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 50,931 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFINEMESS | Sun Jul 2, 1995 | 1986 Blake Edwards film spoof | Alex K. Justin |
| BIFLAG | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Pink, purple and blue Pride display, familiarly | Daniel Grinberg |
| BOASTER | Wed Nov 20, 2002 | Subject of this puzzle | Manny Nosowsky |
| BULKIEST | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Hardest to ship, say | Adam Fromm |
| CARDINDEX | Sat Mar 4, 2006 | Dated database | Bob Peoples |
| CHEWINGON | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Pondering, informally | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| CLEAROFF | Tue Jul 12, 2011 | Remove snow from, e.g., as a car | Bill Thompson |
| CRENNAS | Thu May 15, 1997 | "Rambo" actor Richard and kin | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| CROPDUSTER | Mon Mar 23, 1998 | Rural flier | Randall J. Hartman |
| CURRENCYHEDGES | Thu May 30, 1996 | Wall Street action | N. S. Wizer |
| CUTBAIT | Fri May 19, 1995 | Alternative to 31 Across | Michael S. Maurer |
| DANGEROUS | Wed Jul 1, 2009 | 1991 hit album by 10-/25-Down | David J. Kahn |
| ECHOBOOMERS | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | Millennials, in relation to their parents | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| FEVERED | Sat Aug 19, 2000 | Intensely excited | Charles E. Gersch |
| FILIPINOS | Thu Sep 25, 2014 | New Americans of 1898 | Alex Vratsanos |
| FOODSTAND | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | One might offer concessions | Ryan McCarty |
| GOLDTIP | Sun Jan 2, 2005 | Fancy pen decoration | Patrick Merrell |
| HAROLDANDKUMAR | Wed Feb 1, 2017 | Friends who go to White Castle in a 2004 film | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| HELOVESMENOT | Sat May 11, 2019 | Unlucky phrase to end on | Robyn Weintraub |
| ILLTRADEYOU | Fri Oct 3, 2014 | Exchange words | Tracy Bennett |
| KEPTHOUSE | Thu Jun 30, 2005 | Cooked, cleaned, etc. | Joe DiPietro |
| LULULEMON | Mon Apr 17, 2017 | Big name in athletic wear | Peter Gordon |
| MIDDLEGROUND | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | Neutral space | Paula Gamache |
| MONACOMONACO | Sun May 8, 2022 | Grand Prix city | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| MRAMERICA | Sat Jun 18, 2016 | Strong competition? | Todd Gross |
| OMITTING | Fri Nov 1, 1996 | Minus | M. Rosen |
| PENMANSHIP | Tue Nov 21, 2006 | What doctors aren't known for | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| POSTDATING | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Social activity on a military base? | Patrick Merrell |
| REAVES | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Splits, old-style | Frank Longo |
| RESLATED | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | Put back on the agenda | Nancy Salomon |
| SIXTEENCANDLES | Mon Sep 19, 2016 | 1984 Molly Ringwald coming-of-age comedy | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SOUPDUJOUR | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Restaurant special | John Farmer |
| STUNTFLIER | Fri Dec 1, 2023 | High roller? | Jem Burch |
| TAXASSET | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | Basis for a write-off, perhaps | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| THINASARAIL | Thu Jun 19, 2014 | Superskinny | Timothy Polin |
| TIGERBEAT | Mon Jun 8, 2020 | Teen magazine founded in 1965 | Kyle Dolan |
| TOSTONES | Mon Oct 30, 2023 | Crispy plantain chips | Kenneth Cortes |
| TRADETALKS | Sat Dec 15, 2018 | Attempts to remove some barriers | Erik Agard |
| TRAVELCHANNEL | Fri Mar 18, 2016 | "Hotel Impossible" airer | Michael Wiesenberg |
| WELDING | Mon Jul 15, 2002 | Using a blowtorch | John Leavy |