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 50,619 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANDANAS | Wed Feb 1, 2017 | Headwear for some rockers | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| BIMONTHLY | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Like AARP The Magazine | Kathy Wienberg |
| BLEWA | Tue Nov 21, 1995 | ____ fuse (erupted) | Thomas W. Schier |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | Mon Dec 4, 1995 | Exposes corruption | Sidney L. Robbins |
| BLUEMAN | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | Off Broadway's___Group | R. Norris |
| BRACTS | Sun Sep 6, 2009 | Leaves at the base of a flower | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BRIGHTEN | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | Remove drapes from, as a room | Kevin G. Der |
| BUZZING | Thu Sep 1, 2011 | Paging, say | Joel Fagliano |
| DAMENELLIEMELBA | Fri Jan 2, 2004 | Toasted singer? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| DATESUP | Thu Oct 22, 2020 | Woos outside one's league, so to speak | Sid Sivakumar |
| DOMINATED | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Bossed | Daniel R. Stark |
| FELTGOOD | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Was pleasurable | Kate Hawkins |
| FLAREDOUT | Sun May 8, 2005 | Like bell-bottoms [Jeep] | Jim Page |
| FORENSICANALYST | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Detective in a lab | Jeff Chen |
| GOBERSERK | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Flip | Ryan McCarty |
| HAPPINESSISAWARMPUPPY | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Popular proverb from the strip | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| HYAENA | Sun Oct 22, 1995 | Pack animal: Var. | Matt Gaffney |
| KIMBA | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | White lion of old cartoons | Matt Gaffney |
| MCJOBS | Wed Feb 14, 2018 | Unfulfilling work assignments | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| METTLED | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Like some water | Jim Page |
| MILOSFORMAN | Fri Dec 1, 1995 | "Amadeus" director | Manny Nosowsky |
| MMMDCV | Sun Feb 2, 2025 | 3,605, in ancient Rome | Derrick Niederman |
| NORMALCY | Tue Jul 2, 2019 | Regularness | Peter Gordon |
| OPENEDONESHEART | Fri Dec 4, 2009 | Became emotionally receptive | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PASQUINADE | Fri Jan 28, 1994 | Lampoon | Manny Nosowsky |
| PLAYPHONETAG | Fri Jul 21, 2023 | Exchange rings? | Robyn Weintraub |
| POCHES | Sat Dec 6, 1997 | French pockets | David J. Kahn |
| PRESHRUNKSHIRTS | Thu Oct 16, 1997 | Tongue twister #3 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RUNFOR | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | Seek election to | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| SEMPERPARATUS | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | *Motto of the U.S. Coast Guard | Paula Gamache |
| SETAGAINST | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Compared to | Rich Norris |
| SKELETOR | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Archenemy of Mattel's He-Man | Alex Vratsanos |
| SKITRAIL | Wed Jun 24, 2015 | Slippery slope? | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| TAKEASEAT | Thu Apr 20, 2006 | Rest one's dogs | Joe DiPietro |
| TECHNICALITY | Sat Dec 3, 2005 | Specialist's point | Dana Motley |
| TIMEWILLTELL | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | "We must wait to see what happens" | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| UNRENTED | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Not let | Mark Diehl |
| WARBIRD | Sat Aug 12, 2017 | Vintage military plane | Kameron Austin Collins |
| WORDCHAIN | Mon May 20, 2002 | Theme of this puzzle | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| ZOOID | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | Animal-like | Raymond C. Young |