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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALANREED | Fri Oct 21, 1994 | TV voice of Fred Flintstone | Mark Diehl |
| ANTNESTS | Thu Sep 23, 2021 | Colonies construct them | Simeon Seigel |
| APPREHEND | Sun Jul 20, 1997 | Collar | Rich Norris |
| BENEATHCONTEMPT | Wed Jan 27, 2021 | Despicable ... or where this answer goes? | Mike Knobler |
| CAMOUFLAGENET | Tue Nov 9, 2004 | Hunter concealer | Robert Dillman |
| CANNONBALLRUN | Wed Apr 3, 2013 | 1981 Burt Reynolds movie, with "The" | Gary Cee |
| CEDILLAS | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Signs of softness | Patrick Berry |
| CLOUDLIKE | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Nebulous | Byron Walden |
| CRUDEOIL | Fri Jul 25, 2014 | Tanker's tankful | Peter A. Collins |
| DECAFORDER | Thu Jul 1, 1999 | Light and sweet, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DRIVETHROUGH | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Option at many a fast-food restaurant | Benjamin Kramer |
| EBONYEYES | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | 1961 top 10 hit for the Everly Brothers | Barry C. Silk |
| FEEBLY | Sat Jan 20, 2001 | Without much power | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FRONTOFTHELINE | Mon Jul 20, 2020 | Where someone who goes next is standing | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FUNSIZE | Fri Nov 19, 2021 | Smaller than usual, endearingly | John Hawksley |
| FUZZYNAVEL | Fri Jul 26, 2019 | Cocktail made from peach schnapps and orange juice | Trenton Charlson |
| GENTLEWOMEN | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Leis? | Frances Hansen |
| GRANULATEDSUGAR | Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Baking ingredient, maybe | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HERBIVORE | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Before midnight: Sloth, e.g. | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| JEOPARDOUS | Sun Mar 27, 2016 | Risky | Patrick Blindauer |
| MARCECKO | Thu Oct 4, 2018 | Fashion designer whose namesake brand features a rhinoceros in its logo | Joon Pahk |
| NIHILISTIC | Mon Aug 12, 2013 | *Believing in nothing | Daniel Raymon |
| NINTHTEE | Sat Jun 10, 2017 | Spot almost halfway through a course | Mark Diehl |
| NOONION | Thu Nov 11, 2010 | *Specification in a burger order, maybe [270 degrees] | Andrew Zhou |
| OTTOPREMINGER | Tue Mar 8, 2016 | "Anatomy of a Murder" director | David Steinberg |
| POPPYSEEDS | Mon Aug 19, 2013 | Tiny bagel flavorers | Jean O'Conor |
| RUTGERS | Tue Apr 15, 2008 | Home of the Scarlet Knights | Ken Bessette |
| SANKAPUTT | Sun Apr 10, 2022 | Finished the golf hole | David W. Tuffs |
| SELLSOUT | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Fills all the seats for | Joe Krozel |
| SENDFORTH | Tue Nov 29, 2016 | Discharge | Jacob Stulberg |
| SETTOMUSIC | Sun Apr 15, 2018 | Soundtrack for a brawl? | Alex Bajcz |
| SNOWFLAKE | Tue Feb 13, 2001 | Six-sided figure | Michael Shteyman |
| SPEAKTOOSOON | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | Say something before immediately being proven wrong | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| STEEPGRADE | Thu Feb 14, 2019 | GET SPEARED | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| STUNSAILS | Fri Nov 29, 1996 | They give a ship increased speed | B. White |
| THEWITCHINGHOUR | Mon Oct 20, 2014 | Midnight | Patrick Blindauer |
| THRACIANS | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | Allies of the Trojans in the "Iliad" | Kevan Choset |
| ULTRAVIOLETRAYS | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Harmful bits of sunlight | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| WILDSWINE | Tue Dec 7, 1999 | Boar | Norman S. Wizer |
| ZELDAFITZGERALD | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | "Save Me the Waltz" novelist, 1932 | Byron Walden |