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 50,260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTONMARTIN | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Ride for 007 | Karen M. Tracey |
| BRANDEIS | Fri Feb 11, 2005 | University in Massachusetts | Manny Nosowsky |
| BRUCEDERN | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | LAURA'S | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| CER | Sat Feb 23, 2013 | Battle of ___ (first Allied victory of W.W. I) | Todd Gross |
| COMMERCIAL | Sat Jul 20, 2002 | Show stopper? | Dana Motley |
| DARIAS | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Onetime MTV animated title character and others | Kevin G. Der |
| DJBOOTH | Sat Oct 27, 2012 | Spinner's spot | Joon Pahk |
| ENDUPINLAST | Mon Jul 28, 2008 | With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the field | Roger Baiocchi |
| FOREGOES | Mon Aug 25, 2003 | Precedes | Craig Kasper |
| FORGIVEMEFATHER | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Part of many confessions | Tim Croce |
| FREELABOR | Sun May 15, 2005 | 1850's Republican rallying cry | Patrick Berry |
| GOODNATURED | Sun Apr 19, 2015 | Friendly | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GUARDEDOPTIMISM | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Upbeat sentry's emotion? | Howard Barkin |
| HALLMARKHOLIDAY | Fri Dec 15, 2023 | Term for an overly commercialized celebration | Alex Tomlinson |
| HIHON | Mon Feb 21, 2022 | Spousal greeting | Natalie Murphy |
| IMPERIALMEASURE | Fri Nov 14, 1997 | Bushel or inch, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| INASPIRAL | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Spinning out of control | Andrew Zhou |
| LEAFEATING | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | Folivorous | Mel Rosen |
| LEAVESTIME | Sat Feb 19, 2011 | Allows an adequate period | Tim Croce |
| LETSSTART | Sat Jul 23, 2005 | "Off we go" | Joe DiPietro |
| LOSEONESTEMPER | Thu Mar 2, 2023 | Boil over | Malaika Handa |
| OLDASTIME | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Ancient | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PASTERNAK | Sat Nov 19, 1994 | 1958 Literature Nobelist | Brett Blaylock |
| PASTMASTERS | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | People of much experience | Patrick Berry |
| PEDLAR | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Hawker | A.J. Santora |
| PERMITTEE | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | Tavern owner, e.g. | Jim Page |
| RIGHTHANDMAN | Sat Jul 20, 2013 | Friday, e.g. | Tim Croce |
| RINGAROUNDAROSY | Fri Jul 15, 2011 | Game that kids fall for | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| RUSTICS | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | Country folk | Byron Walden |
| SEXYELF | Tue Jan 4, 2022 | Risqué costume for a holiday party | David Bukszpan |
| SQUIDINK | Sat Jul 13, 2013 | Main means of defense? | Byron Walden |
| THECHRONIC | Fri Jul 10, 2020 | Debut album for Dr. Dre | John Lieb |
| THEHUMANTORNADO | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | 1976 blaxploitation film that was a sequel to "Dolemite" | Timothy Polin |
| TOKENREMINDER | Wed Jan 3, 2007 | Souvenir, say | Kim Seidl |
| TWINSONS | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Romulus and Remus, to Rhea Silvia | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WEIGHSCALES | Mon Mar 1, 2010 | They measure the tonnage of trucks | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WENTUNDER | Fri Oct 5, 2001 | Folded | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WHISTLESTOPTOUR | Tue Jun 20, 2023 | Political campaign made up of a series of short appearances | Aimee Lucido |
| WORLDMAPS | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Some classroom wall hangings | Matthew Trout |
| XBOXLIVE | Sat May 21, 2011 | Online multiplayer gaming service | Barry C. Silk |