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 50,528 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADRENALIN | Fri Sep 21, 2001 | Epinephrine trademark | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ANEROIDS | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Some barometers | Jim Page |
| BROKENFIELD | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | SA LL Y | F. & L. Sabin |
| CAUGHTUNAWARE | Tue Jan 15, 2013 | Blindsided | Peter A. Collins |
| CEREMONIAL | Thu Sep 11, 2003 | For show only | Patrick Merrell |
| COMPUTERBUG | Tue Oct 24, 2006 | Software flaw | Gail Grabowski |
| CREATUREOFHABIT | Fri Jan 30, 1998 | Predictable type | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DANCETUNE | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Jig, e.g. | Brandon Koppy |
| DAVIDSOUTER | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Supreme Court justice dropping out? | Henry Hook |
| DECRIAL | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Noisy censure | Jim Page |
| DISPLEASED | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Frowning | Eric Berlin |
| DURN | Sun Feb 20, 1994 | Rats! | Harvey Estes |
| EXCITED | Sat Jun 30, 2018 | Pumped | Andy Kravis |
| FEEBLY | Sat Jan 20, 2001 | Without much power | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FLYFISHERMAN | Sun Apr 30, 2023 | Person dealing with casting and lines | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| IMPOSTORS | Wed May 25, 2022 | Not real royals, maybe | Christopher Youngs |
| ITSALLPOLITICS | Thu Feb 9, 2006 | 60-Across, at the office | Ethan Cooper |
| KILLFEE | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Payment to a freelancer for unpublished work | Sam Trabucco |
| MALTEDMILK | Mon Mar 14, 2011 | Fountain treat | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MATHEXAMS | Tue Nov 14, 2023 | Things that might have kids going off on a tangent? | Matthew Linzer |
| MINGLEINTHECROWD | Tue May 3, 2022 | Mix at a mixer, say | Julian Lim |
| NIMBUSCLOUD | Tue Mar 12, 2019 | Bringer of rain | Jules Markey |
| NIPPLES | Tue Dec 9, 2008 | Parts of baby bottles | C. W. Stewart |
| NONROMAN | Mon Apr 1, 2013 | Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets | Gary J. Whitehead |
| NOTARISE | Fri Apr 19, 2013 | Put a seal of approval on, overseas | Ned White |
| NOTATANYPRICE | Fri Mar 7, 2008 | Only if it's worth the trade-off | Paula Gamache |
| OVERBUYS | Sun Mar 26, 2006 | Goes on a spending spree | Patrick Berry |
| RECTANGLES | Mon May 8, 2023 | Picture frames, usually | Catherine Cetta |
| REDWINES | Fri Oct 19, 2001 | Bordeaux and others | Joe DiPietro |
| ROCKTHEBOAT | Sun Aug 9, 2015 | Need cruise ship band to ... | Melanie Miller |
| SEATASSIGNMENT | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | "While we're in the air, write an essay on aviation" | Mark Danna |
| SERIPAK | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | Two-time L.P.G.A. champ born in Korea | Byron Walden |
| SPECIALTY | Fri Jan 25, 2002 | Area | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| STOODAPART | Sat Mar 19, 2011 | Distinguished oneself | Joe DiPietro |
| STOPWHISPERING | Sun Sep 14, 2003 | ... to the wind | Cathy Millhauser |
| STUMBLINGBLOCKS | Thu Dec 10, 2015 | Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid? | Timothy Polin |
| THEPROMISEDLAND | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | High ground | Patrick Berry |
| VOLGOGRAD | Tue Aug 9, 1994 | City once named for Stalin | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| WAXEDFLOORS | Tue Sep 24, 2002 | What clean kitchens often have | Sherry O. Blackard |
| WELLDRILL | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Device for tapping groundwater | Erik Agard |