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 49,983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFREDU | Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Sch. in upstate N.Y. | Frances Hansen |
| ANDME | Sat Oct 12, 1996 | "You ___ both!" | R. Norris |
| AUTOSTRADA | Sun Mar 6, 2016 | Major Italian highway | David J. Kahn |
| BRIARY | Tue Jul 27, 1999 | Like many a rabbit's warren | Alfio Micci |
| BUNNYSUIT | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Easter costume | Jean O'Conor |
| DAREIASK | Sun Jan 4, 2015 | Hesitant start to a question | Finn Vigeland |
| DOLLARDAY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Merchandising event | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DROPINANYTIME | Mon Feb 4, 2008 | "See you again!" | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| EATINGOUT | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | Alternative to a home meal | Kurt Mueller |
| EXSENATORS | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Obama and Clinton, for example | Byron Walden |
| FLAGMAN | Mon May 5, 2014 | Traffic signaler near highway construction | Lynn Lempel |
| FSCOTT | Sun Jul 23, 2000 | ___ Fitzgerald | Patrick Berry |
| GOSHDARNIT | Sat Jan 7, 2023 | "Shoot!" | Adam Aaronson |
| GRAPEFRUITJUICE | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | Breakfast beverage | Allan E. Parrish |
| HARDYBOYS | Tue Sep 26, 2017 | Robust-sounding teens of children's books | Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel |
| HAWAIIANAIR | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Honolulu-based carrier, informally | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |
| LANDFIGHT | Thu Nov 13, 2003 | Danger on the ground | Manny Nosowsky |
| LANDUSERS | Thu Jul 30, 2020 | & 60. Ones whose livelihoods are derived from agriculture or forestry work | Joel Fagliano |
| LIGHTVERSE | Wed May 14, 2025 | Playful poetry | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| LOVELEADSTHEWAY | Sat Mar 18, 1995 | Treacly 1984 Disney movie | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAGICSHOP | Sat Oct 15, 2022 | Tricky spot to be in? | John Hawksley |
| MEANNESS | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Scrooge overcame this | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MENSTENNIS | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Davis Cup competition | Erik Agard |
| NICESAVE | Sat Jan 9, 2021 | Sarcastic response to backpedaling | Trenton Charlson |
| ONESHOTDEALS | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Some limited-time offers | Ryan McCarty |
| ONETOOFEW | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Not quite enough | John Westwig |
| PANTSED | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | De-briefed? | Ryan McCarty |
| POSTRACIAL | Fri Jun 22, 2018 | Like a society in which people are said to be colorblind | Andrew Kingsley |
| PRIMORDIAL | Sat Jun 21, 2003 | First created | Dana Motley |
| RECTANGULARPRISM | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Stick of butter, geometrically | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| ROMANGLADIATOR | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Prizefighter in a Parisian novel? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHUTMYBIGMOUTH | Sun May 8, 1994 | 1942 Joe E. Brown comedy | Ralph G. Beaman |
| SINGULAR | Tue Dec 22, 2015 | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62-Across | Tom McCoy |
| TANNERIES | Tue Feb 17, 2015 | They convert hides to leather | Bruce Haight |
| TAPEWORMS | Wed Jun 12, 2002 | Make a video about lowlifes? | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| THELASTHURRAH | Wed Nov 26, 2008 | 1958 Spencer Tracy film ... and a hint to 20-, 30- and 39-Across | Harvey Estes |
| TURNEVIL | Fri Feb 4, 2022 | Stop working for good? | Joseph Greenbaum |
| WORLDMAPS | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Some classroom wall hangings | Matthew Trout |
| WRITEUP | Fri Mar 30, 2001 | Newspaper report | Manny Nosowsky |
| YAKUZA | Tue Nov 14, 2000 | Japanese gangster group | Brendan Emmett Quigley |