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 51,132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGENTJ | Sat May 3, 2014 | 1997 role for Will Smith | Sam Ezersky |
| AINTLOVEGRAND | Wed Aug 15, 2001 | Enthusiastic response to a tennis shutout? | Karen Young Bonin |
| ALLRILEDUP | Wed May 8, 2013 | Extremely agitated | Bruce Venzke |
| APSPANISH | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | H.S. course in which students might read Cervantes | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| ASHADOW | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | See 137-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| BLACKHOLES | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Extremely attractive bodies | Tom McCoy |
| BLINDMICE | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Trio on the run | Lynn Lempel |
| CALIFORNIALOTTO | Thu Sep 29, 2022 | Contest for millions on the West Coast | Jeremy Newton |
| DROPSHIP | Sat Aug 15, 2026 | Cut out the middleman, for delivery | Blake Slonecker |
| FIVESECONDRULE | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | Dubious food-eating guideline ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues | Joe Deeney |
| FULLSCREEN | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | DVD viewing option | Byron Walden |
| GARRETT | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Actor/comic Brad | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| GLARINGLY | Fri Aug 6, 1999 | Without much chance of being missed | Raymond Hamel |
| GLUTENFREECEREAL | Thu May 14, 2020 | Breakfast aisle option for a wheat allergy | Michael Schlossberg |
| INTERNETRADIO | Fri Aug 31, 2018 | Pandora's domain | Peter Wentz |
| ISOTHERMS | Wed Dec 25, 2019 | Weather map lines relating to temperature | Bruce Haight |
| LENEXA | Sun Dec 24, 2006 | Kansas City suburb | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LILWAYNE | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | Batman's favorite rapper? | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| NEGATION | Thu Apr 13, 2006 | Denial | Barry Silk |
| NIGERIANS | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | Residents of Yorubaland | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ODDDUCKS | Tue May 29, 2018 | Idiosyncratic sorts | John Lieb |
| OPERAARIAS | Mon Nov 30, 2015 | Songs for divas | Ian Livengood |
| PHONEBILL | Tue Sep 5, 2006 | "There's a call for you, Mr. Gates" | Timothy Powell |
| PITAGAINST | Tue Sep 24, 2019 | Set in direct opposition to | John Guzzetta |
| PLEDGEE | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Promise recipient | Cathy Millhauser |
| PROOXIDANT | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | Chemical substance that hastens aging | Daniel C. Bryant |
| REFORMATION | Tue Oct 31, 2017 | See 17-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RUSTBELT | Sat Oct 30, 2010 | Area with aging factories | Barry C. Silk |
| SALUS | Sat Oct 22, 1994 | Roman goddess of health | Daniel R. Stark |
| SETUPCAMP | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | Unpack for the night, in a way | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| SIXWAYSTOSUNDAY | Mon Jan 16, 2017 | Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across | John Wrenholt |
| SPORTSEQUIPMENT | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Bats, balls, gloves, etc. | Paula Gamache |
| STRUGGLES | Thu Apr 26, 2018 | Tugs of war | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SYLVESTERSTALLONE | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | The bartender poured beers for all the action movie stars, including ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| TEACHEREDITIONS | Tue Jan 5, 2010 | *Textbooks for instructors | C. W. Stewart |
| TERAFLOP | Sat Dec 31, 2022 | Large unit of computing speed | Billy Bratton |
| THEBRADYS | Wed Apr 16, 2003 | Bunch of sitcoms? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UPPERRIGHT | Thu Mar 13, 2008 | Northeast, on a map | Alan Arbesfeld |
| VAUNTING | Sat Mar 24, 2007 | Boastful | Rich Norris |
| WHICHWAYISUP | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | What a vertigo sufferer may wonder | Frank Longo |