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 50,657 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEROBATIC | Sat Sep 28, 2013 | Like stunt pilots' stunts | Joe Krozel |
| ARKINS | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Alan and Adam | Nancy Salomon |
| BALLOONHAT | Sat Feb 8, 2025 | It gets inflated and goes straight to your head | Alina Abidi |
| BOUNDUPIN | Thu Apr 19, 2001 | Deeply connected with | Manny Nosowsky |
| BROADAXES | Thu Oct 11, 2007 | Timber hewers | E. J. Platt |
| CAMIONS | Sun Dec 26, 1993 | Military trucks | Tom Underhill |
| CONCERTPIANIST | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | ... and 23-Across: "should be comfortable sitting on the bench" | Kevin G. Der |
| CRASHINGBORE | Tue May 11, 1999 | Certainly not the life of the party | Ed Early |
| DEADWOOD | Thu Jun 14, 2012 | Nonessentials | Tracy Gray |
| DIRTYMARTINI | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *Gin, vermouth and olive juice concoction | Richard F. Mausser |
| DRESSINWHITE | Thu Jul 13, 2000 | Standard advice for a bride | Rich Norris |
| FRESHFACED | Fri Aug 25, 2017 | Looking youthful | Sam Trabucco |
| GETSTARTED | Fri Sep 1, 2023 | Commence | Robert Logan |
| GOODNEWS | Thu Sep 15, 2022 | "Which do you want to hear first?" option | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| HEXAPODS | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Insects | Patrick Berry |
| HOLDINGPATTERN | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | "What's that knitter doing during air turbulence?" | Mark Danna |
| IHEARTHUCKABEES | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | 2004 film featuring Dustin Hoffman | Kevan Choset |
| INTERCELLULAR | Sun May 8, 2005 | Like electrical signals in the body [Toyota] | Jim Page |
| JAMESBALDWIN | Wed Feb 15, 2023 | Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Sean Ziebarth |
| LEAVEATIP | Sun Mar 8, 2026 | Show gratitude for service | Kelly Richardson |
| OAKIEST | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Sommelier's superlative | John Westwig |
| OILYGOO | Fri Jun 25, 2004 | Greasy kid stuff | Manny Nosowsky |
| OPTICNERVE | Fri Jul 16, 2004 | Line of sight? | Craig Kasper |
| ORIENTEXPRESS | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | See 15-Down | David J. Kahn |
| PARATROOPER | Wed Nov 23, 2016 | High military figure? | David Steinberg |
| PIANOPLAYINGCAT | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Subject of a 2007 YouTube sensation | Gary Cee |
| SEACAVE | Mon Nov 15, 2021 | Italy's Blue Grotto is a famous one | Ian Rathkey |
| SNACKER | Sat Sep 11, 2021 | One who puts down a few chips? | Sid Sivakumar |
| STATEGEM | Sat May 15, 2021 | Moonstone, for Florida | Sam Trabucco |
| STEINWAYS | Fri Apr 16, 2021 | Grands costing many grand | Tom Pepper |
| THRESHER | Mon Jun 13, 1994 | Farm machine | John Greenman |
| TIREDBLOOD | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Condition better known as anemia | Byron Walden |
| TWENTYFIVE | Fri Apr 20, 2018 | With 26-Down, the place of today's puzzle among all New York Times crosswords | Joel Fagliano |
| TWOPAIRS | Tue Nov 23, 2010 | *Makeup of a double date | Richard Chisholm |
| UNPLEASANT | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | Like surprises you'd rather not get | Todd Gross and Doug Peterson |
| UTILITIES | Fri Jun 29, 2012 | Some Monopoly holdings | Patrick Berry |
| WITHSTANDS | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Holds off | Mark Diehl |
| WOWJUSTWOW | Fri Nov 4, 2016 | Words from the speechless | David Steinberg |
| ZENDAVESTA | Sat Oct 17, 1998 | Zoroastrian scriptures | Bryant White |
| ZINCITE | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Mineral in healing crystals | Elizabeth C. Gorski |