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 50,484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCOHOLBAN | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | It can keep ballfields dry | Byron Walden |
| ANTNESTS | Thu Sep 23, 2021 | Colonies construct them | Simeon Seigel |
| ATHERMIC | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | Heatless | David J. Kahn |
| BALDASACOOT | Wed May 28, 2014 | Like a chrome-dome | Tim Croce |
| BARNYARDANIMALS | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Classic See 'N Say toy figures | Mark Diehl |
| BLEWOVER | Sun Jan 10, 2010 | Passed without effect | Mel Rosen |
| BUENOSDIAS | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Alternative to "Saludo" | Myles Callum |
| CALKED | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Filled in holes | Bette Sue Cohen |
| CAPITALU | Sat Apr 27, 2013 | Character in "Unforgiven" | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| CHEAPSIDE | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | London district | Matt Gaffney |
| CHEWERS | Sat May 20, 1995 | Some bubble makers | Manny Nosowsky |
| CONGESTION | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Traffic | Joe Krozel |
| CUBANCIGARS | Mon Jan 11, 2021 | Souvenirs from Havana | Martha Kimes |
| GILDING | Sun Dec 16, 2007 | Embellishment | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| HONORING | Sat Jul 15, 2000 | Eulogist's activity | David J. Kahn |
| IMPOSSIBLE | Fri Aug 9, 2024 | Out of the question | Hemant Mehta |
| ITSADONEDEAL | Sat Sep 14, 2024 | "No backing out now" | Christina Iverson |
| MANHANDLE | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Treat roughly | Courtenay Crocker III |
| MARVELOVER | Sat May 28, 2022 | Look at with awe | Joseph Greenbaum |
| MASSENET | Wed Feb 16, 2005 | "Le Cid" composer | Richard Silvestri |
| MIDFIELDSTRIPES | Fri Jun 28, 1996 | Football lines | D. J. Kahn |
| MINORPROBLEM | Wed Jan 8, 2025 | Hiccup | Laura Dershewitz |
| MOURNING | Sun Oct 11, 2009 | Sad time | Randolph Ross |
| NATURERESERVES | Wed Dec 10, 2025 | Protected lands for plants and animals | Kareem Ayas |
| NOSKINOFFMYBACK | Tue Mar 6, 2012 | "So what?!" | Wesley Johnson |
| OUTSCORES | Fri Sep 29, 2023 | Does a better job than at making points | Malaika Handa |
| PINYON | Wed Dec 30, 2020 | Southwestern evergreen | Kate Hawkins |
| PUNKERS | Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Some Warped Tour attendees | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RAPTURED | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Ecstatic | Ed Early |
| RATSTAIL | Thu Feb 3, 2011 | 1980s hairstyle with a long strand in the back | Matt Ginsberg |
| SHORTRANGE | Fri Jan 18, 2002 | For the near future | Manny Nosowsky |
| SNEAKPEEKS | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Previews | Trent H. Evans |
| STATUTORY | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Legally punishable | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TAUGHTTOTHETEST | Mon Feb 24, 2025 | Prepared students specifically for material on standardized exams | Rena Cohen |
| TRIGGERFINGER | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | 31-Across activator | Jim Page |
| TRINITADEIMONTI | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | House of worship at the top of 67-Across | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| VATECH | Sat Oct 24, 2020 | The Hokies of the A.C.C., for short | Byron Walden |
| WAYWARD | Wed Jun 14, 2000 | Disobedient | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| WHATSGOINGON | Tue Jul 30, 2013 | Casual greeting ... and #4 on the list | Peter A. Collins |
| WILDSWINE | Tue Dec 7, 1999 | Boar | Norman S. Wizer |