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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRFORCEBASE | Tue Aug 20, 2024 | Fighter jet's landing spot | Sam Buchbinder |
| ARTICLEVII | Sun May 6, 2012 | End of the main part of the Constitution | Alex Vratsanos |
| BAWDIER | Fri Mar 30, 2001 | More off-color | Manny Nosowsky |
| BICKER | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Trade cross words | Byron Walden |
| BIOFUEL | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Algae, at times | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| CONNIVESAGAINST | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Secretly plots to harm | Joe Krozel |
| DAISYMILLER | Wed Jan 13, 2010 | Henry James heroine | Kevan Choset |
| DAVES | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DAYSAILS | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Eschews overnight shipping? | Erik Agard |
| FRIARY | Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Brother's place | Daniel A. Finan |
| FROZEUP | Thu Dec 23, 1999 | Suddenly stopped working | Joe DiPietro |
| GAMERRAGE | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | Cause of a tossed joystick, maybe | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| GOESUPANDDOWN | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | What each group of shaded words in this puzzle does | Patrick Berry |
| GORGEOUS | Sat Feb 4, 2023 | Dazzling | Kate Hawkins |
| GOTOELEVEN | Mon Aug 14, 2023 | Step 1: Exceed the limit à la Spinal Tap | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| GRUBBER | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Scrounging sort | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| HARBORMASTERS | Fri Jul 14, 2017 | Pier group? | Patrick Berry |
| HORSEWITHNONAME | Tue Nov 29, 2022 | Desert wanderer's mount in a 1972 hit by America | David Rockow |
| HUSKER | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Hawkeye rival, briefly | Peter A. Collins |
| JORDACHE | Tue Sep 18, 2018 | Clothing brand with a horse head logo | Greg Johnson |
| MYSIN | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Classic fragrance sold in France as Mon Péché | Kurt Mueller |
| OLDASTIME | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Ancient | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| OUTCLASSED | Sat Mar 2, 2024 | Put to shame, say | Natan Last |
| PUNISHER | Sun Nov 17, 2002 | Spanker, e.g. | Richard and Judith Martin |
| PUTTEES | Sat Feb 7, 2026 | Woolen leggings, as worn by W.W. I soldiers | Mark Diehl |
| RAISINGARIZONA | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | 1987 Nicolas Cage/Holly Hunter film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SMELLOUT | Mon Feb 13, 2006 | Detect with the nose | Janet R. Bender |
| STEAGALL | Tue Jan 26, 2021 | Glass-___ (1933 banking legislation, informally) | Peter Gordon |
| STRIPPEDBARE | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Ca____t | Joe Krozel |
| TECLA | Fri Sep 18, 1998 | Santa ___, El Salvador | Frank Longo |
| TESSELATE | Fri Feb 16, 2001 | Checkered | Bob Klahn |
| TIGERSMILK | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | Nutrition bar introduced in the 1960s | Joe DiPietro |
| TODAYSNEWSPAPER | Fri Apr 8, 1994 | You're looking at it | David A. Rosen |
| TRAINRIDE | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Track event? | Patrick Merrell |
| TVQUIZSHOW | Sat May 22, 2004 | Possible source of big winnings | Mark Diehl |
| TWOMINUTEWARNING | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Caution when boiling a 60-Down? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| UNMEET | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | Not seemly | Tom McCoy |
| VIOLINCONCERTOS | Sun May 3, 2009 | Five works of Mozart [Rhode Island] | Caleb Madison |
| WEDDINGCEREMONY | Thu Mar 31, 1994 | It sounds right | Mark Diehl |
| XXXRATINGS | Wed Jan 14, 2015 | 30 consumer reviews? | Caleb Emmons |