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 50,700 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEAJACTAEST | Sat Dec 11, 2010 | "The die is cast," to Caesar | Paula Gamache |
| ANIGHTMAREONELMSTREET | Sun Feb 27, 2022 | R.E.M.: alarming to the teens (1984) | Sheldon Polonsky |
| BAJER | Tue Dec 10, 1996 | 1908 Peace Nobelist Fredrik | D. Niles |
| BUGLING | Thu Jun 16, 2005 | Cavalry sound | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BYMERESTCHANCE | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | As luck would have it | Patrick Berry |
| CANDIED | Sun Oct 18, 2020 | Voltaire's sweet novel? | Miriam Estrin |
| CHEQUE | Sun Sep 21, 2008 | Item marked in pounds | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DROPINANYTIME | Mon Feb 4, 2008 | "See you again!" | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| EPISTOLIC | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Like much of the New Testament | F. Piscop |
| FIGHTORFLIGHT | Wed Sep 21, 2022 | Innate response to a threatening situation | Matthew Stock |
| FINGERNAIL | Mon Mar 10, 2014 | Manicurist's target | Kelly Clark |
| FOURONEONE | Fri Apr 17, 2009 | Information, slangily | Corey Rubin |
| GANTLET | Fri Jul 12, 1996 | Series of troubles | Chuck Deodene |
| GIGGLETEST | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | Check for credibility, in modern lingo | Byron Walden |
| HANGINGBYATHREAD | Tue May 3, 2022 | Surviving, but just barely | Julian Lim |
| ILLSHUTUP | Sat Jul 13, 2024 | "Sorry, that's enough out of me" | Eli Cotham |
| IONICBONDS | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | What all NaCl molecules have | Frank Longo |
| JULIAWARDHOWE | Thu Aug 26, 2004 | 19th-century author/hymnist who advocated 20-Across | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| KASTNER | Sun Sep 24, 2000 | Erich ___, author of "Emil and the Detectives" | Randolph Ross |
| LABOURDAY | Sun Jun 12, 2022 | Canadian observance also called Fête du Travail | Will Nediger |
| LIFELIKE | Fri Jul 22, 2011 | Natural | Todd McClary |
| MAMMALIA | Thu Sep 15, 1994 | Class to which all of us belong | Fred Piscop |
| MIXINGMETAPHORS | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | Writing no-no | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OMORE | Wed Feb 28, 2001 | Samuel Lover's "Rory ___" | A. J. Santora |
| PAULINEEPISTLES | Fri Jul 28, 2000 | The 13 books from Romans to Philemon | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| PAYOFFS | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Bribes | Hal Moore |
| PENHOLD | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Certain table tennis grip | Joe DiPietro |
| PRECHEW | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | Make easier to eat, as an infant's food | Erik Agard |
| PRESSGANG | Wed Jul 6, 2005 | Group forcing men into military service | Raymond Hamel |
| QUISLING | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | Turncoat | Walter Webb |
| REARTIRES | Fri Dec 31, 2021 | Couple in the back of a car | Meghan Morris |
| REDSTARTS | Wed Jun 9, 2010 | Boldly patterned warblers ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-Across | Gary Whitehead |
| REINFORCEMENT | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Bridle strap utilized only on sidewalk surfaces? | Will Nediger |
| SAYINGSORRY | Mon Nov 30, 2020 | *Important step after erring | Emma Craven-Matthews |
| SHOWIER | Wed Oct 13, 2010 | More ostentatious | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SPROUTWINGS | Thu Nov 29, 2018 | *Become angelic, figuratively | Herre Schouwerwou |
| THELASTHURRAH | Wed Nov 26, 2008 | 1958 Spencer Tracy film ... and a hint to 20-, 30- and 39-Across | Harvey Estes |
| TOOKAVOTE | Sat Jan 9, 2010 | Counted raised hands, say | Chuck Deodene |
| VENTUREDOUT | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | Went trekking, say | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | With 36 Across, shirker's comment | Sidney L. Robbins |