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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AISLEWAY | Fri Aug 2, 2019 | It gets cleared for takeoff | Andrew J. Ries |
| AMBULATORY | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Not bedridden | John Guzzetta |
| ATTENDSTO | Sat Aug 10, 2019 | Deals with | Anna Gundlach and Erik Agard |
| AUTONYM | Tue Mar 16, 2021 | Name of self-identification, as "Deutsche" for "Germans" | Lindsey Hobbs |
| BLEWOFF | Wed Mar 6, 2013 | Failed to show up for, informally | Richard Chisholm |
| BOXEDIN | Mon May 16, 1994 | Trapped | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| BROKERAGEHOUSES | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | Some Wall Street firms | Charles E. Gersch |
| BUBBASPARXXX | Wed Nov 6, 2019 | Hip-hop artist with the 2006 hit "Ms. New Booty" | Ross Trudeau |
| CATYEARS | Thu Sep 27, 2012 | Age calculation at a vet clinic | Joel Fagliano |
| CLEARONESTHROAT | Fri Jun 20, 2014 | Prepare to speak, say | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COMPOUNDSENTENCE | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | It has multiple clauses | David Steinberg |
| CUSHING | Thu Jun 2, 1994 | Boston cardinal Richard | Harvey Estes |
| DANAIDES | Fri Jul 22, 2016 | Eternal water-pourers in Hades | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| EASTERNSTANDARDTIME | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | Winter setting in New England | David Kwong |
| FIRSTSTEP | Fri Dec 13, 2019 | It's a start | Leslie Rogers |
| FLEDGED | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Having feathers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOURBAGGER | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Full shopping cart? | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| GENTLEONMYMIND | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | 1968 Glen Campbell hit | Henry Hook |
| HADONETOOMANY | Thu Dec 8, 1994 | Overtippled | Randolph Ross |
| HOLDERS | Sat Jun 5, 2004 | Some poker players | Byron Walden |
| IFFIEST | Sun Jun 2, 2002 | Least certain | Frank Longo |
| INEXORABLE | Sat Aug 14, 1999 | Set in stone | Joe DiPietro |
| JACKIECHAN | Fri Dec 5, 1997 | Actor known for his stunts | Craig Kasper and Dave Tuller |
| MARKUPLANGUAGE | Mon Jul 2, 2018 | It may allow a text document to be displayed on a web page | Evan Kalish |
| MORGEN | Sat Aug 4, 2012 | "Guten ___" | Jim Page |
| MOTIONTODISMISS | Fri Jan 26, 2007 | Suit request | Mike Nothnagel |
| NOWS | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | "___ the time" | C. W. Stewart |
| NUTRASWEET | Tue Dec 12, 2006 | *Aspartame brand | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming |
| PHONESERVICE | Sat Apr 15, 2017 | It's included in many bundles | Peter Wentz |
| PONYCARTS | Wed Dec 26, 2007 | Vehicles at a petting zoo | Jim Page |
| REKICK | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | Football do-over | Bob Klahn |
| RENOWNS | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Acclaims | Peter Koetters |
| RESETBUTTON | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Bowling lane feature | Joe DiPietro |
| SERENADERS | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Carolers | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SEROTINE | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Late in flowering | Randolph Ross |
| TANT | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | "___ pis!" ("Too bad!," in France) | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| TETHERED | Fri May 18, 2012 | Having the lead? | Allan E. Parrish |
| USCGA | Thu May 4, 1995 | Sch. at New London, Conn. | A.J. Santora |
| WASTAGE | Sun Feb 16, 1997 | Loss by decay | M. Gaffney |
| WIREDAHEAD | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Provided electricity for the john? | Ed Early |