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 50,260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADBLITZES | Tue Mar 26, 2019 | Intense promotional campaigns | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ALERTMIND | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | Clear thinker's asset | Raymond C. Young |
| ASYOUPLEASE | Tue Aug 6, 2024 | "Any option is fine by me" | Daniel Raymon |
| COMPOSITION | Sun Apr 16, 1995 | 20-Across, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| CRISISPOINT | Sun Apr 15, 2007 | Do-or-die time | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CUTSONESTEETHON | Fri Sep 7, 2012 | Learns by doing | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DRESSUNIFORM | Thu Oct 4, 2012 | Ceremonial military outfit | Bill Thompson |
| DRYASABONE | Sat Jul 30, 2005 | Very, very thirsty | Sherry O. Blackard |
| EDES | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Early American patriot and journalist Benjamin | F. Longo |
| FANCLUBS | Thu Nov 19, 2015 | Zine distributors, perhaps | Andrew Zhou |
| FIGHTOFOURLIVES | Thu Jan 25, 2007 | Bill Moyers speech on income inequality in America, with "The" | Manny Nosowsky |
| FORHEAVENSSAKE | Thu Apr 20, 2017 | Why Japanese tipplers anticipate the afterlife? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| FORMULAS | Thu Jul 15, 2010 | After 66-Across, marketing gimmicks | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer |
| GEICOGECKO | Wed Feb 12, 2025 | Lizard mascot with a Cockney accent | Philip Koski |
| GETDOWNPAT | Thu May 29, 2008 | Master | John Farmer |
| GIVESPERMISSION | Wed Oct 25, 2017 | Allows | Jules P. Markey |
| HALFINCH | Thu Sep 21, 2023 | Length just over one centimeter | Dan Caprera |
| IRREVERSIBLE | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | Impossible to change | Nancy Salomon |
| LAVENDER | Fri Jan 17, 2014 | Herb whose name is derived from the Latin for "to wash" | Kevin G. Der |
| LIZPHAIR | Thu Nov 24, 2005 | Female rocker with the 2003 hit "Why Can't I?" | Michael Shteyman |
| LUISFONSI | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube | Dan Caprera |
| MALICIOUSINTENT | Thu Dec 28, 1995 | Like mosquitoes at a camp? | Cathy Millhauser |
| MESSIAHCOMPLEX | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Belief in one's role as a savior | Natan Last |
| NOAPOLOGIES | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | "Stop complaining. I didn't do anything wrong" | Robert Logan |
| NOPQR | Sat Jan 15, 2000 | MS contents? | Matt Gaffney |
| PALINISM | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | "Refudiate," e.g. | David Steinberg |
| PENCILCADDY | Tue Oct 24, 2006 | Desktop container | Gail Grabowski |
| REHOUSE | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | Provide change in quarters? | Paolo Pasco |
| SHORTSTORY | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | WATERFALL ___ BOOK CLUB | Greg Staples |
| SPONGEMOP | Sat May 30, 2020 | Tile-cleaning tool | Brian Thomas |
| STRESSEAT | Sat Jun 29, 2024 | Down during difficult times? | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| SUNDRIEDTOMATO | Sun Mar 13, 2016 | Ingredient that's been left out? | Tom McCoy |
| SURELYNOT | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Emphatic rejection | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| THEFLY | Sun Oct 1, 2000 | ...sci-fi flick? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| THEYREGRRRRREAT | Mon Apr 14, 2014 | Endorsement from Tony the Tiger | Gareth Bain |
| TOOKATOLLON | Tue Mar 12, 2019 | Affected adversely, physically or psychologically | Jules Markey |
| TRAMPAS | Thu Dec 27, 2001 | "The Virginian" role | Patrick Berry |
| WALKDONTRUN | Thu Nov 4, 1999 | 1960 hit by the Ventures | Matthew Lees |
| WALKTHEDOG | Mon Jun 23, 2014 | Do a chore with a pet | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YOUREONMUTE | Thu Dec 14, 2023 | Oft-used phrase during Zoom meetings … or the reason for the misunderstandings at 17-, 26-, 50- and 60-Across? | Esha Datta |