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 50,594 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACV | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Hovercraft, for short | Daniel R. Stark |
| APPETIZER | Sat Sep 22, 2018 | Eats before dinner? | Sam Trabucco |
| ARTESIANWELLS | Sat Feb 4, 1995 | High-pressure springs | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOREDTODEATH | Sat May 13, 2023 | Yawning incessantly, say | Spencer Leach |
| BROADWAYFLOP | Sun Nov 17, 1996 | TURKEY | N. N. Joline |
| DUSTBIN | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Refuse receptacle | Mark Feldman |
| EASYJOB | Mon Sep 2, 2024 | Gravy train gig | Sala Wanetick and Emily Biegas |
| EYEROLLS | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | "What-EVER" reactions | Robyn Weintraub |
| FACTORIES | Sat Aug 27, 2022 | Where jobs may be on the line | Andrew Linzer |
| HEIGHHOS | Thu Jan 18, 2024 | Cheery refrains from the Seven Dwarfs | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
| HITANDMISS | Fri Apr 14, 2006 | Not reliable | James E. Buell |
| HITMAKER | Tue Mar 8, 2022 | Successful singer or producer of popular music | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| IOWAY | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's "All I Owe ___" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ITSNICETOBEHERE | Fri Oct 3, 2003 | "I'm glad I came" | Manny Nosowsky |
| LEAVESALOOPHOLE | Fri Oct 22, 1999 | Provides means of escape | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| LIMITEDEDITIONS | Tue Oct 28, 1997 | Bibliophile's treasures | Bernice Gordon |
| NEWTONSLAW | Sat Oct 29, 2005 | Movement explainer | Joe DiPietro |
| OHYESIDO | Sat Apr 25, 2015 | Emphatic rebuttal | James Mulhern |
| PANTSROLE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Term for a male opera character played by a woman | Ryan McCarty |
| PITHIEST | Wed Sep 10, 2003 | Most succinct | Patrick Berry |
| PLOTDEVICE | Fri Jul 29, 2022 | Red herring, for one | Robyn Weintraub |
| POTDISPENSARY | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Joint that sells joints | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| RAGEQUITS | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Angrily stops playing a game, in modern parlance | Andy Kravis |
| RARITE | Sat Aug 26, 2006 | Something not often seen in France | Henry Hook |
| REGENERATION | Sun Jan 19, 2020 | Remarkable ability of a starfish | Victor Barocas |
| REVALUE | Sun Nov 6, 2016 | Adjust, as a currency | Joe DiPietro |
| ROOFTOPGARDEN | Wed Nov 21, 2001 | Urban luxury | M. Francis Vuolo |
| SHOPVAC | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | Woodworker's device, informally | Mark Diehl |
| TAKEAREST | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | "Catch your breath" | Natan Last |
| TEEHEED | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Tittered | David J. Kahn |
| TUMBLR | Sat Apr 23, 2016 | Blogging site owned by Yahoo | Paolo Pasco |
| TURBOJET | Fri May 3, 2019 | Powerful engine | Trenton Charlson |
| TVTABLES | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | Foldable furniture | R. Ross |
| UPFAKE | Mon Mar 7, 2022 | Pretend shot, in basketball lingo | Sam Acker |
| VERGING | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | On the brink | Charles Deber |
| VOLUMIZER | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Salon product for flat hair | Trip Payne |
| WBOSON | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Subatomic particle named for the weak force | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| WEIGHTLOSS | Thu Dec 28, 2000 | Fast result? | Manny Nosowsky |
| WHITS | Sat Mar 15, 2003 | Minuscule amounts | Adam Cohen |
| WONGS | Sun Aug 24, 1997 | Hollywood's B. D. and Anna May | Michael S. Maurer |