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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUTLASTNIGHT | Wed Mar 23, 2016 | *Romantic comedy featuring two members of the Brat Pack | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| AMPLEST | Thu Sep 16, 2004 | Most plentiful | Paula Gamache |
| ASAPROCKY | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Rapper with a role in the 2015 film "Dope" | Erik Agard |
| BANKOFGUYANA | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | South American financial institution since 1965 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BODHITREE | Thu Jan 9, 2025 | Notable site of enlightenment | David P. Williams |
| BULLFIGHTER | Mon Oct 18, 2004 | Waver of a red cape | Steve Kahn |
| DELIWRAP | Sun Jan 8, 2023 | Burrito-shaped lunch counter item | Wyna Liu |
| DIAMONDFIELDS | Sat Jan 30, 2010 | Sources of some Zimbabwean exports | Mark Diehl |
| DIDDLYSQUAT | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? | John Lampkin |
| HAVEAROLE | Sat Sep 26, 1998 | Participate (in) | Jerry Ferguson |
| HOUSEWINE | Fri Nov 28, 2025 | Restaurant sommelier's offering | Jacob McDermott |
| INASPIRAL | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Spinning out of control | Andrew Zhou |
| JOCUND | Sun Nov 17, 2019 | Cheerful | Randolph Ross |
| LGBTRIGHTS | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Cause associated with the rainbow flag | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| LORNES | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | TV's Greene and Michaels | Nancy Salomon |
| LOTTOPRIZE | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Mega Millions jackpot | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MACULA | Tue Nov 11, 2014 | Eye part subject to degeneration | James Mulhern |
| MASCOTRACE | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Entertainment between innings at a baseball game | Erik Agard |
| METROSTATION | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In a ___, you can periodically catch a ___ | Patrick Berry |
| MISTOVER | Sun Nov 29, 2009 | Get fogged up | Will Nediger |
| NOTRACE | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | What a camper or criminal hopes to leave | Sam Ezersky |
| OPENMINDED | Sun Nov 4, 2018 | Receptive to new ideas | Patrick Berry |
| PIECERS | Sun Jan 24, 1999 | Garment workers | Robert Malinow |
| PILLBOXES | Wed Apr 13, 1994 | Jackie's hats | Jim Page |
| PROPANES | Fri Oct 10, 1997 | Industrial fuels | Shannon Burns |
| REPETITEUR | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Ballet coach | A.J. Santora |
| RETAILOUTLETS | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about stores for animal appendages? | Jeremy Newton |
| RYEWHISKY | Fri Jan 13, 2017 | George Dickel product | Andrew J. Ries |
| SEGREGATE | Wed Oct 5, 2011 | Set apart | Barry Boone |
| SETSUPON | Mon Jan 2, 2012 | Attacks vigorously | Paula Gamache |
| SHOULDERTHEBLAME | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Take responsibility for a misdeed | Andy Kravis |
| SMTWTFS | Thu Jun 20, 2019 | Series seen on many a planner or pill container | Trenton Charlson |
| SOLAN | Sat Sep 3, 1994 | Web-footed bird | Raymond Hamel |
| STOODONEND | Fri Apr 9, 1999 | Turned up? | Manny Nosowsky |
| SUMTOTALS | Sat Aug 18, 2001 | Essences | Rich Norris |
| THEFEDERATION | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Good side in 70-Across | Stephen McCarthy |
| THEHOTSEAT | Sat Aug 21, 2004 | A bad situation, slangily | Patrick Berry |
| TOWAGES | Sat Apr 11, 2009 | Tugboat fees | Karen M. Tracey |
| TSARNICHOLASI | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" | Philip Koski |
| UNFEMININE | Wed Sep 24, 2014 | Like a bass voice or a hairy chest | Andy Kravis |