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 50,557 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDUCED | Sun Jun 27, 2004 | Offered as proof | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn |
| ANTICHINA | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Unfriendly to Beijing | M. Francis Vuolo |
| APNOEA | Sun May 5, 2013 | Sleep problem, to Brits | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ATHLETICS | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | One side in the Bay Bridge Series rivalry | Raymond C. Young |
| AWEOF | Fri Dec 29, 2006 | Wowed by, after "in" | Seth A. Abel |
| BAKSHEESH | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Payment to expedite service | Cathy Millhauser |
| BLUELINE | Sat Dec 5, 2015 | Part of Boston's subway system that runs under Boston Harbor | David J. Kahn |
| BUTTHEN | Fri Jul 13, 2007 | "On the other hand ..." | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHOWYUNFAT | Sun May 7, 2023 | Hong Kong action hero who frequently collaborated with John Woo | Will Nediger |
| COMDEN | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | Green's songwriting partner in old musicals | David J. Kahn |
| DESERTRAT | Thu Jan 4, 2024 | Rodent in an arid environment | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson |
| DIDLAPS | Mon May 10, 2021 | Worked out in a pool | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DRESSINGUP | Tue Aug 11, 2009 | Pre-costume ball activity | Oliver Hill |
| DRIVEOUT | Sun Apr 3, 2005 | Expel | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ECAR | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | Green vehicle, briefly | Paul Hunsberger |
| ENTRANCEMUSIC | Sun Oct 13, 2019 | Bars that people walk into? | Erik Agard |
| GOODFAITH | Tue Oct 11, 2022 | *Sincere intentions | Ailee Yoshida |
| GOTAWAY | Sun Dec 12, 1999 | Escaped | Richard Silvestri |
| HAPPYTALK | Fri Sep 18, 2009 | "South Pacific" song that asks "If you don't have a dream, / How you gonna have a dream come true?" | Charles E. Gersch |
| HEADIER | Sat Oct 21, 1995 | More exciting | Daniel R. Stark |
| HOTMIKES | Tue Oct 2, 2012 | Feedback producers | Ethan Cooper |
| ICEMILKS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Low-fat dairy desserts | Paul Coulter |
| LACUNAE | Sun Oct 2, 2011 | Unfilled spaces | Eric Berlin |
| LAUT | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | Island southeast of Borneo | Christopher Hurt |
| LOSBANOS | Sun Apr 18, 1999 | Town near the geographical center of California | Frank Longo |
| MALLARDS | Sun Oct 2, 2011 | Green-headed water birds | Eric Berlin |
| NE | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | See 34-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| NEXTDAYAIR | Wed Mar 23, 2016 | *Speedy shipping option | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| NOCTURNAL | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Like bats | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| NULLVALUE | Sun Apr 24, 2022 | Data output denoted by "N/A" | Sam Ezersky |
| REMARCH | Sat Sep 6, 2003 | Continue a military parade | David J. Kahn |
| RILEYS | Fri Aug 28, 1998 | Classic British cars | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROMANGLADIATOR | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Prizefighter in a Parisian novel? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHOOTEM | Thu Feb 3, 1994 | _____-up (film genre) | A.J. Santora |
| THESCORPIONKING | Mon Jul 21, 2003 | "Royal" action film, 2002 | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| THETHIRDESTATE | Mon Nov 28, 2005 | They're neither nobility nor clergy | Kevan Choset |
| TIGHTSCRAPE | Wed Feb 26, 2003 | Fix | Greg Staples |
| TIMTAM | Sun Jul 6, 2025 | Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under | Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry |
| TUTORIAL | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Help | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| WHENISIT | Sat May 29, 2021 | Timely question? | Adam Aaronson |