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 51,095 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDSORES | Fri May 10, 2019 | Resting spots? | Andrew J. Ries |
| BELLIED | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | ___ up to (approached) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BIGIDEAS | Fri Jul 17, 2015 | TED talk topics | Paolo Pasco |
| BLUEANGEL | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Navy pilot putting on a show | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOMBING | Sat Sep 5, 2020 | Terrible on opening weekend, say | John Guzzetta |
| CONVOYS | Sat Jan 18, 1997 | Escorts | D. Niles |
| COORSFIELD | Tue Apr 2, 1996 | Where the Rockies play | G. E. Paul |
| CRYOMETER | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | Device for measuring extreme cold | Chuck Deodene |
| DIONYSIA | Wed Jul 7, 2021 | Ancient Greek festival honoring the god of wine | Peter A. Collins |
| DJAKARTA | Fri Jan 26, 1996 | Capital city once called Batavia | M. Nosowsky |
| FACTOTUM | Sun Jul 6, 2014 | General servant | Daniel C. Bryant |
| FALLINGSTAR | Sun Jan 18, 2004 | Good for a wish maker, bad for a Hollywood agent | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| FIJIS | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | South Pacific islanders | Sidney L. Robbins |
| GETTHISSTRAIGHT | Mon Mar 3, 2008 | "Pay attention!" | C. W. Stewart |
| GOGODANCERS | Tue Oct 10, 2023 | *Gyrating performers at a nightclub | Nate Cardin |
| HAMILTONONTARIO | Fri Mar 4, 2011 | City on the Niagara Escarpment | Joe Krozel |
| HANDMODEL | Sat Feb 25, 2023 | Pro with digital photography? | Trent H. Evans |
| INTERNATIONAL | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Cosmopolitan | Thomas W. Schier |
| LACROSSEPLAYERS | Fri Mar 8, 1996 | Noted Johns Hopkins athletes | R. Ross |
| LAVISHLY | Wed Jul 10, 1996 | With extravagance | Diane C. Baldwin |
| LEMENU | Sun Jul 19, 2015 | Old frozen dinner brand | Tom McCoy |
| LOOKIELOO | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | A shopper, not a buyer, informally | Jonathan Daly |
| LOVEBOATS | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | Some cruise ships, informally | Clive Probert |
| MADELINEKAHN | Tue Mar 20, 2001 | Comedic actress who's able? | Peter Abide |
| MARIOBROS | Wed Apr 7, 2021 | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across | Adrian Johnson |
| NAVEE | Sun Aug 22, 2004 | H.M.S. Pinafore force | Cathy Millhauser |
| ODYSSEUS | Tue Dec 30, 2008 | He devised the Trojan horse | Doug Peterson |
| PALINODE | Sat Dec 13, 1997 | Formal retraction | Richard Silvestri |
| PRICESOUT | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Gathers quotes on | Joe DiPietro |
| PRIVACY | Thu Feb 22, 2024 | Implied right in the First and Fourth Amendments | Dan Schoenholz |
| REPOLISH | Thu Dec 12, 1996 | Brush up again | J. R. Conrad |
| REUNITER | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Investigator who finds someone's birth mother, say | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SEAWEEDS | Tue Dec 24, 2002 | Kelp and others | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| STJOSEPHS | Thu May 2, 1996 | Philadelphia university | D. J. Kahn |
| STLOUISMISSOURI | Wed Mar 24, 2010 | City with a landmark spelled out by the circled letters, reading left to right | Peter A. Collins |
| SWEATHOGS | Thu May 14, 1998 | Kotter's crew, in 70's TV | Frank Longo |
| TBARLIFT | Tue Nov 7, 2023 | *Skier's support | Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily |
| TRUECRIMESHOW | Mon Aug 3, 2026 | Series that may feature forensics experts | Willa Angel Chen Miller |
| WHATABORE | Wed Mar 13, 2019 | [Yawn!] | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| YACHTRACES | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Events at Newport | Chuck Deodene |