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 50,361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFECTION | Thu May 8, 2008 | See 3-Down | Harvey Estes |
| ASAHARA | Sun Apr 7, 1996 | Japanese cult leader Shoko | C. Millhauser |
| ASTATE | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | In___(het up) | R. Wolfe |
| BEACHHUT | Sat Jul 3, 2021 | Cabana | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BLOCKPARTY | Fri May 13, 2005 | Reason to close off a city street | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CALENDARYEAR | Mon Feb 3, 2014 | January 1 to December 31 | Sean Dobbin |
| CONDONERS | Sun Dec 16, 2001 | Turners of blind eyes | Fred Piscop |
| CUBICFOOT | Tue Oct 1, 2024 | Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …") | Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen |
| DONTARGUEWITHME | Sat Nov 4, 2017 | "Because I said so!" | Michael Shteyman |
| DUTYCALLS | Wed Dec 20, 2006 | "O.K., back to work" | Nancy Salomon |
| EDSELFORD | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Eponym of an old auto | Frank A. Longo |
| FELLDOWNONTHEJOB | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | As a day-care worker the klutz ____... | Cathy Millhauser |
| FLIPPANT | Thu Nov 12, 2015 | Cheeky | David Kwong |
| FORESIGHT | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | Important leadership skill | Ashton Anderson |
| HIPBOOTS | Thu Jan 4, 1996 | Waders | F. & L. Sabin |
| HOTLUNCH | Mon Apr 15, 2013 | It's served steaming in a school cafeteria | Gayle Dean |
| HOTTUNA | Thu Jul 27, 2017 | Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ITGETSBETTER | Thu Nov 21, 2013 | [ ] | Jules P. Markey |
| ITSGREEK | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Declaration before "to me" | Randolph Ross |
| LEGROPE | Thu Feb 9, 2017 | Surfer's tether | Ross Trudeau |
| LIPSMACKING | Tue Aug 24, 1999 | Delectable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MADRONA | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Pacific evergreen with orange-red bark | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| MARTINMARIETTA | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Company that merged with Lockheed in 1995 (2001, 2003) | David J. Kahn |
| NBAALLSTARGAMES | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Where East meets West? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| NEEDIEST | Thu Jan 30, 2003 | Poorest | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NODDY | Wed Jul 31, 2002 | Simpleton | Jerry E. Rosman |
| PAINTPOT | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Acrylic container | Joel Fagliano |
| PITCHEROFWATER | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Order for a thirsty group | David J. Kahn |
| RATTIEST | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Most dilapidated | Robert W. Harris |
| RECORDHIGHS | Tue Apr 22, 2003 | Hundreds in New York, perhaps | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| RUSSIANDOLL | Wed Jul 5, 2023 | Кукла | Joe Deeney |
| SAMPLERS | Sun Nov 19, 2000 | Old home decorations | Cathy Millhauser |
| SENDAI | Sun Nov 18, 2012 | Honshu city devastated by the 2011 tsunami | Timothy Polin |
| TERRACED | Sun Sep 11, 2005 | Like Mayan pyramids | Patrick Berry |
| TIGERMOTHER | Sat Apr 25, 2020 | Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller | Andrew J. Ries |
| TWINKILLING | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| WEREFRESHOUT | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | "Sorry, that's the last one" | Sam Berriman |
| WHISKEYRING | Fri Oct 11, 2019 | 1870s tax evasion scandal | Andy Kravis |
| WHITEZINFANDELS | Fri Jun 21, 2002 | Some blushes | Bob Peoples |
| YEAHIMFINE | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Hoped-for reply to 1-Across | Henry Hook |