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 50,366 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUTETRIANGLE | Sun Apr 16, 2023 | One darling percussion instrument? | Mike Hobin |
| ADRENALIN | Fri Sep 21, 2001 | Epinephrine trademark | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BABEINTHEWOODS | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | 1979 #1 Styx hit played for Little Red Riding Hood? | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| BADOFF | Sat May 17, 2003 | In trouble | Bob Peoples |
| BIGBOYS | Thu Sep 10, 1998 | Major-leaguers | Christopher Hurt |
| CHIVAS | Sun Nov 29, 2020 | ___ Regal, big name in Scotch | Eric Berlin |
| CHORDATA | Wed Jan 14, 1998 | Phylum humans belong to | William Bernhardt |
| FINGERLAKES | Mon Mar 6, 2023 | *Region of upstate New York named for its bodies of water | Lynn Lempel |
| FISCALQUARTER | Fri May 25, 2007 | Subject of a financial report | Mike Nothnagel |
| FORESEES | Wed May 18, 2016 | What 17-Across has, phonetically | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GRANDTOTAL | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | It often includes tax | Joe Krozel |
| HAINES | Sat May 10, 2025 | George ___, voted "Coach of the Century" by the International Swimming Hall of Fame | Shaun Phillips |
| HAVEANICETIME | Fri Nov 1, 2002 | Send-off line | Joe DiPietro |
| KATISHA | Wed Oct 18, 2017 | Nanki-Poo's pursuer in "The Mikado" | John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KWA | Thu Aug 11, 1994 | ____ Zulu (South African region) | Bryant White |
| LEFAY | Sat May 3, 2008 | Morgan ___ (King Arthur's half-sister) | Patrick Berry |
| MANOFSTEEL | Tue Oct 31, 2000 | Superhero's nickname | Bill Zais |
| NATURALRESOURCE | Fri Sep 26, 1997 | Timber or water, for instance | Chuck Deodene |
| NONMETAL | Thu Apr 30, 2015 | Any of about 18 elements on the periodic table | Herre Schouwerwou |
| OLDSWITCHEROO | Sun Jan 28, 2007 | It may be pulled | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| PEPPERMINTPATTY | Thu Nov 7, 1996 | Friend of Charlie Brown | G. R. Ferguson |
| POOLERS | Fri Oct 16, 1998 | Joint-stock company owners | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROOMSERVICE | Fri Feb 25, 2005 | Hotel amenity | Eric Berlin |
| SATISFACTION | Tue Jul 30, 2013 | Fulfillment ... and #2 on the list | Peter A. Collins |
| SCARIFIES | Sat Sep 21, 1996 | Criticizes severely | R. H. Burns |
| SECONDARIES | Sat Jan 24, 1998 | Football defense groups | Randolph Ross |
| SEEPEDIN | Sat Jun 16, 2012 | Slowly came through | Barry C. Silk |
| SHADOWCABINET | Mon May 23, 2022 | Opposition party group in British politics | Simon Marotte |
| SHAKEON | Sun Mar 17, 2024 | Informally agree to | Simeon Seigel |
| STEMFIELD | Sat Jul 27, 2024 | Astronomy, but not astrology | Barbara Lin and Matthew Stock |
| STOPCOCK | Sat Feb 3, 2007 | Faucet with a rotating plug | Rich Norris |
| STOREMAN | Sat Apr 17, 1999 | Merchant | Jim Page |
| STRESSMARK | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Accent | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STUDIOSINGER | Mon Sep 16, 2019 | Vocalist who doesn't tour | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| TRIEDHARD | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | Gave it one's all | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| TURNOFEVENTS | Thu Mar 17, 2016 | Unforeseen development ... or a feature seen four times in this puzzle's answers? | David Woolf |
| ULTRAHIP | Sun Oct 19, 2014 | Cool and then some | David Phillips |
| UNEDGED | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Boundaryless | Royce Ferguson |
| WAVETHEWHITEFLAG | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| WIFELY | Thu Sep 7, 2000 | Uxorial | Manny Nosowsky |