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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIENENCOUNTER | Sat May 10, 2025 | First contact | Shaun Phillips |
| ALOTTOLOSE | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | Much on the line | Simeon Seigel |
| ASYOUPLEASE | Tue Aug 6, 2024 | "Any option is fine by me" | Daniel Raymon |
| BLACKJACKPLAYER | Mon Apr 21, 2014 | One getting hit in Vegas | John Lieb |
| COFFEEANDDANISH | Mon Jun 17, 2002 | Two for breakfast? | Janice M. Putney |
| DUALROLE | Sun Jul 12, 2020 | Onscreen twins, often | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FOLKTALE | Mon Jun 28, 1999 | "Paul Bunyan," for one | Ed Early |
| FORACHANGE | Wed Apr 10, 2019 | As something different to do | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FOURONEONE | Fri Apr 17, 2009 | Information, slangily | Corey Rubin |
| HASDOUBLEVISION | Thu Nov 2, 1995 | End of the quip | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HERBIVORES | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | "Friendly" dinosaurs | Wayne Robert Williams |
| IMINTROUBLE | Tue Feb 5, 2008 | "Uh-oh" | Peter A. Collins |
| IRISHWHISKEY | Fri Jul 31, 2009 | Mayo sauce? | Mike Nothnagel |
| JUILLIARD | Mon May 5, 2008 | Noted performing arts school | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| KAMPRAD | Wed Apr 19, 2023 | Ikea founder Ingvar ___ | Joe Deeney |
| LANDSCAPE | Sat Jun 3, 2023 | Shape or edge, say | John Westwig |
| LETHALBLOW | Wed Aug 16, 2023 | Knockout punch | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LOTTOODDS | Wed Aug 12, 1998 | 25 million to 1, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LUNDYSLANE | Thu Mar 2, 1995 | Bowler's battle site? | Raymond Hamel |
| MOVESINTO | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Starts occupying | Alan Olschwang |
| NEONDEION | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Nickname for the only man to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series | Jeff Chen |
| NICEPEOPLE | Sun Oct 18, 2015 | Midwesterners, stereotypically | Dan Schoenholz |
| NOTUPTOSPEED | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Doing poorly at the marathon | Randolph Ross |
| PERKILY | Thu Jan 20, 1994 | "I get a company car," said Tom ____ | Lois Sidway |
| PINTAS | Wed Mar 28, 2007 | Quart halves: Sp. | Burton Clemans |
| PLAYCATCHUP | Sat Jan 13, 2024 | Work to overcome a late start | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| PUTSONHOLD | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | Tables | Byron Walden |
| RIGHTPLACE | Mon Jan 6, 2003 | See 17-Across | Sarah Keller |
| SACKED | Thu Oct 16, 1997 | Pink-slipped | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHILLED | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Shamelessly promoted, with "for" | Roland Huget |
| STAYINGPOWER | Tue Oct 23, 2001 | Stamina | Leonard Williams |
| SUBWAYMAPS | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | They lead people underground | Jack Mowat |
| TEACOLORED | Fri Nov 20, 1998 | Brownish | Manny Nosowsky |
| THERONETTES | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | "Be My Baby" group, 1963 | Paolo Pasco |
| TOSTONES | Mon Oct 30, 2023 | Crispy plantain chips | Kenneth Cortes |
| TURNABOUT | Thu Dec 28, 2017 | Fair play, to some | Gary Larson |
| TUTELAGE | Fri May 2, 2008 | Charge | Barry C. Silk |
| VINEBOWER | Mon Aug 21, 2000 | Leafy shelter | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| WELFARISM | Wed Oct 14, 2015 | Policy of widespread government social programs | Joel Fagliano |
| YOUHATETOSEEIT | Sat Jan 30, 2021 | Wry comment on a sorry situation | Nam Jin Yoon |