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 50,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIMES | Sun Apr 13, 2003 | (You) love: Fr. | Charles Deber |
| AUTOSHOWS | Sat Aug 13, 2005 | Where new lines are on display | Bob Peoples |
| BLACKISH | Sun Apr 14, 2019 | ABC sitcom about the Johnsons | Will Nediger |
| BRICKLAYER | Wed Jun 9, 2010 | Certain mason | Gary Whitehead |
| CYGNUS | Tue Jan 29, 2008 | Stellar swan | C. W. Stewart and J. K. Hummel |
| DARETODREAM | Sat Jan 6, 2018 | Have high hopes | Peter Wentz |
| DEFLATEGATE | Thu Mar 3, 2016 | Gridiron scandal of 2015, informally | Andrew Zhou |
| DETACHED | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Impartial | Bette Sue Cohen |
| EMORYUNIVERSITY | Mon Jan 17, 2000 | Atlanta landmark #2 | Trip Payne |
| FINDTHERIGHTFIT | Wed May 18, 2022 | Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? | Andy Kravis |
| FOODITEMS | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Menu listings | Mark Diehl |
| HEMLOCK | Fri May 9, 2003 | Drug source for ancient executions | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOUSEOFGOD | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Church | John Kugelman |
| IGNISFATUUS | Thu Jul 26, 2012 | Will-o'-the-wisp | Joel Fagliano |
| INFORITNOW | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | To a temp worker: "You're ..." | Sam Ezersky |
| ISITGOINGTORAIN | Fri Jun 26, 2015 | "Should I take an umbrella or not?" | Erin Rhode |
| JAIPUR | Sun Jan 26, 2020 | Capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan | Erik Agard |
| JOHNLEWIS | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965 | Yacob Yonas |
| JUMPPASS | Sat Aug 23, 1997 | Cager's maneuver | Rich Norris |
| LARDING | Sat Apr 20, 2002 | Fattening | Dana Motley |
| LOVEISLOVE | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | "We all deserve to have our intimate relationships honored," redundantly | Gia Bosko |
| NATTURNER | Mon Jan 16, 2006 | Leader of an 1831 slave rebellion | Sarah Keller |
| PHONEBOX | Mon Feb 29, 2016 | Once-ubiquitous red fixture seen along London streets | Joel Fagliano |
| POORBOX | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | Container for alms | John Kugelman |
| REPASTE | Fri Sep 28, 2001 | Stick over | Peter Gordon |
| REWETS | Sun Sep 28, 2008 | Moistens again | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| SCRAMBLE | Sun Oct 3, 2010 | Convert, as metal into a melt? | Daniel A. Finan |
| SENDTO | Sun Apr 5, 1998 | Mail or fax | David J. Kahn |
| SHADROE | Fri Dec 18, 2020 | Seasonal seafood delicacy | Damon Gulczynski |
| SIDELINES | Mon Dec 10, 2012 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? | Michael David |
| STORMCHASER | Tue Jan 14, 2025 | Person often flirting with disaster | Lance Enfinger |
| STRIPPERS | Sat Nov 10, 2018 | Pole stars? | Will Nediger |
| SULLAGE | Sat Mar 16, 1996 | Waste matter | G. R. Ferguson |
| TITANIUMROD | Tue Sep 2, 2025 | Surgical implant | Rena Cohen |
| TOUCHDOWNPASSES | Mon Jul 21, 2025 | Successful throws to the end zone | Katy Steinmetz and Rich Katz |
| TRAG | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | "King Lear" or "Hamlet": Abbr. | Paula Gamache |
| TRIEDHARD | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | Gave it one's all | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| UTILITYPOLE | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | One holding the line | Michael Wiesenberg |
| WHITETRASH | Thu Dec 9, 2010 | *Hillbillies' put-down | Byron Walden and Caleb Madison |
| WIDEEYED | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Innocent | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |