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 51,002 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTICOLONIALIST | Sat Sep 23, 2023 | Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi | Robert Charlton |
| APAREJO | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | Mexican packsaddle | Rand H. Burns |
| AQUANAUT | Thu May 8, 2025 | One doing some deep-sea exploration | Dan Caprera |
| BUSYDAY | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | When there are lots of errands to run, say | Barry C. Silk |
| CASELIST | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | Lawyer's roster | Trip Payne |
| CHURCHWARDEN | Mon Sep 17, 2007 | Bell ringer | Sarah Keller |
| CRABBALLS | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Shellfish hors d'oeuvres | Jean O'Conor |
| DECAMPS | Sun Feb 20, 1994 | Leaves | Harvey Estes |
| DRYEYE | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Sign of impassiveness | Frank A. Longo |
| EDINBORO | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Pennsylvania university that's home to the Fighting Scots | Andrew Zhou |
| EGOSURFING | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Immodest Googling | Rich Norris |
| FERRYTERMINAL | Wed Mar 3, 2004 | End of a line | Mark Diehl |
| FORTYYARDDASH | Tue Feb 12, 2013 | Test at a football tryout | Dan Schoenholz |
| FURIOSA | Sun Jun 17, 2018 | Charlize Theron's role in 2015's "Mad Max" reboot | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| GETSAHIT | Fri Aug 19, 2005 | Singles, e.g. | David Liben-Nowell |
| GIMEL | Fri Jun 27, 2014 | Dreidel letter | Peter A. Collins |
| GOODTASTE | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Opposite of kitsch | Robyn Weintraub |
| HEYERDAHL | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Noted explorer of Polynesia | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| HOOHAHS | Wed Sep 10, 2014 | Big kerfuffles | Jim Peredo |
| JEANSHEPHERD | Thu Jan 26, 1995 | "The Ferrari in the Bedroom" author | A.J. Santora |
| KEEPDRY | Mon Mar 12, 2007 | Sign for a recovering alcoholic? | Kevin Der |
| LEMONYELLOW | Tue Jan 19, 2021 | *Bygone Crayola color | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| LETSGETONIT | Sat Mar 2, 2019 | "People, we have work to do!" | Peter A. Collins |
| LOGBOOKS | Mon Jul 17, 2000 | Ships' records | Mitch Komro |
| MADEFREE | Sat Jun 23, 2001 | Took liberties (with) | David J. Kahn |
| NAPERER | Thu Nov 25, 1993 | Officer in charge of the king's table linen | Joy L. Wouk |
| NOLANS | Thu Feb 6, 2014 | Director Christopher and actor Lloyd | Joe Krozel |
| POPLARS | Sat Feb 7, 1998 | Rocky Mountain trees | Frank Longo |
| PRESSPOUND | Tue Sep 7, 2021 | Last step in telephone instructions, often | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SCOOCH | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Move (over) | Amsay Ezersky |
| SECONDLINE | Fri Nov 11, 2022 | Dance section of a 33-Across brass-band parade | Brooke Husic and Erik Agard |
| SHEERTERROR | Fri Nov 5, 1999 | Cause of freezing, perhaps | Mark Diehl |
| SKYSCAPE | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | Picture that shows you what's up? | Patrick Berry |
| SLENDERER | Sat Apr 12, 2003 | Relatively rawboned | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SOVETSK | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Russian city on the Neman | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| STREWER | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Scatterer | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEUPRIGHTS | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Untackled players? | Patrick Merrell |
| TURNSOVER | Fri Jan 26, 1996 | Transfers | M. Nosowsky |
| UPFORANYTHING | Tue Mar 21, 2006 | Game | Levi Denham |
| YUMMIEST | Tue Feb 29, 2000 | Most tasty | Peter Gordon |