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 51,094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPOSING | Wed Jun 21, 1995 | Next-door | Dorothea E. Shipp |
| AYRE | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Point of ___ (British lighthouse site) | A. K. Justin |
| BEAUMONT | Fri Dec 22, 1995 | SE Texas city | A.J. Santora |
| BLACKBEAUTY | Sat May 23, 2009 | Classic novel with a chapter titled "My Breaking In" | Dave Tuller |
| BRINGER | Fri Apr 17, 2026 | "Mars, the ___ of War" (first movement of "The Planets") | Rachel Fabi |
| CARPALS | Sun May 17, 2026 | Automates? | Derrick Niederman |
| CELLOBOW | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Item in Yo-Yo Ma's right hand | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| DOUBLEEDGED | Sun May 4, 2014 | Like some swords ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| DRESSESUP | Fri Jul 26, 2002 | Gets ready for a party, perhaps | Manny Nosowsky |
| FREERUN | Sun Sep 25, 2011 | Like some chickens | Paul Hunsberger |
| HEADSPACE | Wed Jan 1, 2020 | State of mind | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| HOKES | Sun Jan 15, 1995 | Adds artificially, with "up" | Ernie Furtado |
| ILLEGALMOTION | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Rolling past a stop sign? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| INOLDCALIFORNIA | Tue Dec 6, 1994 | 1942 John Wayne film | Wayne Robert Williams |
| INTAKEVALVE | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Car engine component | Andrew Zhou |
| INTERNATIONAL | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Cosmopolitan | Thomas W. Schier |
| LAGSBEHIND | Fri Apr 2, 1999 | Trails | Jim Page |
| LOADEDUPON | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Stockpiled | Michael Ashley |
| LOOKSUPTO | Tue Feb 7, 2023 | Admires | Ellen Leuschner |
| MISTERSOFTEE | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Brand whose logo is a cone-headed character | Patrick Merrell |
| NOTINIT | Sun Nov 17, 2013 | Having failed to ante up, say | Julian Lim |
| NOWHEREMAN | Mon Jun 18, 2012 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" | Peter A. Collins |
| PAMINA | Sun Dec 24, 1995 | "The Magic Flute" heroine | Frances Hansen |
| PASTURELAND | Thu Nov 10, 2011 | lamb's place | Tim Croce |
| POMADED | Wed May 17, 2006 | Having a scented ointment, as hair | Patrick Blindauer |
| POVICH | Sun Nov 11, 2001 | Original host of TV's "A Current Affair" | Joe DiPietro |
| PREMEDITATEDACT | Sat Oct 11, 2003 | Something planned | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RESOLER | Fri Oct 10, 1997 | Pump worker, perhaps | Shannon Burns |
| ROADMOVIES | Mon Feb 1, 2016 | "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Thelma & Louise" ... or a hint to 18-, 26- and 44-Across | Gary Cee |
| RUPIAHS | Thu Jan 9, 2020 | Indonesian money | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SPECULATE | Thu Oct 23, 2008 | Conjecture | Patrick Blindauer |
| STUCKONYOU | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | 1960 Elvis Presley hit | Bill Zais |
| SURFCITY | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Nickname for Huntington Beach, Calif. | Alan Olschwang |
| THEROYALWEDDING | Fri Aug 10, 2012 | Instant-book title of 1981 or 2011 | John Lampkin |
| TOOMUCHOF | Wed Jan 9, 2002 | Start of a thought by 29-Across | Susan Harrington Smith |
| TRUTHFUL | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Straightforward | A. J. Santora |
| UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | Thu Oct 18, 2001 | Dessert made with pineapple | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VEVO | Wed Jun 30, 2021 | Video hosting service since 2009 | Christopher Adams and Adam Aaronson |
| WINDROW | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Line of drying hay | Frank A. Longo |
| WISECRACKED | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Made snappy comments | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |