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 50,849 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMATRONS | Wed Oct 23, 2019 | The T. rex in "Jurassic Park" and others | Jennifer Nutt |
| ANTAGONIZES | Thu Jan 7, 2010 | Gets upset | Xan Vongsathorn |
| AREWETHERE | Sat Aug 14, 2004 | Question from the back seat | Joe DiPietro |
| ASTRONOMIC | Sat May 19, 2012 | Like telescopes | Patrick Berry |
| AUTOTUNERS | Sun May 2, 2021 | Pitch-correcting devices | Dan Schoenholz |
| BARRELALONG | Mon Nov 13, 1995 | Drive fast | Norma Steinberg |
| BASEBALLBATTERS | Tue Aug 3, 2010 | They're up | Paula Gamache |
| BEINTHEWAY | Tue Jun 29, 2021 | Interfere, literally | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BOARDUP | Thu Dec 25, 1997 | Close for good | A. J. Santora |
| BULLINACHINASHOP | Sun Oct 16, 1994 | Clumsy one | Raymond Hamel |
| COUNTDOWN | Tue Jan 26, 2010 | *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe | Paula Gamache |
| DALIAN | Sun May 17, 2020 | Chinese port city on Korea Bay | Byron Walden |
| DECRETAL | Sun Jul 3, 1994 | Papal letter | A.J. Santora |
| DINNERTIME | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | 6 or 7 p.m., for many | Barry C. Silk |
| DOWNTHERIGHTFIELDLINE | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Barely fair, maybe | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| DRIVETHROUGH | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Option at many a fast-food restaurant | Benjamin Kramer |
| DURN | Sun Feb 20, 1994 | Rats! | Harvey Estes |
| ECURRENCIES | Sun May 17, 2020 | Bitcoin and the like | Byron Walden |
| ENCIPHERED | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Secret | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| ERICBERNE | Sun Jun 8, 2003 | Author of "What Do You Say After You Say Hello?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FASTFORWARD | Mon Aug 5, 1996 | VCR button | F. Piscop |
| FEAROFMISSINGOUT | Sun Aug 2, 2020 | What was causin' the doctor to check for joint pain? | David Levinson Wilk |
| FEMALELEAD | Tue Aug 15, 2023 | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? | Malaika Handa |
| FURSEAL | Wed Aug 1, 2012 | Flippered fish-eater with a double coat | Doug Peterson |
| GOODFELLA | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Family man? | Robert S. Gard |
| HOTELMANAGER | Wed Oct 20, 2010 | Hilton head, e.g. | Finn Vigeland |
| LAYERCAKES | Fri Jul 31, 2020 | They're made up of stacked sheets | Claire Rimkus and Erik Agard |
| MIDMORN | Fri Jan 7, 2005 | A few hours after dawn, in verse | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| MISFEED | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | Cause of a paper jam | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MONROES | Tue Jul 10, 2001 | 1820 White House residents | Patrick Merrell |
| MUSICVIDEO | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | Grammy category won twice each by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Johnny Cash | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| PROMOCODES | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Some discount offerings | Hemant Mehta |
| REHEARSER | Sun Jun 7, 1998 | One who believes "practice makes perfect" | Randolph Ross |
| SHIAS | Fri Jul 11, 2025 | Most Iranians | James McCarron |
| SONOFADAM | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Any man or boy, biblically | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| TOLERANCELEVELS | Fri May 24, 2013 | Drug study data | Joe Krozel |
| TOTALITARIANISM | Fri Oct 21, 2016 | "1984" concern | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TREERING | Wed Apr 3, 2024 | Annual growth indicator | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TROWEPRICE | Wed Aug 20, 2014 | *"Invest With Confidence" firm | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| WOODSTAIN | Sun Nov 3, 2019 | Dye on a deck | Kristian House |