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 50,984 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEYANCE | Sat Jul 10, 1999 | Suspension | Rich Norris |
| CANARYISLANDS | Tue Oct 30, 2001 | Las Palmas locale | Barbara Olson |
| CAPULETS | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | One side in a noted family feud | Garrett Chalfin |
| CARCOMMERCIALS | Fri Sep 11, 2009 | They may convince people to get rides | Caleb Madison |
| CHICANE | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Trick | Frank A. Longo |
| CLUEING | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | Task for a crossword constructor | David Steinberg |
| CONVENE | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Meet | Thomas W. Schier |
| DIGRESSED | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Went off? | Jeff Chen |
| ECTOMOBILE | Sun Jan 8, 2023 | Iconic 1984 movie vehicle that was a combination ambulance/hearse | Wyna Liu |
| EQUALRIGHTSMOVEMENT | Thu Nov 5, 2020 | Organized effort for justice under the law | Jeremy Newton |
| ESPIONAGE | Sat Oct 22, 2005 | Plants engage in it | Patrick Berry |
| FACING | Sun May 23, 1999 | Veneer | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| FAUXDIAMOND | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Blarney stone? | Ryan McCarty |
| FIRESALES | Sun Aug 11, 2013 | "Everything must go" events | Dan Schoenholz |
| FLUSTERED | Mon Sep 7, 1998 | Agitated | Gregory E. Paul |
| GETSAHIT | Fri Aug 19, 2005 | Singles, e.g. | David Liben-Nowell |
| GOTHUNGUPON | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Couldn't stop obsessing about | Patrick Berry |
| HIGHKICKS | Thu Aug 8, 2019 | *Can components | Timothy Polin |
| HOURANGLE | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Measurement in a celestial coordinate system | Erik Agard |
| LACONIA | Tue Apr 19, 1994 | Sparta was its capital | Bob Sefick |
| LICKSUP | Sun Jul 24, 1994 | Laps | Matt Gaffney |
| LIECHTENSTEINER | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Alpine native | Joe Krozel |
| LOUFERRIGNO | Mon Aug 27, 2012 | He played the Hulk on 1970s-'80s TV | Michael Farabaugh |
| MAINPROTAGONIST | Mon May 29, 2000 | Leading character, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| MERGELEFT | Thu Oct 6, 2022 | What you might have to do for some highway construction ... or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme | Simeon Seigel |
| MILETIME | Wed Mar 22, 2023 | Important number for a middle-distance runner | Madeline Kaplan |
| NOTSAFEFORWORK | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | At risk of being offensive | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| ONEDIMENSIONAL | Thu May 22, 2003 | Like a line | Dan Reichert |
| PACHELBEL | Thu Nov 10, 2005 | Canon composer | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| PLAYEDALONGSHOT | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The daring pool shark ... | RIchard Hughes |
| PODCASTING | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | Modern media form | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REDCARD | Thu Mar 15, 2018 | Soccer penalty indicator | Joe DiPietro |
| ROOMIEST | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Least cramped | Emily Carroll |
| ROULEAU | Sun Aug 30, 1998 | Roll of coins | John Wolting |
| SAMSHU | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | Chinese liquor | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SCHMUCKS | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Jerks | Byron Walden |
| SLICEDANDDICED | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | Broke down for careful analysis | Lewis Dean Hyatt |
| TAMPERED | Sat Feb 14, 2015 | Fooled (with) | David Steinberg |
| THEBLACKDAHLIA | Mon Nov 12, 2007 | "Floral" film of 2006 with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson | Harvey Estes |
| TOOLSETS | Sun Aug 14, 2016 | Some True Value purchases | Ian Livengood |