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 50,425 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESSTIME | Sat Aug 3, 2024 | Retrieval speed of a computer | Rich Norris |
| AESOPSFABLES | Tue Oct 17, 1995 | Bedtime stories | Diane C. Baldwin |
| AISLEWAY | Fri Aug 2, 2019 | It gets cleared for takeoff | Andrew J. Ries |
| BLOWER | Tue Aug 29, 2023 | Leaf ___ (fall tool) | Michèle Govier |
| BOOMSHAKALAKA | Wed Oct 15, 2008 | Hoops announcer's "Slam dunk!" | Kevin G. Der |
| BRANDEIS | Fri Feb 11, 2005 | University in Massachusetts | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHASTITY | Sat Mar 9, 2002 | What a belt might ensure | Dana Motley |
| CLEANHOUSE | Fri Oct 7, 2005 | Completely replace the staff | Manny Nosowsky |
| CONSULTER | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Chiromancer client, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| COPSANDROBBERS | Mon Sep 20, 2004 | Children's game | A. J. Santora |
| CORNSALAD | Wed Feb 13, 2008 | Summer side dish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COWSMILK | Fri May 7, 2010 | Swiss cheese ingredient | Tyler Hinman |
| DISPLAYDIGITS | Thu Sep 7, 2006 | With 35- and 53-Across, how to decipher each numerical clue | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| DIVIDEDLOYALTY | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | F IDE LIT Y | F. & L. Sabin |
| DOWNHILL | Wed Jan 3, 2007 | Slalom alternative | Kim Seidl |
| FILAR | Sun Jul 5, 1998 | Having fine threads | Joe DiPietro |
| GOSPELER | Sat Aug 30, 1997 | Evangelist | Matt Gaffney |
| HADAHEARTOFGOLD | Sat May 21, 2016 | Was kind and generous | Jason Flinn |
| ISNEAR | Fri Sep 2, 2016 | Looms | David Liben-Nowell |
| MAYTIDE | Thu Jul 11, 1996 | Spring time | David J. Kahn |
| MINGDYNASTY | Tue Jun 3, 1997 | Reign noted for magnificent porcelain | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| MODEOFTRANSPORTATION | Sun May 23, 2021 | Car in {plane, car, train, horse, car, car, train} | Jennifer Nebergall |
| MOTLEYCRUE | Sun Apr 24, 2011 | Group with the 6x platinum album "Dr. Feelgood" | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| NATURALBORNCITIZEN | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Immigrant's opposite | Timothy Polin |
| NEARSPACE | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Part of the atmosphere above most weather | Michael Schlossberg |
| ORANGEWINE | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Fermented beverage used as an aperitif | David J. Kahn |
| OUTPLAY | Sat Jun 20, 2020 | Word in the "Survivor" motto | Stella Zawistowski |
| PORTLAND | Sat Jul 2, 2011 | Home of minor-league baseball's Sea Dogs | Joel Fagliano |
| QUAYSIDE | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | Land near a wharf | Bruce Haight |
| RADICALLEFT | Tue Feb 28, 2017 | Socialist Workers Party's ideology | Jacob Stulberg |
| RECURVE | Fri Jul 5, 2013 | Bend backward | Paula Gamache |
| REDDOGS | Thu May 6, 2021 | Certain Miller beers | Ed Sessa |
| RHAPSODIC | Thu Jul 28, 2022 | Extravagantly emotional | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| SCOTTADAMS | Fri May 14, 1999 | "Dilbert" cartoonist | Frank Longo |
| SITDOWNANDSHUTUP | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Exasperated teacher's cry | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| SMIRNOFF | Sun Feb 28, 2021 | Liquor with a double-headed eagle logo | Brad Wiegmann |
| SUNDRY | Thu Oct 2, 2014 | Miscellaneous | David Woolf |
| THEREGOESMYBABY | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1959 hit by the Drifters | Amy Johnson |
| WHIPSAWS | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Swings violently | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| YANKEECLIPPER | Wed Nov 12, 1997 | Joe DiMaggio's nickname | Randall J. Hartman |