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 50,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEROBATIC | Sat Sep 28, 2013 | Like stunt pilots' stunts | Joe Krozel |
| AFTERGLOW | Mon May 30, 2011 | Sunset remnant | Michael Barnhart |
| ALGERIANS | Sat Jul 5, 2008 | Modern dwellers in ancient Numidia | Karen M. Tracey |
| ALPHANUMERICS | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | Certain character set ... and a hint to translating this week's final answer | Patrick Blindauer |
| AXIALLY | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | With respect to a graph line, e.g. | Jim Hilger |
| BANKCHARGES | Sun Jul 23, 2023 | Overdraft fees, e.g. | Chandi Deitmer |
| BARMAGNET | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | It has two poles | Timothy Polin |
| BLOWHARDS | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Windbags | Craig Kasper |
| BREWSUP | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | Creates, as trouble | Patrick Berry |
| CHICKENYAKITORI | Mon Jul 12, 2021 | Grilled Japanese dish on skewers | Kevin Christian |
| CIGARAFICIONADO | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | Magazine opposed to the Cuban trade embargo | David Murchie |
| COMMERCECOMET | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | Mickey Mantle's nickname, with "the" | David J. Kahn |
| CORRODING | Sun Dec 4, 2022 | Wearing down | Gustie Owens |
| CRYPTIC | Sun May 26, 2019 | Puzzling | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| DAVECLARK | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | British pop star with more "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances than the Beatles | Ryan McCarty |
| DECIMETERS | Fri May 10, 2019 | There are just over three in a foot | Andrew J. Ries |
| DINESAT | Thu Nov 23, 2017 | Patronizes, in a way | Howard Barkin |
| EFTSOONS | Sun May 14, 1995 | Not long after, in olden times | Richard Silvestri |
| GRADSCHOOL | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | Where you might be given the third degree | Kyle Dolan |
| GRESCORE | Sun Oct 29, 2017 | Fig. on a master's application | Ross Trudeau |
| HARDROLLS | Tue Oct 24, 2006 | Crusty bakery buys | Gail Grabowski |
| HOMEATLAST | Fri Jan 19, 2024 | Words after a long day | Jacob McDermott |
| INDEXER | Sat Sep 6, 2008 | Librarian, at times | Barry C. Silk |
| KINGPHILIP | Wed Jan 24, 1996 | Wampanoag chief who led a 1675-76 war | J. Hess |
| LEONARDMARX | Fri Jan 7, 1994 | Chico, really | Fred Piscop |
| MISTUNE | Fri Jun 5, 2009 | Make a B instead of an A? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MITRES | Thu Dec 4, 1997 | British bishops' headdresses | Eileen Lexau |
| MULTIPLE | Fri Sep 24, 2021 | More than a few | Stella Zawistowski |
| NAIRA | Wed Sep 13, 2000 | Nigerian currency | Jim Morton |
| NESSIES | Sat May 28, 1994 | Loch monsters | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| PANELDISCUSSION | Sun Jun 6, 2004 | Cartoon dialogue? | Patrick Merrell |
| PRIVATELINES | Thu Sep 21, 2017 | *Individual telephone connections | Matt Ginsberg |
| SACREDCOWS | Fri Feb 20, 1998 | They are beyond reproach | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEEACTION | Sat Feb 28, 2004 | Participate in military combat | Byron Walden |
| TAXEXILE | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybe | Paula Gamache |
| THEAYESHAVEIT | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Passing comment? | Jim Peredo |
| TRIALDATES | Thu May 5, 2022 | Judgment days? | Adam Wagner |
| TRIALSEPARATION | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | First step in division? | Byron Walden |
| UNRELATED | Wed Jun 8, 2005 | Like bush pigs and guinea pigs | Richard Chisholm |
| WHATSTHEBIGRUSH | Fri Oct 31, 2008 | "Easy does it!" | Jim Page |