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 50,247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCDAYTIMEHOSTS | Mon Dec 25, 2006 | Regis Philbin and others | Adam G. Perl |
| ALLERGIES | Thu Apr 24, 2003 | Scratch tests test for them | Paula Gamache |
| ANYIDEA | Sat Oct 22, 2022 | "What do you think?" | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| ARTHURCONAN | Wed Mar 13, 1996 | First two of a mystery writer | W. R. Williams |
| BUMPED | Tue Jul 6, 2021 | Knocked off the schedule | Katie Hale |
| BYTHEBOOK | Thu Nov 24, 2011 | Not vary from proper procedure | Sharon Delorme |
| CABLESITCOMS | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts | Finn Vigeland |
| CARDIGANSWEATER | Fri Dec 13, 2002 | Cozy winter wear | Bob Peoples |
| CASINOWORKER | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Ideal | Michael J. Doran |
| COLORMAN | Tue Mar 14, 1995 | Play-by-play announcer's partner | Bob Klahn |
| DAYTIMER | Sun Apr 16, 2000 | Big name in personal planners | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EARWARMER | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Winter accessory | Garrett Chalfin |
| ELFHATS | Sat Jan 25, 2025 | Felt in the Christmas spirit? | Michael Lieberman |
| FINESAREDOUBLED | Tue Mar 27, 2007 | Final sign of a highway headache | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| FIREAXES | Fri Sep 8, 2017 | Tools for escaping the heat? | Sam Trabucco |
| FIREWEED | Fri Sep 7, 2001 | Growth in a recently burned clearing | Manny Nosowsky |
| HENNYYOUNGMAN | Mon Apr 21, 2003 | "Take my wife ... please!" comedian | Randall J. Hartman |
| JOCKEYBOX | Sat Sep 25, 1999 | Truck's glove compartment | David J. Kahn |
| JUSTDEALWITHIT | Tue Sep 22, 2009 | "Tough!" | Gail Grabowski |
| KREMLININC | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Detractors' epithet for the Putin regime | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LAMBSTEAK | Sat Jan 4, 2025 | Alternative to a chop or shank | Sam Ezersky |
| MIXING | Wed May 12, 1999 | Table-hopping, e.g. | Nancy Salomon |
| NOIINSIST | Fri Nov 22, 2024 | "Really, allow me!" | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| PERTPLUS | Mon Jan 26, 2015 | Shampoo in a green bottle | Ian Livengood |
| RAILCARS | Thu May 18, 1995 | Locomotive's load | Chuck Deodene |
| REPOLL | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Get a second opinion from | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RIGGEDUP | Sat May 7, 2011 | Threw together | Tim Croce |
| SCOTTJOPLIN | Thu Mar 14, 2002 | He was in the rag trade | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SEALINGWAX | Sun Dec 27, 1998 | Gum predecessor | Rich Norris |
| SECEDER | Sat Dec 25, 1993 | Virginia in 1861 | Rand H. Burns |
| SHIMMYUP | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Climb, as a rope | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| SILENTDISCO | Fri Apr 5, 2024 | Dance party where participants wear wireless headphones | Rebecca Goldstein |
| SUGARMAPLE | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In a ___, there's plenty of sweet ___ to be harvested | Patrick Berry |
| THENAMEOFTHEROSE | Mon Nov 12, 2007 | "Floral" film of 1986 based on an Umberto Eco novel | Harvey Estes |
| TOOHOTTOHANDLE | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | 1960 Jayne Mansfield movie | Randolph Ross |
| TURNABOUTISFAIRPLAY | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Just saying? | Jim Peredo |
| UNDERARREST | Sat Jan 21, 2012 | Oppressed by the heat? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| UNREQUITED | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Like some love | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| UNSOILED | Wed Jun 17, 1998 | Pristine | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VEALER | Sun Dec 16, 2018 | Calf raised for its meat | Sam Ezersky |