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 50,897 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICANSWALLOWS | Tue Sep 13, 2005 | "Monty Python" birds | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| ARAGONESE | Sat Mar 8, 2014 | Like Francisco Goya | David Steinberg |
| ASCOLDASICE | Fri Nov 30, 2018 | Not just chilly | Robyn Weintraub |
| BEATAHASTYRETREAT | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| BEDROOMSLIPPERS | Tue Jan 6, 2004 | House wear | Kent Lorentzen |
| BLOWDART | Sat Apr 4, 2020 | Barb from the mouth | Yacob Yonas |
| CHOKINGUP | Fri Aug 1, 2008 | Having trouble delivering the eulogy, say | Patrick Berry |
| COCCI | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | Spherical bacteria | Mark Diehl |
| DINH | Tue Dec 31, 1996 | Vietnam's Ngo ___ Diem | A. S. Verdesca |
| DOWNHOME | Tue Dec 27, 2016 | *Folksy | Herre Schouwerwou |
| EDGEUP | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Approach gradually | Karen Lurie |
| FLANKSTEAK | Fri Oct 16, 2009 | London broil, often | Karen M. Tracey |
| GYNO | Sun Jun 12, 2022 | Doc who performs Pap smears | Will Nediger |
| HARDSHELL | Thu Mar 16, 1995 | Kind of crab | A.J. Santora |
| HAYFORKS | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Pitchers on a farm | Eric Warren |
| HOMERING | Sun May 16, 2004 | Making a big hit | Patrick Berry |
| KIDULT | Sat Nov 2, 2013 | Grown-up who's not quite grown up | Tom Heilman |
| LOUDIAMOND | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Actor ___ Phillips | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LOVEDWOMEN | Wed Sep 17, 2008 | Burt Reynolds: "The Man Who ___" (1983) | Edward Safran |
| MANOLO | Tue Mar 25, 2014 | Shoe designer Blahnik | David Woolf |
| MASTERYODA | Mon Apr 6, 2026 | Jedi who trained Luke, formally | John Ewbank |
| MEDSTUDENT | Sat May 21, 2022 | Che Guevara, when he wrote "The Motorcycle Diaries" | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| MINORTEAM | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets | Jeremy Newton |
| MONKEYBREAD | Sat Jan 1, 2022 | Pastry that gets pulled apart | Peter Wentz |
| NOLENSVOLENS | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | Willy-nilly | Nancy A. Corbett |
| NOSTRADAMUS | Fri May 15, 1998 | Forward-looking man? | John Wolting |
| OLIVERMELLORS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Randolph Ross |
| ONTHESTICK | Thu Aug 30, 2001 | After 34-Down, an order to a witch? | Cathy Millhauser |
| PLUMBRULE | Fri Sep 6, 2019 | Surveyor's instrument | Mark Diehl |
| REVVING | Thu May 13, 2010 | Gunning | Patrick Merrell |
| SHEEPMEN | Thu Jun 6, 1996 | Wool gatherers | A. J. Santora |
| SLOTTING | Fri Mar 2, 2018 | Programming manager's specialty | Rachel Maddow and Joe DiPietro |
| STAYFOR | Sat Jul 9, 2005 | Stick around to see | Patrick Berry |
| STOVER | Sun Nov 11, 2012 | Candy man Russell | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TACOBOWLS | Thu Sep 8, 2022 | Some Tex-Mex meals | Matthew Stock |
| TIREMAINTENANCE | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Some basic car care | Joe Krozel |
| TRANSPORTS | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Conveys | Emily Carroll |
| UZOADUBA | Fri Dec 7, 2018 | Emmy-winning "Orange Is the New Black" actress | Sam Trabucco |
| WENTSTEADY | Fri Jan 1, 1999 | More than dated | Joe DiPietro |
| WINEBARS | Wed Jul 17, 2002 | Sipping sites | Peter Gordon |