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 50,422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHERD | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | Like _____ of buffalo | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| BABYGAP | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | Where one might get one's first pair of overalls | Bill Thompson |
| BLOWINGOFFSTEAM | Mon Apr 25, 2011 | Venting | Joon Pahk |
| BYTRIALANDERROR | Fri Sep 28, 2007 | One way to solve problems | Harvey Estes |
| CASHA | Sat Nov 19, 1994 | Soft woolen fabric | Brett Blaylock |
| CHICAGOHOPE | Wed Feb 1, 1995 | "E.R." rival | Chet Currier |
| COMESTOTHEPOINT | Mon Jan 17, 1994 | Stops rambling | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DERIEN | Thu Feb 15, 2024 | Response to "Merci" | Teddy Katz and Rich Katz |
| DRYBONES | Sun Feb 1, 2015 | Skeletal enemy in Mario games | David Steinberg |
| EULOGIZE | Tue Oct 12, 2004 | Praise posthumously | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| FELTGOOD | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Was pleasurable | Kate Hawkins |
| FIGHTER | Tue Jun 23, 2020 | Warrior | Jeff Chen |
| FTENS | Thu Nov 24, 2005 | U.S. military planes | Michael Shteyman |
| FUTURIST | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | One who's always thinking ahead? | Hemant Mehta |
| GINAS | Sun Mar 18, 2007 | Lollobrigida and others | Craig Kasper |
| HIGHDEFINITION | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | adj. under the influence of a drug | Joel Fagliano |
| IVEGOTTHIS | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Monday | Ekua Ewool |
| LABORING | Fri Sep 1, 2000 | Ready to deliver? | Joe DiPietro |
| LEVERAGES | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Deploys to one's advantage | Byron Walden |
| MADAMSPEAKER | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MAINTHEMES | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | War and peace, in "War and Peace" | Christina Iverson |
| MAKEACONFESSION | Fri Jun 30, 2000 | Acknowledge | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MARTINSHEEN | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president | Andrew J. Ries |
| NEXTDAY | Tue Jun 21, 2016 | Overnight | Julie Bérubé |
| NOISILY | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | How some chew gum or talk on cellphones | Michael Sharp |
| PHILOSOPHY | Tue Jun 22, 2010 | Field of Plato and Aristotle | Barry C. Silk |
| ROOKIEMISTAKE | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Something a veteran won't make | Will Nediger |
| SCHAVS | Thu Dec 7, 1995 | Cold sorrel soups | Michael S. Maurer |
| SEEMEFEELME | Thu Dec 23, 1999 | "Tommy" tune | Joe DiPietro |
| SKOWRON | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Baseball great with the nickname "Moose" | Randolph Ross |
| SKYBOXSEATS | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | High (and high-priced) options for spectators | Evan Birnholz |
| SORORITYCHAPTER | Wed May 13, 2020 | Group of Greek women | Benjamin Kramer |
| SPRINGLEAVES | Wed Sep 20, 2000 | Mercer tune sung in Sydney? | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| TEENPEOPLE | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Bygone magazine spinoff | Byron Walden |
| TGV | Sun May 26, 2013 | French high-speed rail inits. | Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz |
| THEAGINGPROCESS | Sat Mar 30, 2013 | Gerontologist's study | Gareth Bain |
| TIFFIN | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Lunch, in Lancaster | Sherry O. Blackard |
| UNEARNEDRUN | Mon Apr 7, 2025 | Baseball score due to the defensive team's error | Jeffrey Lease and Jeff Chen |
| UNSECURED | Sat Sep 3, 2005 | Like some loans | Bob Peoples |
| VINYLSIDING | Tue Apr 22, 2003 | House exterior choice | Nancy Kavanaugh |