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 50,875 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APEST | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | "Don't be ___" | Steven E. Atwood |
| BIGLOSER | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Zero | Roland Huget |
| BUENOSAIRES | Fri Nov 28, 2003 | Teatro Colón locale | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CANDLEINTHEWIND | Wed Nov 5, 1997 | Diana tribute | A. J. Santora |
| CLASSWORK | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | ... | Joe DiPietro |
| COATIS | Thu Sep 21, 2006 | Ring-tailed animals | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| COMINGINTOFOCUS | Sat Jul 25, 2009 | Losing the fuzz? | Victor Fleming |
| COSTAGAVRAS | Thu Nov 19, 2009 | "Z" director, 1969 | Tyler Hinman and Jeremy Horwitz |
| CRANER | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | Rubbernecker | Randolph Ross |
| CUDDLEPUDDLE | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Horizontal group hug session | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| DOIEVER | Sun May 4, 2025 | Enthusiastic reply to "Want to?" | Brandon Koppy |
| DRESSINWHITE | Thu Jul 13, 2000 | Standard advice for a bride | Rich Norris |
| FLAMETHROWER | Sun Feb 23, 2003 | Criticize a pitcher? | Nancy Salomon |
| GOESFORASPIN | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? | David Steinberg |
| GRAFTED | Sun Nov 15, 2015 | Added on, botanically | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HIGHFIDELITY | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Record book? | Aimee Lucido |
| HOLDOPEN | Sat Jun 19, 2021 | Not close | Sophia Maymudes |
| IMNOTWORTHY | Thu Sep 19, 2002 | "Wayne's World" catchphrase | Randolph Ross |
| INCROWDS | Mon Feb 16, 2026 | Glitterati | Ian Livengood |
| JAZZCLUB | Thu Jul 18, 2019 | Where cats play? | Matthew Sewell |
| LASTPLACEFINISHES | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | They might result in booby prizes / Physical discomforts | David Tuffs |
| MINTCOINSET | Sat Sep 10, 2022 | Case made for significant change? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| MRORANGE | Fri Sep 21, 2018 | Tim Roth's character in "Reservoir Dogs" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NANTUCKET | Sat Aug 2, 2003 | Noted whaling port, once | Dana Motley |
| NEWSAGENT | Thu Nov 20, 2014 | British paper vendor | Timothy Polin |
| PALLORS | Sat Sep 2, 1995 | Ashen-faced hues | Manny Nosowsky |
| PARCS | Fri Oct 30, 1998 | Paris's Bois de Boulogne and others | Jim Page |
| PEAKTIMES | Sat May 27, 2023 | When restaurants are busiest | Samuel Smalley |
| PRIVACY | Thu Feb 22, 2024 | Implied right in the First and Fourth Amendments | Dan Schoenholz |
| RETRACTIONS | Sat May 12, 2018 | Embarrassments for news agencies | Alex Eylar |
| RIFEWITH | Tue Dec 15, 2020 | Permeated by | Adam Vincent |
| ROUTEMAN | Wed Apr 25, 2007 | Worker who makes rounds | John Farmer |
| SNOOZEFESTS | Sat Dec 2, 2023 | Bores | Royce Ferguson |
| STOPORDER | Tue Apr 19, 2016 | "Buy" or "sell" directive at a specified price | David J. Kahn |
| SUITEDONESNEEDS | Sat Jul 21, 2018 | Fit the bill | Jason Flinn |
| TENGO | Sun Nov 1, 2015 | Indie rock band Yo La ___ | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TENTHOUSANDYEARS | Fri Jul 22, 2016 | What "Banzai!" literally means | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| THIMBLEWEED | Mon Jan 13, 2003 | White-flowered plant | Gregory E. Paul |
| TRINITADEIMONTI | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | House of worship at the top of 67-Across | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| YESHIVAS | Thu Apr 20, 2017 | Places to study the Talmud | Jeffrey Wechsler |