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 50,435 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRWOMEN | Fri Aug 18, 2017 | Amelia Earhart and others | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ALWAYSONMYMIND | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | 1982 Willie Nelson hit | Henry Hook |
| AMCHITKA | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | One of the Aleutians | Stanley Newman |
| ANTIQUES | Wed Mar 22, 2023 | Many treasured heirlooms | Madeline Kaplan |
| BARBRAWL | Sat Dec 26, 2009 | Shots after shots? | Kevin G. Der |
| BETAWARDS | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Annual honors celebrating African American achievement | Ryan McCarty |
| BIRDFLU | Wed Dec 4, 2019 | H5N1, by another name | Evan Mahnken |
| BUCKSKIN | Tue Jan 3, 2006 | Family for Pearl? | Lynn Lempel |
| CXII | Thu Aug 9, 2012 | Roman 112 | Joe Krozel |
| DEADLINES | Mon Oct 28, 2024 | "Submit by" dates | Michael Lieberman |
| DOEUVRES | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Hors ___ | Joe Krozel |
| ECHOISM | Sat Sep 20, 2025 | Self-effacing personality trait | Katie Hoody |
| FOURMINUTEMILER | Mon Aug 31, 2009 | Roger Bannister was the first | Fred Piscop |
| GETNASTY | Thu May 7, 2020 | Turn malicious | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins |
| GRADATE | Fri Jan 14, 2005 | Make a subtle transformation, as in color | Manny Nosowsky |
| GRENADINE | Sun Apr 18, 1999 | Mai tai ingredient | Frank Longo |
| JUSTOUT | Mon Jun 7, 2010 | Hot off the press | Lynn Lempel |
| KIBBLES | Sat Feb 2, 2019 | Dog and cat food | David Steinberg |
| LANDDEAL | Tue May 27, 2003 | Large real estate purchase | PAtrick MErrell |
| LEVELEDOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Stabilized | Mark Diehl |
| MORECOWBELL | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Classic line from the Blue Öyster Cult sketch on "S.N.L." | Johanna Fenimore |
| OLIVETTI | Mon Jan 28, 2019 | Classic typewriter brand | Thomas van Geel |
| OOFY | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | Rich, in slang | Brad Wilber |
| PLANTSITTER | Sat Jun 22, 2024 | Temporary water provider | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| RECOMPENSE | Fri Feb 4, 2000 | Payback | Dana Motley |
| RINGSOUT | Fri Dec 8, 1995 | Peals | Frances Hansen |
| ROCKETS | Tue Mar 26, 2019 | Houston N.B.A. team | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SALZBURGAUSTRIA | Sun Mar 1, 2015 | Setting of 118-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| SILVERWINGS | Tue May 23, 2000 | Classic 1969 Merle Haggard song | Monica Krausse |
| SOCIALCHAIR | Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Party leadership? | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| SOMETHINGWICKED | Mon Sep 10, 2012 | Start of a Ray Bradbury title ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| TAKEACHANCEONME | Wed Sep 18, 2002 | 1-Across song | David J. Kahn |
| TAKESXRAYS | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Gets under someone's skin? | Tim Croce |
| THATSNOTBAD | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | "I kinda like it!" | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein |
| THEPROMISEDLAND | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | High ground | Patrick Berry |
| THROWASPIRAL | Wed Jun 10, 2020 | Toss the pigskin perfectly | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| TITLEVII | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act concerned with employment discrimination | Byron Walden |
| TRIMNESS | Thu Jan 31, 2013 | Toned quality | Mike Buckley |
| UNTWIST | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Screw off | Jake Bunch |
| YTTERBIUM | Sun Aug 27, 2000 | One of the rare earths | Dana Motley |