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 50,472 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANS | Sun Jul 26, 1998 | "It's ___ World" ('62 sitcom) | Richard Silvestri |
| BUCKSFORAPROMOTION | Sun Oct 7, 2001 | Corporate bribe? | Patrick Berry |
| BUMSAROUND | Tue Mar 11, 2014 | Idles | Mel Rosen |
| BUNGEEJUMP | Fri Oct 6, 2023 | Take a big, daring leap | Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper |
| CALLSIGN | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Station identification | Kevin G. Der |
| CANDYCANES | Fri Dec 25, 2015 | Four things represented visually in this puzzle's grid | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| CHANGEDIRECTION | Mon Oct 20, 2008 | Take a new path ... or a hint to 20-, 36-, 41- and 57-Across | Daniel Raymon |
| CLASSICCAR | Sat Mar 8, 2025 | Thunderbird, e.g. | Joe Deeney |
| CLIMBED | Mon Aug 28, 1995 | Ascended | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DUTYFREESHOP | Fri Jun 3, 2022 | Non-taxing part of airline travel? | Robyn Weintraub |
| ELITESQUAD | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | SWAT team or Navy SEAL group, e.g. | Jeremy Newton |
| GLORIOUSLY | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | How one might emerge with a victory | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| HAPPYEASTER | Tue Aug 7, 2018 | Spring greeting | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| HASTED | Sun Mar 27, 2005 | Moved swiftly, in older usage | Con Pederson |
| HAVENOTS | Sat Apr 1, 2017 | The poor | Howard Barkin |
| HELPDESKS | Thu Oct 11, 2007 | Computer technicians' positions | E. J. Platt |
| JIMMIECRACKCORN | Mon Jun 3, 2002 | Repeated lyric in a children's song | Gregory E. Paul |
| JRR | Mon Mar 2, 2020 | ___ Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| KIXX | Sat Sep 6, 2008 | Aptly named Philadelphia indoor soccer team | Barry C. Silk |
| LEONIDAS | Fri Apr 30, 1999 | Defender of Thermopylae | Pat M. Hugel |
| LOVEYDOVEY | Mon Aug 28, 1995 | Really affectionate | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MASSASOIT | Sun Dec 27, 1998 | Chief who negotiated peace with the Pilgrims | Rich Norris |
| MUTILATES | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | Tears up | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| ONASIDENOTE | Fri Jun 17, 2022 | "Incidentally ..." | Pao Roy |
| ORANGISH | Sun Dec 26, 2004 | Like ocher | Hal Turner |
| OUTPATIENT | Tue Nov 26, 2002 | One getting same-day medical service, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PINIONS | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Steering system components | Patrick Berry |
| SCHOOLER | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | High ___ | David J. Kahn |
| SEATOFTHEPANTS | Fri Dec 26, 2014 | Based on instinct and guesswork | Patrick Berry |
| SITTINGIN | Sun Feb 5, 2023 | Auditing a class, maybe | Jeremy Newton |
| SMALLBUSINESSES | Thu Dec 31, 2020 | Local economy makeup ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | David J. Kahn |
| SMALLERHALF | Mon Sep 16, 2002 | Pie cutter's oxymoron | Roy Leban |
| THELATELAMENTED | Fri Jul 18, 1997 | Descriptive words of honor | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TINGLED | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | Was excited | Norma Steinberg |
| TOBEGINWITH | Thu Jul 16, 1998 | End of the query | Kelly Clark |
| TOGGERY | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | Duds | Joe DiPietro |
| VENDORS | Sat Dec 7, 2013 | Street fair lineup | James Mulhern |
| WAKEISLAND | Tue Sep 7, 2004 | Point between Hawaii and Guam | Sarah Keller |
| YOKER | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | One who teams up oxen | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ZARQAWI | Fri May 18, 2007 | Noted terrorist killed in June 2006 | David Quarfoot |