- ___" (with 114-Across) | Randolph Ross |
| CREA | Thu Aug 8, 1996 | Spanish linen fabric | D. J. Kahn |
| DUSTEDFORPRINTS | Mon Jul 17, 2006 | Did crime scene work, to a housekeeper? | Larry Paul |
| FALSECHARGE | Sat Sep 24, 2011 | Bum rap | Jeremy Horwitz |
| FOZZIEBEAR | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Orange children's character | Michael Ashley |
| GASDRYER | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Certain laundry appliance | Andrew Zhou |
| GOTASECOND | Sat Mar 7, 2020 | "Hey, can I talk to you briefly?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| HOLDINGATBAY | Sun Jan 5, 1997 | Preventing an attack, in a way | W. R. Williams |
| INTROIT | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | Song at the start of a church service | Joe DiPietro |
| INVESTOR | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | Wall Street figure | Ernst Theimer |
| INVITED | Sun Aug 13, 1995 | On the guest list | Nancy Salomon |
| ISFAHAN | Sat Apr 2, 2022 | Capital of ancient Persia | Kyle Dolan |
| KALECAESAR | Fri Oct 26, 2018 | Trendy salad type | Evan Kalish |
| KEEPINDETENTION | Fri Dec 22, 2000 | Not release | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KNUTEROCKNE | Wed Jun 8, 1994 | With 53-Across, 1940 Reagan film | A.J. Santora |
| KORBUT | Sun Dec 30, 2001 | Gymnastics legend | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LEOG | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Actor ___ Carroll | S. Elliott |
| LUCKYBREAKS | Wed Dec 14, 2022 | Fortunate circumstances ... or a punny hint to the shaded letters | Matthew Stock |
| MAHATMAGANDHI | Sun Aug 26, 2012 | Time's 1930 Man of the Year | Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson |
| MATHSYMBOL | Thu Sep 29, 2011 | [See blurb] | Ben Fish |
| OBEISANCES | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Acts of deference | Matt Ginsberg |
| POLARICECAP | Mon May 9, 2005 | Shrinking Arctic mass | Jim Hyres |
| QUELLED | Sat Apr 30, 2005 | Put down | Nancy Salomon |
| RAPTATTENTION | Mon Nov 24, 2003 | Public speaker's goal | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| ROLLEDOUT | Sat Aug 13, 2011 | Like newly available products | Tim Croce |
| RUNSLOOSE | Sat Oct 15, 2016 | Goes without a leash | Mark Diehl |
| SCRAMBLE | Sun Oct 3, 2010 | Convert, as metal into a melt? | Daniel A. Finan |
| SMARMIEST | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Most insincere | Myles Callum |
| THINNEST | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options | Sam Ezersky |
| TILLET | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | Glazed fabric | A. J. Santora |
| TWITTERALERTS | Sat Jul 22, 2017 | Certain social media notifications | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| WHALEBOATS | Wed Sep 23, 2020 | The Pequod and others | Margit Christenson |
| WINDYCITY | Tue Nov 11, 2008 | Chicago, with "the" | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |