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 50,744 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINTNOSUNSHINE | Tue May 13, 2014 | 1971 Bill Withers hit | Tracy Gray |
| ALKY | Thu Dec 16, 2010 | Boozer | Charles Deber |
| ALLSAINTSCHURCH | Tue Oct 31, 2017 | Building where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were posted | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BEVIN | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | British Labor leader Ernest | Frances Hansen |
| BLUEEYED | Sat Feb 10, 2001 | Like most Norwegians | Rich Norris |
| CHARTERED | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Leased | Bob Klahn |
| CHRISTMASDINNER | Wed Dec 25, 1996 | Convivial holiday affair | N. S. Ross |
| DEFERSTO | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | Humbly goes along with | Michael Ashley |
| DOASTHEROMANSDO | Fri May 24, 1996 | Adapt, in a way | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| FINGERPRINTS | Sun Aug 12, 2001 | They may get a dusting | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| GOESHARD | Sun May 4, 2025 | Gives one's all | Brandon Koppy |
| IFEELYOURPAIN | Mon May 12, 1997 | Classic Bill Clinton phrase | Hugh Davis |
| INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL | Sun Apr 20, 2008 | Head of a special government inquiry | John Farmer |
| INFLIGHTMAGAZINE | Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Publication where this puzzle might be found | Sande Milton |
| LACUNAE | Sun Oct 2, 2011 | Unfilled spaces | Eric Berlin |
| LAZYSUNDAY | Mon May 30, 2016 | Relaxing time after church, say | David Woolf |
| LEIFERS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Funny Carol and family | Joe Krozel |
| MOVIEPREMIERES | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | B-, DATE, LIFETIME, SILENT? | Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu |
| NINEMILE | Sun Nov 18, 2001 | Utah's ___ Canyon | Jim Page |
| OHCALCUTTA | Fri Aug 9, 2013 | Broadway musical with two exclamation points in its name | Patrick Berry |
| ONONESKNEES | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Begging | Manny Nosowsky |
| ORANGY | Fri Oct 13, 1995 | Like ocher | Charles E. Gersch |
| PABSTBLUERIBBON | Tue Jun 3, 2014 | Brand with the tagline "Established in Milwaukee 1844" | Susan Gelfand |
| PARKED | Fri Nov 11, 2016 | Staying put | Damon Gulczynski |
| PHOSPHORESCENCE | Sat Sep 16, 1995 | Ignis fatuus, e.g. | Bryant White |
| RAMBLINROSE | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | Wine that causes incoherent talk? | Fred Piscop |
| REMAINSAT | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | Doesn't leave | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| REVERENDSPOONER | Mon Nov 13, 2000 | Famous 52-Across | Peter Gordon |
| ROBERTHAYS | Tue Sep 19, 1995 | "Airplane!" and "Airplane II" actor | Janet R. Bender |
| SAVEENERGY | Thu Oct 28, 2004 | Turn off unneeded lights, e.g. | Richard Chisholm |
| SETSMILE | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Fixed beam? | Manny Nosowsky |
| SETSOFTONGS | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Items used by barkeepers, barbecuers and blacksmiths | Byron Walden |
| SITBESIDE | Sat May 28, 2011 | Neighbor in the bleachers, say | David Quarfoot |
| SKODA | Tue Jan 3, 2017 | Czech-made auto that's part of the Volkswagen Group | Michael Shteyman |
| SOFTTOUCH | Mon Nov 19, 2007 | One who'll easily lend money for a hard-luck story | Lynn Lempel |
| TAKEMYMONEY | Sat Oct 21, 2023 | "I HAVE to have this — whatever it costs" | Kelly Morenus |
| TXT | Wed Oct 20, 2021 | Palindromic alternative to .exe | David W. Tuffs |
| UMBERS | Sun Nov 24, 2002 | Brown pigments | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
| UPANDQUIT | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Abruptly resign | Byron Walden |
| VAMPIREINBROOKLYN | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | 1995 Eddie Murphy film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |