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 50,704 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHARAY | Sat Jan 28, 2012 | Product of some decay | Barry C. Silk |
| ARTERIO | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Cousin of veno- | M. Schneider |
| BACKBENCH | Sat Apr 12, 2014 | Place for rank-and-filers in the House of Commons | Mel Rosen |
| BAREBACKRIDERS | Sat Mar 12, 1994 | Circus act | Rand H. Burns |
| BEINTOSOMETHING | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Have a hobby | Manny Nosowsky |
| BONESMCCOY | Tue Feb 21, 2012 | Sci-fi physician played by DeForest Kelley | Caleb Madison |
| BOOKOFMORMON | Mon Sep 8, 2014 | 2011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The" | Dan Schoenholz |
| BORMAN | Wed Jun 10, 2009 | Apollo astronaut Frank | Richard Silvestri |
| BOWLING | Thu Dec 26, 2019 | Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-Across | Trenton Charlson |
| BOXLUNCH | Wed Feb 5, 2003 | Meal-to-go | Ron O'Hair |
| BRONCHIAL | Wed Feb 12, 1997 | Kind of tube | M. E. Skolsky |
| CHOPPER | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | Whirlybird | Patrick Berry |
| COUNTERPLEA | Sun Aug 16, 2009 | "Feed me" | Randolph Ross |
| DENOFTHIEVES | Tue Mar 3, 1998 | 1991 best seller by Jim Stewart | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GIFTIE | Sun Jun 16, 2002 | "O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": Burns | Manny Nosowsky |
| IMBROGLIO | Tue Oct 5, 2004 | Entanglement | James R. Leeds |
| INCROWDS | Mon Feb 16, 2026 | Glitterati | Ian Livengood |
| ISHOTTHESHERIFF | Fri Jun 13, 2014 | 1974 #1 hit written by Bob Marley | David Steinberg |
| ISOTHERMS | Wed Dec 25, 2019 | Weather map lines relating to temperature | Bruce Haight |
| JENNAIR | Fri Aug 2, 1996 | Popular stove maker | J. Herrington |
| JULIEADAMS | Sat Jul 31, 2021 | "Creature From the Black Lagoon" co-star | Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic |
| KINGSENGLISH | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | "Proper" speech | Derrick Niederman |
| KUNGFUPANDA | Thu May 16, 2019 | 2008 animated film set in ancient China | Jeff Chen |
| MADEADIFFERENCE | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Contributed to the world | Jeff Chen |
| MATISSES | Sat Sep 30, 2000 | Some oils | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MESCALS | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Drinks made from agave | Evan Kalish |
| MEWLING | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Sound from a crib | Trenton Charlson |
| MINTJULEPS | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Drinks in frosted glasses | Jeremy Newton |
| MOMONEY | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | 1992 Damon Wayans comedy | Patrick Berry |
| MOSESMALONE | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Religious basketball star? | Raymond Hamel |
| OVERFLOWETH | Sat Apr 1, 2006 | Spills out, in the Bible | Kevan Choset and David Kwong |
| PONDSCUM | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Dirty film | Sid Sivakumar |
| POPSINGLES | Mon Apr 22, 2019 | Tennis with dad? | Bruce Haight |
| QUEENBEES | Mon Jun 30, 1997 | Leaders of hives | Peter Gordon |
| QUEZONCITY | Thu May 11, 1995 | Former capital of the Philippines | Wayne Robert Williams |
| QUICKSALE | Wed Mar 23, 2022 | FLIP | Barbara Lin |
| SETTLESFOR | Thu May 12, 2005 | Takes, without being completely happy about it | Manny Nosowsky |
| SOLARNEBULA | Fri May 24, 2024 | Gaseous cloud in which suns and planets form | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| UHUHS | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | Casual noes | Matt Gaffney |
| WITHHOLDING | Thu Feb 24, 2000 | Kind of tax | Manny Nosowsky |