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 50,388 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRMALTA | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Flag carrier in the Mediterranean | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| APTITUDETESTS | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | Exams for would-be workers | Bryant White |
| ASTHMAATTACK | Wed Nov 18, 2015 | It's breathtaking! | Zachary Spitz |
| AUTOSHOWS | Sat Aug 13, 2005 | Where new lines are on display | Bob Peoples |
| BEYONDALLDOUBT | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | BAD words? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BOBBYSOX | Wed Mar 8, 2006 | "Keen" 50's apparel | Sherry O. Blackard |
| BULLSESSIONS | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | Informal talks | Ryan McCarty |
| CRACKASMILE | Wed Oct 12, 2011 | Begin to grin | Gary Cee |
| DESIGNERDRUG | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Genetically engineered, highly selective medical treatment | Evan Kalish |
| DIKTAT | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Harsh decree | Patrick Berry |
| DIMANCHE | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Follower of samedi | Derrick Niederman |
| DUFUS | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | Jerk: Var. | Byron Walden |
| DULLPAIN | Sat Dec 5, 2020 | Slight headache, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ENGLISHLAVENDER | Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Aromatic plant native to the Pyrenees | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| GODSENT | Mon May 20, 2019 | Like a gift from above | Gary Cee |
| GOLFGREEN | Sun Mar 16, 2003 | People do a lot of driving there | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HORRORFILM | Tue Apr 13, 2021 | "Get Out," for one | Michael Lieberman |
| INGESTION | Sun Aug 22, 2010 | Swallowing of food, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| JUNKHEAPS | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | Old jalopies | C. W. Stewart |
| KIBBLES | Sat Feb 2, 2019 | Dog and cat food | David Steinberg |
| KINDLES | Sat Jul 19, 2003 | Awakens | Bob Peoples |
| LABOURCANDIDATE | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | British runner | Richard Thomas |
| MAAR | Thu May 7, 2009 | Picasso's muse Dora ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MEATHOOK | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Butcher's hanger | Manny Nosowsky |
| NONCOMMUNICABLE | Thu Aug 18, 2016 | Sarge's "Sell my city bonds!" telegram? | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| NUCLEARFOOTBALL | Fri May 25, 2018 | Important case for national security | Jeff Chen |
| PARADERS | Fri Jan 25, 2019 | Figures by a float | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PLAYPENS | Sat May 14, 2016 | They corral kids | Jeff Chen |
| PRESSUREPOINTS | Thu Jun 22, 2006 | Reflexologists touch them | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| QUADRICYCLE | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | First Ford auto, completed in 1896 | Henry Hook |
| RECIPROCAL | Thu Oct 13, 2022 | Going both ways | Lewis Rothlein |
| SACFLY | Mon Jul 2, 2012 | Run-scoring hit that puts the batter out | Bernice Gordon |
| SHOULDAGUESSED | Mon Aug 4, 2003 | "Stupid of me not to know" | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| SYMPHONIC | Thu Sep 10, 2020 | Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle | David J. Kahn |
| TEABLEND | Sat Jul 6, 2019 | English breakfast, for example | Erik Agard |
| THOMASNAST | Wed Aug 18, 2021 | Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme | Alina Abidi |
| TONIMORRISON | Tue Aug 13, 2024 | Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle | Benjamin Panico |
| TOOKTEN | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Rested | Byron Walden |
| TUGGEDON | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Pulled | Gary Cee |
| UNL | Sat Jul 15, 2000 | Having no bounds: Abbr. | David J. Kahn |