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 50,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIREDOUT | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | Put on the line, perhaps | David J. Kahn |
| AREYOUHURT | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |
| BALATON | Fri Aug 1, 1997 | Largest lake in central Europe | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| BATTERYSIZE | Tue Apr 20, 2004 | See 40-Across | Allan E. Parrish |
| BLOWHOTANDCOLD | Mon Jul 25, 2016 | Vacillate | Kevin Christian |
| BUCKTHEODDS | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The rodeo rider tried to | Michael Ashley |
| CAMPAIGNWARCHEST | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | Funds ran low in the candidate's ___ | Randolph Ross |
| CHOOSEONESWORDS | Fri Mar 22, 2013 | Speak carefully | Tim Croce |
| CHURCHILL | Mon Aug 14, 2006 | 23-Across's representative in the 38-Across | Gene Newman |
| COANCHORS | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, once, on "S.N.L." | Peter A. Collins |
| COMPANYHALT | Wed Feb 19, 2014 | Result of bankruptcy? | Michael Dewey |
| COUNSELS | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Court figures | Ed Sessa |
| CRACKEDPEPPER | Tue Jul 22, 2003 | Mistreated spice? | Steven Kahn |
| DOESNTTAKEAGENIUS | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Eschews Mensa material when going to parties? | Joe DiPietro |
| DOUBTFIRE | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Mrs. of film | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ELFS | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | Small toymakers: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| EXCISIONS | Sat Sep 5, 1998 | Removals | Thomas W. Schier |
| GETSINTHEHUNT | Sat Oct 15, 2005 | Becomes competitive | Paula Gamache |
| HOLIERTHANTHOU | Mon Jun 21, 2021 | Sanctimonious | Jacob Stulberg |
| HOUSEPAINTER | Sun Oct 9, 2022 | *One putting a coat on outside [three rungs] | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| IHAVENTACLUE | Sun Oct 14, 2018 | "We can't play that game unless we borrow someone else's" | Ross Trudeau |
| IMPERIALMEASURE | Fri Nov 14, 1997 | Bushel or inch, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| IMPERTINENCE | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Freshness | Patrick Merrell |
| JACKOFSPADES | Mon Mar 12, 2018 | *Black face card whose face is seen in profile | John R. O'Brien |
| PREYUPON | Wed May 9, 2012 | Hunt for, as game | Eshan Mitra |
| PRUDISHLY | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | In a Victorian manner | Peter Koetters |
| QUIETMAN | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | John Wayne movie set in Ireland, with "The" | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| RADIOGRAM | Wed Aug 4, 1999 | Ship-to-shore communication | Richard Silvestri |
| RANGFOR | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | Summoned, as a butler | Christopher Hurt |
| RATTIEST | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Most dilapidated | Robert W. Harris |
| SANTHARAMARAU | Thu May 27, 1999 | Indian novelist who wrote "The Adventuress" | A. J. Santora |
| SHAILENEWOODLEY | Fri Feb 5, 2016 | Actress who starred in "The Fault in Our Stars," 2014 | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| SLAPSTICKCOMEDY | Mon Sep 8, 1997 | Genre of 17- and 56-Across | Robert Goldberg |
| STRAPHANGERS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Subway commuters, informally | Paul Coulter |
| THERESAMAY | Fri Jan 17, 2020 | Head of the only government in U.K. history to be found in contempt of Parliament | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| TIEFIGHTER | Fri May 11, 2012 | Craft in a "Star Wars" battle scene | Natan Last |
| TRACTORBEAM | Fri Dec 23, 2016 | One may hold a ship in place | Robyn Weintraub |
| TRISECTED | Fri Dec 10, 1999 | In three parts | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| VICECOPS | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | People who need to find a john? | Byron Walden |
| WAITITOUT | Thu Jun 13, 2024 | Let the storm blow over | Kevin Curry |