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 50,744 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTRATI | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | Singers of high notes in olden times | Daniel Grinberg |
| EELTRAP | Wed Feb 10, 2021 | Way to catch a conger? | Kate Hawkins |
| ENATES | Sun May 22, 1994 | Mother's kin | Randolph Ross |
| EYESOFBLUE | Wed Sep 12, 2018 | Attribute for "my girl" after "Five Foot Two" in a 1920s tune | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| FLUBUG | Thu Feb 8, 2024 | It goes viral in winter | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FORGINGAHEAD | Sun May 7, 2000 | Doing counterfeit sculpture? | Patrick D. Berry |
| GOODTIMECHARLEY | Tue Nov 8, 1994 | He's friendly and party-loving | Richard Hughes |
| HANGONASEC | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | "Hold up ..." | Tom Pepper |
| HERMANNHESSE | Tue Dec 28, 2004 | Double-H of literature | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INSOLENTLY | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | With sauce | Blake Slonecker |
| INTRADAY | Sun Nov 1, 2009 | Like some stock market highs and lows | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| JEM | Thu Nov 3, 2011 | Scout's brother | Parker Lewis |
| LAMBSHANKS | Mon Dec 15, 2008 | Essayist Charles's favorite entree? | Susan Gelfand |
| LEGALIZE | Sat Mar 17, 2007 | Allow | John Farmer |
| LONGISLANDICEDTEA | Thu Dec 17, 2015 | Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its content | David Kwong |
| MAGGIESMITH | Thu Jul 10, 1997 | Best Actress of 1969 | Matt Gaffney |
| OWASSO | Sat May 2, 1998 | Town north of Tulsa | Jeff Herrington |
| PADDLEWHEEL | Mon Aug 10, 2015 | *Riverboat propeller | C. W. Stewart |
| PORING | Thu Jun 7, 2001 | Going (over) | Randolph Ross |
| QUIETDOWN | Sat Jun 23, 2012 | Lower one's racket | Laura Sternberg |
| RATURE | Fri Dec 27, 1996 | Erasure, in Rouen | B. White |
| REPAIRING | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | A lot of a handyman's work | Robert H. Wolfe |
| REVVINGUP | Thu Mar 10, 2016 | Gunning | Ed Sessa |
| ROMEROS | Sat Aug 24, 2002 | "Night of the Living Dead" director and others | Chuck Menning |
| SANDDUNE | Sun Jan 29, 2012 | Sahara feature | Ian Livengood |
| SCRUBSUITS | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Outfits in the operating room | Andrew J. Ries |
| SEHEN | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | To look, in Leipzig | Henry Hook |
| SHOEFETISH | Thu Jul 2, 2009 | Carrie Bradshaw had one in "Sex and the City" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOURPUSSES | Fri Jun 13, 2003 | Grouches | Todd McClary |
| SPENTON | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Used to buy | Joe DiPietro |
| STARTERKITS | Fri May 24, 2024 | Basic sets of supplies | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| TAUPIN | Tue Jan 31, 2012 | Elton John collaborator Bernie | Doug Peterson |
| THEWOOL | Thu Dec 25, 1997 | It may be pulled over someone's eyes | A. J. Santora |
| THROWASCAREINTO | Fri Oct 18, 2002 | Frighten | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOWNSQUARES | Wed Aug 15, 2012 | What the six groups of circled letters represent | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TWODOLLARBILLS | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | RU$$ELL and BLA$$? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| VALENTI | Thu Mar 2, 2006 | Jack who created the film rating system | Patrick Merrell |
| WESTLA | Sat Aug 28, 2021 | It abuts Santa Monica, for short | Julian Lim |
| WIENERSCHNITZEL | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Dish akin to cotoletta alla milanese | Barry C. Silk |
| YOUSENDME | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | Sam Cooke's first #1 hit | Tracy Bennett |