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 50,414 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJOURN | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Stop for now | Matthew Sewell |
| AFACEINTHECROWD | Fri Nov 3, 1995 | 1957 Elia Kazan film | David J. Kahn |
| ATOMIZERS | Thu Aug 18, 2022 | Misters | Adam Wagner |
| BRIEFMOMENT | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Jiffy | Ross Trudeau |
| BURNEDATTHESTAKE | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Punish Mr. Harris in a medieval way? | David Levinson Wilk |
| DIANTHUS | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Plant of the pink family | Craig Kasper |
| FORESAILS | Sun Jun 5, 2005 | They're adjacent to jibs | Patrick Merrell |
| GOTOARESTAURANT | Sun Mar 5, 2023 | Dine out | John-Clark Levin |
| HOPEDFOR | Tue Aug 26, 2014 | Desired | Victor Fleming |
| IMWITHSTUPID | Tue Apr 17, 2012 | [See note] | Milo Beckman |
| INTERMIXES | Wed Oct 19, 1994 | Blends | D.J. Listort |
| LASTSTEP | Fri May 15, 2020 | What to do just before you're done | Christopher Adams |
| LETHERCRY | Sat Mar 26, 2016 | 1995 top 10 hit for Hootie & the Blowfish | Damon Gulczynski |
| LETSERVE | Fri Aug 19, 2022 | It's not your fault | Patrick John Duggan |
| MCTEER | Thu May 9, 2019 | Actress Janet with a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Award | Lewis Rothlein |
| MESAMIS | Sat Mar 1, 2003 | Friendly salutation in France | Randolph Ross |
| MOUNTSHASTA | Sat Jan 15, 2022 | Locale 60 miles south of the California/Oregon border | Sam Ezersky |
| NAVAHOS | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | Hogan dwellers | Henry Hook |
| NODDEDOFF | Sat May 10, 2025 | Didn't make it through the late show, say | Shaun Phillips |
| ONTHEBOARD | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | Helping to manage a nonprofit, say ... or where to find the answers to the starred clues? | Alana Platt |
| PALEBLUE | Sun Jun 8, 2008 | Like forget-me-nots | Will Nediger |
| PRON | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Linguistic stand-in: Abbr. | Rand H. Burns |
| REARSEAT | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Back space? | David J. Kahn |
| REDRESSERS | Fri May 12, 1995 | Robin Hood et al. | Rich Norris |
| REPUTATIONS | Fri Jul 17, 2020 | Names | Rich Proulx |
| STOVERS | Wed Oct 1, 2003 | Livestock feeds | A. J. Santora |
| STREAKING | Sat Aug 6, 2016 | Activity for when there's nothing going on? | David Phillips |
| SUGARRAY | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" | Brandon Koppy |
| TESTTAKING | Fri Mar 21, 2008 | Student activity | Peter A. Collins |
| THEKINGSSPEECH | Wed Jan 13, 2021 | Address by a Sacramento N.B.A. player? | Matthew Stock |
| TOLEDAN | Sat Jun 21, 2014 | El Greco, after age 36 | Brad Wilber and Byron Walden |
| TOTALASSETS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Measures of one's worth | Billy Bratton |
| TRAWLERS | Sun Dec 23, 2012 | Fishing boats | Joe DiPietro |
| TURRETS | Sun Jul 20, 1997 | Castle features | Rich Norris |
| UNERRINGLY | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Without fail | Byron Walden |
| WASNTCLEAR | Tue May 3, 2022 | Needed further explanation | Julian Lim |
| WILDGINGER | Sun Jan 22, 2023 | Fragrant medicinal plant also called colic-root | Garrett Chalfin |
| WYNTON | Fri Dec 21, 2007 | One of the Marsalis brothers | Patrick Berry |
| XIPHOID | Sat Feb 20, 2016 | ___ process (sternum part) | James Mulhern |
| YANGS | Fri Sep 6, 1996 | Honks, as a goose | R. Norris |