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 50,585 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUMINGOT | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Relatively light foundry product | Alex Bajcz |
| ARANEID | Sun Mar 22, 1998 | Any spider | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| BLUECHIP | Mon May 10, 2010 | Kind of stock | Randy Sowell |
| BROOKLYNCYCLONE | Thu Aug 29, 2013 | Minor-leaguer whose team is named after a Coney Island roller coaster | Timothy Polin |
| CALYPSOMUSIC | Wed Dec 8, 2010 | Harry Belafonte's specialty | Mike Nothnagel |
| CIVICLEADER | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | One for whom a street may be named | Dana Motley |
| CLIN | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Health facility: Abbr. | Frank A. Longo |
| CRACKUNDERPRESSURE | Thu Aug 1, 2013 | With 22-Across, fail to cope with difficult circumstances | Timothy Polin |
| CULTURALMORASSES | Sun Apr 1, 2007 | Marshes with libraries and opera houses? | Paula Gamache |
| DARKALE | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Brown beer | Kareem Ayas |
| DENTALS | Thu Oct 17, 2024 | Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth | August Lee-Kovach |
| DIEISCAST | Wed Nov 8, 1995 | Fateful phrase, with "The" | Glenn E. Sykes |
| DIETPILLS | Fri Mar 31, 2023 | Products touted in some email scams | Rich Norris |
| EMBOSSES | Wed Sep 3, 2008 | Raises, as a surface design | David J. Kahn |
| EXCHANGESNUMBERS | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Stock prices? | John Kugelman |
| GETWEIRD | Fri Jul 31, 2015 | Turn awkward, as a relationship | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| GOODFOOD | Mon Feb 19, 2001 | WHAT A GOURMET ENJOYS | Peter Gordon |
| HADONETOOMANY | Thu Dec 8, 1994 | Overtippled | Randolph Ross |
| IMCLONE | Wed Sep 20, 2006 | Company in the Martha Stewart stock trading scandal | Joe DiPietro |
| ITALIANMEAL | Fri May 21, 2021 | One might consist of a primo, secondo and digestivo | Sam Ezersky |
| LATEBETS | Sat Dec 26, 2020 | No-nos at a racetrack | John Guzzetta |
| LOCALAD | Thu Oct 6, 2016 | Small business purchase, perhaps | Timothy Polin |
| MULETRAINS | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Teams in the West | Patrick Merrell |
| NEITHERONE | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Which came first, the chicken or the egg? | Ted Fulton |
| NONRANDOM | Thu Jul 14, 2022 | Like the results of loaded dice | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NOTWHILE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | With 24-Across, song from 18-Across | David J. Kahn |
| PENKNIFE | Tue May 9, 2006 | Quill cutter, once | Patrick Blindauer |
| PHYSICSLAB | Wed Aug 24, 1994 | Experimental canine? | Robert Herrig |
| PLETHORAS | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Huge amounts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAKEHELL | Sat Apr 2, 2011 | Libertine | Mark Diehl |
| SANDALTANS | Sun Nov 26, 2023 | Reasons to wear socks post-vacation | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| SANDSOFTIME | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Metaphor from an hourglass | Byron Walden |
| SCANSIN | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Uses one's employee badge to enter, say | Kareem Ayas |
| SEASONER | Sat Mar 31, 2007 | One who shakes in a kitchen, maybe | John Duschatko |
| SNEAKATTACK | Sun Sep 21, 2025 | Ambush | Adrianne Baik |
| TAXIMETERS | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | They run while you ride | Matthew Sewell |
| TILTEDARC | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Controversial Richard Serra sculpture once seen in N.Y.C.'s Foley Square | Michael Lieberman |
| TRANSPIRE | Sat Jul 23, 2011 | Become known | Tom Heilman |
| WELLDAYS | Sun Mar 16, 1997 | Feel-good times | David J. Kahn |
| WHATISTHAT | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Question of confusion or disgust | Stephen McCarthy |