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 50,470 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLUE | Tue Sep 29, 1998 | Once in ___ moon | Thomas W. Schier |
| ALLTOOEASY | Fri Dec 1, 2023 | A real piece of cake | Jem Burch |
| ALTRIA | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Parent company of Philip Morris | Ryan McCarty |
| AMELIABLOOMER | Thu Aug 26, 2004 | 19th-century dress reformer who advocated 20-Across | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| ANISSA | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | Child actress Jones of "Family Affair" | Jason Flinn |
| APPASSIONATA | Wed Mar 6, 1996 | #23 | N. S. Ross |
| BOOTLACES | Sun Oct 17, 1999 | Producers of tieups at work? | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| CARDOORS | Tue Aug 30, 2011 | Nowadays they usually have power locks and windows | Bernice Gordon |
| CORNIEST | Thu Oct 17, 2019 | Like the worst dad joke | Randolph Ross |
| COUPON | Mon Nov 6, 2023 | Shopper's clipping | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| DIALLED | Tue Apr 9, 2019 | Phoned, to Brits | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DIESES | Fri May 25, 2007 | Double daggers, in printing | Mike Nothnagel |
| ENCHANTEDISLAND | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | Puerto Rico, affectionately, with "the" | Gary Cee |
| ENTERIC | Sat Feb 6, 2021 | Intestine-related | Kameron Austin Collins |
| EXTRAMAYO | Thu Oct 20, 2022 | Sandwich order specification | Rebecca Goldstein |
| GASOLINETAX | Thu Apr 2, 2009 | Levy at a BP or 69-Across station | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GERIATRICS | Sun Oct 12, 2003 | Old medicine? | David J. Kahn |
| GOODANSWER | Mon Dec 25, 2023 | "Your response is what I hoped you'd say" | Amie Walker |
| GREAVES | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Shin armor | Michael Schlossberg |
| GRESCORE | Sun Oct 29, 2017 | Fig. on a master's application | Ross Trudeau |
| HANSOMCAB | Sat Nov 18, 2000 | Central Park sight | Rich Norris |
| HAUNTEDHOUSE | Mon Aug 14, 2000 | Where to get scared | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| HITBACK | Fri Mar 1, 2019 | Retaliate | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HUDDIE | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | ___ Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly | Katie Hale |
| IWANTIT | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | "Gimme" | Byron Walden |
| JACKAL | Wed Apr 7, 2010 | Follower who does the dirty work | Richard Silvestri |
| KNEESUP | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | British dance party | Patrick Berry |
| MERRYWIDOWWALTZ | Wed Feb 5, 1997 | Lehar work, with "The" | J. Schmalzbach |
| MUSICALPIECES | Fri Aug 10, 2007 | Compositions | Patrick Berry |
| POTENTIALCONSEQUENCES | Sun May 12, 2013 | With 44-, 63-, 77- and 93-Across, a long-winded piece of advice | David J. Kahn |
| ROYALSEAL | Thu Feb 9, 2012 | *It may bear a coat of arms | Kevin G. Der |
| SHIFTINGPARADIGMS | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | Effecting fundamental changes to perceptions | Hanh Huynh |
| SNACKTRAY | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Place for cookies or popcorn | Rich Norris |
| SPITSOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2014 | Quickly produces in great quantity | Josh Knapp |
| STICKYSITUATIONS | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Imbroglios | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| TELETYPES | Sat Dec 17, 2011 | Fax forerunners | Tom Heilman |
| THEOX | Sat May 1, 2021 | 2021 Chinese zodiac sign | Ryan McCarty |
| TVDETECTIVE | Mon Aug 16, 2010 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| UNADVISED | Thu Mar 17, 2016 | Without consideration | David Woolf |
| ZOOMEDALONG | Tue Oct 4, 2022 | Kept moving quickly | Joe Deeney |