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 50,385 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRMAILS | Mon Dec 27, 1993 | Sends quickly | Joel Davajan |
| ALGERIAN | Sun Aug 28, 2005 | Zouave, by birth | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Sun Dec 30, 2001 | Celebratory air | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BABYSPICE | Sat Jun 16, 2012 | Youngest member of a 1990s girl group | Barry C. Silk |
| BANNERDAYS | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Times when everything goes perfectly | Evan Kalish |
| BONDGIRL | Wed Jul 13, 2011 | Maud Adams, twice | Joon Pahk |
| CATCHOFFBALANCE | Wed Nov 22, 2023 | Stagger with unexpected news, maybe | Will Pfadenhauer |
| CHATLINE | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | Many a 900 number | Byron Walden |
| CHIRPER | Sun Feb 6, 2005 | Cricket, at times | Joel Kaplow |
| CONSERVEFUEL | Sun Jun 24, 2012 | Environmentalist's catchphrase | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DECKLE | Sat Jul 4, 2020 | Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edges | Peter Wentz |
| DLC | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for short | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| EIGHTHOURDAY | Wed Feb 6, 2002 | Common shift | Joe DiPietro |
| FALLINGDOWN | Mon Oct 3, 2016 | Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme | Jacob Stulberg |
| GNAWINGAT | Sun Dec 23, 2012 | Really bugging | Joe DiPietro |
| GOLDFIELD | Tue May 1, 2007 | Place to pick up valuable nuggets | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| GOYOUROWNWAY | Mon Jun 14, 2021 | Breakup song by Fleetwood Mac | Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson |
| GRAZERS | Mon Apr 15, 2013 | Sheep, at pasture | Gayle Dean |
| HASTENER | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | One in a rush | Randolph Ross |
| HOOTENANNIES | Thu Oct 31, 2019 | Rural shindigs | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen |
| HUFFINESS | Sun Jun 24, 2018 | Peevish quality | Timothy Polin |
| INNUMERATE | Fri May 20, 2022 | Unable to perform operations | Hal Moore |
| LANDFALL | Wed Jan 16, 2002 | Crow's-nest sighting | Linda Bushman |
| LONGPAUSE | Fri May 27, 2022 | It may be taken for dramatic effect | David Distenfeld |
| MAKEAFIST | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Prepare to give blood, perhaps | Jules P. Markey |
| MALTWHISKEY | Sun Jun 30, 2013 | Dewar's product | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen |
| MICHAELMASDAISY | Wed Jan 23, 2008 | Aster | Henry Hook |
| MXC | Sat May 21, 2011 | Late 11th-century year | Barry C. Silk |
| NOTEBOOK | Thu Mar 20, 2003 | Memoranda keeper | Manny Nosowsky |
| OLDSHOE | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Something comfortable | Randolph Ross |
| OMIO | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | "___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) | David J. Kahn |
| POSTRACIAL | Fri Jun 22, 2018 | Like a society in which people are said to be colorblind | Andrew Kingsley |
| RALLYINGCRY | Thu Nov 29, 2018 | *"Vive la France!" or "Free Tibet!" | Herre Schouwerwou |
| RALPHWALDOEMERSON | Sun Jun 8, 2003 | Poet born in 1803 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RATCH | Wed Apr 11, 2007 | Toothed bar | Bruce Adams |
| ROCKYVI | Sun Apr 18, 2010 | 1986 parody of a Sylvester Stallone film series | Randolph Ross |
| SUNFLOWERS | Thu May 5, 2022 | Classic van Gogh subject | Adam Wagner |
| TULIPTREE | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | Yellow poplar | Patrick Berry |
| UNSUNK | Sat Mar 7, 1998 | Victorious at sea? | Rich Norris |
| WIFIHOTSPOTS | Thu Oct 20, 2005 | Places to get online without plugging in | Manny Nosowsky |