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 50,670 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTEBELLUM | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | Prewar | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| APPROX | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Estimated: Abbr. | Paula Gamache |
| ATWHOLESALE | Sat Oct 11, 2014 | Quite cheaply | Evans Clinchy |
| BERNOULLI | Tue Nov 13, 2018 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named | John Ciolfi |
| BOXTOPS | Thu Dec 11, 2014 | Some proofs of purchase | Joe DiPietro |
| BUSFARES | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Pay for some rides | David J. Kahn |
| CALLEDUP | Fri Feb 23, 2001 | Rang | Joe DiPietro |
| CLYM | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | ___Yeobright (Hardy's native) | R. Norris |
| CRUISINFORABRUISIN | Thu Feb 19, 2026 | Courting disaster, slangily | John Ewbank |
| DIDNTGO | Wed May 25, 2011 | Stayed put | Jeff Dubner |
| DOUBLEREED | Sat Apr 1, 1995 | Like an oboe, but not a sax? | Fred Piscop |
| DRESSDOWNDAYS | Tue Oct 17, 2023 | Casual office occasions | Dominic Grillo |
| ENNIOMORRICONE | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" composer | Mark Diehl |
| FIDDLEAROUND | Sun May 30, 2021 | Tinker (with) | Adam Wagner |
| GAVEITANOTHERGO | Sat May 21, 2016 | Got back on the horse | Jason Flinn |
| JUSTFORMEN | Fri Jul 1, 2011 | Popular hair care product | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| LEATHERBAR | Sat Feb 28, 2026 | Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirement | Adam Levav |
| METLIFESTADIUM | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "Nosebleed seats - but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!" | Tracy Gray |
| MOVEDAROUND | Thu Apr 1, 2010 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle | Lee Glickstein |
| OMORES | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | "O tempora! _____!": Cicero | Daniel R. Stark |
| OURMISSBROOKS | Mon Sep 25, 1995 | 50's sitcom | Gregory E. Paul |
| PINOTGRIGIO | Mon Oct 1, 2001 | See 40-Across | Janice M. Putney |
| PLANTMANAGERS | Mon Jul 20, 2009 | Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across | Pancho Harrison |
| PUTUPORSHUTUP | Thu Aug 3, 2006 | "Action, not words!" | Nancy Salomon |
| RANERRANDS | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | Performed some weekend tasks | Joseph Gangi |
| SILEXES | Fri Nov 2, 2007 | Materials used as inert paint fillers | Barry C. Silk |
| SMARTALECKS | Fri May 24, 2002 | Wise ones | Manny Nosowsky |
| SNIFFAT | Mon Jun 13, 2016 | Regard dismissively | Lynn Lempel |
| SOLIDGROUND | Mon Aug 3, 2020 | Firm place to plant your feet | Eric Bornstein |
| SWANGAT | Sun Jun 7, 1998 | Tried to hit, in dialect | Randolph Ross |
| TIMEGAPS | Wed Feb 14, 2024 | Intervals | Ella Dershowitz |
| TOBIAH | Fri Oct 14, 1994 | Biblical adversary of Nehemiah | Bob Sefick |
| TORTUROUS | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | ... that is spelled entirely from the last dozen letters of the alphabet | Stu Ockman |
| TREEMOSS | Sun May 20, 2001 | Climacium, familiarly | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TUNASASHIMI | Mon May 7, 2018 | Japanese delicacy served in thin slices | Julie Bérubé |
| TURFED | Sun May 7, 2006 | Put down roots? | Trip Payne |
| VAI | Fri Dec 21, 2018 | Steve of rock guitar fame | Peter A. Collins |
| WEATHERED | Thu Sep 2, 2021 | Roadside restaurant sign | David W. Tuffs |
| WETMARTINIS | Thu Aug 18, 2016 | Drinks with plenty of vermouth | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| WHISH | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | Rustling sound | Randolph Ross |