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 50,859 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTUS | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | High: Lat. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| AMBERALE | Thu Sep 28, 2017 | Light brown brew | Joe Krozel |
| ANGES | Wed Sep 7, 2005 | French cherubs | Andrea C. Michaels |
| ASAVE | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | "What ___!" (cry after some spectacular goalie play) | Tom McCoy |
| BAGGAGECAROUSEL | Fri May 22, 2015 | Where everything has been checked | David Woolf |
| BAWLEDOUT | Sat May 31, 2008 | Read the riot act | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BOASTER | Wed Nov 20, 2002 | Subject of this puzzle | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHANELIMAN | Mon Sep 6, 2021 | *Runway model famous for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| COMPANYHALT | Wed Feb 19, 2014 | Result of bankruptcy? | Michael Dewey |
| DESIRERS | Sun May 31, 2009 | Those with yens | Kelsey Blakley |
| FORTLARAMIE | Mon Aug 29, 2016 | Historic trading post in 39-Across | David Steinberg |
| FRANKEN | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Politico who wrote "The Truth (With Jokes)" | Evan Birnholz |
| GOBBLER | Wed Sep 4, 2002 | Tom turkey | Eric Berlin |
| GYMTEACHER | Mon Nov 18, 1996 | Head of P.E. class | F. & L. Sabin |
| HERALDIC | Sun Jul 23, 2000 | Like some decorations | Patrick Berry |
| INTERMIAMI | Sat Sep 21, 2024 | Major League Soccer team with pink home jerseys | David Karp |
| KIDIS | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | "But the ___ not my son" ("Billie Jean" lyric) | Joe Krozel |
| LEFTIE | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Liberal, informally | Paula Gamache |
| LENGTHY | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Protracted | Finn Vigeland |
| LETSDROP | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Doesn't pursue | Alex Vratsanos |
| LOVEDART | Sun Aug 12, 2018 | Missile in a mating ritual | Ross Trudeau |
| LYRICPOEM | Sun Aug 3, 2014 | Classical work accompanied by a musical instrument | Ian Livengood |
| MAJORGENERALS | Sat Sep 30, 2006 | Some brass | Patrick Berry |
| MESSCALLS | Tue Feb 23, 2010 | "Come and get it" signals in the Army | Joanne Sullivan |
| NERVEENDING | Wed Aug 16, 2006 | It lets you feel | Kevan Choset |
| OWASSO | Sat May 2, 1998 | Town north of Tulsa | Jeff Herrington |
| PEPPERMINTPATTY | Thu Nov 7, 1996 | Friend of Charlie Brown | G. R. Ferguson |
| PORKYS | Tue Oct 17, 2017 | Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequels | Jeff Chen |
| PRIMARYDEBATE | Sun Jan 26, 2020 | Running argument? | Erik Agard |
| RAILINGAT | Tue Aug 19, 2025 | Really giving an earful | Eric Rollfing |
| RAMONS | Fri Feb 3, 1995 | Baseball's Martinez et al. | Matt Gaffney |
| SCUTTLES | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | Deep-sixes | Brad Wilber |
| SECONDTHEMOTION | Mon Oct 16, 1995 | Support, at a meeting | Bernice Gordon |
| SEEKSTO | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Hopes that one might | Paul Coulter |
| SQUIRRELEDAWAY | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Stashed for later [Blue Hen State] | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| SUNFISH | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Crappie or bluegill | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| TABLOIDTV | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Sensational news format | Byron Walden |
| TEENCROWD | Sat Apr 21, 2007 | Mall rats, typically | Byron Walden |
| TERNI | Sun May 27, 2018 | Italian city where St. Valentine was born | Andrew Chaikin |
| VAPORWARE | Wed Dec 13, 2023 | Tech product that's promised but never delivered | Alex Eaton-Salners |