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 50,361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHREW | Sun Apr 10, 1994 | "Every man... can tame ____ but he that hath her": Burton | Trip Payne |
| ASPIREDTO | Sun Aug 6, 2017 | Ambitiously sought | Patrick Berry |
| ATOUCHOFTHEPOET | Tue Oct 10, 2000 | Play starring 62-Across, 1958 | Frances Hansen |
| CABSTANDS | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Where to get taxis | Marjorie Berg |
| COLLARDGREENS | Tue Jun 23, 1998 | Leafy dish | Rich Norris |
| CREDITCRUNCH | Mon May 18, 2009 | Lending crisis | Billie Truitt |
| CYLINDER | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | Piece of blackboard chalk, geometrically | Dan Caprera |
| DANGEROUSCURVES | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | What twisty arrows warn drivers of | Todd Gross and Doug Peterson |
| DELOREAN | Wed Feb 22, 2012 | "Back to the Future" transport | Karen Young Bonin |
| DOGTREATS | Sun May 22, 2022 | Rewards for staying, maybe | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| EXCAVATIONSITES | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Things with 73-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| FEVERISH | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Superexcited | Tim Croce |
| FRENCHHORN | Wed Jun 21, 2006 | Mellow brass | Barry C. Silk |
| GOBYSEA | Sat Dec 31, 2005 | Sail | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HAZARDPAY | Wed Mar 31, 2004 | Bomb squad's compensation, say | Randy Sowell |
| HOTNUMBER | Thu Jan 1, 2004 | Sexy person | Richard Silvestri |
| ILLUSORY | Fri Nov 18, 2005 | Not for real | Manny Nosowsky |
| IMRI | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | Son of Bani, in the Bible | Ernst Theimer |
| IWONTASK | Fri Aug 12, 2022 | "Clearly, you'd like me to leave that topic alone" | Trent H. Evans |
| JACKRABBITSTART | Thu Jul 11, 1996 | Sudden acceleration | David J. Kahn |
| JEBSTUART | Thu Sep 30, 1999 | Battle of Bull Run general | Matt Gaffney |
| MANDOLINS | Fri Dec 14, 2001 | Some trattoria music | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MERCENARY | Sun May 17, 2009 | Perfect job for Warren? | Oliver Hill |
| MICHELEBACHMANN | Fri Aug 30, 2013 | First female candidate to win the Ames Straw Poll | David Steinberg |
| MIDDLENAME | Tue Oct 18, 2016 | What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| MTSNOW | Sat Jun 11, 2011 | Vt. ski resort | Gary Cee |
| OBSCENELY | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | To an excessive degree | Hemant Mehta |
| PEEPING | Thu Dec 4, 1997 | Taking a glimpse | Eileen Lexau |
| PIDDLE | Tue Jul 6, 1999 | Fritter (away) | Arthur P. Stoliar |
| QUIDDE | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | 1927 Peace Nobelist Ludwig | A. J. Santora |
| RELEASEWAIVER | Sat Jan 20, 2018 | Paper signed before filming begins | Alex Vratsanos |
| SCISSORSKICK | Mon Dec 19, 2022 | Part of a swimmer's sidestroke | Jennifer Nutt |
| SHRINKINGVIOLET | Tue Sep 11, 2018 | Shy sort | Timothy Polin |
| THEHUMANTORNADO | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | 1976 blaxploitation film that was a sequel to "Dolemite" | Timothy Polin |
| THEWARONDRUGS | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Program that a 2011 global commission officially declared a failure, 40 years after its launch | Joseph Greenbaum |
| TIMETOGETUP | Thu Aug 3, 2006 | Reveille message or a possible title for this puzzle | Nancy Salomon |
| TIPPLES | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Has a few | Fred Piscop |
| TRUSTYSIDEKICK | Sun Dec 2, 2007 | Reliable Suzuki? | Seth A. Abel |
| UNMANAGED | Fri Oct 6, 1995 | Laissez-faire | Rich Norris |
| WHITEGLOVES | Sun Dec 14, 2014 | Some queenly attire | Jim Peredo |