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 50,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZINGISNTIT | Sun Dec 3, 2017 | "Pretty cool, huh?" | David Steinberg |
| APPLIEDRESEARCH | Fri Dec 4, 2015 | Focus of industrial science | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BESTBETS | Thu Nov 27, 2008 | Most promising options with recycling? | Patrick Berry |
| BLACKFORESTHAM | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | German deli meat / Discussion | David Tuffs |
| BLOWTORCHES | Tue May 31, 1994 | Items used in "light" boxing? | Roger H. Courtney |
| BODIESOFWATER | Tue May 26, 2020 | What 17-, 21-, 55- and 60-Across end in | Neville Fogarty |
| BOOBJOB | Sat Oct 1, 2011 | Growing concern for a surgeon, informally? | David Quarfoot |
| BRAINWAVE | Thu Jul 6, 2023 | Head line? | Alison Perch |
| BRAKECABLE | Fri Nov 29, 2019 | Wire part of a bicycle | Sam Buchbinder |
| CLAYAIKEN | Sat Nov 10, 2012 | Singer with the double-platinum album "Measure of a Man" | David Quarfoot |
| CONTRETEMPS | Wed Aug 24, 2016 | Minor argument | Matthew Sewell |
| DIGGS | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Actor Taye of Broadway's "Rent" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| DISCIPLINE | Sat Mar 10, 2007 | Headmaster's faculty | Patrick Berry |
| DOGTAIL | Fri Sep 27, 2002 | It may be chased by its owner | Michael Shteyman |
| ENCAMPMENT | Sun Feb 11, 1996 | The buck private stops here | Harvey Estes |
| FLOUTER | Thu Oct 24, 2013 | Contemptuous one | Peter A. Collins |
| FRESCOISTS | Fri Oct 28, 2005 | Giotto and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GAVEITANOTHERGO | Sat May 21, 2016 | Got back on the horse | Jason Flinn |
| HAPPYDAYSAREHEREAGAIN | Sun Mar 28, 2021 | Song standard on "Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits" | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| HUFFISH | Wed Dec 21, 2022 | Sulky | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| IAMNOTACROOK | Thu Sep 21, 2023 | Infamous presidential denial | Dan Caprera |
| ICALLBS | Fri Nov 1, 2024 | "Yeah, you're lying" | Spencer Leach |
| ITSALIVING | Sat Dec 29, 2018 | "The job's not great, but I can pay my bills" | Robyn Weintraub |
| LIQUORSTORE | Tue Aug 4, 2015 | Where to purchase the starts of 21-, 26- and 45-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| LOBSTERBIB | Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Tie one on at dinner | James Mulhern |
| MISMATES | Tue Dec 22, 1998 | Slips up, as a dating service | Adam Cohen |
| NOTBY | Wed May 11, 2005 | ___ a long shot | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| OAKWOOD | Fri Feb 5, 1999 | Carpenter's supply, sometimes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ONELOT | Sun Nov 1, 2009 | Trading unit | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| PHIBETAKAPPAKEY | Thu Jun 5, 1997 | Prize for 16-Across | David J. Kahn |
| PLAYMEORTRADEME | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Benchwarmer's plea | Peter A. Collins |
| SIMPLY | Fri Feb 1, 2002 | Just | Pat M. Hugel |
| SNAPDECISIONS | Tue Jun 14, 1994 | Photojournalists' choices? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| STABLY | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | How Jenga blocks are placed, hopefully | Joseph Gangi |
| STATAL | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Relating to national governments | Kevin G. Der |
| STRINGART | Sun May 5, 2019 | Craft created on a board with nails | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| TREESHREWS | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Squirrellike mammals | Cathy Millhauser |
| TWINSONS | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Romulus and Remus, to Rhea Silvia | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| UT | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | See note | Joe Krozel |
| WHATSNEXT | Fri May 31, 2019 | Question from an anxious person | Sam Ezersky |