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 50,707 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTINGMAYOR | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | "To govern or not to govern. That is the question." | Joe DiPietro |
| ADAPTORS | Sat Dec 31, 2011 | Electrical accessories | Joe Krozel |
| ALEXVANHALEN | Mon Jul 1, 2019 | Rock drummer whose last name is the same as his band | Damon Gulczynski |
| ANTIPASTI | Thu May 13, 2004 | Some appetizers | Patrick Merrell |
| BIKESHOP | Fri Sep 28, 2018 | Store that really should have a spokesperson | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BOFFOS | Fri May 31, 1996 | Theatrical hits | J. S. Marrone |
| BURSTING | Fri Feb 23, 1996 | Dehiscent | A. J. Santora |
| CAMPILY | Tue Jul 1, 2003 | With deliberate hamminess | Karen M. Tracey |
| CAPNUTS | Thu May 18, 2000 | Rounded bolt covers | Patrick D. Berry |
| CARRIDE | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | Buckle up for this one! | Alana Platt |
| DOGTREATS | Sun May 22, 2022 | Rewards for staying, maybe | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| ENGLISHTEA | Sat Nov 9, 2019 | Black breakfast beverage | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| ETHNICCLEANSING | Fri Jun 6, 2008 | Heinous war crime | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| EXOTICISM | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Foreignness | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FOOLIN | Sun Oct 3, 1999 | "No ___!" | Fred Piscop |
| GRAMOPHONES | Fri Dec 26, 2014 | Record holders of old | Patrick Berry |
| HEMMING | Tue Aug 20, 2013 | Fixing, as the bottom of a skirt | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| HERSHEL | Thu Apr 21, 2016 | ___ Greene, character on "The Walking Dead" | Alex Bajcz |
| INAHAZE | Fri May 3, 2019 | Befuddled | Trenton Charlson |
| INFRADIG | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Beneath one's self-respect | Joe DiPietro |
| KNOCKEDOVERABANK | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | In a final desperate move the klutz _____ | Cathy Millhauser |
| LESTE | Sat May 23, 2020 | Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002) | Wyna Liu and Erik Agard |
| MAPLETREE | Sun Jan 25, 2015 | "Whirlybird" source | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MARTIANMISSIONS | Wed Dec 22, 2021 | NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across | Noki Trias and Lawrence Barrett |
| MYTHBUSTERS | Mon May 3, 2021 | Discovery Channel program that debunked popular beliefs | Ross Trudeau |
| PUNISHER | Sun Nov 17, 2002 | Spanker, e.g. | Richard and Judith Martin |
| RAPTLY | Sun May 22, 2016 | With full attention | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| RIGHTONPOINT | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | Exact | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| ROMANGLADIATOR | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Prizefighter in a Parisian novel? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ROTEL | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Canned tomatoes brand | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| SIGMUNDFREUD | Tue Feb 27, 2018 | "The Interpretation of Dreams" writer | Ross Trudeau |
| STANISLAW | Sat Jan 26, 2008 | Playwright/painter Wyspianski | Karen M. Tracey |
| STILTWALKER | Mon Jan 23, 2017 | One with a leg up in the circus business? | Bruce Haight |
| TAKEPAINS | Sat Dec 1, 2018 | Go out of one's way | Ryan McCarty |
| THEPROOF | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | Pudding content? | Byron Walden |
| THYMETEA | Wed Nov 25, 2020 | Herbal drink full of antioxidants [and 50-Across flipped] | John Guzzetta and Jeff Chen |
| UNIONMAN | Thu Feb 24, 2000 | Local personality? | Manny Nosowsky |
| VAUGHAN | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | 1982 Grammy-winning singer for "Gershwin Live!" | Rich Norris |
| VAULTING | Thu May 10, 2018 | Springing over | Caitlin Reid |
| WEREINLUCK | Mon Jul 29, 2019 | "How fortunate for us!" | Bruce Haight |