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 50,984 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSEMBARGO | Mon Jun 28, 1999 | Military sanction | Ed Early |
| BIGONE | Sat Apr 6, 2019 | Earthquake that everyone's been waiting for | Ned White |
| BLOWBYBLOWACCOUNT | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | Detailed description | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| BREATHEEASIER | Fri Oct 27, 1995 | Relax | Mark Diehl |
| CANTAKEIT | Sat May 4, 2019 | Is tough enough | Mark Diehl |
| COFFEERUN | Sun Jun 21, 2026 | Task for an office gofer, maybe | Hannah Slovut-Einertson |
| EVULSE | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Yank out | Fred Piscop |
| FENCERS | Fri Nov 13, 2015 | Duelists of old | Patrick Berry |
| FOLKSINGER | Fri Aug 6, 1999 | Peter, Paul or Mary | Raymond Hamel |
| FREESUP | Fri Apr 25, 2003 | Unencumbers | Randolph Ross |
| FUSELAGE | Thu Jun 11, 1998 | Flying body? | Randall J. Hartman |
| HENRYII | Fri Dec 11, 2009 | "The Lion in Winter" role | Mike Nothnagel |
| HIGHWAYOVERPASS | Mon May 31, 2004 | Bridge | Gregory E. Paul |
| IMNOTOK | Fri May 15, 2020 | "These feelings have got me pretty down" | Christopher Adams |
| IPODSHUFFLE | Tue Jan 31, 2012 | MP3 player that weighs less than an ounce | Doug Peterson |
| ITGURU | Thu Nov 7, 2024 | Genius Bar staffer, perhaps | Joe Deeney |
| LEAHS | Mon Aug 10, 1998 | Genesis woman and namesakes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LISAFRANK | Tue May 18, 2021 | Brand of school supplies known for its dazzling rainbow designs | Margaret Seikel |
| LOOKOUTS | Sun Jan 9, 2022 | Crow's-nests, e.g. | Timothy Polin |
| LOOSENED | Sun Jan 30, 2000 | Relieved | Peter Gordon |
| MARGINAL | Sat May 16, 2026 | Borderline | Byron Walden |
| MATTHEWS | Sat Apr 17, 2021 | Dave of rock | Leslie Rogers |
| MICHELLEYEOH | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" actress, 2000 | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| MICROWAVEOVEN | Wed Mar 11, 2026 | In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ... | John Guzzetta |
| MINGDYNASTY | Tue Jun 3, 1997 | Reign noted for magnificent porcelain | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| MYAIMISTRUE | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | Elvis Costello's debut album | Milo Beckman |
| NOGALES | Fri May 23, 2014 | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name | David Steinberg |
| OPENSATAB | Fri Apr 24, 2020 | Prepares for the bar? | John Guzzetta |
| OPTICALACTIVITY | Fri Jun 22, 2001 | Ability to rotate polarized light | William I. Johnston |
| OUZEL | Sun Jun 25, 1995 | European blackbird | Frances Hansen |
| PETCARRIER | Sat Oct 3, 2020 | Item requiring special handling on planes | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| PLACETOGO | Thu Jun 30, 2005 | Guidebook offering | Joe DiPietro |
| SATELLITES | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Branch offices, e.g. | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| SKIJUMPING | Sun Dec 27, 1998 | Winter Olympics event | Rich Norris |
| SNAKEHANDLERS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | Collectors of moccasins? | Michael Schlossberg |
| SPOUTERS | Sun Nov 21, 2010 | Whales, at times | Clive Probert |
| TEHACHAPI | Sun Jul 12, 1998 | Town SE of Bakersfield, Calif. | Henry Hook |
| TREELINEDSTREET | Fri Sep 2, 2011 | Feature of many a residential neighborhood | Tim Croce |
| WHANGED | Fri Apr 9, 2004 | Struck with a resounding blow | Bob Peoples |
| XENONGAS | Sat Jun 2, 2018 | Strobe stuff | Trenton Charlson |