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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFECTION | Thu May 8, 2008 | See 3-Down | Harvey Estes |
| AWOMAN | Sat Jan 15, 2022 | What God is, per an Ariana Grande hit | Sam Ezersky |
| BESTOFSEVEN | Sat Jan 21, 2023 | Playoff format | David Distenfeld |
| CEDARPLANKS | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | Grilling surfaces made of fragrant wood | Robyn Weintraub |
| CLOSINGTIME | Wed Jul 31, 2024 | *Not moving fast enough | Jackson Matz and Ben Matz |
| DONATIONBIN | Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Goodwill receptacle | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| FORSYTHE | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | "Dynasty" co-star of 1980's TV | Frank Longo |
| FRATBROS | Sun Jun 12, 2016 | Stereotypically rowdy dudes | Finn Vigeland |
| GAMBOL | Fri Nov 29, 2002 | Cut capers | Patrick Berry |
| GETOFFTHEPHONE | Mon Aug 21, 2006 | Parental demand #1 | Elayne Cantor |
| HAILSATAXI | Wed May 26, 2021 | Waves from the curb, say | Will Nediger |
| HASTOSTOP | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Can't continue | Joe DiPietro |
| IMSUCHAJERK | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!" | Sid Sivakumar |
| INDELIBLY | Sat Dec 12, 1998 | Forever | Rich Norris |
| INDONESIANS | Thu Nov 10, 2022 | Rupiah spenders | Dan Caprera |
| JILTERS | Sun Feb 16, 2014 | Altar no-shows | Yaakov Bendavid |
| KAZAKHS | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Ethnic group whose name means "wanderers" | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| KINO | Thu Sep 21, 1995 | Movie theater, in Europe | Chuck Deodene |
| LACKADAISICALLY | Tue May 19, 2020 | "I can't find a flower for 'She loves me, she loves me not,'" said Tom ___ | Trent H. Evans |
| LANKIEST | Sat Oct 19, 2002 | Most gangling | Donald E. West |
| LEAVEMEALONE | Tue Dec 26, 2000 | Still more 60-Across | Gene Newman |
| LOOKSON | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | Is a witness | Ryan McCarty |
| LOSTBALLOT | Fri Sep 14, 2012 | Its discovery may result in a recount | Peter A. Collins |
| MAINEVENTS | Sat Jun 13, 2015 | WrestleMania highlights | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| MESSIAHS | Tue Oct 6, 1998 | Saviors | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MISPLACING | Sun Mar 3, 2002 | Losing | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MISTERNICEGUY | Tue Dec 29, 2009 | *One who's often doing favors | Peter A. Collins |
| MYFOOLISHHEART | Sun Nov 2, 2003 | 1950 hit that begins "The night is like a lovely tune" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OHBEQUIET | Mon Aug 12, 2019 | "Hush, you!" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ORDERERS | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Some store officials | Harvey Estes |
| REDOX | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Certain chemical reaction | Sid Sivakumar |
| RHUBARBS | Tue Nov 6, 2012 | Heated disputes | Erik Agard |
| SACLIKE | Sat Nov 27, 1999 | Resembling a spore | Patrick D. Berry |
| SENSITIVENATURE | Sat Sep 29, 2007 | Delicacy | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SHERIF | Sun Feb 26, 2017 | Muslim official | Josh Knapp |
| SIZETHIRTEEN | Sat Apr 2, 1994 | Definitely not a petite | Manny Nosowsky |
| SIZZLED | Fri Feb 17, 2023 | Was very exciting, informally | Jem Burch |
| STARBUCKSORDERS | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Grande and others | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| STOPTHAT | Fri Aug 14, 2020 | "Enough already!" | Nam Jin Yoon |
| WHITEROSE | Wed Jan 24, 2018 | Popular wedding flower | Kathy Wienberg |