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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGAINANDAGAIN | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Two good N.F.L. plays? | Randolph Ross |
| ASISEEITYES | Sun Sep 1, 2002 | ... are you a modern-day Delphic oracle? | Patrick Berry |
| BEALLS | Wed Jul 17, 1996 | Most important figures | M. Nosowsky |
| BEVIN | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | British Labor leader Ernest | Frances Hansen |
| BRIARY | Tue Jul 27, 1999 | Like many a rabbit's warren | Alfio Micci |
| BYPLAY | Tue Jun 14, 2011 | Incidental activity | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| CHIHUAHUAMEXICO | Sun Nov 8, 2015 | State bordering Texas | Tracy Gray |
| COMMERCIALRADIO | Fri Oct 25, 2013 | Certain advertising medium | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EMPIRICIST | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | John Locke, philosophically | Peter A. Collins |
| ENTRENCHED | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | Dug in | Daniel C. Bryant |
| EUPHEMISMS | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | "Holy mackerel!" and others | Harvey Estes |
| FERNDALE | Thu Oct 4, 2007 | Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with | Sheldon Benardo |
| FILEPROTECTION | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | ARMED (FILE) GUARD | Michael Ashley |
| FIORE | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | Rosa, lilla or tulipano | Joe Krozel |
| GOODTIMECHARLIE | Mon Aug 17, 1998 | Life of the party | Gregory E. Paul |
| HAVINGACOW | Fri Jan 1, 1999 | Reacting hysterically | Joe DiPietro |
| HOPING | Fri May 3, 2013 | ___ for the best | David Kwong |
| HOTONTHEHEELSOF | Tue Dec 28, 1993 | Close behind | Ronald C. Hirschfield |
| INEXTREMIS | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Under the most dire circumstances | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LIKEAKING | Sat Aug 13, 2011 | Extravagant way to live | Tim Croce |
| MEDIALLY | Sun Aug 13, 1995 | Toward the center | Nancy Salomon |
| MUSICRACKS | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Conductors' aids | Will Nediger |
| NOLEFTTURN | Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Traffic sign near a jughandle, maybe | Robyn Weintraub |
| PASSEDTHETIME | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | Idled | Patrick Berry |
| PLAINTOSEE | Mon Mar 18, 2019 | Clearly visible | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PODGE | Wed Oct 10, 2012 | See 19-Across | Pete Muller |
| RIGGEDUP | Sat May 7, 2011 | Threw together | Tim Croce |
| SHEOL | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Netherworld | John M. Samson |
| SHOPPINGLIST | Mon Jun 25, 2018 | Slip of paper to take to the grocery | Kathy Wienberg |
| SOCKITTOME | Tue Jun 23, 2009 | "I'm ready for anything!" | Caleb Madison |
| TABULATE | Tue Aug 24, 2004 | Arrange in columns | Lynn Lempel |
| TEARDOWNTHISWALL | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | Reagan's challenge to Gorbachev | Todd Gross |
| THIRDGEAR | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Manual transmission position | Paula Gamache |
| TOSOMEDEGREE | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Partially | James Mulhern |
| UNCOLORED | Wed Dec 14, 2005 | Plain | James R. Leeds |
| UNCONDITIONALLY | Sat Mar 28, 2009 | Without reservations | Joe Krozel |
| UNNECESSARYROUGHNESS | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Fellow forgets to shave before kissing girlfriend; ref cites him for ... | Patrick Berry |
| VACAYS | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Casual getaways | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| YELLOWKNIFE | Wed Nov 9, 1994 | City on Great Slave Lake | Wayne Robert Williams |
| YPSI | Sun Jun 26, 2022 | City that neighbors Ann Arbor, for short | Matthew Stock and Finn Vigeland |