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 50,182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDFUEL | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | What "E" on a gauge means | Adam Wagner |
| BIGNO | Wed Nov 1, 2023 | Firm refusal | Steve Weyer |
| BIRLER | Sat Feb 26, 2011 | Competitive lumberjack | Bob Peoples |
| BREAMS | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | Bluegills | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| BRIANA | Mon Nov 18, 2024 | ___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame | Rajeswari Rajamani |
| CEASING | Fri Jan 23, 2004 | Knocking off | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CHANGEDIRECTION | Mon Oct 20, 2008 | Take a new path ... or a hint to 20-, 36-, 41- and 57-Across | Daniel Raymon |
| COINKYDINK | Sat Jul 24, 2021 | Happenstance, cutely | Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz |
| COMITY | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Courteous behavior, formally | Garrett Chalfin |
| CONSULTER | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Chiromancer client, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| DELICATESSENS | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Where cold cases are frequently opened | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito |
| DESOXYRIBONUCLEICACID | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Part of 26-Down, old-style | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DOCTORAL | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | Kind of candidate | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| FANZINE | Thu Jul 3, 1997 | Amateur newsletter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GETITTOGETHER | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | "With patience and perseverance you're sure to ___" | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| GOESHARD | Sun May 4, 2025 | Gives one's all | Brandon Koppy |
| GOLDENAGERS | Sat Mar 17, 2007 | Seniors | John Farmer |
| GRAVITYFED | Sat Mar 14, 2020 | Not needing a pump | Peter Wentz |
| HOOKAHLOUNGE | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | Bar with hashish pipes | David Kwong |
| NONSTEROID | Wed May 4, 2016 | Like hormones synthesized from amino acids | Jacob Stulberg |
| PIMENTOOLIVE | Mon Jul 25, 2011 | Martini garnish | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| PIQUANT | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Pleasingly tangy | Matthew Sewell |
| PRIMARYDEBATE | Sun Jan 26, 2020 | Running argument? | Erik Agard |
| QUEUEUP | Fri Dec 6, 2002 | Get one behind the other | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RATAL | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Tax determinant, in Britain | Rand H. Burns |
| RICEWINES | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Mirin and sake | Johanna Fenimore |
| RULEDOUT | Fri Dec 24, 1999 | Excluded | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SCOTERS | Fri Dec 20, 2002 | Diving ducks | Manny Nosowsky |
| SITONTHEFENCE | Mon Mar 10, 2008 | Be undecided | Ken Bessette |
| SKATEDALONG | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Proceeded without trying very hard | Byron Walden |
| SKUNKCABBAGE | Mon Oct 29, 2018 | Foul-smelling swamp plant whose name includes a black-and-white animal | Peter Gordon |
| SOUPTONUTS | Fri Jun 9, 2023 | It's all-inclusive | Robyn Weintraub |
| SPANISHDOUBLOON | Tue Mar 27, 2012 | Bit of pirate booty | Todd McClary |
| TASKMASTERS | Fri Dec 27, 2002 | Hard heads? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| THETEAACT | Sun Oct 17, 2021 | Law that led to a 1773 revolt | Jeff Chen |
| TIGERBEAT | Mon Jun 8, 2020 | Teen magazine founded in 1965 | Kyle Dolan |
| TWICEADAY | Tue Oct 14, 2008 | Every 12 hours | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| VANDELLAS | Wed Jan 19, 2005 | Martha's 1960's backup group | Leonard Williams |
| VASECTOMY | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | Form of birth control | Byron Walden |
| YOUFLATTERME | Sun Jul 2, 2023 | "Stop, I'm blushing!" | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |