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 50,751 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIGHTED | Wed Jan 4, 2012 | Came down | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BARELYSQUEAKBY | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Solve a lab maze almost inaudibly? | Patrick Merrell |
| BEEROCLOCK | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | When it's acceptable to start downing brews | Barry C. Silk |
| BIRDONAWIRE | Tue Dec 11, 2018 | Goldie Hawn comedy or Leonard Cohen documentary | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| BODYARMOR | Thu Jan 10, 2013 | Military protection | Kevan Choset |
| BOLLA | Sun Mar 12, 2000 | Soave ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CATERESS | Sat May 7, 2005 | Job title for Blondie, in the comics | Patrick Berry |
| CHADWICKBOSEMAN | Tue Sep 22, 2020 | Late portrayer of 40-Across | Jeremy Newton |
| CRAGGY | Sun May 29, 2022 | Rough and uneven | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| DAREWESAY | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | "Hesitating to mention it, but ..." | Tracy Bennett |
| DASHIKIS | Sat Dec 30, 2017 | Colorful pullovers | Damon Gulczynski |
| DECENTLY | Thu Jun 25, 2015 | In a respectable way | David Poole |
| DEFOGGER | Sat Feb 1, 1997 | Visibility aid | R. H. Burns |
| EUELLGIBBONS | Tue Dec 23, 2003 | Spokesperson who liked "wild hickory nuts" | Mike Torch |
| FAIRTOMIDDLING | Tue May 18, 2004 | Passable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FALLCLASSIC | Mon Oct 28, 2024 | Nickname for the World Series ... or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across? | Michael Lieberman |
| FINDCLOSURE | Wed Jun 22, 2022 | Accept and let go of something ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues | Kate Hawkins |
| FLICKED | Sat Feb 27, 2021 | Switched (on) | Yacob Yonas |
| FLICKOFASWITCH | Wed Mar 22, 2023 | "Freaky Friday" or "The Parent Trap"? | Madeline Kaplan |
| FORESTFLOOR | Mon Oct 7, 2019 | Place for ferns and pine needles | Keiran King |
| HALFREAD | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say | August Lee-Kovach |
| ISMAN | Sun Oct 26, 2014 | "What ___?" (Mark Twain essay) | Caleb Emmons |
| KEEPTALKING | Fri May 26, 2017 | "Tell me more ..." | Robyn Weintraub |
| KEYNOTESPEECHES | Fri Nov 4, 2022 | Conference highlights | Juliet Corless |
| LEIFS | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Conductor Segerstam and novelist Enger | Jim Page |
| LETNOT | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | "___ your hearts faint": Deuteronomy 20:3 | Joe Krozel |
| MODERNWARFARE | Sun Jun 30, 2013 | West Point subject | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen |
| OFFSITE | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Like much freelance work | Ed Sessa |
| ONSTEROIDS | Sat Mar 18, 2023 | To an extreme | Ada Nicolle |
| PLAINTOSEE | Mon Mar 18, 2019 | Clearly visible | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PREMIUMQUALITY | Thu Oct 1, 1998 | High-grade | Manny Nosowsky |
| PREQUELS | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Some origin stories | Hal Moore |
| SEPTEMBERSONG | Thu Mar 2, 2000 | Hit by Maxwell Anderson and 64-Across | Frances Hansen |
| SHACKEDUP | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Lived in a love nest | Andrew Zhou |
| SKIPACKAGE | Sun Nov 26, 2023 | Resort offering that might include a lift ticket | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| TAKECHANCES | Tue Aug 6, 2013 | Make off with some raffle tickets? | Lynn Lempel |
| TAPDANCES | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Really clicks with a partner, say? | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| TIMBREL | Tue Sep 13, 1994 | Tambourine | Gregory E. Paul |
| WAYBEHINDTHETIMES | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | NEWSPAPER ROUTE | Joe DiPietro |
| WORLDCOURT | Fri Jun 21, 2024 | It takes suits from around the globe | Billy Bratton |