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 50,531 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOARDSHIP | Fri Dec 23, 2005 | Cruising, say | Manny Nosowsky |
| ANEURISM | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | Arterial problem: Var. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ASEPSIS | Thu Jan 3, 2019 | Germ-free state | Timothy Polin |
| BINOCULARS | Tue Jan 19, 2010 | Bird watcher's accessory | Zoe Wheeler |
| BOXSEATS | Thu Aug 31, 2017 | Luxuries for theatergoers | Zachary Spitz |
| CAPSLOCK | Mon Apr 18, 2016 | KEY USED FOR THIS CLUE | Janice Luttrell |
| CARBOLOAD | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | What many runners do before a marathon | Sam Trabucco |
| DAID | Wed Jan 6, 1999 | "Pore Jud Is ___..." ("Oklahoma!" song) | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| DELEGATED | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Assigned | Manny Nosowsky |
| DOIEVER | Sun May 4, 2025 | Enthusiastic reply to "Want to?" | Brandon Koppy |
| DOTHEJOB | Sat May 3, 2014 | Cut it | Sam Ezersky |
| DROVEHOMEAPOINT | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The insistent acupuncturist ... | RIchard Hughes |
| EARRINGS | Fri Jul 28, 2006 | Studs, e.g. | Sherry O. Blackard |
| FEVERISHLY | Sun Feb 11, 2018 | At a frantic pace | Matt Ginsberg |
| FLAGBEARER | Wed Mar 13, 2013 | Certain marcher in a parade | Joe DiPietro |
| FUJIFILM | Sat Apr 10, 2010 | Giant in photography | Kevin G. Der |
| GENDERSTUDIES | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Modern college major | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| GOVERNMENTBILLS | Tue Sep 10, 2002 | Clinton and Bradley | Wei-Hwa Huang |
| IMMESH | Tue May 19, 2009 | Tangle in a net: Var. | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| INTHEVICINITY | Tue May 21, 2002 | Nearby | Paula Gamache |
| ITSGOTAGOODBEAT | Wed May 30, 2012 | With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-Across | David J. Kahn |
| LIGHTVERSE | Wed May 14, 2025 | Playful poetry | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| LIGURES | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Biblical gemstones | John R. Conrad |
| MANDOLINS | Fri Dec 14, 2001 | Some trattoria music | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MEMORANDA | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Attorneys' productions | Manny Nosowsky |
| MULTIPOLAR | Fri May 16, 2014 | Like most brain neurons | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NAILSUP | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | Seals, as a crate | Randolph Ross |
| NONKOSHER | Tue Nov 22, 2016 | Like the four things named in the shaded squares | Andrew Zhou |
| ONAHIGH | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | Euphoric | Jonathan Kaufman |
| REDRESSERS | Fri May 12, 1995 | Robin Hood et al. | Rich Norris |
| REDUCESPEEDNOW | Tue Mar 27, 2007 | Third sign of a highway headache | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| SHIRLEYMACLAINE | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Actress (1983), supporting actor (1999) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SLIDEON | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Use for skating | Peter A. Collins |
| STREPTHROAT | Tue Oct 24, 2000 | Speaker's woe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TALKINGTURKEY | Mon Oct 15, 2007 | Negotiating in a no-nonsense way | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| TAXFREE | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Like income from municipal bonds, usually | Benjamin Kramer |
| THEENVELOPEPLEASE | Sun May 22, 2005 | Oscars phrase | A. J. Santora |
| UNASLEEP | Sat Nov 26, 1994 | Conscious | Manny Nosowsky |
| UTILITYPOLE | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | One holding the line | Michael Wiesenberg |
| YUMANS | Fri Sep 15, 1995 | Some Arizonans | Matt Gaffney |