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 50,561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUALS | Fri Feb 25, 2022 | Counterpart to projections, in accounting | Damon Gulczynski |
| BAKERIES | Mon Sep 25, 2000 | Pastry shops | Peter Gordon |
| BEFAZED | Sat May 1, 2004 | Show fluster | Byron Walden |
| BLUEPRINT | Sun Jul 28, 2024 | Detailed plan of action | Paolo Pasco |
| BOUNDLESSENERGY | Mon Nov 1, 1999 | 1995 Deepak Chopra book | Robert Frank |
| CAPPER | Sat Jan 1, 2005 | Doesn't this beat all? | Raymond C. Young |
| CASUALTY | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Kind of insurance | R. Norris |
| CIVILLAW | Sat Sep 18, 2004 | Basis on which many suits are pressed | Bob Peoples |
| CLASSICALGUITAR | Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Andrés Segovia won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for it | Blake Slonecker |
| COFFEEBARS | Tue Mar 31, 2015 | Java joints | Gary Cee |
| CRASSNESS | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Vulgarity | Frank A. Longo |
| DOLING | Sun Feb 1, 2004 | Meting | Roy Leban |
| ENDURANCERUNNER | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Participant in an ultramarathon | Simeon Seigel |
| FIDELIS | Wed May 22, 2019 | "Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FOURROSES | Sun Mar 28, 1999 | Blended whisky brand, or a Valentine's gift | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| FUSSYEATER | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Child who refuses to put things away? | Rafael Musa |
| HAPPILY | Sat Jan 15, 2011 | One way to be married | Barry C. Silk |
| INWAIT | Sun Jul 24, 1994 | One way to lie | Matt Gaffney |
| JOBOPENING | Mon Feb 11, 2008 | Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across | Ken Bessette |
| JULIAN | Fri Jan 6, 2017 | Kind of calendar | Jacob Stulberg |
| LEITMOTIF | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for example | Derrick Niederman |
| LONGRALLY | Sun Aug 26, 2018 | Lot of back and forth? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| MANDIBLES | Tue Mar 12, 2002 | Lower jaws | Sarah Keller |
| NFLCHEERLEADER | Thu Jul 25, 1996 | Figure in a Super Bowl promo | A. J. Santora |
| NOVELETTES | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Longish stories | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| NOWYOUKNOW | Sat Aug 25, 2007 | Response to "I had no idea!" | Myles Callum |
| ONEPOTATOTWOPOTATO | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Start of a counting rhyme | Michael Shteyman |
| QUICKASAWINK | Tue Dec 6, 2005 | Pronto | Nancy Salomon |
| RESULTING | Sat Jul 11, 1998 | Consequential | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| ROTARYCLUB | Mon Dec 11, 2017 | Service organization with a wheel logo | Brian Thomas |
| SAINTTHOMAS | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | Supreme Court Justice from the N.F.L.? | Louis Sabin |
| SEMINALLY | Tue Aug 8, 2000 | From the very beginning | Joy L. Wouk |
| SHARPSHOOTER | Mon Dec 6, 2010 | Annie Oakley, for one | Richard Chisholm |
| SOCKSANDSANDALS | Wed Jan 6, 2021 | Footwear fashion faux pas | Eric Bornstein |
| SODACRACKER | Sun Apr 16, 1995 | Thin snack | Matt Gaffney |
| SOZZLED | Thu Nov 11, 2010 | Three sheets to the wind | Andrew Zhou |
| TIREDBLOOD | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Condition better known as anemia | Byron Walden |
| TWITTERY | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Giggling nervously | Edward Sessa |
| WINEBARS | Wed Jul 17, 2002 | Sipping sites | Peter Gordon |
| ZIGZAGS | Sat Dec 4, 1999 | Irregular courses | Rich Norris |