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 50,581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBUDA | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | Island north of Antigua | David Steinberg |
| BARTENDERS | Sat Feb 9, 2013 | Ones who are counter-productive? | Peter Wentz |
| BLOWUPS | Wed Jun 10, 2015 | Angry outbursts | Tracy Gray |
| DEBACLES | Wed Jun 11, 2003 | Complete collapses | Nancy Salomon |
| EUROPEANS | Thu May 10, 2012 | Poles, e.g. | Jules P. Markey |
| FORDGALAXY | Mon Aug 5, 2013 | Minivan since the mid-'90s | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GARCONS | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | Ones taking orders | David J. Kahn |
| GOTITON | Fri Sep 28, 2012 | Began brawling | Ed Sessa |
| HEBREWCALENDAR | Sat Jun 29, 2019 | What ends with Adar | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HIGHMUCKETYMUCK | Tue Apr 13, 2004 | V.I.P. #2 | Bill Ballard |
| HOMEMADEBREAD | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | End result of a starter | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito |
| HORSEMANURE | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Balderdash | Joe Krozel |
| INHIGHSPIRITS | Mon Aug 12, 2013 | *Elated | Daniel Raymon |
| INSTRUCTS | Tue Oct 3, 2023 | Teaches | Troy Laedtke |
| JUSTMARRIED | Mon Jan 14, 2008 | Good sign on a car trunk | Robert Dillman |
| LOUISCINQ | Thu Oct 3, 1996 | The king has drowned, in 33-Across? | J. R. Leeds |
| MONICKER | Thu May 1, 2008 | Handle | Jim Leeds |
| NEOCOSMIC | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Of the universe in its present state | Thomas W. Schier |
| NOTHINGLEFTBEHIND | Thu Oct 24, 2019 | ... Surgeon's goal | Matt Ginsberg |
| NOTONEREDCENT | Tue Mar 18, 2008 | Nary a penny | David Pringle |
| OHERLIHY | Thu Mar 17, 1994 | Character actor Dan | Jim Page |
| PARTITIONSOFF | Fri Aug 24, 2012 | Puts barricades around | Mark Diehl |
| PLAYSGOD | Sat Aug 25, 2018 | Acts all-powerful | Sam Ezersky |
| PODIATRIST | Sat May 4, 2024 | Ball handler? | Jacob McDermott |
| POSTBOX | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | London letter getter | Joe Krozel |
| POWERLINES | Thu Aug 8, 2019 | Casualties of violent storms | Timothy Polin |
| PREAKNESSSTAKES | Tue Oct 31, 2006 | Dracula's least favorite sporting event? | Patrick Blindauer |
| RAISINGARIZONA | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | 1987 Nicolas Cage/Holly Hunter film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROCKTHEVOTE | Sat Jul 27, 2013 | Election-related nonprofit since 1990 | John Lieb and David Quarfoot |
| RUNCOLD | Wed Jul 23, 2014 | What your blood may do when you're frightened | Howard Barkin |
| SORTTHEMAIL | Sun Jul 12, 2020 | Chore for a knight? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| STORMINATEACUP | Wed Jun 27, 2012 | Much ado about nothing | Mike Buckley |
| THEDEETS | Mon Nov 21, 2022 | Particulars, slangily | Brandon Koppy |
| THUMBSDOWN | Fri Jan 11, 2008 | Negative sign | Mike Nothnagel |
| TOMATOCAN | Sat May 15, 2021 | Incapable fighter, in boxing slang | Sam Trabucco |
| TOOLSETS | Sun Aug 14, 2016 | Some True Value purchases | Ian Livengood |
| TYREKE | Fri May 29, 2020 | Evans who was the 2009-10 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year | Sam Ezersky |
| UNSAFER | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Condomless vis-à-vis protected | Kevin G. Der |
| WATERCRAFT | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Junk, e.g. | Bryant White |
| WENTOVERTHESIDE | Fri Sep 24, 2004 | Abandoned ship, possibly | Patrick Berry |