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 50,527 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLTIMEHIGH | Sat Oct 22, 2022 | Peak figure | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| ALTARBOYS | Sun Sep 23, 2012 | *Stable hands? | Matt Ginsberg |
| APPLEBEES | Thu Jan 31, 2019 | Alternative to TGI Fridays | Peter A. Collins |
| ARIZONAN | Thu Jun 29, 1995 | Sen. John McCain, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| CALCULI | Wed Feb 13, 2013 | Dental deposits | Richard and Judith Martin |
| CALLSIGN | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Station identification | Kevin G. Der |
| CHOOSY | Wed Jul 18, 2018 | Hard to please | David Steinberg |
| COANCHORS | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, once, on "S.N.L." | Peter A. Collins |
| COLONNADE | Sun Sep 20, 1998 | Feature of classical architecture | Charles M. Deber |
| DAMPEST | Sun Mar 23, 2003 | Most moist | Con Pederson |
| DERRICKCOLEMAN | Wed Nov 16, 1994 | 1991 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year | Chuck Deodene |
| DOILOOKFAT | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Question always best answered "no" | Trent H. Evans |
| EASTLANSINGMI | Tue Jun 19, 2007 | Home of Michigan State | John Underwood |
| FIRSTLOOK | Thu Dec 19, 2019 | Unveiling | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| FOODSTAPLE | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Corn or rice | Michael Hawkins |
| GAZZARA | Fri May 23, 2014 | Ben of "Run for Your Life" | David Steinberg |
| GOLDENOPPORTUNITY | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Special moment exemplified by 24-Across | Sid Sivakumar |
| HAILEE | Fri Oct 31, 2025 | Actress/singer Steinfeld | Juliana Tringali Golden |
| HORSHACK | Thu Aug 23, 2001 | Sitcom friend of Barbarino | Peter Gordon |
| LENTOUT | Sat Feb 24, 1996 | Not in the stacks | M. Shenk |
| MAPMAKING | Fri Sep 19, 2003 | Explorer's job | Manny Nosowsky |
| MARCUSWELBY | Tue Apr 14, 2009 | 1970s Robert Young TV role | Barry Boone |
| MODELMINORITY | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Demographic myth often used with respect to Asian-Americans | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| NICHELLENICHOLS | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Original "Star Trek" actress | M. Francis Vuolo |
| NICOLEKIDMAN | Sun Apr 8, 2001 | 72-Across's co-star in "Malice" | Randolph Ross |
| NOMOREFORME | Sat Jan 1, 2022 | "Can't eat another bite" | Peter Wentz |
| PLACEABET | Sat May 23, 2015 | Wager | Peter Wentz |
| PUFFERY | Fri Mar 19, 2004 | Hype | Manny Nosowsky |
| RESERVEONESSPOT | Tue Oct 18, 2022 | Secure a seat at the table, say | Dan Schoenholz |
| SEMINOLEINDIANS | Mon Mar 18, 2013 | Native Floridians | Daniel Landman |
| SOFIRM | Wed Jun 14, 1995 | Like Lucky Strike, per old ads | Richard Hughes |
| SQUIRMY | Mon May 5, 2014 | Having ants in one's pants | Lynn Lempel |
| SWEETSPOTS | Fri Oct 23, 2015 | Perfect places for hitting things | Evan Birnholz |
| SWORNENEMIES | Mon Nov 28, 2016 | Bitter rivals | Kristian House |
| THEGATESOFHELL | Tue Mar 9, 2010 | 15-/23-Across location | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| THEREDCARPET | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Star Trek | Brandon Koppy |
| TOEDIN | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Stood like a pigeon | Alan Arbesfeld |
| VIANDS | Sat Mar 16, 1996 | Victuals | G. R. Ferguson |
| WELCHERS | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | Debt disregarders, slangily | Dana Motley |
| WORKAHOLICS | Fri Jan 23, 1998 | Busy bodies? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |