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 49,246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALAYAGE | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Hair highlighting technique | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| BEEFTACO | Mon Jul 17, 2023 | Meaty Mexican dish | Alexander Liebeskind |
| CENTERLINE | Mon Aug 18, 2008 | *Painted highway divider | Paula Gamache |
| COMESTOTHEPOINT | Mon Jan 17, 1994 | Stops rambling | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CRASHTESTS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Activities for dummies | Joseph Greenbaum |
| CRAWLIN | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Come home after a night of heavy drinking, say | Kevin G. Der |
| DETACHED | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Impartial | Bette Sue Cohen |
| DONTWALK | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Pedestrian's intersection warning | Lynn Lempel |
| ECHOEY | Thu Apr 25, 2024 | Like like like this clue clue clue ... | Hanh Huynh |
| EDGARALLANPOE | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | Arthur Gordon Pym's creator | Frank Longo |
| FISHEGG | Sun Jul 6, 2014 | Bit of spawn | Daniel C. Bryant |
| GREATSALTLAKE | Fri Mar 5, 2010 | West Jordan is near it | Louis Hildebrand |
| INBROADDAYLIGHT | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | OPENLY | A. K. Justin |
| INSIDETHELINES | Wed Feb 15, 2006 | How to color neatly | Byron Walden |
| JIMMYCARTER | Sun Nov 24, 2002 | Crowbar schlepper? | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
| JUNELOCKHART | Mon Jan 29, 1996 | "Lassie" actress | G. Paul |
| LABORUNIONS | Thu Oct 22, 2020 | They put in long hours to get better hours | Sid Sivakumar |
| LUCKOFTHEDRAW | Mon Mar 19, 2007 | Chance, at cards | Richard Chisholm |
| LYRICPOET | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Sappho, for one | Rich Norris |
| MARKETPRICE | Fri Jul 9, 2021 | On menus, it's often by the lobster | Robyn Weintraub |
| NEVSKI | Sun Aug 6, 1995 | Russia's St. Alexander ___ | Manny Nosowsky |
| OATMEALRAISIN | Tue Jul 11, 2006 | Treat variety #2 | Karen M. Tracey |
| PELIAS | Sat Sep 7, 1996 | King who sent Jason for the Golden Fleece | B. White |
| PIECEMEAL | Fri Jun 2, 2017 | Bit by bit | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| REH | Sat May 21, 1994 | Pre-show show: Abbr. | Charles E. Gersch |
| RIDINGINTO | Sat May 22, 2010 | Entering on horseback | Will Nediger |
| ROCKINGHORSE | Wed May 11, 2022 | Tot's mount | Michael Paleos |
| SCOTTISHTERRIER | Sat Aug 6, 1994 | Old World breed | Wayne Robert Williams |
| SIGNOFTHETIMES | Wed Jul 8, 2015 | Indication that "That's how things are" | Ryan Milligan |
| SMOOTHOPERATORS | Tue Dec 15, 2015 | Don Juan types | David Levinson Wilk |
| THARDESERT | Tue Feb 15, 1994 | Arid region of India | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| TRICORN | Tue Jul 18, 2017 | Colonial-era headgear | Michael Hawkins |
| UHOHSPAGHETTIOS | Fri Mar 14, 2008 | Refrain from eating pasta? | Kevin G. Der |
| UNDERCUT | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | Beat in a price war | Steven E. Atwood |
| UNDOUBTEDLY | Mon Jan 4, 1999 | "Yes!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| UNGUENTS | Wed Dec 13, 2000 | Salves | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UPPERCUTS | Fri Feb 1, 2002 | They may be taken on the chin | Pat M. Hugel |
| VODKACRAN | Fri Dec 16, 2022 | Red, fruity alcoholic drink, informally | Kameron Austin Collins |
| WEOWNIT | Sat Sep 29, 2018 | 2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa | David Steinberg |
| WILLEMDAFOE | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Film star who played 38-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |