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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAYINTHELIFE | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | BEDORISING | Frank A. Longo |
| ALLMYLOVING | Sun Jul 2, 2017 | "With the Beatles" song playing in the E.R. when Lennon died | Patrick Blindauer |
| AMANS | Sun Jul 26, 1998 | "It's ___ World" ('62 sitcom) | Richard Silvestri |
| ANIMUSES | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Hostilities | Harvey Estes |
| ARCTICSEALS | Sun May 19, 2024 | Prey of polar bears | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| AWAKED | Sun Dec 19, 2004 | Came out of sleep, old-style | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| BABOOS | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | Hindu gentlemen | Bryant White |
| BASICTRUTH | Fri Nov 23, 2007 | Axiom | Paula Gamache |
| BATBOYS | Tue May 16, 2006 | Dugout gofers | Nancy Salomon |
| BINAL | Thu May 9, 2013 | Twofold | Patrick Merrell |
| CATCHSOMERAYS | Wed Nov 9, 2016 | "Coach, nab a few of those curfew violators" [M.L.B.] | John Lieb |
| CHARGECARD | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | ROOM SERVICE ___ TRICK KNEE | Greg Staples |
| COLECO | Sat Oct 19, 2013 | First marketer of Cabbage Patch Kids | Peter Wentz |
| CROPROTATION | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Common farming technique ... or a hint to solving this puzzle | Kyle Dolan |
| DAMEREBECCAWEST | Wed Apr 5, 1995 | Author of "The Meaning of Treason" | Wayne Robert Williams |
| DUCKSOUT | Tue Jan 30, 2001 | Leaves a zoo quickly? | David J. Kahn |
| EVISCERATE | Fri Sep 20, 2019 | Remove the contents of | Luke Vaughn |
| EXPLODINGCIGAR | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Practical joker's buy | Stanley Newman |
| HIGHNOTE | Mon Jul 2, 2012 | It may be hit by a soprano | Bernice Gordon |
| IMPOSESON | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | Inconveniences | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| JACKBENIMBLE | Mon Nov 15, 2004 | Start of a nursery rhyme | Alison Donald |
| LEONPANETTA | Fri Feb 17, 2006 | 1990's White House chief of staff | Trip Payne |
| MAKEASCENE | Sat Jun 3, 2006 | Rant and rave | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MUSCADET | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | French white wine | Mark Feldman |
| NOISILY | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | How some chew gum or talk on cellphones | Michael Sharp |
| OHPUHLEASE | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | "Don't make me laugh!" | Ryan McCarty |
| PAULGOLDSCHMIDT | Wed Jul 22, 2020 | Six-time All-Star for the Arizona Diamondbacks (2013-18) | Peter A. Collins |
| READSAHEAD | Fri May 17, 2024 | Outpaces the syllabus, say | Hemant Mehta |
| REFERSTO | Sun Sep 27, 1998 | Mentions | Randolph Ross |
| REFUTER | Mon Aug 14, 2000 | Opponent in an argument | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| ROOTHAIRS | Thu Apr 18, 2002 | Plant parts that absorb water | Patrick Berry |
| STAYEDLOOSE | Fri Feb 20, 2015 | Kept things casual | David Woolf |
| TERMINALS | Sun Sep 2, 2007 | United places | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| TERRESTRIAL | Wed Apr 18, 2001 | See 13-Across | A. J. Santora |
| TITERS | Sat Jan 9, 2016 | Chemistry concentrations | Jason Flinn |
| TWOPHASE | Sat Apr 17, 2004 | Dual | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WEIGHTTRAIN | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Repeatedly raise the bar? | Mark Feldman |
| WHEEDLE | Fri Mar 3, 2006 | Inveigle | Tyler Hinman |
| WIRESAWS | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Flexible cutters | Byron Walden |
| YUCCAPLANT | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Desert bloomer | Kevin G. Der |