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 50,259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASESEVEN | Fri Jan 19, 2001 | In which 49 is 100 | Joe DiPietro |
| BRASSERA | Fri Nov 1, 2013 | Pre-W.W. I in automotive history | Brad Wilber |
| BUTTERFINGER | Sun Aug 5, 2012 | Occasional klutz? | Patrick Merrell |
| CARDCOUNTING | Mon Jul 28, 2025 | Casino no-no | Brian Callahan |
| COLDSTORAGE | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | Warehouse function, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| EMENDATE | Sat May 4, 1996 | Improve a text | B. Klahn |
| EYEMINDED | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | Tending to gather information visually | Matt Gaffney |
| FEELSSEEN | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Is comforted by not being ignored | Brandon Koppy |
| FLOODLIGHT | Sat May 23, 2015 | Night game requirement | Peter Wentz |
| FORHIRE | Fri Feb 7, 1997 | Available | R. Norris |
| GETBETWEENTHESHEETS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Advice for saucing a lasagna? | Manaal Mohammed |
| GLADIOLAS | Sun Jun 6, 2004 | Sword lilies | Patrick Merrell |
| HIGHSTAKESPOKER | Fri Sep 30, 2022 | Activity for some big game hunters? | David Karp |
| JUDGEWAPNER | Sat Feb 13, 2016 | Arbiter of 1980s TV | Peter Wentz |
| KUSCH | Sat Sep 11, 1999 | 1955 Physics Nobelist | Rich Norris |
| MADETOMEASURE | Thu Mar 19, 2015 | Encyclopedia volume on tailoring? | Todd Gross |
| MATCHESWITSWITH | Sat Sep 16, 2006 | Tries to outfox | Michael Shteyman |
| MRPIM | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Title character in an A. A. Milne play | Gary Cee |
| NONAMERICAN | Sun Jan 11, 1998 | Furner? | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
| ONETHOUSANDAD | Fri May 28, 1999 | M | Joe DiPietro |
| OUTLANDS | Mon Dec 17, 2007 | Remote areas | Richard Chisholm |
| PARTFOUR | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Miniseries segment | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PENALTYPOINTS | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | *Bad drivers back them up | Byron Walden |
| PHAG | Sat Apr 20, 2002 | Feeding: Prefix | Dana Motley |
| PIZZAHUT | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Chain with a mansard roof in its logo | Byron Walden |
| PLEASETAKEASEAT | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Host's invitation | Joe Krozel |
| POCKETATLAS | Tue Aug 24, 2021 | *Miniaturized reference | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| PTPLEASANT | Thu Aug 6, 1998 | New Jersey town on Manasquan Inlet | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| QUEUEUP | Fri Dec 6, 2002 | Get one behind the other | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SAUCILY | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | With brass | Byron Walden |
| SECURITYBREACH | Sun Oct 7, 2018 | Cyberexpert's worry ... | Tom McCoy |
| SEPTETTE | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Snow White's Dwarfs, e.g. | Trip Payne |
| SITUATES | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | Plants | Robert H. Wolfe |
| STRONGARMED | Tue Jun 2, 1998 | Bullied | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TENTHGRADE | Thu Oct 12, 2006 | Sophomore | Dave Tuller |
| THIEL | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Peter ___, co-founder of PayPal | Erik Agard |
| TOPKICK | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | First sergeant, in military slang | Walter Webb |
| TRICKLEDOWNTHEORY | Thu Apr 28, 2022 | Concept in Reaganomics | Pao Roy |
| UKIAH | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | West Coast wine city | Henry Hook |
| ZOHAN | Sat Oct 26, 2013 | 2008 title role for Adam Sandler | Barry C. Silk |