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 50,818 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETAAPPS | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Downloads in the testing phase | Ross Trudeau |
| CANTMISS | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Must-see | Tim Croce |
| COSMICRAY | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | Space traveler? | Kevin G. Der |
| DERIVERS | Sat May 29, 1999 | Formula finders | Randolph Ross |
| DOLLARMARK | Fri Sep 5, 1997 | Important monetary currency peg | Harvey Estes |
| DRYWASH | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | Clean laundry that hasn't yet been ironed | Michael Shteyman |
| ETCETERAETCETERA | Sun May 8, 2022 | "... you get the point" | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| EXEMPTED | Thu Jul 31, 2003 | Let off the hook | Paula Gamache |
| EXONERATED | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | No longer charged | Will Nediger |
| FORME | Fri Apr 21, 2000 | Gift recipient's question | Mark Diehl |
| GENTLEWOMEN | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Leis? | Frances Hansen |
| HAPPYASALARK | Mon Sep 22, 1997 | Overjoyed | Gregory E. Paul |
| HUFFING | Wed Mar 4, 1998 | Winded | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| HUMDINGER | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Lollapalooza | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| ITCLUB | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the" | Sam Ezersky |
| JAZZORCHESTRAS | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Big bands | Peter Gordon |
| KNITTINGNEEDLE | Sun May 26, 2024 | "Huh, I wasn't aware I was at an ugly sweater party" | John Kugelman |
| LASTCAR | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Caboose | R. Hamel |
| LEGTO | Fri Oct 30, 1998 | Have a ___ stand on | Jim Page |
| LGBTQFLAGS | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Rainbows in the sky, perhaps | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| LIVERPOOL | Sun Feb 9, 2014 | Where this puzzle's subjects got their start | Charles M. Deber |
| LOSSOFLIFE | Sun Jan 23, 2005 | Consequence of war | Joe DiPietro |
| MARYKAYPLACE | Thu May 12, 1994 | "The Big Chill" actress | A.J. Santora |
| MTCARMEL | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | Where Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal | Byron Walden |
| NEIGHBORS | Tue Sep 27, 2022 | Fencing partners? | Peter Koetters |
| OPENSET | Fri Feb 14, 2020 | (x, y), in math | Daniel Larsen |
| OUTSPOKEN | Fri May 2, 2014 | Not reserved | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PETTURTLE | Fri Dec 11, 2020 | Terrarium inhabitant, maybe | Ari Richter |
| POPTOPLID | Fri Jul 19, 2024 | Screw cap alternative | Jacob McDermott |
| RESTINTERVALS | Sat Nov 21, 2009 | Breaks while lifting, say | Gary J. Whitehead |
| RIDESOFF | Fri Jan 15, 2016 | Leaves, as in a western | Patrick Berry |
| ROJAS | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | M.L.B. shortstop Miguel | Amie Walker |
| ROSIESBAR | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | "M*A*S*H" watering hole | Natan Last |
| SIXPERCENT | Sun Feb 4, 1996 | Sales tax in some states | D. J. Kahn |
| SOLOMONANDSHEBA | Thu May 4, 1995 | Religious film hit of 1959 | A.J. Santora |
| STAGLINE | Thu Nov 28, 2019 | Bachelor contingent at a cotillion | Timothy Polin |
| STEELJAWS | Sat Nov 27, 2010 | Features of some bear traps | Xan Vongsathorn |
| TAXHAVENS | Fri May 22, 2020 | Island shelters? | Hal Moore |
| TEENJEOPARDY | Fri Aug 5, 2016 | Event where kids ask lots of questions, informally | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YEAHABOUTTHAT | Fri Dec 24, 2021 | "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..." | Evan Kalish |