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 50,811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLROADSLEADTOROME | Sun Jul 24, 2022 | Aphorism that's visually depicted five times in this puzzle's grid | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| ANTIPROHIBITION | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | Drive to drink? | Joe Krozel |
| BANNERDAYS | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Times when everything goes perfectly | Evan Kalish |
| BOLDLY | Mon Feb 11, 2013 | How to "go where no man has gone before" | Gary Cee |
| BOMBSHELTER | Mon May 19, 2003 | Survivalist's structure | Trip Payne |
| BUMPSETSPIKE | Wed Jan 8, 2025 | Common volleyball combo ... or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together | Laura Dershewitz |
| BURSAE | Sun Aug 16, 2009 | Holders of body lubricating fluids | Randolph Ross |
| CHICKENWIRE | Thu May 18, 2017 | Coop material | Jacob Stulberg |
| CINCINNATICHILI | Sat Apr 25, 2020 | Regional specialty of southern Ohio | Andrew J. Ries |
| EATFROM | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Use, as a dish | David Woolf |
| EMIGRATES | Thu Aug 15, 1996 | Settles elsewhere | S. B. Whitten |
| ESPRESSOMACHINE | Fri Jan 12, 2001 | Noisy restaurant device | Mark Diehl |
| EVADNE | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Daughter of Poseidon who was the ancestor of a prophetic clan | Derrick Niederman |
| FANCLUBS | Thu Nov 19, 2015 | Zine distributors, perhaps | Andrew Zhou |
| FOLIATE | Mon Oct 1, 2007 | Decorate with leaves | Allan E. Parrish |
| FOURTHOFJULY | Mon Jul 4, 2016 | Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literally | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| HANGUP | Sun Feb 6, 2005 | Show no tolerance to telemarketers | Joel Kaplow |
| HILARYSWANK | Sun Aug 11, 2019 | Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| HUFFED | Mon Nov 19, 2018 | Breathed heavily | Jim Hilger |
| IMTOBLAME | Fri Oct 6, 2023 | "That's on me" | Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper |
| LACKINGSYMMETRY | Wed Jun 27, 2012 | Descriptive of this puzzle's grid | Mike Buckley |
| LOOEY | Fri Feb 10, 1995 | Sarge's superior | Raymond Hamel |
| MACLAINE | Sun Mar 8, 2020 | Best Actress Oscar winner between Streep and Field | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| MANCUB | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" | Joe Deeney |
| ORBITALVELOCITY | Tue Apr 27, 1999 | NASA scientist's concern | Fred Piscop |
| PROBATED | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Proved valid, in a way | Randolph Ross |
| RELAUNCH | Tue Sep 15, 2009 | Second start | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| RUPERTS | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Prince ___ Land (historical Canadian region that drains into Hudson Bay) | Frank Longo |
| SCUBADIVER | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Sort whose business is going way down? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SOMN | Sun Mar 12, 2006 | Sleep: Prefix | Daniel C. Bryant |
| STORAGESPACES | Fri Feb 27, 2015 | Trunks, e.g. | Julian Lim |
| STRONGARMED | Tue Jun 2, 1998 | Bullied | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TASTEOK | Sat Aug 26, 2017 | "How's the food?" | Peter Wentz |
| TERRIBLETRAGEDY | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | Cataclysm | Robert H. Wolfe |
| THESTING | Mon Feb 5, 2007 | 1973 Newman/Redford movie | Joy C. Frank |
| THROWTHEBALL | Wed Aug 4, 2004 | Hand raiser's cry | Raymond Hamel |
| URBANER | Sat May 14, 2005 | Relatively polished | Bob Peoples |
| WATCHTHECLOCK | Mon May 14, 2012 | Impatiently endure passing time | John Dunn |
| WORDUP | Tue Apr 26, 2016 | "Amen to that!" | Finn Vigeland |
| XLTEESHIRTS | Wed Jan 14, 2015 | 40 concert souvenirs? | Caleb Emmons |