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 50,566 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMYWASH | Wed Apr 2, 2014 | Military laundry that's out of harm's way? | David Levinson Wilk |
| ASSERTIVE | Sat Jan 17, 2009 | Forward | Brad Wilber |
| BLUERIBBONJURY | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | Panel for a complex legal case | Randall J. Hartman |
| BYRE | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | Yorkshire cow shed | R. Max Hopkins |
| CALCULATED | Sun Mar 20, 2016 | Deliberate | Joel Fagliano |
| CHAIROFTHEFED | Sun Aug 14, 2022 | Major player in U.S. economic policy (Egypt) | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| CHALKEDUP | Mon Feb 3, 2025 | Achieved, as a victory ... or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across | Jack Scherban |
| COURTSHIP | Thu May 10, 2012 | Engagement precursor | Jules P. Markey |
| CUBANS | Mon Nov 14, 2022 | Some quality cigars | Taylor Johnson |
| ECKHART | Sat Apr 18, 2015 | Aaron ___, "Thank You for Smoking" star | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| ELIMIDATE | Mon Feb 25, 2008 | Competitor of "The 5th Wheel," in reality TV | Randall J. Hartman |
| ESTIMABLY | Thu Dec 7, 2000 | So as to deserve admiration | Henry Hook |
| FINECOMB | Wed Nov 8, 1995 | Search thoroughly | Glenn E. Sykes |
| FLUXGATE | Thu Jul 10, 2003 | Direction indicator of the earth's magnetic field | Michael Shteyman |
| FONDLER | Fri Jun 19, 1998 | Loving mother, at times | A. J. Santora |
| FOSSES | Fri Nov 28, 1997 | Defensive ditches | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| FREEING | Sun May 18, 1997 | Emancipation | Frances Hansen |
| GOESNEXT | Tue Jun 9, 2009 | Is on deck | Steve Dobis |
| GREENOLIVES | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Bar supply | Bryant White |
| HINDERER | Fri Sep 1, 2006 | Roadblock | David Quarfoot |
| IDODECLARE | Fri Feb 24, 2006 | "Well, bless my soul" | Manny Nosowsky |
| KHLOEKARDASHIAN | Mon Mar 21, 2022 | Reality star sister of Kim and Kourtney | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
| KIDSINTHEHALL | Wed Apr 16, 1997 | Cult Canadian comedy troupe, with "The" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LAKEPLACID | Mon Sep 11, 2017 | 1980 Winter Olympics host | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| MARGES | Mon Jun 9, 1997 | Baseball owner Schott et al. | Thomas W. Schier |
| MASKERS | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | Some people in costume | Joe Krozel |
| PROTOTYPES | Sat Oct 12, 2013 | Some mock-ups | John Farmer |
| RESTRAINTS | Sat Jun 22, 2019 | Seatbelts, e.g. | Joe Deeney |
| RIGHTONTHENOSE | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | Exact | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| SALESTEAM | Thu Nov 17, 2016 | Company's marketing group | Timothy Polin and Joe Krozel |
| SETSSTRAIGHT | Mon Feb 24, 2025 | Disabuses of false notions ... or a hint to the circled letters | Rena Cohen |
| SIZELIMITATIONS | Mon Dec 16, 2002 | Carry-on bags have them | Jim Hyres |
| SNACKBARS | Sat Jan 17, 2009 | Stadium stands | Brad Wilber |
| SPOONERISMS | Thu May 24, 2018 | What 18-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across all are (whose circled letters name something used with the base phrases) | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| SQUANDERED | Fri Dec 6, 2002 | Played ducks and drakes with | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STAGELEFT | Wed Oct 18, 2017 | Why one missed the coach? | John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TABLOIDWRITER | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Islander | Michael J. Doran |
| TOUGHENEDUP | Sat Sep 5, 2020 | Grew a spine | John Guzzetta |
| TRYITOUT | Sun Apr 12, 2015 | Experiment with something | Jeff Chen |
| TWOTONECAR | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Popular 1950s vehicle making a comeback in the 2010s | Ryan McCarty |