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 50,504 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDICTEDTO | Fri Apr 28, 2017 | Hooked on | David Steinberg |
| BACKFIRE | Thu Sep 20, 2012 | Produce an undesired effect | John R. Conrad |
| BIRTHCONTROL | Tue May 11, 2021 | *The pill, e.g. | Kevin Patterson |
| BLOOR | Wed Jan 31, 1996 | Main street of Toronto | M. Gaffney |
| BOLSHEVIK | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Lenin, for one | Karen M. Tracey |
| BRICKOVEN | Sat Dec 27, 2014 | Place for a Neapolitan pizza | David Phillips |
| CAPNUT | Tue Nov 11, 1997 | Screw backer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CARTRIDGECLIPS | Tue Nov 1, 2005 | Film segments shot at an arsenal? | Sarah Keller |
| CHEWERS | Sat May 20, 1995 | Some bubble makers | Manny Nosowsky |
| DIETARYLAW | Fri Feb 22, 2019 | Kosher restaurant's observance | Daniel Nierenberg |
| DRIPDRIED | Fri Aug 7, 1998 | Used a clothesline | Frank Longo |
| ENDOWEDCHAIR | Thu Nov 18, 2004 | Overstuffed furniture? | Charles Barasch |
| EXERTION | Wed Sep 3, 1997 | Sweat | Hugh Davis |
| FEAROFHEIGHTS | Thu Apr 4, 2013 | It might prevent you from rising | Corey Rubin |
| GETSIN | Sun Sep 25, 2011 | Arrives | Paul Hunsberger |
| GOLDILOCKSZONE | Fri Feb 12, 2016 | Region around a star "just right" for habitable planets | Brandon Hensley |
| INCHING | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Moving at a snail's pace | Matthew Trout |
| INTHEWRONG | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Mistaken | Joe DiPietro |
| JOUSTING | Fri Aug 19, 2005 | Knightly activity | David Liben-Nowell |
| KAKA | Sun Jun 14, 2009 | One-named Brazilian soccer star in the 2008 Time 100 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LEGALPROFESSION | Thu Jan 29, 2009 | See 66-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| LIGHTPINK | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Color of many nurseries | Anna Shechtman |
| NOTARIES | Sat Jan 13, 1996 | Affidavit takers | J. Page |
| PERFORMMIRACLES | Mon Jan 1, 2001 | Do wondrous things | Manny Nosowsky |
| PETODORS | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Certain Febreze targets | Byron Walden |
| PICTUREDISC | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | Record collector's curio | Gary Cee |
| PUBLICRELATIONS | Mon Apr 14, 2003 | Media consultant's field | Janet R. Bender |
| RAMSINTO | Sat Sep 23, 1995 | Butts | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SOLLAL | Tue Feb 1, 2022 | Korean New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022 | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| STANDSTOREASON | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Gets up for the debate? | Joe DiPietro |
| STROBELIGHT | Sat Jul 14, 2018 | Party flasher | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SURECURE | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | Well, that works! | Ryan McCarty |
| THROATLOZENGE | Thu Dec 4, 2008 | Medicated candy | Barry C. Silk |
| THRUSTER | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Spacecraft part | N. N. Joline |
| TIMESIGNATURE | Tue Jan 1, 2019 | Music staff notation | Gary Cee |
| TRYITONTHEDOG | Tue Dec 27, 1994 | Get Marmaduke's reaction? | Ernie Furtado |
| USHISTORY | Tue May 9, 2017 | Class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition | Peter A. Collins |
| WERERABBIT | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Furry creature that Wallace becomes during the full moon, in a "Wallace & Gromit" film | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| WWIIEPICS | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | "Dunkirk" and "Pearl Harbor," for short | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| YOUNGBUCKS | Tue Aug 22, 2023 | Royalties from Neil's "Heart of Gold"? | Jay Silverman |