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 50,427 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABATISES | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Tree barricades used in war | Frank A. Longo |
| ADVANCED | Mon Jan 30, 2006 | Like Calculus II | Adam G. Perl |
| AIRMILES | Tue Jul 30, 2024 | Points collected for flying | Jeffrey Martinovic and Will Nediger |
| AIRPACK | Wed Dec 23, 1998 | Firefighter's breathing apparatus | Christopher Hurt |
| ASPHALTED | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Like many driveways | Derrick Niederman |
| BENGALTIGER | Wed Aug 12, 2020 | Animal accompanying Pi in "Life of Pi" | Adesina O. Koiki |
| BYFEEL | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | Touchingly? | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| CENSERS | Sun Apr 12, 1998 | They're swung in church | Randolph Ross |
| DARKMONEY | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Campaign contributions that are given anonymously | Robyn Weintraub |
| DECRIAL | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Noisy censure | Jim Page |
| DUTYFREESTORE | Fri Jun 5, 2020 | Outlet for international travelers | John Wrenholt |
| FADDLE | Fri Mar 11, 1994 | Fiddle-_____ (nonsense) | A.J. Santora |
| FOURMANBOBSLEDS | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | Vehicles used by pushers | Byron Walden |
| FREESHIPPING | Fri Oct 23, 2020 | E-tail perk | Robyn Weintraub |
| GODSLITTLEACRE | Tue Aug 4, 2020 | 1933 Erskine Caldwell novel about a wealth-obsessed farm family | Jacob Stulberg |
| HELPUP | Sun Feb 10, 2019 | Extend a hand to after a fall, say | Lee Taylor |
| HUNGARIGHT | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 103-Across | Patrick Berry |
| INDIFFERENT | Sun Dec 13, 2015 | Not taking sides | Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| INHUMED | Sat Feb 24, 2001 | Buried | Rich Norris |
| JAMESSPADER | Thu Oct 23, 2025 | Star of NBC's "The Blacklist" | Aimee Lucido |
| JBFLETCHER | Tue Feb 4, 2014 | Pen name for Angela Lansbury's character on "Murder, She Wrote" | David Steinberg |
| LAZYRIVER | Fri Jul 23, 2021 | Attraction at a water park | Michael Hawkins |
| LEGERDEMAIN | Fri Jan 2, 2015 | Hocus-pocus | David Steinberg |
| LEXICAL | Thu Apr 12, 2012 | Vocabulary-related | Michael Shteyman |
| MEALYMOUTHED | Mon Jun 20, 2011 | Inclined to mince words | Lynn Lempel |
| MILITANTS | Tue Jul 2, 2002 | Black Panthers, e.g. | John R. Conrad |
| NECKRUB | Thu Apr 10, 2025 | Act of pleasant stress relief | Adam Wagner |
| ONTHREE | Fri May 24, 2024 | "I'll count us in" | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| PECKISH | Sat May 3, 1997 | Irritable | Rich Norris |
| POLITER | Sun Mar 7, 2004 | Nicer | Tyler Hinman |
| POMERANIA | Fri Jan 19, 2001 | Former German duchy known for a breed of dog | Joe DiPietro |
| PUSHONESLUCK | Tue Jul 25, 2006 | Risk disaster, maybe | Anne Garellick |
| SCISSORCUTS | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Barbershop offerings | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| STREAMLET | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Short run | Patrick Berry |
| STYING | Fri Mar 18, 1994 | Penning up the pigs | Mark Diehl |
| THEOX | Sat May 1, 2021 | 2021 Chinese zodiac sign | Ryan McCarty |
| THESEAWOLF | Sun Jun 3, 2018 | 1904 Jack London novel | David J. Kahn |
| TMZLIVE | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Web and TV broadcast about celebrities | Sam Ezersky |
| TOPLOADER | Thu Feb 24, 2022 | Washing machine that opens upward | Jake Halperin |
| VANISHED | Sun May 31, 2015 | Gone | Tom McCoy |