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 51,034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKEDWHY | Tue Sep 20, 2022 | Tried to find a reason | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| CHINAS | Sat Mar 12, 1994 | Limoges and Sevres | Rand H. Burns |
| CLIPPETYCLOP | Mon Jul 10, 2000 | The horse goes ___ | Gene Newman |
| CONNS | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | Steers, as a ship | Peter A. Collins |
| DARYLS | Thu Aug 6, 1998 | Pop singer Hall and others | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| DILLIES | Tue Apr 8, 1997 | Humdingers | Fred Piscop |
| ENTERSINTO | Thu Dec 16, 2004 | Starts, as an agreement | Mike Torch |
| ESPOSAS | Fri Apr 13, 2007 | Señores' other halves | Patrick Berry |
| FINESAREDOUBLED | Tue Mar 27, 2007 | Final sign of a highway headache | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| GETLIT | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Go on a drinking spree, in slang | Sam Trabucco |
| GLARESAT | Thu Dec 21, 2023 | Gives an angry look | David Steinberg |
| GYR | Sat Jun 7, 1997 | Spiral: Prefix | Martin Schneider |
| ILETA | Fri May 6, 1994 | "_____ song go..." | Manny Nosowsky |
| INCMAJOR | Tue Mar 15, 2011 | How the circled letters of 20-Across are played | Jeremy Newton |
| INMYTRIBE | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | Platinum-selling 10,000 Maniacs album of the 80's | Patrick Berry |
| INTELLECTS | Fri Nov 8, 1996 | Brains | M. Gaffney |
| IPODNANOS | Tue Nov 25, 2025 | Music players discontinued in 2017 | John Ewbank |
| KEEPCALM | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | Panic-averting admonition | Rich Norris |
| MARKETTIME | Sun Jun 8, 1997 | When to go shopping? | Richard Silvestri |
| MERRYWIVESOFWINDSOR | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Di's and Fergie's favorite play, with "The" | Maura B. Jacobson |
| NERDSPEAK | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously | Ryan McCarty |
| NORDICS | Sat May 10, 2025 | Natives of Scandinavia | Shaun Phillips |
| PEGGYSUE | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | 1957 Buddy Holly hit | Peter A. Collins |
| PIRELLI | Wed Nov 23, 2022 | Italian tire company | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| PLOTDEVICE | Fri Jul 29, 2022 | Red herring, for one | Robyn Weintraub |
| RANGO | Sun Jan 31, 2016 | Title chameleon of a 2011 animated film | Yaakov Bendavid |
| REARERS | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Parents, e.g. | Alex Vratsanos |
| SAFEINVESTMENT | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Purchase of a vault? | Charles Deber |
| SENTFLOWERS | Wed May 8, 2013 | Remembered Mom, in a way | Bruce Venzke |
| SHOWERDRAIN | Wed Nov 25, 2009 | Where lost hair may accumulate | Allan E. Parrish |
| STANLEYKUBRICK | Tue Jan 13, 2004 | Director of 59-Across | M. Francis Vuolo |
| STOREADS | Thu Nov 16, 2023 | Some promotional material | Paolo Pasco |
| STUBBORNBEAST | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Change a letter in 46-Across to spell... | Henry Hook |
| SWITS | Tue Jun 18, 1996 | Actress Loretta and others | E. C. Gorski |
| THETIMEWARP | Sat Sep 22, 2018 | Dance in which "you bring your knees in tight" | Sam Trabucco |
| TRIALSEPARATION | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | First step in division? | Byron Walden |
| TRICKSOFTHETRADE | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Professional secrets | Ken Stern |
| UNIONCITY | Fri Dec 14, 2007 | Neighbor of Hoboken, N.J. | Manny Nosowsky |
| WATERHENS | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | American coots | John R. Conrad |
| WIELDING | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Handling well | Jeff Chen |