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 50,537 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADROP | Thu Jan 4, 1996 | ___in the bucket | F. & L. Sabin |
| ARCTOPHILE | Wed Nov 16, 2022 | Lover of teddy bears ... NOT a devotee of polar regions | John Hawksley |
| BRITISHENGLISH | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism | Tom McCoy |
| CANYOU | Mon Apr 29, 2019 | Words starting a request | Andrew Kingsley |
| CLOTHING | Mon Sep 21, 1998 | Duds | Matthew Lees |
| CRUMPLEZONE | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Car safety feature | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| DRESSSUITS | Sat Jul 13, 2013 | They're off on casual Fridays | Byron Walden |
| EMPTINESS | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Sad feeling | David J. Kahn |
| FARNESE | Thu Sep 22, 2016 | Palazzo ___, architectural gem of the Renaissance | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| FLIM | Sun Jul 11, 2010 | ____-flam | Ed Sessa |
| HOGWARTSHOUSE | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw | Grant Thackray |
| INSTANTTAN | Thu Oct 13, 2016 | What a spray may provide | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| INTOPFORM | Tue Feb 17, 2009 | Managing perfectly | Kristian House |
| KIWANIS | Sun Sep 8, 2002 | Community group since 1915 | Rich Norris |
| LASTLETTER | Mon Aug 18, 2008 | *Z, alphabetically | Paula Gamache |
| LEITMOTIV | Fri Oct 25, 2019 | Recurrent musical theme | John Guzzetta |
| MALAGAS | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | Wines from Spain | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MENTALTELEPATHY | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Special communication | Alan Olschwang |
| MUCHASGRACIAS | Thu Nov 27, 2014 | Thanksgiving phrase | Stanley Newman |
| NOFEWERTHAN | Wed Sep 5, 2018 | At least | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| NOVISAD | Sat Jul 5, 2008 | Serbian provincial capital on the Danube | Karen M. Tracey |
| OLDBLOCK | Thu Oct 7, 2004 | See 28-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| ORDERARMS | Sat Apr 27, 2013 | Drill command involving a rifle | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| PINTAS | Wed Mar 28, 2007 | Quart halves: Sp. | Burton Clemans |
| PLATITUDES | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Soothing words | Chuck Deodene |
| PROPEACE | Sat May 6, 2023 | Like much 1960s activism | Carter Cobb |
| SAGEHENS | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Nevadans | Joe Krozel |
| SELFRATED | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Like most magazine personality tests | Patrick Merrell |
| SPAMFILTERS | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | Result of a merger between Hormel and Instagram? | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| SPTS | Thu Sep 7, 1995 | New Orleans and Boston, e.g.: Abbr. | Rich Norris |
| STEAMEDOPEN | Sat Sep 3, 2022 | Like mussels or some letters | David Distenfeld |
| STOPA | Sun Aug 18, 1996 | "His face could ___ clock" | F. and L. Sabin |
| THEMUDVILLENINE | Sat Jun 26, 2021 | Literary team playing in front of "ten thousand eyes" | John Lieb and Brad Wilber |
| TOILSOVER | Sun Oct 1, 2023 | Labors away at | Jeffrey Lease |
| TSARNICHOLASI | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" | Philip Koski |
| UNDERDURESS | Sun Mar 20, 2016 | *Pressured | Joel Fagliano |
| VSIXES | Fri Oct 17, 2003 | Some engines | Bob Peoples |
| WATERHOLE | Sat Sep 3, 2011 | Gathering place for animals | Peter Wentz |
| WETNOODLES | Fri Aug 4, 2023 | Ineffectual sorts | Brandon Koppy |
| WHATSYOURETA | Mon Sep 23, 2024 | Question to someone who's on the way | Freddie Cheng |