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 50,800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLATED | Fri Dec 12, 1997 | Removed by melting, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| APLATIN | Wed Apr 15, 2020 | H.S. course often covering the "Aeneid" | John-Clark Levin and Jeff Chen |
| ASOR | Sun Feb 4, 1996 | 10-stringed lyre | D. J. Kahn |
| BIDENS | Sun Sep 30, 2012 | Vice-presidential family | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| BLUEPAINT | Tue Jul 4, 1995 | Picasso's preference, 1901-04 | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| CAMERAFLASH | Wed Oct 9, 2024 | Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across | Jeffrey Lease |
| CATENA | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Connected series | Bob Klahn |
| CEMENTNAIL | Wed Jun 15, 2011 | Fastener for basement flooring, perhaps | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CESTLAGUERRE | Wed Jan 29, 1997 | Phrase of resignation | R. Hughes |
| DESSERTCASE | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | It takes the cake | Ryan McCarty |
| DISMAYING | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Worrisome | Drew Schmenner |
| EMPIREWAIST | Fri Oct 2, 2009 | Dress style that appears to lengthen the body | Brad Wilber |
| FUDGESFACTS | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Sugar and cocoa content? | John Kugelman |
| GETOFFASHOT | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | Manage to heave the ball before time expires | Ricky Cruz |
| KEELHAULS | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Severely rebukes | Patrick Merrell |
| KEYCARDS | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Front desk collection | David J. Kahn |
| LATEBETS | Sat Dec 26, 2020 | No-nos at a racetrack | John Guzzetta |
| LEFTRIGHT | Wed Feb 28, 2018 | When repeated, marching orders? | Peter A. Collins |
| LEKEU | Tue Mar 23, 1999 | Belgian composer Guillaume | Nathaniel Weiss |
| MOVEITALONG | Tue Apr 8, 2014 | "That's enough!," to an assembly line worker? | Ian Livengood |
| MUDSLINGER | Mon Mar 5, 2007 | Smear campaigner | Fred Piscop |
| NAUSEOUS | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Upset | Joe Clonick |
| ODEAR | Fri May 22, 2009 | "___ Cassio!": Othello | Manny Nosowsky |
| OFFUN | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Barrels ___ | Derrick Niederman |
| PAISLEY | Fri Sep 12, 2008 | Pattern sometimes called "Persian pickles" | Natan Last |
| PALTERED | Wed Sep 13, 1995 | Equivocated | Eileen Lexau |
| PENNSWOODS | Tue Oct 17, 1995 | Keystone State, once | Diane C. Baldwin |
| POLLTAKER | Mon Nov 9, 2020 | Busy person just before an election | Kate Hawkins |
| RECOVERED | Sat Jan 26, 2008 | Well again | Karen M. Tracey |
| REWARDERS | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Bosses at bonus time | J. Page |
| SANDARACS | Fri Oct 28, 1994 | Trees with dark, fragrant wood | Bryant White |
| SECONDSTORYJOB | Wed Dec 16, 1998 | Sequel writer's work? | Nancy Salomon |
| SECRETDOOR | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | Private entrance, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| TABLOIDTV | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Sensational news format | Byron Walden |
| TANSHOES | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Footwear in a 1959 Dodie Stevens hit | Byron Walden |
| THINBLUELINE | Tue Sep 10, 2019 | The police, metaphorically | Ethan Cooper |
| TIMETOKILL | Fri Feb 21, 2025 | A few hours for doing whatever | Colin Adams |
| TRAMCARS | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Piccadilly movers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WINBYALONGSHOT | Sun Nov 16, 2003 | Take first place in a whiskey drinking contest? | Cathy Millhauser |
| WRITING | Tue Mar 27, 2001 | Black and white #2 | Sherry O. Blackard |